elder k. karl.

last month kendon left on his lds mission.  talk about bitter sweet.  i am so proud of his decision to go.. but i just want to be selfish and keep him here with me for the next two years instead.

his emails are adorable. and he sends the cutest pictures.

^^his little smile when he's laughing is my favorite.^^ 

for a while before he left he would always make comments how he was the keystone of our family and without him we would all fall apart.  haha. h and i would joke around with him and call him keystone instead of kendon. i think he liked it too much.  but taking him to the airport felt exactly like someone was taking away the keystone. or the essence.. (seen any friends episodes??)

soooo rewind a bit, i had got home from spain the day before k. karl left.  it was kinda a rough few days.. i mean, i had been up for over 26 hours (i may have snuck in an hour nap on the flight from denver to slc, but it was sketchy)  then the next day i tried to stay awake to soak up the last little bit of keystone time that i could... but then we had to leave our house by two. to have him to the airport by four. so he could catch his flight at six in the MORNING! soooo early. so it was just a harrison all nighter party. or something like that. 

it was kind of nice seeing all the missionaries and their families in there that morning.  it made it easier to send him away knowing that he could have some friends.  

speaking of friends, look who he found!  mckay dodge!!

but still, i'm selfish. and miss his face. YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE THE ESSENCE!!