missionary letters: 8.23.15

It was a fun filled crazy week the week before last and with Melissa getting engaged! Sorry, I didn’t have time to write much last week. We were exhausted! We had taken Keagan to Ocean Shores for the beach dance and stayed the night there and had so much fun at the beach and then gone all day Sunday to see Melissa and see her get proposed to. It was pretty awesome and a whirlwind! We still don’t know the date or where she is getting married.. here or Utah, but hopefully soon!

This week has been fun, too! Monday we picked up Caleb Woodbury from Isaiah Loposa’s dads house. He came to stay with him and it wasn’t working out too well, so he came to stay with us for a week before he is moving to Utah with his uncle and traveling with the Williamsons when they take Josh down there for school.

Tuesday nights at the Eagle’s club in downtown Olympia is swing dancing. The ages are any.. 8 to 80. Since dance festival ended, the teachers loved it so much that they started a summer dance program. Keagan has been doing that and loving it! They meet Friday nights and did a performance on Saturday. Anyways.. the Eagle’s club on Tuesday night Keagan went and had such a good time! Caleb was going to go with him. While we were eating dinner, I said to him, we should see if Josh wants to come. So, I call Josh and basically tell him I’m coming to pick him up in 5 mins. Haha.. He said it was just like Melissa.. Riley was over too and went. They all had a good time. It was so fun for me! I miss the days of Melissa and all her friends hanging out at the house.

Keagan had a busy week. The virtue run and small youth conference was Thursday and Friday. Thursday they had their 5k run/walk and then a fireside. Friday the whole stake went to the temple and did baptisms.

One thing I heard in a talk recently that I really loved.. a lady was talking about how she had dear friends that moved away. She was saying goodbye to them and giving them a hug goodbye. In that instance 100s of special memories went through her mind, when they had done things together, served together and bonded. She said that she thinks that is what it will be like when we are reunited with our Savior. We will be hugging him and when we do we will be brought to remembrance of all the times he was there for us and we bonded with him.

Pictures:

There have been a lot of forest fires in eastern Wa with it being so dry. The last couple of days it has been so smokey over here. The picture is what it has been looking like over here.