Saturday, July 9, 2011

A Chain From the Past and a Few Links In the Present

This is Ben with the countdown-to-Abe-coming-home-from-his-mission chain 7 years ago.


This is what Ben's countdown chain looks like now.


It's gotten sooooooo short...finally...!!!

Way back when Glen had that thing winding all up and down and all around the family room, I felt like the time would never come when it would be whittled down to just a couple of weeks' worth of links donning the top of the fireplace mantle.

Ben has certainly grown a foot or more since that picture was taken.

He turned 19 in the MTC. He turned 20 on his mission. And he turns 21 today while still on his mission. Here's a big shout-out to our birthday boy who will be coming home a full-fledged man.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEN!!!

1 comment:

Rebecca said...

I don't know that I'll ever think of Ben as a full-fledged man.