News from Elder Sport

Sport has left the MTC. Such exciting times coming up for him! I got this text yesterday...

Elder Christensen has arrived safely to the great North Dakota Bismarck Mission!  We are so thrilled to have him. Thank you for sending him to us and for all you have done to help him prepare for this very sacred service. We love him, and we’re looking forward to serving with him in this the greatest cause!

President & Sister Camp

A Special Day for Sport

We had a very special day with Sport yesterday. We attended the Oquirrh Mountain Temple yesterday where he made and received sacred Covenants with God.

It was a beautiful day.

Party, Party, Party!!

I forgot to tell you about the party! 

After we left the church, we all came back to the house to eat my sweetie's delicious sweet rolls and a bunch of other yummy treats. 

While we visited, my sweetie fired up the smoker and filled it with marinated chicken breasts.

Soon all of our guests who weren't our children were off for other Sunday activities. 

Then we started food prep in earnest. We chopped melons, peeled peaches, and served my sweetie's amazing peach salsa. 

The kids brought in more tables while the littles played with the Tonka trucks.

Some of them got really silly!

Others were so excited for Grandpa's (my sweetie's) corn straight from the garden that they ate it raw.

Finally, about 2:00, we settled down for lunch.

The food was awesome! Then it was time to celebrate our September birthdays. Grandpa and Princess were the only 2 here and Grandpa opened all his gifts last week, so Princess made a big deal over hers.

Such a great day. Say goodbye, Duchess. 

Sport's Mission Farewell

As you know, Sport has been busy preparing for his mission to North Dakota. He starts Home MTC on October 4 and then goes to the MTC in Provo on October 13. 

Yesterday, he spoke at church in front of family and friends. He was awesome!

Things are happening SO fast!

He Got the Call!!

Sport has been SO worried about getting his mission call, but then, it came...

And he read it out loud...

So excited for him. He leaves Oct 4...

That is SO fast!

Crafty's Farewell Party

We have had so much excitement lately that it is difficult to remember the order of things, but I wanted to tell you about our Sunday. Crafty was invited to speak in church and she drove me crazy during our New Jersey trip because she kept asking everyone to give her a topic, but no writing got done.

On Saturday night around 9:00 pm, she finally started stressing during the fireworks because she had only just started getting her thoughts together and she had been asked to speak for 20 minutes.

I don't know why I ever worry about her. She gave an amazing talk full of stories from the Philippines and her experieces from what she calls affectionately Mission 1.

After church, we made our way back to the house where we were treated to my sweetie's sweet pork burritoes.

Most of the family stayed until about 3:00, talking and laughing. My sweetie and I headed upstairs and took a wonderfully long overdue nap.