Getting a Returned Missionary!

Last week was wonderful! My family and I drove down to Salt Lake City, Utah to see my sister on Temple Square. She has been serving a mission their for a year and a half. We got to have a tour of the mission office and call center. She showed us how you chat and what they record about each of their investigators. It was really cool, I had no idea how much they did online! We also got to meet her mission president, he was a really neat man of course. We also watch Meet the Mormons and got a tour of the Tabernacle. We also saw a glimpse of how the sister missionaries are when they aren't out teaching. To put it mildly they are very happy ladies.

Temple Square is a pretty neat place. Well, that is an understatement, it's awesome! If you haven't gone, go.

After Christy said her goodbye's we all drove down to sunny St. George. It literally was sunny and I LOVED it. Perfect weather the whole time. I really really miss the weather. My sister and I went running together. It was the first time I have been running in over a year. I had horrible chin splints and my legs were in a lot of pain but I still loved it. Hopefully this Idaho weather warms up or makes up it's mind soon, I am so ready to start running again.

While we were in St. George Kori and I went on a date! Wahoo! We don't get to go very much or as much as we would like so we take advantage of the opportunity. We also got to go to the Temple. It's really nice when it's only a 10 minute drive. Apart from seeing my family, going to the Temple is one of the things I look forward to the most when we go to St. George. It is so neat being able to go back inside to the sealing room we got married in. It is so beautiful. If you haven't gone there I recommend it ;) Preferably with a spouse if you can.

While we were down there Christy was released as a missionary. It was hard for me and I wasn't even being the one released. Being a missionary brings such a special spirit and feeling into a persons life. They are given a special blessing that helps them to know how to help others come unto Christ. When you are a missionary you entire goal is to help others find happiness in Christs' church. It is a completely selfless thing to do. Missionaries are amazing because they leave their families and serve others so that other families can be together forever, to help those who are searching for the truth, and for those who just want to be happier. Not a temporary happiness but an eternal and never ending happiness. After Christy was released she said she felt like she lost 20 lbs. and Kori suggested 20 lbs of muscle. Which makes sense because when you are a missionary and serving the lord he gives you a lot of extra strength. Missionaries are amazing, enough said.


That was our trip to St. George. Here are some pictures and videos for your enjoyment.

Christy and Kallie being missionaries together! Once we saw Christy on Temple Square Kallie wanted to wear a name tag and be a missionary too!

Kallie loves seeing Jesus. After all, he is a pretty good person to be around.

This was after Christy gave her homecoming talk. Micheal and Alena also came down with their three adorable boys! Christy did so wonderful, she could be a really good youth speaker.
Not even joking.

 This was on our drive home. Kaitlyn has an adorable laugh and both of the girls did really good on our road trip. We owned those 9 hour drives. (I thought I shortened this but oh well, the second half she laughs a lot more.)