WAITING GAME

The waiting game is on!  Braden's mission application is formally in and we are waiting to hear where he is assigned in the next week or so.


If you would like to guess a state and a country, please text, email or leave a comment!  He promises pizza or a pizza coupon to the winners!

GOOD LUCK!
If only he could come to the Arizona Phoenix Mission!  He will be a great missionary.

Desert Botanical Garden

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We have enjoyed very much having Dad and Carolyn come visit us here in Phoenix!

We spent an afternoon going to the Desert Botanical Gardens, which we had always wanted to see.

 This time of year there is a Butterfly Pavilion you can go inside of, where butterflies fly free and may land on you if they desire.

 Scott enjoyed taking lots of photos.  Check out the link to see lots more butterflies and desert plantlife!

Carolyn and I tried out being butterflies ourselves!

 We saw so many interesting types of cactus!  This one was really cool...sort of a flower shaped spine.

 And this time of year the cactus are blooming.  It is so pretty!

We had a great visit at the garden before heading over to the Easter Pageant at the Mesa Temple that evening.


THANK YOU FOR THE VISIT DAD AND CAROLYN!!

He's A COUGAR!

 For months now we have been getting mail from all the colleges and universities around the country...there is a pretty good stack in Braden's room here in AZ.  Not to mention what he is sure to have back in UT.

It is getting tougher and tougher to get into BYU, so he was prepared to go somewhere else for a while...

But the word is back now...and Braden got his email of acceptance into BYU starting SPRING term this year!  He is super excited...well, as excited as Braden gets about anything :)

We found out that if his mission call comes for later than August, he can continue in classes for Summer term.  And, he can defer enrollment while he is on his mission and start right back up when he returns.

CONGRATULATIONS BRADEN!!