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My Parents Visit us from Finland

We were very fortunate to have my parents come and stay with us for 10 days. I picked up Matthew early from school so he could help me pick up my parents from the airport.  I was so great to see my parents after a long time.I loved seeing my mom and dad play with our children. Timo had a birthday party the day after my mom and dad came. They helped with the guests and my mom even helped by playing volleyball so the teams had the same amount of kids.

At Church after hearning that my parents had done some missionary work in Russia we found out that our Mission President's wife's parents were temple presidents in Stocholm Temple around 1992 and I knew them. My parents seem to always find people they know anywhere they go. During their visit my mom got to go and play ping pong at the local ping pong club. My friend Grace took her there. She also enjoyed going to walmart and buying a lot of fabrics for her dollhouse business. She also bought a camera so she could get better pictures for her website.

My dad wanted some projects around the house, so I put her to work :) I was hoping to get of my green carpet in the kitchen and family room. My dad was already starting to move the furniture the following morning so I thought that it was for reals so we ripped out the carpet and get the laminate the same day. He worked so hard for the next severeal days on the floor. I am blessed to have such an awesome dad! He got it almost finished before they returned. I still have to put back the quarter trim, paint the baseboards and do few transion pieces between rooms.

My parents were also asked  to give a small presentation about their missionary efforts in Russia in church during priesthood meeting. That evening we had brother and sister Treter come over and visit our family. Their son is serving his mission in Samara Russia Mission.

Matthew, Timo and Jared loved having their grandparents visit from Finland. I feel very blessed to have such wonderful parents. I am looking forward for our trip to Finland next summer.