Recently (OK, over a month ago) we drove on over to Utah (Yew- tah for those non-familiar with the state) to visit Mark's brother and family. It had been 3 years since we've seen them and it was high time.
Matthew and Chandra live south of Salt Lake City with their 5 children. They head up the team of Plant Utah and do a great job of telling people about Jesus. They are planting a churches in the Utah Valley.
While with them we stayed up extraordinarily late (considering we had 9 children between us all that would be wanting breakfast rather early), we laughed.
Oh my goodness we laughed so hard.
We made meals together, we played games together, and after the kids were in bed we drank bulletproof coffee together.
(Don't get weird, it's coffee with coconut oil and butter in it. It is yumilicious--MY word.)
There were times I giggled knowing WE were the adults in charge.
While visiting we took advantage of fancy big cameras to take family pictures.
Matthew is a for reals photographer whose has owned a fancy camera for many a year.
I fancy myself a wannabe photographer. I've owned a big camera for a year.
I'll let you just rest on your own mercy when viewing the photos that Fatty and I have taken side by side.
Mark calls his brother Fatty, because in no way shape or form is Matthew fat.
And ridiculous nicknames are an Anderson passion.
Right outta the shoot (chute, works also) Fatty gets a frowning 9 year old and a distracted 40 year old...