Sam's Farewell Sunday

Sam gave his farewell talk at church with passion and conviction.  He sobbed through much of it he was so moved with love for the Savior and for the restored gospel as well as for all those who had come to hear him speak.

After church, we had all the family over for lunch.

Stephen and his babies with the little blonde photo bomber, Danica

How blessed we are to have so many of our family close by and able to celebrate these big events with us!

Sam's Temple Day

Before missionaries leave to serve, they are endowed with the blessings of the temple.  It was a sacred and wonderful experience to have with Sam and many of our family members.  

We went out for Mexican food afterward. It was great to get to visit and laugh with all these wonderful people! 

Huebsch Cousins and Goodbye to Elder Rigby

We watched Gracie and Adam Huebsch, our great niece and nephew, while their parents went to a wedding in Utah.  It was tons of fun.  My kiddos love little ones. I  am sure that  we wore them out with all the love and attention.

Gracie and Adam were with us when we had our farewell fiesta dinner for Elder Rigby.  Elder Rigby and Elder Fackrell are two of our favorite missionaries ever.  They were wonderful missionaries but they were also great with our family.  They fit right in with all us crazies.

They were high school buddies and then got to serve together in the mission field, SO COOL! You can see the love.

Our kids are not very good with boundaries.  When they love someone, they treat them just like one of the family.

Elder Fackrell's crazy eyes are now famous at our house. No one can do them quite as well as the original though.

Elder Rigby was so sweet and loving with the kids.

And so was Elder Fackrell, just a bit more goofy.

Those poor guys spent a lot of time untucking their shirts to find the back magnet for their name tags.  The kids would steal them every chance they got.  We had to start making threats to get them to stop.
The elders were really good sports about it.

These last two pictures the elders took and left for me on my camera.  Such nuts.  We miss them both.