July 27, 2020

Good morning you wonderful presents amazing son of mine! I love you with all of my heart and miss you so much. For some reason last time we cleaned the house pictures of you are on every single table. We have one on the front table, the kitchen table, the counter, it's so funny everywhere you look you are smiling at us. How are you doing? How was your week? How are your precious investigative? We are praying for them. It is so sweet Seth always remembers Steve. How is the heat? How was your comp? How is everything? Do you need more masks? I bet they're getting kind of sweaty. We were sitting around talking about making masks with a big cheesy smile on them last night. I'm trying to imagine how all of these little kindergarteners are going to get anything done with a mask on their face. We're so super excited for all of your news today. I've missed you so much this week. Some of our highlights well let's start with yesterday. We had lyla's baby blessing. She was an absolute Angel. If someone hadn't dated her a beautiful beautiful dress and she just sat there sleeping like a little angel. It happened to Grandma jello's house and I was so fun. Scott Marchant entire family that came to our wonderful backyard and did Dutch oven in the fire pit and use the tables and the hangout area the flagstone patio. It was so fun so that was happening in the backyard while we had Matt Karen and family and Grandma raspberry inside. That was so cool. We have the sacrament together and then we divided up come follow me and little sections and did teams all the way around and we were talking about the gospel for over an hour. After that we got new teams and everybody got a Pioneer conversion story from the Christiansen side and they were challenged to make a Rice Krispie sculpture from there story. It ended up being super fun. Saturday like a took sassy and Spencer rock climbing with a child family. I think that Evan dislocated his kneecap or something. I've got to check on that today. They were in Rock Canyon and had tons of fun. Sam here we really really like, and he's dance partner, came over here and they were practicing tumbling in the backyard. That night Michael who gave up on summer sales Michael Dunn came over and recorded a new song that Spencer wrote. I'm going to tell him to send it to you today it's so beautiful and guess what it's not a breakup song! Friday the 24th we basically had this Christians and family reunions here! Mark and Matt and families came over that afternoon and we did volleyball and cornhole and cam Jam & BBQ and then a super fun redneck hot tub that for some reason stayed really really full all night. We got home from our incredible wonderful family reunions on Wednesday. So that was kind of the rest of our week. It was so fun. I can't wait to show you Cedar Breaks. It's a place I never really have been that it is so spectacular. It's like science and Bryce mixed together everywhere you drive is just an absolutely spectacular of you. One of the highlights was one night we all went up to see the stars. Where we stayed you can drive to six miles to the very very very top of a mountain and your in total Blackness there's no light pollution at all and I don't think I've ever seen stars like that in my life. It almost got overwhelming. We started to have a little what kind of testimony meeting and devotional by Grandpa and the kids just ended up crying all the teenagers are crying all the way home. Maybe not all but a lot, and it was so spiritual and so sweet. Dad Spencer and I had the opportunity to ride home together because we had to wait for sensor who had a class, and we read such an incredible story from our heritage and then I realized we're reading the book that we gave you so you don't have like a virgin stories book so we're going to send you a package but in the meantime if you have time to open the document I shared with you this morning and read Olaf Christian Larson you would love it. This morning we have 11 days until the wedding and so preparation for that is in high gear and it's going to be beautiful and fun and we're so excited. We have a lot of fun projects and things to make Bill to do I order figure out taste and create. Build and bill. We also did bridals Saturday afternoon! BEAUTIFUL!! Last night I got a phone call from one of my students mothers who had such a terrifying experience. She was standing in her kitchen at 9:18 in the morning on Pioneer Day on Friday Friday, and Amanda's walked into her house. He walked past the kitchen to the bedroom and she thought it was a neighbor or relative, and she followed him and when he got to the bedroom and turned around and it was a stranger and he said ma'am you're dead. Very uncharacteristically said her response was to start yelling at him she said quote get out of my house you don't belong here get out right now. My student a little 10 year old boy and his cousin were in the kitchen. She said she prayed like she has never prayed in her entire life the deepest prayers she has ever offered and he walked back to the P pushed her back to the kitchen and repeated in front of the boys ma'am you're dead and then pointed at the boys as well. She knew that if he shot her that he would just proceed to kill the whole family. So she said at that moment the house was filled with angell's. She saw them. People who have passed on that she loved and knew and there were hundreds of them the whole house was full of angels. She was inspired to walk around behind the man and of all strange things start rubbing his shoulders and telling him that everything was going to be alright and slowly guiding him to words the door to go outside. Very uncharacteristically he slowly shuffled toward the door. When he got about a foot away he stopped and repeat it again ma'am you're dead. She didn't know what to do but she pointed to a patio furniture and said she was inspired to say let's go out there and sit down and talk about it I'll listen to whatever you have to say and see if I can help you do and things like that. Somehow she got his feet moving again she was behind him pushing on his shoulders and she got to the door and she said she shoved him harder than she's ever shoved anything in her whole life and all of the Angels helped her push him out the door but you closed and locked it. In the meantime she had told the boys to go run out of the house to go get help and so they had gone and called the police and the West Jordan Police apprehended him within 30 minutes and they were wonderful and super helpful. anyway she asked me to share the story with my family because she said God is real, prayer is real, angels are real, I saw them they were there helping me and having a dedicated home is real. She felt like he was uncomfortable in a dedicated home with all those angels and that's why he was willing to leave. Have you guys dedicated your apartment? I want to be more dedicated, consecrated, devoted and reliable for the Lord than I have ever been, I want him to be able to use me and direct me wherever he needs me. I want to help him in his kingdom of love. I want to help him redeem and she'll and plus people and help people understand how valuable and important they are. Our discussion about the Almas yesterday was so awesome. Here's a quote we shared that I love so much: However late you think you are, however many chances you think you have missed, however many mistakes you feel you have made or talents you think you don’t have, or however far from home and family and God you feel you have traveled, I testify that you have not traveled beyond the reach of divine love. It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ’s Atonement shines. Jeffrey R. Holland I LOVE YOU!! Love, Mom May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.