Dallin's Mission Call--Santa Rosa, California

We waited for an entire MONTH for Dallin's mission call to come in the mail.  It was pure torture! :)   It finally came one Saturday afternoon and Dallin could hardly wait to open it.

(Some of these pictures are so blurry...ugh!)  

Dallin is trying to wait patiently...

Still waiting...

And waiting some more...

(We were trying to get a hold of Eric and Andraea on Skype, and it was taking longer than we had hoped.  We had already waited for soooo long!) Poor Dallin! :)

But it was finally time to open the call!

When Dallin read that he was being called to the Santa Rosa, California mission, we were all really shocked.  Because, hey, we already had a son serve in California.  None of us even considered that he would go there.  But we all got confirmation that that is the place where he is supposed to go, so we are very excited.  Dallin can hardly wait to get going!  

And since the call took so long to come, I was starting to think that he would be leaving later in the summer, but guess what?  He leaves July 11th!  Crazy!  I am glad though, because he wants to start school in the Fall of 2020, so that should work out fine.  (Yeah!)  

Here I come!

Look at this awesome family!

This one is a better picture.  I love these kids so much and I'm so lucky to be their mother!

Good luck Dallin!  You will be awesome! We love you!
Now it's time to get to work! :)

Jordan River Temple Rededication

The Jordan River Temple was rededicated in May, and we were able to attend several of the activities in relation to that historical event.  We attended the Youth Celebration the night before the rededication in the Conference Center and it was so amazing! (I didn't take a picture of us! Duh!)  The program was absolutely incredible.  There are about 17000 youth in the Jordan River Temple district, so the conference center was filled with youth from those surrounding areas.  Todd and I were able to sit on the main floor, right in the middle section, and we could see the stage very well.  It was an incredible blessing to be able to go.

(This picture was taken at one of the early youth activities)

We also had the amazing opportunity to attend the rededication of the Jordan River Temple in the Celestial Room, where it actually took place.  What a gift it was to be able to be in that room!  Todd and I were given tickets to this event which had our names typed on them beforehand. (Crazy!)  When they were given to us, the guy said, "Don't lose these.  They're your ticket into the Celestial Room."  It was so cool!

Here are a couple of pictures taken after the rededication of the temple

And lastly, we were able to attend a temple session in the Jordan River Temple the following Monday morning (after the rededication.)  It was amazing as well!  The temple wasn't technically open to the public yet, so we were able to do a session with several other stake presidents and wives, and seventies and wives.  It was totally awesome!

These pictures were taken outside after the session was over

It was an awe-inspiring 3 days of temple worship!  We were very grateful and honored that we had the opportunity to attend all of these sacred events and we know that they were a once-in-a-lifetime gift.  And now we have the Jordan River Temple open once again for us to partake of the blessings that come from being in that holy house, and for doing the work of the Lord upon the earth today.  Yippee! :)  I love to see the Temple!

The Zombie Apocalypse--Jacob's play

Jacob was in one last play at the end of the school year (at Bonneville).  It was called The Zombie Apocalypse.  He played the role of a love-struck zombie, who liked a non-zombie person.  He did such a great job!  Jacob has a great talent for singing and acting, and he absolutely loves it!

Mom and Jacob

He looked very scary and played the part well! 

These aren't great pictures, but they're all I have.   Jacob is on the right.  

This is the girl who he liked in the play, but she wasn't interested in him at all! HA! 

(I love the looks on both of their faces!)

  Jacob is really trying to get the girl to notice him by being charming and romantic! HA!

It was awesome to have his brothers come and support him!

Dallin, Brandon, Jacob, and Kyle

Good job Jacob!  You were amazing!  And now it's time to say goodbye to Bonneville!  (What?)

Cottonwood, here we come! :) 

Dallin's Senior Pictures 2018

Dallin wasn't too excited when he found out that I was taking him to get senior pictures, but this is a parent's right, of course.  There are no exceptions!  And I loved how they all turned out!  

Enjoy!

  

What a good-looking kid, if I do say so myself!

We love you Dallin!

Dallin's Junior Prom 2018

Dallin took Sadie Durham to Prom this year.  

They are such good friends (really good, actually!) and I'm so glad they went together.  

They had tons of fun.

Here's Dallin before the big date

Dallin went and picked Sadie up a little early because Jason Forbush was driving, and he lives in our neighborhood.  So I was able to snap a picture before they actually left for the evening.  (That hardly ever happens, so I was excited!) :) 

Dallin and Sadie (So cute!!)

This is the group who went together.

Jason Forbush, ?, Dallin, Sadie, Hunter VanBeekum and Sadie ?

And here's a close up.  What a beautiful bunch of kids!

I made Dallin get dance pictures taken, and I think they turned out so well!  What a cute couple!

They all had a great time together!  Senior year is about to end!  

(Kind-of sad, but exciting too!) :)