They spent a few days with me and my oldest sister before heading to the Provo MTC. Mom and I spent a day getting pedicures going to lunch and doing some shopping. Dad spent a lot of time playing candyland with Morgan. She tried to cheat her way to the finish line by placing one of the picture cards that jumped you farther on the board as the second card. When Dad said, "let's shuffle the cards", she insisted that he didn't and got really mad when he did. What a stinker, but they had fun despite trying to cheat her way to winning :). Dad, Jeff and the kids also played a long game of monopoly. I love watching my parents be grandparents, they are awesome with the kids and I can tell the love that they feel for them.
Jeff was also ordained a High Priest the Sunday that they were here with us and Jeff's parents were able to come down for that. On the same day Ian was also ordained as a Teacher. I feel so blessed and lucky to have 2 worthy priesthood holders in my household, and I'm also very blessed to have a father-in-law and a father who are worthy priesthood holders too. After church we all came back to our house for lunch.
On Monday Morning, Mom and Dad packed-up their stuff and headed to Provo for the week. It was bittersweet watching them leave. They are serving in an area that had a branch at one point, but since the economy tanked it left a lot of people in the area unemployed and a lot of those people moved, which resulted in them having to shut down the branch and those that were left had to drive to another branch. My dad was called as the branch president and they are now in the process of trying to contact all the members on their list to let them know about the re-opening, they are also waiting for the go ahead from Salt Lake to reopen it and move forward.
I can already feel the blessings that are coming our way with their missionary service. I know that they will have some amazing missionary experiences and do great work.
