About 3 weeks before the birthday party/baptism weekend, my sister Audra calls and says, "Lori, I have been thinking about Laurel's baptism for weeks now and Linn and I would like to come and I would like to be one of the speakers!" I busted out laughing, because you see, my sister does not like to publicly speak. My exact words were, "You don't speak!" She laughed and said that she was serious. She would do this for Laurel. Then I started crying. I told you I am one hormonal woman right now! This meant so much to me and to Laurel. They flew from Utah the Thursday before all the events.
They were both such a big help. Linn, Audra's husband, knew that I had a lot of errands to run on that Friday so he told me not to worry about the house. He deep cleaned my house! That's right girls, he deep cleaned! I had the basics covered like a clean toilet and clean sheets but he got areas that had not had attention in a while. And it looked GOOD when I got home. Now this is just some selfless service and I had no shame letting him do it! I told Audra while we were out that I was just giddy knowing someone was at home cleaning my house! And Linn was giddy when he saw that rainbow vacuum cleaner! You have to love a man like Linn! I told him I owed him blue bell ice cream for a year.
Landon fell in love with Linn. He called him "bubby" for "buddy." I could go on and on about this visit. It was great having family here and I think we all bonded. Thanks Audra for acting on the inspiration to come. You and Linn made the birthday party and baptism so special and one that Laurel will never forget.
