Grayson and Mom on a Mission

AUGUST 6TH BABY!! Im so proud of Nathan and of my best friends. I try to imagine my life without them 3 in my life and I really dont know how it would be. I'm so glad to have 3 people that will always help me stay true as friends and will help me be better than I am always. I cant even begin to imagine how the mission has changed us four. I will be forever grateful for the mission changing my life, but also the lives of my 3 best friends. I'm so glad to know they have passed for some of the same experiences that I have here on the mission. That's awesome that yall are working out! That's my momma! Keep at it. Like I always say, consistency is key when it comes to work out. You can work out for 2 hours 7 days a week, but if you stop after 3 weeks it won't do much. Keep Abby going strong. I'm already ready for my smoothies at home!! I will continue praying for the house! I hope it all goes through and you guys can take a big breath.  That's so ...

Hi my boy!  So lots of questions for you. First of all, did you talk about your return date with President Ribiero?  What did he say? Second, did you write Sally? How do you feel about it?   Well this week was focused on Nathan's homecoming and Aliza's farewell.  Nathan got home last tuesday and I still haven't talked to him!  We werent really invited to the airport.  I think they had so much family here that they just wanted to focus on that.  Which I totally understand.  And after he arrived, they were just going to like 3 baseball games and then getting him released. LOL  Like, welcome home... but we gotta lot to do.  Then his homecoming talk was on Sunday at 10:30 in Sherman which we went to and he did such a great job.  He sounds so grown up and much more self assured.  But we had to leave right after he spoke because Aliza's farewell was at noon back in Prosper  and it was a 40 minute drive.  S...

Hi momma! I'm so glad that everyone is home right now. That must be so great for you and dad. I'm glad to hear that you guys had a good Easter and that Sam is recovering as well. That's awesome that Abby will already start working. She should just get tons of hours and make some serious bank this summer. I can't belive the contract fell through. But it seems like the lord was helping yall out with a better buyer. I've been praying lots about this house so I hope it all works out as well.  I think that's really interesting what you said about them sorrowing to sleep. I think that may be true. They didn't understand the whole time Jesus was saying his time was coming to an end until he really had to go to the garden and they had to know that it was then. Ive learned a lot about the apostles and its crazy how imperfect they were. It truly shows how we are all reliant on the lords forgiveness and also that the Lord's servants will always be simple ...

Hello love!  Well... I'm finally back home in Tejas and hope I get to stay here for a while.  Sam is also here for a couple of weeks and Abby too.  I love having my kids here under my roof!!  It feels great to have them here and I can't wait til we are all under the same roof again.   I hope you had a nice easter!  We got together with the whole fam at the Walton's tonight for Easter dinner and some games.  It was a lot of fun.  It was a nice day at church as well.  Next week we have Nathan's homecoming and Aliza's farewell on the same day! Its gonna be a bit crazy but I'm excited for both.  Abby is dreading Aliza leaving because she will miss her so much.  I think she's gonna be a little bored for a while until she finds some friends to hang out with this summer.  But the good news is she already has 2 jobs! She got hired at the new Palios which is over in Tucker Hill and at a restaurant called 11/17 which is on 380 ...

hahah oh my gosh....yall are way too worried. I think his call is awesome! Colombia looks beautiful, he will be able to baptize a lot, and be able to learn spanish! hahah because africa is chill, it just has a bad connotation from americans.  My area is pretty chill. We dont work in the favela right now as compared to a couple other areas where i worked in the favela. So i feel pretty chill. There is favela in this area, but its pretty far from the chapel so we dont usually work there. This week we almost got locked in the bishops house because of a flood that was surrounding a couple areas of his house. We had to drive through the favela to get away from the flood. Even my comp was worried, but i was like dawgggg chill. It was totally fine. Missionaries are very rarely messed with if you are doing good things. The worst that could happen is someone robs you. BUt even when they rob you, they arent looking to hurt you, they just want your money and then to leave.  I dou...

How is my amazing son?! So I'm sitting here with Noelle talking about Cali Columbia and missions! Its so exciting.  Noelle is freaking out because its at a "threat level 2" for tourist warnings.  One of his best friends got called to Bennin Africa and it's only a threat level 1. LOL I wonder what Sao Paulo is... I"m gonna look it up. ... It's a threat level 2. Yikes How do you feel about the safety of where you live now compared to other areas you served in?   Did President ever mention the beach trip again?  How did transfers go this week? Please check those two small charges I sent you and make sure those are correct.  I want to make sure your debit card hasn't been compromised. Are you and your comp still doing great?  How did your investigators do this week?  I'm hoping they are progressing! Im in scramble mode again!  I'm back in Utah.  Can't believe I'm herre again so quickly.  But I'm so glad I can he...

thats dope!! Im excited that it all worked out. It seems to be a really good schedule. I even will have wednesday nights free to do 2 for 1 night skiing at sundance(; im fine if i dont get into philosophy cause that weather class seems interesting too and it marks off my physical science credit as well.  I can see how its probably been a hard week. Im glad you are able to relieve a little bit of her responsibilities at least. thats so sad about what her little girl said. SHe is bigger than i thought, i think she may end up having memories of this time. I like the advice her bishop gave to her. I know thats true. We can accept the fact that bad things happen in our life and move forward with Christ, or we can self destruct. I hope she stays determined to keep going. Its just sad cause suicide never is the answer. I wish he could have found another solution. I will be praying for them.  Thats fun about your lunch date today. Im glad you will be able to see her again. I r...

Did you see your classes?  Dude! You got every class but the Phil 201 class!  You're on the wait list for that.  That is so awesome!   Well its been a crazy, hard week.  I'm still in utah and leave Wednesday morning.  The good part is that Dani has been very responsive to me and has let me spend lots of time with her and the girls.  Today I took the girls to the park (twice), Costco and mcdonalds for happy meals.  I had them for about 5 hours and I'm EXHAUSTED!!! lol.  It's a lot of work! At the end of the day, Winnie told me "I miss my Daddy." It just broke my heart.  Dani is barely holding it together but seems stronger than I imagined she would be.  She just wears Denny's clothes and looks really tired.  Im really worried about her.  She is so worried about her finances and how she will take care of the girls.Someone made a GoFundMe and it is up to about $33,000.  But she needs like a year of income so sh...