I Hope They Call Me On A Mission. . . .

Matt received his mission call this week. Since he was on a cruise with some friends (a high school graduation gift from his Mom) he had no choice but to wait until Sunday to open it. I'm sure the suspense was killing him!

We all gathered at his Mom's house in Sandy on Sunday evening and everyone took a guess as to where they thought he would go. I guessed Brazil. Mark was feeling Kansas City.

As it turns out neither one of us was right . . . . .

Matt has been called to the San Fernando, California - Spanish speaking Mission.


I didn't know this, but Matt really wanted to go somewhere where he could learn Spanish.


Matt will report to the MTC on September 17th. When he opened the envelope and read the call to us he got really emotional - and that made me get all teary eyed too.

Since I forgot my camera I Googled some pictures of San Fernando, CA. One of the ones that came up was this one:
Now, I am SURE it is not put out by the LDS church, but I thought I would include it since for the next two years Matt will be calling this little part of the world home. I know that this will be hard for him. But I also know that if he puts forth the effort that the Lord requires, great blessings will come his way. We are very proud of the choice he has made to serve our Heavenly Father and his children at this time in his life. Way to go Matt!

Matt's Graduation

Well he did it and we are just so proud!
Matt graduated from Jordan High on Tuesday. Here are some pics for you to see.

Senior Prom

A few weeks ago both Jade and Matt went to their Senior Prom. Here are a few pictures:

Here's Matt and his date. Mark wondered about the cane and asked him if he was hurt and had trouble walking! Jade assured us that canes and hats were "cool".

This is Matt's group - it was a big one. They had their prom at the Hale Center Theater in West Valley. They had a great time!

(Matt is on the far left side, back row).

Here are some pictures of Jade and her date, Willy. I have more pics of Jade because she is used to me tagging along to EVERYTHING.

Here's Willy picking her up at the house.

Then they went to the high school to meet up with their group and have their pictures taken. This is where they also met the limo. We waited in the parking lot for them to come out for a while (OK , really about 5 minutes) and then I decided that we could wait inside and see them get their pictures taken just as easily as we could wait in the parking lot.

So, we went inside and people watched while we waited. This is a "taget rich environment" if you're into people watching!

When they lined up to get their group picture taken I quickly took some pictures of my own. I had to be sneaky since I didn't think the REAL photo people would appreciate me in their territory!

Here they are in front of the the limo.

They went to dinner in SLC and their prom was at the Gateway. I introduced myself to the limo driver and he assured me that he would take good care of them. I was glad that they weren't driving themselves since there was a Jazz playoff game, a Led Zeplin concert and three other proms in downtown that night!

Here are Jade & Willy getting into the limo - I'm not sure if Jade is more excited to get into the limo or to finally be rid of me!!