Busy September Part 1

                                                             Val's Family

                                                 Papa and S went to the temple to do baptisms

           Anita and Allen and we went to the Black Sheep Cafe.  They make American Indian food and it is          delicious.  Those that live near Provo should go there.

 I made pillowcases for Lana's kids.  G had to have elephants, of course.  Soccer for Ethan and Russian Matryeshka's for H.   Then I made Baby Jakob a knitted blanket.

 Early Sunday morning Val's family, Andrea's fam, and we went to the Stake Center where Papa and I were Set Apart to be missionaries.  We had the most awesome blessing given to us by the Stake President.

 After church we had a farewell party at our house.  It was a lot of fun and also a bit sad to be leaving all of our children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.  But, we know we are doing what the Lord would have us do and so we go and serve.

 That evening our great granddaughter Penny Jane was born.  Even though it was so late at night, we had to go and meet her.  Here she is only an hour old.  She is a sweet, beautiful baby.

 Dani did something called hypno-birthing and did really well.  She and Greg made a good team and little Penny got here safe and sound.   Val was soooooo glad she could be there for the labor and delivery.

                 She did not like all the checking out and shots.  She's about an hour old here.

                                   Great-grandma and great-grandpa with their darling Penny.

 4 generations.  Lana got here just in time to witness her granddaughter's birth.  Good timing Penny.

                                    Jenna and Clayton both had little colds, hence the masks.

                                                                 Happy Grandma

                                                                 Proud Daddy

 We got home after 2:00 and the next morning, quite early we were up and ready to leave for the MTC. It was early Monday morning the 10th of September 2012.

Here we are ready to enter the Missionary Training Center.  There were 72 Senior Couples in our group.  There were 2,750 young missionaries and 400 more entered on Wednesday.