Dinner with Andy
We went to dinner with one of Olivia’s mission friends – a man she helped baptize last January, named Andy. He was so on fire that he had three other friends join the discussions with...
Read The Rest of the StoryOlivia
Flowers from the Garden & A Package from Home
Over the past several weeks I’ve sent Olivia two packages — The first one was flowers from the garden. I wasn’t really sure if it would work to mail flowers from the garden . ....
Read The Rest of the Story
Olivia’s First Package from Home
Today I mailed Olivia her rodeo t-shirt. It was so important that she receive it before the rodeo next week. So she could wear it with us on the night-of. Oh how I miss that...
Read The Rest of the Story
The First Letter to Olivia
After dropping Olivia off at the MTC, I came home and just couldn’t bear it. I had to write Olivia a letter. It’s like I forgot to tell her how much I’d miss her. So...
Read The Rest of the Story
Taking Olivia to the MTC
On Wednesday we took Olivia to the MTC. Oh heart. The morning started slow – even though that silly goose wasn’t even packed! She went to breakfast with her BFF, Natalie Lawson, and spent a...
Read The Rest of the Story
Olivia’s Farewell Talk
Hello everybody! Today is the most wonderful day! I hope everyone saw how beautiful the mountains were today and how blessed we are that God gave them to us.
Read The Rest of the Story
Olivia’s Farewell and Home MTC
Olivia did home MTC for the first ten days. She had 8-10 hours of class each day, and otherwise had to fill her time with study, write her talk, and just get ready to leave....
Read The Rest of the Story
Last Hurrahs & Being Set Apart as a Missionary
In the week leading up to Olivia’s being set apart for her mission we had a few last hurrahs – Before the family dinner she was set apart as a missionary by our Stake Presidency,...
Read The Rest of the Story
Called to Serve Him
Olivia received her mission call this week! I am so happy and excited for her. Of course we had to have multiple celebrations and openings. She received the call on Tuesday afternoon. The day before...
Read The Rest of the Story