He made it!!!!

You cant see me right now....but I'm doing the "Happy Dance!"  Jace made it to Argentina!  Here he is meeting President Carter for the first time!  I'm so happy that his mission has a blogspot so I can "borrow" pictures off their blogspot to put on mine!

And here are the "reinforcements" as they are known in BAW, or the "waiters" as they were known in the U.S.  That must have been quite the sight to see all of them gathered together at the Atlanta airport last night.  Stripling Warriors are what they are! 

Jace is the 4th from the right.......and he's still smiling after flying the "red-eye!"  I love that kid!

Watching Jace's plane fly over the Caribbean Sea.

It's finally here!  Jace is flying over the Caribbean as I write this.  Not gonna lie.....missed a call from him at the airport this afternoon...and I've been crying all evening.  Can't imagine how he felt when he got our voice mail at home, then on my cell, then tried to call his brother....voice mail...then about 6 friends....got all voice mails. :(  Luckily one person answered his call.  I feel awful!  I won't be able to hear from him until Christmas!

Thankfully his Mission President in Alabama felt it was important for him to call us last night and have a nice long chat before he left the country.  For that I am grateful!  Otherwise I don't think I could have handled this situation like an adult!  I just keep thinking the reunion at the airport in 19 months is going to be SWEET!

It came!!! He's outta here!

FINALLY!  I got word from Jace's mission president in Alabama that his visa has been cleared, and he leaves for Buenos Aires on Monday,  June 4th!  I only wished I could have seen the look on his face when he found out!  He's been waiting so long....I bet it was PRICELESS!  On the other hand....he's been shopping and bought himself a new pink tie that he thinks is the shiz....and from the picture, I'd say he was right! :)

Ute Stampede Queen attendant!

Here she is!  This is going to be an awfully busy summer at our house!  We're down to one child, and we're facing probably the busiest summer so far with Girls Camp, Youth Conference, FFA officer training, parades, rodeos, a job, and whatever else life can throw at us!  Bring it!  We're ready.....I think. ;)

Congrats to Hillary!!!

Just got back from Cedar City.....Hillary graduated today with a BS in Psychology at 19 years old!  Wow!  What a woman!  Josh always said he was either going to marry a lunch lady, or at least someone he could carry on an intelligent conversation with.  Looks like he found her!  Good luck in California this summer you two!  Wow....I just noticed the people in the background....I hope I'm not in the background of someone else's pictures looking like that!  And by the way.....nice "diploma" Josh had you hold!  I have one of those too...only mine is a "program". (wink, wink.)

Lyndsey and Tyson

Mom to TWO PRESIDENTS...so far....

Lyndsey and the 2012-2013 Mt. Nebo Officers and  the State FFA Officers

Lyndsey and TyLynn..(former Chapter President, now State FFA President!)

Lyndsey and the 2012-2013 Mt. Nebo Chapter Officers.

What a whirl wind this week has been!  Wednesday night was the annual FFA installation banquet.  Lyndsey forgot to tell me about it....someone else had to. :)  Anyway...good thing Marty and I decided to attend!  Much to our surprise, and to Lyndsey's, she was named the Mt. Nebo FFA 2012-2013 PRESIDENT!!!!  After taking last year off from running for office...which just about killed her....she decided she would run again!  She is so different from Jace.....he is VERY intense, and the whole week before "sifting" he was crazy insane.  Lyndsey...no so much.  We kind of forgot she was running!  I did however remember when she told me 10:00 p.m. Sunday night she needed treats for the committee Monday morning at 6:00 a.m. Got to love those kind of surprises!!!  Anyway...Congrats to Lyndsey!!!  Love you!  You're going to do great!  Keep that FFA in line!