I have returned! I haven't posted since October? Where have I been? Well, I'm back and I hope I can keep my blog more up to date with summer here. I think I will have a little more time. A lot has happened since my last post:

Jared received his mission call to the Canada Calgary Mission. He reports to Calgary on June 16th. He enjoys the temple. We took him to the MTC May 26th. While we were in Salt Lake we enjoyed doing a live session in the Salt Lake Temple.

Curt and Jacque allowed us to borrow their blazer while they were finishing up their vacation in San Diego. We met up with them late Tuesday evening. What a joyous reunion! I was so happy Jared could spend some time with them before he had to report to the MTC. My Aunt Jean, who lives in Orem, opened her home to us. She was the best hostess! We had lunch with Lenore and Mike Stevens and Andrew and Madison came along to. How great to see old friends. We witnessed several little miracles for Jared on this short trip. A man at the SLC airport, who happened to be on our flight, shook hands with Jared at the luggage claim and gave him a hundred dollar bill in that handshake. The man quickly slipped away before we realized what happened and we didn't get the chance to thank him. This was a sweet blessing to Jared for him to be the recipient of a somewhat annonymous gift. All went well when we dropped Jared off. No tears, but doggone I miss that kid. He has sent a couple of letters and he loves the MTC.

Jake has had a great baseball season! His quick reflexes allowed him to jump out of the way of a wild pitch. I think he's got a pretty good ballet move there. Anyway, the team is in tournament play now and they have won all their games so far (its single elimination). While we were in Utah, he hit a home run over the Shepherd fence. Wouldn't you know, he'd do that while we were out of town. He's been the team's catcher most of the time and plays in the outfield once in a while. He's hoping to make the All-Star team for Red Mountain Juniors Little League.