Brett Pritchard Family Blog

Eathyn and Ryan love going to the barber shop.  The barber has lots of cool toys to play with and they just think getting there hair cut is pretty cool.  At one point Ryan was laying his head back and falling a sleep. He was perfectly content, it was so cute.  I wish I'd gotten a picture of that.  Eathyn is 5 and Ryan's 3.  They keep their dad and me very, very busy! One particular day I was too lazy to make lunch.  Eathyn and Ryan had a really healthy snack, which was really a small meal an hour earlier, so I didn't want to put a whole lot of effort into lunch, just in case they didn't end up eating it.  I cut up an orange and handed them each a slice of bread and said, "You guys wanna pretend this is sacrament bread?"  They were so excited with that idea!  For the next hour and a half they played Mori and Bishop.  They both absolutely love Mori Jensen, a lady in our ward.  Towards the end of an hour Eathyn came out of Rachel's

Rebekah left for Peru yesterday. I had no idea the bond I had with her until she walked away and got on that plane. As the day progressed and she got further and further and further away, my heart started to ache more and more. Of course I knew how close her and I have always been, but I had no idea the magnitude of emotion and sadness I would feel in her absence. Just about the time she was landing in Peru, I honestly didn't think I could handle the pain any more. All I could do was lay there and cry. How could I possibly get use to being so far away from her? The distance from her after 18 years of closeness is physically more difficult and consuming than I ever expected. She arrived at 12:50am Peru time, which is 11:50pm Texas time. My anxiety was worse than I've ever experienced while I waited to hear she had gotten through the airport in a foreign country, through customs and into the hands of these perfect strangers, who will be supporting her while she's in Peru.