Dear Elder Alex,
It was GREAT talking with you this weekend. You look good, you sound happy and even through all your fun humor I could feel a sweet spirit of Christ coming through and into our home. I love that you are serving the Lord 24/7. This one decision alone, deciding to serve a mission, will be source of happiness throughout your whole life. I love serving the Lord in any calling I receive. It's always an honor to be doing my part in building the kingdom one soul at a time.
Well, not much has happened since we spoke haha. I'm just cleaning up from all the cooking that took place yesterday. Here are some pics of my wonderful mother's day meal. Hope you're not hungry, because my food was delicious.
Making bruschetta with the artisan bread
Caprese salad-my new all time favorite salad
Artisan bread loaf-prep time 5 minutes. Sean made it.
Chicken alfredo casserole-yummy
Jumping for the ball after the draw...we love how the ball is actually on its way down.
We'll try to get some pics of Leah this week. Playoffs are this week for both of them. Kristina plays in the quarterfinals tonight, semi-finals on Wed and next week is the championship game. So we'll keep you posted.
I forgot to tell you that Zach Crosgrove got his mission call-Guatemala, leaving in August. Megan Leifson put her papers in yesterday, so we should have her news in a couple weeks.
I hope you're having a fun time with all the Elders in Franklin, sounds like a party apartment to me. Can't wait to hear about your new assignment and keep me posted about Drew. I know I don't know her, but I think about her and pray for her.
I'll close with one thing that I remember from the talks yesterday at church. The graduating seniors spoke. One of the guys spoke about inspiring women in the world and mentioned a few of them and the wonderful things they accomplished in their lives, Juliet Howe and Audrey Hepburn. Then he talked about inspired women, his grandmother and mother and what they have done in their lives in their families, callings and with friends. He talked about the difference between being inspiring and being inspired and that we should always strive to be inspired in our actions and all else will fall into place in the Lord's plan in the Lord's way-don't worry about trying to be inspiring. I loved what he said. It was very profound.
I love you so much Alex, just can't really put it into words, but I hope you always know how I feel, how tender it is to me (oh, great, now I can't see cuz I'm crying) and how happy it makes me to know that you know for yourself that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and that we are Heavenly Father's children, away from Him for a brief moment in time, learning our lessons, developing faith and then helping many others know the same things. I love that we get confirmations of the spirit constantly throughout our lives, not just once. It would be like me telling you I love you just one time in life and expecting that to be good enough.
Have a wonderful week!!
Love you,
Mom xxoo
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