Josh's Fare Thee Well

Today we had Josh's farewell.  It went perfectly.  First one of the girls spoke on girls camp and then George played an amazing medley of Hymns he arranged.  Then Ben gave a report on Sophie and talked about the importance of missionary work and how it ties into ministering.   Then we had a rest hymn of Called to Serve and then Josh spoke.  Ben's talk was 6 1/2 minutes long and Josh's was 13.  It couldn't have been better.  They both did a fantastic job!  I am so proud of them.  

Then I ran back to the house while everyone talked and took picture's because I forgot that I assigned myself to make a fluff for lunch.  Along with 15 pounds of pulled pork.  The luncheon went perfectly.  We only had meat leftover, which I put in bags and froze.  I'm sure with Ben around it won't last long. 

 Josh was in charge of dishing up the cake.  It was right in front of Henry so he was having a hard time eating until we put a piece in front of him for incentive.  He's so dang cute.  I taught him a new saying, "Not today Satan!"  There was a fly bugging him and trying to get on the cake.  So that's what we told the fly. 

 Suene brought some of his lava lava's over for Ben and David because he grew out of them.  Ben was on cloud 9!  David was still a little, little. Suene is only one more appointment away from having his papers in!  We are so excited for him.  He will make a great missionary.  He has been a great example to my boys especially Ben.  

 Beckstrand Family Picture

Shelton Family Picture

Grandma had fun laying in the shade.   So did Henry and Sky.

 Then we made the boys dress up in their grad cap and gowns because they all graduated on separate days.  Which was a huge blessing so we could attended all three.  AND they all graduated with high honors.  Pine View just uses Silver cords instead of Gold because it's our school color.  Smart good looking boys! Good thing they take after their dads. 

And then everyone left and drove back up north.  We will see them on a week when we take Josh up to the MTC!  Here are picture's of the after party.  The Wells' kids hung around for a little while.  Matty felt like putting a grape up her nose.  She thought that if she could plug the other side she could blow it out.  It didn't work.  But she still ate it.   

Later that night after Mission Prep, Josh finally changed out of his suit and laid down on the ground.  I think Sky knows what is happening because she immediately started to groom him.  She licked his head for about 10 minutes.  She's getting pretty old.  Hopefully she'll still be around when he gets back. 

 These are the picture's that Josh has posted lately on his Snap Chat. His totes and turning in his key on his last day of work, which was Thursday because he works in the temple on Fridays. 

Sophie's 23rd Birthday!

Even though she's on the other side of the country I still got these amazing picture's from members who helped her celebrate her birthday!  We also went out to eat Saturday for Josh's farewell lunch but we called it Sophie's birthday lunch too.  

The Pincay family made Sophie this cake.  It was super nice of them.  Their son Kevin came to St. George on his mission.  So they feel a connection to Sophie and love to take care of her. 

 Liz Quiros is the YSA RS Pres. and we love her!  She is so great with the sister Missionaries.  Especially Sophie because of our friend Derek Hernandez from Sophie's first area.  They are good friends.  She made these wonderful brownies for Sophie for her birthday.  

 Her comp Sister Aubree Dees is awesome!  We love her.  They are so crazy. 

 How can you turn down these gorgeous girls when they want to talk to you about Jesus Christ?

Happy Birthday Sophie!  We Love you!

Temple with Riley!

On Saturday we were able to go through the temple with Riley.  It was great.  We had lots of Beckstrands come as well since they were in town for Josh's farewell.  Jared and Angey were the witness couple and Grandma and pa were there along with John & Kristal, Debra and her new husband John, and of course Shayne and Konnor were there.  We also had Jordan Ott.  The night before the 4 brothers, Josh, Jordan Riley and Kyler went camping in Kolob.  They burned years worth of homework and slept in their hammocks. Josh said that they got a total of 2 hours of sleep. I'm glad that they got one last boys night out.  This up coming week is going to be filled with scout camp for Ben and David and Camp Helaman for Joel and Josh.  I will be going to work and then eating out and going to bed early!  I can't wait! 

This was Josh's Snapchat on the way camping.  This was my Instagram pic at Brian Carnavale's baptism the next morning at 10am after he only got 2 hours of sleep.  Hahaha.