Monday, July 26, 2010

A Safe Return












It's so fun to have Carter home! He served an outstanding mission and I'm sure that even without the nametag, he'll continue to be a great missionary. He grew a few inches so he towers over the rest of us, even my dad!

His mission souvenir - About a year into his mission, he was trimming a member's tree and the branch he was standing on broke, and he fell about 18 feet and landed on his face. He broke his wrist and shattered his orbital bone. He's left with 2 pretty big scars and doesn't have full vision in his left eye, but he (and we) feels blessed because it could have been much worse. He was able to make a miraculous recovery and finish his mission and we are so proud of him.

6 comments:

Heather said...

Welcome Home Carter. Jeez... I remember the day he was born! :)

Kylie said...

How fun!!! My brother comes home tomrrow...can't wait!!

The Standrings said...

i cant believe hes home! my bro adam get home next week too!

Lindsey said...

I was hoping you posted these pictures. You all look so happy. Yeah!

Bev said...

Gotta love Carter. You all did such a good job in Sacrament meeting....what a GREAT fam!!! I saw you and tried to get to you to say Hi, but you were surrounded by all your FANS!!

chris+amber said...

it was so fun chatting with carter for a bit last week. he is so good at signing! i love the welcome home sign you guys made for him. perfection!