Provo City Center Temple Open House

Ellie and I got to go on a VIP tour of the new Provo City Center Temple! It was awesome! It is gorgeous and so neat that it was restored after a fire burned down the tabernacle 5 years ago. It is now a beautiful temple! It was an awesome night together! :)

Lindsey leaves!

Saying goodbye to Jakey at home

Saying goodbye to Matt at home

red eyes after saying our goodbyes at home

MTC drop off

brutal/sweet

I didn't want to let go!!!!!!

This was a hard goodbye!

Lindsey's farewell

Lindsey did an amazing job on her farewell talk. We were so proud of her! It was an awesome day! We had so much wonderful support from family and friends! Lindsey has been blessed with amazing cousins and aunts and uncles who we are so grateful for! We had a nice dinner/open house afterwards as well.

Days leading up to Lindsey leaving

Lindsey was sad to leave this little guy!

Lindsey and her roommates at the dinner after the farewell

Lindsey's Missionary Photos

 Casey was so kind to take Lindseys mission pictures! They turned out beautifully! We went to the Mt. Timpanogos Temple for them. I love them so much! What a gorgeous glowing missionary!!

New Years Eve

We got to babysit Steveo and Sarahs cute little kids on NYE. We went and hung out with Rich and Heidi and had a fun night visiting with them and then later Steve and Sarah. Great Grandpa came up for a sweet photo shoot with these kiddos!

Year in review

2015 was a great year for our family!!! We had some awesome highlights! First of all Baby Jacob was born at the end of 2014- and turned one at the end of 2015! We love this little boy so much! He has brought so much happiness to our family!! I am so thankful for the privilege to watch him! He is a joy! We had a wonderful family vacation to California in July - the last family vacation with us all together for many years! Ellie rocked swim team this summer and then started up again in November after a long break. Ellie has had back pain for over 2 years. She has been going to physical therapy for a lot of years and nothing ever really helped. This year we finally got an MRI and were told she had bulging discs in her lumbar and cervical spine. After about 3 months of complete inactivity we were able to talk to a spinal surgeon (friend of Dan and Julies) and he confirmed that she did not have bulging discs and should just continue her regular activities. What a relief! The pain has become less and she is enjoying swim team once again! Katie finished her last cross country season at Timpanogos High School and did wonderfully. She had Tom and Max as teammates this year. She received the academic all region award and the four year award. She has had great friends on this time in Erin Jackman, Ashley Wangemann and Natalie Mace. She worked all summer at The Italian Place and loved it! Lindsey graduated  from Timpanogos High School and Seminary in May! She was a High Honors graduate. She worked at doTerra all summer and then started school at BYU in the fall, moving out and living in Heritage Halls. In September she received her mission call to the Buenos Aires North Argentina mission. She ended her first semester with great grades! She got to have a class with her brother Matt and cousin Cosi! Matt and Casey both worked hard all year in school and their jobs and have been a light in our family living so close by! Leslie was lucky enough to go to NYC with her "sistahs" in September on a spur of the moment trip and then she and Dave went to Maui, Hawaii in November with Cheri, Bry, Cosi, Mark and Debbie and Rob for an epic adventure! I also quit working which has been so nice!!! I have worked a total of 20 of the last 26 years! We were able to do some motorcycle trips, camping, skiing, waterskiing, family reunions, concerts and lots of other wonderful events throughout the year. It was truly a great year! We have been so richly blessed.