food, crochet, merriment
Our sweet Beckham surprised us all by submitting his Mission papers–on the sly!!
He called us all together to read his letter and tell us where he would be going.
Beckham has been called to the Romania Bucharest mission!!!
How incredible is that?! I have never heard of anyone going to this wild place. It’s soooo cool!!
We are all so happy and so, so proud of this amazing young man.
We love you Beckham!!
This is the season for our church’s Primary Programs. Knowing that this was our Hazel’s very last time before she goes into Young Women’s…I couldn’t help myself. I took a picture.
At the end, they asked anyone who has their mission call, or who is waiting for their mission call, or who is planning on serving a mission to come up and sing, We’ll Bring the World His Truth. It was so lovely to see both Beckham…who is waiting for his call, and Lily (but you can only see the top of her head) who already has her call–to Milan, Italy!!–both go up together to sing. It was so touching to see the whole front of their ward filled with prospective missionaries.
What an amazing bunch of young people.
We are so blessed.
Our cute little Lily is going on a mission for our church!! When she got the actual call, it came sooner than she expected and even she was surprised. She decided to go from family member to family member to let them all know.
This, of course, was Dane’s reaction when they called him.
I knew where she hoped to go–so I was pretty DANG excited to hear the actual place. I’m so excited for her!!
Rhen and Jessica got the news and–took it well. Haha.
Lyndi and Nate’s happy response.
And Jillian is completely thrilled too.
Congratulations LILY!! We’re so proud of you and so happy that you’ll be serving in such a magical place!
We love you, love you, LOVE YOU!!
I can finally, finally breathe.
My cute little boy started his journey home from Novosibirsk, Russia about two inches over on that map–so, right above Kazakhstan. But when we found out that we could actually watch the flight progression he had already landed in Moscow after a 4-1/4 hour flight.
Poor guy had to hang out in the Moscow airport for 5-1/2 hours before catching the next 10-1/2 hour flight…
to New York…
and more importantly—the first American soil he’s touched in 2 years. There he had a 3-1/2 hour layover which gave him just enough time to find a Wendy’s. What did he order?
The Baconator, of course!Ā American fast food…in all it’s glory. Heh, heh, heh.
So, now–please try to picture all the last minute work I really should be doing in the few final hours before the Bald Kid actually gets home.
But am I doing it?
No. No, I wasn’t. I was sitting by the computer….
pushing the refresh button every 39 seconds.
Give. Me. My. BOY!
Yeah. It’s a mama thing.
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