Randy's Farewell

So i decided i need to be better about posting! I just think i am only a month behind so i am not doing to bad. So Randy got his mission call to the Philippians about 3 months ago, he was pretty excited and nervous at the same time. During this summer i had him come with me on a trip to lake Powell with all my friends so he got to know a couple of them as well as the trip to havisupia he made with us.

So i decided to invite a couple of them to come home with me that weekend. It ended up being Jennie, Mark, Whitney, Scott and I. It was such a fun weekend! We got there on Friday night and my mom fed us to homemade stew (how i miss my mom's cooking) On Saturday morning my whole family met up at Tosha and Joe's house to head out to red rock to ride four wheelers. My cousins came down from Logan Utah and it was super fun to have them there i had not seen them in years.

After we where all warn out from the sun, sand and crazy riding we did we all headed our separate ways to have a pretty relaxing night of just watching a movie. the next day was the big farewell, Randy had all his friends there so there was about 50 people at my parents house after church. They let him get set apart right after sacrament it was way cool because everyone got to be there. It was an amazing blessing.

After dinner we all took off for the 5 hour drive home, luckily the boys drove all the way home to the girls where able to chill. Jennie and whit watched TV shows all the way home while i entertained scott so he could stay awake! It was a super fun trip!

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