St George

Opening Gifts

Where's the present?

Dinner with the gang at the Condo

 First stop was our son's home.  Maddux, Aidan, Avery and Haper got gifts from Grandpa & Grandma. Where is Harper?

Can I sleep with you, Grandma?

A Movie in the Backyard.

Our Little Men Maddux & Aidan

 The big event in St. George, Utah was our oldest grandson's baptism.  It was truly a milestone day with lots of family on both sides there.  All the Layman aunts were there.  Nellie, Alex, Rachel and DeAnna.  Daryl and Brad, Rachel and DeAnna's husbands respectively.  Cousins, Avery, Adddison and Haper.  Grandpa and Grandma are so pleased that Maddux made the decision to be baptized and that we were all there to share this special day.

(Is there a reason your eyes are closed, Grandma?)

Our Big Trip -- Day One

Holiday Inn Ontario Oregon

Snowy Idaho

Heading to Utah

                       It snowed on us from Twin Falls Idaho to
                       Tremonton Utah.  We stopped in Centerville
                       Utah to see friends and it started snowing
                       again.  Thanksgiving Point past the point of
                       the mountain was a driving, blinding snow
                       storm.  Glad to see sun all the way to St.
                       George.

Moving Day

                 We decided to rent out our home while we are in
                 Chile.  Moving out of the house and into Rachel
                                                                       Daryl's home was a huge event.  Did I mention
                                                                       stressful.  Never thought it would be so hard.
                 The three pictures to the left are our home.  Above
                 is the new home Rachel and Daryl have graciously
                 let us move into and store our belonging while we
                 are in Chile.

Tutoring

 So, part of getting ready for our mission is learning the Spanish language.  The MTC assigned a tutor, Leticia Murillo.  She is from Mexico City and is majoring in translation at BYU.  Usually we have our lession through Skype.

March 2, 2012 we were in Utah so decided to go into the MTC for our lession in Spanish.  We got to meet Leticia and go into a classroom.  This one had couches.  I have never been in a classroom like that.  We learned about reflexive verbs.  Don't worry if you don't know what that means.  Spanish has many verb tenses and ways to say things that are very differnt from English.