Drum Roll Please

So, ladies and gentlemen, after much ado, we finally have Jared's mission call. When it came in the mail, my heart was beating so hard. We gathered as a family and he ripped it open. Many tears later, the words sunk into my head and my heart..... Geneva Switzerland. He's going to Switzerland to serve a French speaking mission ! I can't believe it. His dream has been realized. His mission is huge !!! It emcompasses Switzerland, France, Belgium, and Luxembourge. He will report to the MTC on January 28th to begin. He has taken 4 years of French and I'm sure that that had a little bit to do with the fact that he was called over there. I told Gary that we have to start saving now, as I WILL be going to pick him up. I'm so proud of him. I don't think that his feet have touched the ground yet. They probably won't for awhile. I was so praying for him to stay in the states, but he has always wanted to go foreign. I guess if he has to go overseas, this isn't a bad place to be at all.

Terrific Thursday

So, everyone, I just got a call from Jared and the papers are in the mailbox. He told me that he would wait for all of us to be there ... ( okay, real story... he knows that I have threatened him within an inch of his life if he opened them without us being there !!! ) ... I can't wait to go home today. I've been sick and was planning on leaving early anyway, now there is a real reason to go home. I will post later when we all find out where he is going. Thank you for the kind words and the prayers on our behalf. I'm a missionary mom now....Wow !

Wednesday Worries

So, here it is ... Wednesday again... and we all have the same thing on our mind at our house. Will it be today? For Jared's sake, I hope that his papers come today and that we will finally have one hurdle down and over with . We are at a standstill as far as getting him ready as we have done all that we can with the info that we have. We now need to wait until we have his actual call to complete our purchases for him. I'm praying really hard that it comes today. I will update this as soon as I have any info.

8 is GREAT !

I was tagged by my sweet neice Jaime... so here goes:

8 TV shows that I love to watch....
1. King Of Queens
2. Everyone Loves Raymond
3. Clean House
4. Designed to Sell
5. Forensic Files
6. House Hunters
7. Dancing with the Stars
8. Biggest Loser

8 Places that I love to eat......
1. PF Changs
2. Chili's
3. Cafe Rio
4. Olive Garden
5. La Frontera
6. Tucci's
7. Macaroni Grill
8. Mandarin

8 things that happened yesterday.....
1. Jared was ordained to an Elder.
2. We talked with Christina's mom.
3. We went to church.
4. We had Christina and Justin over for dinner.
5. I cried.
6. Jenna made cinnamon rolls for breakfast.
7. Our YW presidency was changed.
8. Skipped Sunday school to turn on dinner.

8 things that I look most forward to....
1. Jared getting his mission call.
2. Jared coming home from his mission.
3. Christmas morning
4. Seeing Jenna turn into a beautiful young woman.
5. Josh and Justin getting married.
6. Grandbabies!
7. Fridays
8. Seeing my Yayas

8 things I love about Fall....
1. Crisp morning air
2. Taking a ride to see the leaves changing colors.
3. Thanksgiving dinner.
4. Cute trick or treaters!
5. Pumpkin spice candles
6. Grandma's famous pumpkin chiffon pie!
7. Snuggly Sweaters
8. Fires in the fireplace

8 things on my wishlist....
1. Getting out of debt sooner
2. Lasix
3. A new car when Jared comes home
4. Shelves for my paper in my scrapbook room
5. Grandma getting to go home to see Grandpa again soon
6. Knowing where Jared will spend his 2 years
7. A new living room couch
8. Painting my bedroom and getting new bedding

8 People I am tagging
1. Ashlee
2. Jill
3. Marci
4. Ginger
5. Becky
6. Stephanie
7. Jenna
8. Tricia

Okay Jaime! I did it ! Now it's your turn gals! It IS harder than it looks !!!

Jenna After !

Ta Daaaaa ! Here is our beauty after her gift of love to someone who is struggling with cancer. I was amazed at how unselfish she was and the gift made me cry and her smile! I told her that I miss her really long hair, and she said, "Mom~ Think of how happy YOU would be if I was in that position and someone else gave it to ME! Wow... she had me. And a child shall lead them, right? Well, she may be young in years, but she is a very good teacher to this poor student, her mom. I am priviledged to be her mom. Hence my opening song... In My Daughter's Eyes. Every word of the song is true, and it speaks to my heart each time I hear it. I am so very proud of my beautiful Jenna, however, on this occasion, I believe that she may be even more beautiful on the inside. I love you sweet girl !

Jenna Before !

I wanted to post Jenna's huge gift of love on our blog. Her hair was an amazing length... Over 3 feet long ! She graciously decided to cut her hair and send it in to locks of love. She learned of this in school and was so sad the whole day. She couldn't image anyone, especially a little girl, not being able to have beautiful long hair like she does. When we were getting ready to cut 10 inches off ~ the minimum required length ~ she said, "No Mom ! More... So I went to 12 inches, and she said, "More Mom ! I was amazed. When I got to 14 inches, I asked her to not cut anymore. I still wanted her to have long enough hair to put up for her.

Three Weeks and Counting ~

So, Jared's Mission papers have been in for 3 weeks and we are all so excited that we can't stand it. As each Wednesday approaches, I'm on pins and needles until the mail has been checked. He is so excited to go on his mission and we are so proud of him. He will be such a good missionary. He received his Duty to God award this month and he worked so hard on it. The program was started after he was all ready in Young Men's and he went back and did all of the requirements that he needed to do for not only the Teacher but also the Deacon as well. He is such an awesome young man and he will be an amazing missionary. He has such a strong testimony of the Gospel and can't wait to share the Good News with everyone that he meets. It's harder than I thought it would be to see him prepare to go. I just usually go in my room and cry !!! But this will be such a great experience for him and many people will benefit from his service. I'll keep this updated when we get his call.

Sick of Scrapbooking ?

Now... How could I be sick of scrapbooking? I love it... It's my passion... I have a room dedicated to it in my basement that I love. But today, believe it or not, I am sick of scrapbooking. I started this scrapbooking class at church and once a month, I teach a layout class. I chose Disneyland as a favor to one of my friends, with Mickey and Minnie and several delicatally small pieces to put on the page. Well, my page was a hit and over 30 people signed up. Holy cow ! I had to cut out so many things... thank goodness for my cricut! It will be a long time before I make a Disneyland page again or any other page that I have to duplicate over 30 times! :)

On a side note, our 2 baby girls, Zoe and Ali went to the 'beauty shop' today and got groomed. They look absolutely darling. Ali was very scared... it's only her second time to the groomers and she is just worn out ! She's been the sweetest little lap dog ever tonight! Zoe is still running around licking everything in sight !!!

We finally did it !!!

Welcome to our blog. This is our first post. Thanks so much to Ashlee who helped me set this up. I could have never done it without her. You Rock Ashlee !