Daily Life

Matt loves teaching the youth and this week was no exception.  He spent a day cutting 2 X 4's into 1 foot segments and then sanding them in order to build a life size JENGA game.  The object was to be able to teach the youth about building and maintaining a firm foundation.  Great idea!!

I've been cleaning out closets and came across this fox hat.  Emily loves it and has worn it for two days straight including into public areas.  Her brothers thought this was pretty cute and weren't embarrassed by her.  I have no idea why she likes this hat so much.

We are ready for BYU Football, actually we love anything BYU Blue!

My Missionary Son

A sweet, tender time and experience in my life as Scott, my first missionary, entered the MTC this week.  It has been really nice to have him home for the last two months.  In May, the younger children were still in school and so I had a lot of one on one time to visit with Scott.  I think that there is something that I will miss about each child as they leave home.  For Scott, I miss the conversations about things we are both interested in like books, gospel topics, jazz musicians.  I'm grateful he wants to serve, I'm not sure why I deserve a great son, but I do feel so very blessed.  I hope this is a wonderful experience for him.

I love my family so much!

Thanks to Ben & Karin who travel to Merced for every important family event.

Love my boys.

Scott couldn't leave for Florida without a last dinner at In n Out

and a last lunch at JDawgs.

The time had arrived.

After dropping off Elder Rowan, Emily and I pulled into a parking lot so we could cry.

Shall we not go on in so great a cause?