Cute Little Bumma Leaves for Russia

Elder CLB & Elder Gonzo

Beezer giving his Cunado one last hug

"Cheez....it's my birthday today and no one seems to care because Erik is leaving...."

Beezer pulling one of the suitcases...note his jacket...more to come on that!

So, as my previous post mentioned, we dropped Erik off at the MTC/chapel on January 16th...it was a really fun experience to have with him. Brandon wanted to go see his Cunado off, so we told him to get dressed and ready. As we were leaving, I told him to grab his coat...well Tia Sandra had just given him a decked out Harley Davidson leather jacket (with tassels on the sleeves) the night before...the picture above doesn't do it justice. The back of the jacket has the huge Harley emblem and name all over the place. So, Brandon comes out of his room with his new jacket on, I told him he couldn't wear that to the MTC, it wasn't appropriate. But, he REALLY REALLY wanted to wear it. Needless to say, everyone who he walked passed at the chapel cracked up at the sight of this little 4 year old with this bold jacket on. It was pretty funny!

Barb and Erik came over to our house before we left so Erik could say goodbye to the kiddies...as mentioned before, it was Mason's birthday and we wanted some pics of the 2 of them together. They said their goodbyes and we headed on down to Provo...we told Erik we would take him out to lunch anywhere he wanted to go...so he chose Wendy's for his "last supper/lunch"....he ordered chicken nuggets and a WATER...now was his chance to splurge and have something good and that was what he chose?

Then we headed off to the chapel...it was a madhouse to say the least. Brandon helped Erik take his luggage in and we waited in the Chapel for Erik and Leo. The devotional was good, Tio Leo was emotional as usual and instead of consolling the Missionary, Erik was consolling Leo and holding and rubbing his back. It was cute...they really love each other a lot...Erik is Leo's white little brother he never had.

After the service, we headed our way and Erik walked out the other way. It was pretty quick, only about 30 minutes and the Gonzo's and Barb were on our way back home.

We love our Cute Little Bumma Erik and hope he is safe and has a really good time in Russia!