Holli's off on her mission!

It has been a pleasure knowing Holli Hardey. I've known her ever since Primary. Her parents were young marrieds with us. She has impressed me for a long time. Her maturity and desire to do good has always shown. We are so pleased for her and the choices she has made. Holli gave a great talk this morning in the Stonewall Ward. I could feel the spirit strongly. She spoke of planning a mission as a young girl and read from her journal about the process. She is going to St. George to work on the temple grounds. What a great match for Holli. She has that sweet and loving disposition and will do well in that calling. Angie says she is at peace with her daughter leaving. Holli did live in the Dallas area for a year, but that was still close to home. This is 18 months, over a 1000 miles away. Think of the blessings her family will enjoy, and the growth for all of us, just knowing she is serving.

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Memorial Day in Utah

We had a wonderful and fast weekend in Utah for the Memorial Day holiday. First Jared picked us up at the airport and we went straight to TACANO'S. It's a Brazilain Smorgasboard and all kinds of meats on skewers delivered to your table to choose what you like. Then, a short walk down GATEWAY MALL to the fountains to watch the kids play in the spouts and vapors. They loved it. The next morning we had a picnic at THANKSGIVING POINT and then went in to play in the water at Noah's Ark. Afterwards, we went through the gardens and played on all the fun kid stuff.That evening we had the best CAFE RIO Mexican stacks. Too good, I got the recipe.

Sunday we went to church with Kelly and family. and then Jared made a fire pit in the back yard with some of the stones found in the grass and weeds. (He's been clearing it out to level and landscape). We enjoyed Hot Dogs, chips, smores and candy, yep, toasted on a hot dog stick. We were going up the canyon but it had rained that morning and was still overcast. Kelly said it would be muddy and much colder there.

Monday we went to Kelly's new MARKETPLACE grocery store for a few things and to just get away for a moment. The we all went to see NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2. Great movie. That afternoon, we went to Libby's and Rich grilled for us. We had salmon and steak, that guy can cook. Kelly had made a birthday cake for Jared that looked like a bucket of theatre popcorn. The kids had a water balloon war, and played on the swings and trampoline. Tuesday we flew home.