Our MTC departing missionaries October-December 2014

 Some things never change...as in Scott photo-bombing or taking selfies with my camera when we are with missionaries...



These are the last shots of our missionaries when we were at at the WEST CAMPUS over in Raintree Apartments and Wyview Terrace.

We are adjusting, but we really loved the small community there!

Elders Gomez, Stoker, Coombs, Me and Scott, Elders Lohberg and Lindstrom

All headed to Mexico.

 Sisters Hancock, Sarvey, Nation, Ence, Me and Scott, Elders Bushman, Hansen, Messenger and Sewell.  Headed to CA Santa Rosa and NY NY City South.

Sister Bishop who lives in our neighborhood in Provo, friends with Braden, headed to Tempe AZ!

 Sisters Gardner, Pulley, Elder Payne, Us, Elder Kimber, Sisters Jones and Bowler.

Headed to CA Santa Rosa and NY NYCity South.

 US, Elders Adams, Gage, Aguirre, Jardon, Berry and Macinnes.

Headed to Mexico Missions.

Us, Sisters Evans (From our stake here in Provo), Muggleston, Kilgore, Johnson, Petit and Riddle.

Headed to CA/LA, DC South/ TN Nashville/ OK Oklahoma City.

 Us, Elders Day, Southwick, Jack, Seversike, Jensen, Sisters Bishop, Morse, Christensen, Doty, Day and Woods.

Headed to Tempe and CA San Fernando.

Each Sunday, the missionaries from the MTC get to walk to the temple as part of their Sunday activities.  They love it!

 This past week, our current missionaries:


Front:  Me, Sisters Reidhead, Campbell, Welch and Chambers.
Back: Scott, Elders Perez, Marchant, King, Scow, Guthrie, Branson, Glenn and Beeston.

Headed to CA Santa Rosa and NY NY City South.

Us, Sisters Andelin, Foster, Berger and Kurta.  Elders Elder, Allen and Moore.

Headed to AZ Tempe and CA San Fernando.

Scott posing them for a panorama shot...













Our entire branch right now!






And, the panorama!  Beautiful December day by the Provo Temple!

LIGHTS UP/ ROCK BAND/ FALL HIKE etc

 Some ODDS AND ENDS for the past week.  We spent much of the past Saturday on the roof...it was nice enough to get up to put up lights.  Something we had done the past 3 years in AZ by ladder, but not possible with our home here.

 But as you can see, the view was spectacular!!

 This Thursday we showed our age by being the oldest couple in VELOUR, a place in downtown Provo where bands play weekly.  At least they had a disco ball!!  That we can relate to.

One of our Returned Missionaries is in the band Tri-Polar Bear and had told us about it so we went to support their CD release.

Blake is the guy on the right who looks like he has a halo.  He is a clean cut, really great guy so it was good to see him in action enjoying his music.
Austin used to play there sometimes, so it is dear to our heart.

 And here is our "selfie" to prove that we were indeed there.  Our kids thought we were a little bit crazy I think.

 This morning we walked near where Breanna and I would go when she was training for her triathlons...she would swim in the lake near the Lindon Marina.  There is a nice trail and dike trail there that we went on.

 As we walked, 4 of these motorized gliders came by really close to us and it was fun to see the contrast in their color and the beautiful dry weeds of the marsh area.

 Scott took the shot of the wetlands area near the lake.  Isn't it so pretty?

 And he likes to try the panorama feature of his phone for the shot below.  I was on the phone with Breanna.

 

 The big project this month was all the Christmas wreaths we made for local family.  Breanna started me out and I was hooked!

They all turned out so beautiful and it felt good to craft again.

 

Thanks Breanna and Megan for the great idea!

And Scott took this shot near the MTC statues of the missionary bikers...WITHOUT HELMETS!

Not sure the message that sends :)


We had a lovely dinner in SLC Friday night with all our RM Mission President/Wives from the North America Southwest area.  All of us live in Utah so it was really therapeutic to get together and see what each couple was doing.  We can relate to each other in a way that really no one else quite can.  We got stuck in traffic for over an hour due to an accident and missed Elder Callister, who was at the dinner the first hour.  He was our direct supervisor of our area.
We are grateful for the service that we were able to give and that we are still working with missionaries.  We believe in the principles that we teach and know they are the way to enduring happiness.