Tribute to my favorite son-in-law

Jason has such an adorable wife. And his sister, Nancy is wonderful.
Jason has such a great group of friends. And these are only a few of them.

Jason is a star sportscaster in Honolulu. He had his humble beginnings in Grand Junction.

But this is where we like Jason the best...in the kitchen using his magic wok! Do I smell Chineese food?

Matt prepares for his mission

Last October Heather and Ashlyn stayed with us for a couple of weeks before moving to Hawaii.

(Jason was here for a few days before he went off to start his big time sports broadcasting career.)

It was Matt's last chance to see them before his mission. I didn't take a picture of them together,

but he was happy he got to spend time with them.

We've had lots of excitement surrounding the mission for Matt. The Friday after Thanksgiving we went with him to the Redlands CA temple. Ray and I, Taylor, Bryan and Jamie, Mike and Amber,

and Brooke and Tami accompanied him.

Just before Christmas, Matt and I went to Kansas to stay with Paul and Natalie and family. We had fun playing with their kids and experiencing a power outage due to an ice storm. We really miss them all. It was great to get to know baby Maddie. And Matt got to say "See you in two years" to everyone there.

Ray was leaving for an overseas business trip a week before Matt went up to the MTC.

This was their "See you in two years" moment.

We all decided to meet at the "Crab Cooker" in Newport Beach for a final dinner with Matt. He was excited to have lobster. We tried to get a picture with all the kids, but we were missing Bryan and Jamie, Grace and Raegan during the picture taking. They are at the back end of the table inside the restaurant.

We missed having Paul, Natalie and family as well as Heather, Jason and Ashlyn.

And we missed Ray, of course.

We had a few moments down at the beach to watch the sunset and see the ocean.

Matt and I flew up to SLC and got to spend some time with Taylor and Aubree.

We got to meet Aubree's parents and enjoy thier hospitality while waiting to enter the MTC in Provo.

We spent one day finishing our shopping and visiting Temple Square.

MTC day finally arrived. Matt was nervous and excited at the same time. I only cried for a short while.

See you in two years, Matt. We love you.