Our Boy Is Back and He is Bearing Gifts

Bear is coming home, we can barely contain our excitment.

 Every last one of them was thrilled to see him.

 Welcome home Bear.  We missed you and are thrilled to have you home.

World Youth Day Adventures

The stories of this adventure are not mine to tell.  (Bear hasn't shared much after he returned and then left quickly for college.)  These are all stolen pictures from FaceBook. I know that Bear had a wonderful time.  He was thrilled to have the opportunity to do all this with his close friend.  Fr. Preston was also a big part of the trip.  Bear's favorite memory was serving Mass.  He and his buddy served while Fr. Preston offered the Mass.  

"I can't believe that we got to vest where popes and saints have vested.  It was a very special honor to be there and serving our Lord!"  

They are off!

We went to send them off.  There was a group of around 40 people that were heading to Europe.  From our parish the plan was to tour Italy and then to visit Poland for World Youth Day.

Sugar, Possible, Princess and Bagel prepared little travel bags for our group.  We had fun seeing them off.

 We were not excited about having this guy gone for two weeks.  He will be surely missed.  We see it as our preparation.  He will be home only a few weeks before heading off to college after this adventure!