Family Provo Temple Day

James & Jacob have decided to go to the temple this week. We are scheduled to go to the 7:20 pm session, which means that we must be in the Chapel at 7 pm. The boys of course will arrive earlier. I'm very excited for them to go! In the process for obtaining their Visas for Argentina we are still waiting on the FBI clearance. I have been told that can take up to six weeks. I hope not because we still need to get an Apostile (Official documentation that the record is authentic)   from the secretary of state before we can send it on to get the Visa. I'm not sure how long the Visa itself will take.

Other exciting news is that since the announcement made in General Conference about the age changes for missionaries there has been much excitement. It was announced that the Church regularly receives about 700 missionary applications a week. This last week they received over 4000! And its only been 2 weeks! That's an increase of 471%. In the past about 1/5 were Sisters, now over 1/2 are Sisters. A news article on the topic can be found here: Deseret News.    

Catch Up

Well as you can see its been quite awhile since I last posted. In that time, Johannah married Will Drake. Tyra and Caleb Hustedt have a little son. And the Hustedt family has moved to Baltimore. Josh left on a mission in August 2012 to Washington, Everett. And James and Jacob received mission calls, James to Argentina, Rosario and Jacob to Argentina, Cordoba. They will leave in Jan 2012. I have two children living at home, many more visit regularly. I am a Masters student at the University of Utah studying Instructional Design and Educational Technology. And I teach part time at Brigham Young University and at Salt Lake Community College.

Recent events: Kate broke her leg, General Conference, Jacob had his tooth pulled, James and Jacob had fingerprints taken at the Police department. 

I think this is enough to get started, more to come.

Apostle Visit

Elder Christofferson came to speak at our stake conference on Sunday. In the morning at 7:30am the youth were all invited to listen to Elder Christofferson and shake his hand. What an amazing experience! The stake conference meetings were great! The Provo Temple President and his wife spoke in the adult session on Saturday. Elder Wade, new general authority, accompanied Elder Christofferson and spoke too. We are so blessed to live where we can have these kinds of experiences!

Congratulations to Tyra & Caled Hustedt and Will Drake! They will all be graduating next week!

Tyra is Expecting!

We are excited to learn that Tyra & Caleb will be parents in June! They are such a cute couple and they will be great parents! Of course that means that I will be a grandma! I am so blessed!

I went to the temple yesterday. As I arrived a woman greeted me and said, "I prayed that you would come!". I looked at her, I didn't recognize her. She then continued by saying, "The weather is bad, today". I was grateful that I could be the answer to her prayers that people would come to the temple even though the weather was bad. I really felt good about going to the temple. Again, I am blessed!

Nathan & Emily are Married!

Nathan and Emily married on July 31st in the Draper Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and a wonderful day! The man who sealed Nathan and Emily was the grandfather to one of Nate's companions from the mission. That was a pleasant surprise. My parents and Scott's parents were able to attend the ceremony as well as many aunts and uncles. Emily's family came and her parents attended and so did her 2 married brothers. We filled the largest sealing room in the Draper Temple. After the sealing we took family pictures outside of the Temple. Lunch was catered at Ruby River restaurant in Provo. The reception was located at the Church buildings just north of the Orem Costco. The reception was amazing! The gym was decorated beautifully and the detail was impressive. Emily's family put a lot of effort into making this a special reception. BYU ice cream with a selection of toppings were laid out to be eaten by the guests. Everything went perfectly! We are so pleased to have Emily a part of our family!

Two weeks later the family traveled to Flagstaff for another reception. The reception was located outside the Institute Building. Again everything looked great! It was fun to visit with Emily's family under less pressured conditions. While we were there we attended the Grand Canyon branch for Sunday meetings. Tyra lead the music and the boys passed the sacrament. Another great experience!