Our farewells:
Farewell Dinner with our neighbors, the Gamez's
President and Sister Bulloch
Farewell dinner with other senior couples
Farewell breakfast with the missionaries at the Visitors Center
Our directors, the Garvins
Farewell breakfast with the missionaries at the Visitors Center
Our directors, the Garvins
Our colleagues, the Stewarts
And the sister missionaries at the Center
Gifts too!!
Packing for the flight home
Waiting for the office elders and the van to take us to the airport
What great guys. They packed us up, took us to the airport and helped with the luggage
Last picture with all our Zarahemla friends and then goodbye
And our homecomings:What great guys. They packed us up, took us to the airport and helped with the luggage
Last picture with all our Zarahemla friends and then goodbye
Heather and Ella get hugs from Grandpa and Grandma
Grandma gets to meet Miley and Christian approves
Grandpa, Grandma and the DelHoyo kids
Monique drove through horrible traffic to get there and bring Ember,
Sadie, Braxton and darling Jada
Ember and Sadie
All back to our hotel for pizza and lots of hugs
The beautiful reason for our stop in California, our Hadley Brynn's baptism
After the baptism with Jordan, Mo and Braxton
and a couple of pretty cute princesses Sadie and Ella
Our beautiful family at Heather's ward
and just look what happened while we were gone
A quick visit to Pat's house:
Grandpa getting to know his cute little ones
Then on to our home in Salt Lake to celebrate Thanksgiving with Julia, Sean, Pat and families and uncle Roy. Good times!!
A quick trip to Hurricane (The Ranch):
And Christmas:
Larry, Monique, Braxton, Pat, Jada, Roy, Julia, Vivian and Sean
I guess the dinner was a hit!
A birthday for two special granddaughters:A quick trip to Hurricane (The Ranch):
Randy and Janet for a 100th birthday bash for our great Uncle Homer
And Christmas:
With the Jones' cousins (DeAnn, TJ, Randy, Janine, Kris,
Janice, KC, Sandy, Janet) at Ken's
At the Jones':
3 of our 4 girls
Mike and Kate
Camille and Elliot
Micah and Janet in the kitchen
Randy, the host
Randy, the host
Christmas Eve:
opening gifts
and Grandpa making great use of our wonderful new mixer, a gift from our children:
and the result is:
Tony is waiting for Santa
and Christmas Day:opening gifts
and then family and food, that is what makes Christmas special:
and Grandpa making great use of our wonderful new mixer, a gift from our children:
and the result is:
ah, delicious!
It was so fun sharing our Christmas with the Raphaels and Duffins:
That completes our story of a wonderful mission ending with reuniting with all of our loved ones. We are so blessed with the gospel in our lives and with such a wonderful family to share it with. Through these experiences our testimonies have grown and our capacity to love has grown. We are now looking forward to our next great adventure in serving the Lord.