Phone Call

I received a phone call the other day... it was Ethan. He had big news to share. "Grandma, I went poop in the potty!" I love being a grandma...

Work & Play

Rob on a Freeway Demolition Project - Always Working!

Three Musketeers - Brighton, Dillon, & Kristina - Always Playing!

Gardening

Thought I'd include some pictures we took at Thanksgiving Point after leaving Rick at the MTC. The Gardners treated us to a tour of the gardens, then out out to dinner before we caught our plane back home. It was so beautiful!

MTC Goodbyes

Elder Johnson - the newbie with a dork dot

Rob, Sue, Rick, Loni, Marvin

We took Rick to the MTC today; figured we might as well have that experience with the last one, since we could hop on a plane for free. Now we're definitely glad we didn't go with the rest of them! Talk about tear jerkers! There wasn't a dry eye in that entire building - with tissue boxes placed stratigically throughout. I was doing fine until they started showing videos of missionaries saying tearful goodbyes to family. I cry at anything on the screen, so that did it! Be advised... saying goodbye at the airport is much easier!

Gravesite Tour

Marvin & Loni took us on a little sightseeing tour of the gravesites of past prophets in SLC. It was raining at the time, plus the sprinklers were going... but Rick was a good sport to let us take his picture in front of President Hinckley's grave. Rob's backside is in the corner of the picture because he had his foot over one of the sprinkler heads to spare Rick from being totally soaked while I snapped his picture.

Picture This

Oh, almost forgot... I don't have an actual picture, so you'll have to use your imagination. While at Girl's Camp, there were warnings of mountain lion sightings. After retiring to bed, Rob heard one of the girls yelling for help after spotting the mountain lion in the path in front of her. He quickly leaped from his cot wearing his cowboy print pajama pants that Niki sewed for him, strapped his gun around his waist, grabbed his HUGE fifteen million candlepower flashlight he kept next to him and ran down the hill... only to be met by the Stake Young Women's President running toward him wielding a garden tool. She offered him the tool, but he replied, "No, I've got this" and pulled out his 40 caliber. What a duo! That mountain lion didn't stand a chance!

Missionary Melissa

Melissa has a blog, (click on her link) but couldn't leave her out! She is currently serving in the West Virginia Charleston Mission - having reported last November 2007.