Transfer Day

Preston has been in his first area (Ciudad del Este) since he got to paraguay.  On Jan 2nd he was called to a new area with a new companion.  He was sad to leave behind his friends he had made in his old area, but so excited to learn about a new area and meet new people.  Preston had a long 8 1/2 hour bus ride to get from his area of Ciudad del Este, to the mission home of Asuncion.  He was transferred to Guarambare. His new Companion is an Elder Carey.  He has been out almost a year in a month.  Since Preston was traveling all that day we didn't have great service so we didn't get to talk to him very long.  We also didn't get an email from him that day.  He sounds good a little nervous for his first move, but excited at the same time. 

 

Big Shots with the Monson Crew

We got together with the Lemons and Monson's to hit up Big Shots golf.  We had a great time being with everyone.  It was a little cold and we realized we didn't have our heater working.  once that started working it helped a little bit. Landon Killed us all and always seems to get the best score.  He loves to hit it far and hard.  Addison took care of all the other kids on the first bay while quin, dani, marie, eric, and mya played on the second bay and then Dean, Shaylee, Allie, Landon and I took the 3rd bay.  We had a ton of fun and were glad we got to hang out with everyone before school started back up. 

 

Happy New Years!

We had a pretty low key New Years Eve. We had all our favorite foods and watched some shows and played some games. Mostly Dean had football games on and Jazz game on, so the boys and I  stayed busy with some card games.  The girls were coming and going with friends.  Shaylee ended up somewhere with friends at the strike of midnight, and Addison was here at the house with a couple friends.  Brecken made it to midnight for the first time, and was excited to stay up and see the neighbors light some fireworks.  Landon made it to about 11:30 (so close).  He got into bed with me while I  was reading and feel asleep next to me.  Dean carried him to bed and he woke up a little bit and said he liked being carried to bed.  I'm excited for a new year and to see what it holds for our family.