A full weekend

I got Chris's Halloween cookies made for him a day before he arrived. I made four dozen so that he would have a lot to take back to school with him. Well, he only ended up taking back a couple of dozen because he had consumed the others while he was home. He was quite excited that I had made all of them for him and I wasn't sharing with my seminary class.

While I finished lesson preparation for Friday's seminary class the boys went down to the creek to see if they could catch something for breakfast. They came back with 5 really nice trout. Living here with the creek running through the pasture has been such a great thing for my kids. They have spent many hours down there fishing with their dad and their grandfather. Memories that will last them a life time.

Saturday we went shoe shopping. Chris needed new running shoes and then we went out to the Japanese restaurant for lunch. We came home and watched the Yankee game....Boo....Yankees won. Sunday morning Chris got up early and headed off to meet with Pres. Baker for his final missionary interview. He looked so nice in his suit. His papers will be submitted to Salt Lake on the 6th of November. Won't be long now. Hopefully he will have his mission call before Thanksgiving.

We were not the only ones that were happy to see Chris this weekend. Morgan was so happy to have her boy back. That dog is crazy about Chris....and the feeling is mutual. She really perked up this weekend with Chris around.

Scott is the ward mission leader and so we feed the missionaries breakfast every sunday morning before they head to their meetings. This weekend we also fed Elder Sosa his going away steak dinner. He has been transferred to Omak. Good Luck Elder Sosa. We will miss you. We teased Elder Argyle all weekend and told him if he got a companion from Utah....the meals were done.

Chris was able to be home to see Scott get set apart in his new calling. Yep...you heard correctly. A new calling. Didn't he just barely get called to be the ward mission leader 6 months ago? As a matter a fact he did. Well, we found out a couple of weeks ago that he had been called as the new High Priest group leader. So.....we may not have morning breakfast with the boys anymore as it is. We will miss them. I have really enjoyed Scott's calling and having those elders around more often has helped with Chris being gone.

Lastnight before the kids headed back to school they said their goodbyes. Yesterday was Kale's (white shirt) mission farewell. He has been called to the Utica New York mission. Cody (far right) has enlisted in the Navy and is awaiting his orders. Chris will turn in his papers in two weeks and Tyler is working on his papers. These boys won't see each other for awhile and I'm sure that although they are very excited for these new adventures in their lives they will miss each other terribly. I am thankful for these boys for being such great friends to Chris. They are like his brothers. Good luck Kale....stay warm in New York. Cody....our prayers are with you as you serve our country....come back safely.