A New Year and a New Call

Ahhhhhhhh!

In January, calm returns.

Peace is restored. 

Serenity. 

I love all of the Holiday action, and from little Fiona's birth through to New Year's, we were in full motion, 

and I loved every moment of it!

But we all need to catch our breath, right?

January has brought the usual more white showing in the days' calendar squares, the usual rounds with colds and coughs and more nights hunkered in around the fireplace.

Pic taken out our back deck January 1 - unusual snow!

But we did have some MAJOR excitement - 

Josh received his mission call to . . .

. . . Da-Da-Da- DA-Da-DA. . . 

. . . HONG KONG, Mandarin speaking.

If anyone can learn Chinese, it is this smart fortune cookie!

(I know, cheesy - I couldn't resist!)

Each sibling, cousin, aunt, uncle, mom and dad had guessed where it would be, 

and Jodie and Rick pin-pointed our guesses on a big map,

and no one got it - not even close, really! 

Josh will leave the first part of June, and he is thrilled!

Our old friends from USU who bought a winter home on our street, Mike and Kathy Cranny, 

took us to lunch at "Painted Pony."  

We love these guys!

Can you stand it?

 Flower Girl, our Miss Adelaide, niece to Jeff's brother, Matt, 

and his new bride, Emily, poses most fetchingly 

in her crowning flower wreath and sparkly shoes.

We took a day trip to Las Vegas for car repair, shopping at Primm and Trader Joe's; I led the choir in a lovely arrangement of, "Testimony," for our Branch Conference; and we have loved attending Wayne Brickey's class Wednesday evenings on, The Teachings of Christ. 

I guess some would say, ho hum, yawn,

but we have loved the respite!