Departure Date

Well winter decided to set in on us again. It was snowing and blowing again very hard. We had huge white, wet flakes coming down. It made us wonder about our trip to Utah. We picked Bailey up from school at 1:00, her lunch hour and we(Stacy, Brenda, Verna, Dalan, & Bailey) went to President Kunz's office at the Stake House. He met with Dalan for a short interview and then we all went into his office and he had each of us give our testimonies, then he set Dalan apart as a missionary. Wow. It was a wonderful blessing. Again I will say he will be a great missionary. We then left hoping the roads would be o.k. Luckily for us the further we got out of the valley the better they became. It was a fun trip down talking and enjoying time together. We stopped at Brett and Misty's house to return Cole's belongings that he had left from the week-end. We got to show Verna their beautiful yard and Brett's amazing work. He is so talented! We then went to Salt Lake and met Shirly and Jim Brock, Sarah, Rebecca and kids, Crystal, Marlyn & Jim Barnes and Tami and Travis and kids at Golden Correl. We had a great time eating and visiting with them. We then went on to Provo and got to our motel around 10:00. We settled into our beds but this was after they gave us keys to a room someone else was already in, luckily they caught us before went to the room. After we got into the right room well someone else was trying to get into our room. We didn't know what to think, but it all worked out o.k. Anyway we all layed in bed and talked about how we could not believe we were there doing this. I don't think any of us slept very well. It was a long night. That morning we slept in some and just relaxed a bit before grabbing a bit to eat at the motel. We then went and drove up to the Provo temple and took pictures and walked around. It was such a beautiful day. Totally different from the day before with the winter storm. We then went and ate a quick bite at Wendy's and drove to the grass between the MTC and the temple and said our good-byes. It was really hard, we are so going to miss him and it is not easy. Can't believe this is what we wanted. We drove him to the MTC and all got out and got his bags out, one last quick hug and he was gone. So So HARD! As we turned the corner we saw Luke Strong waiting to help other missionaries. We yelled out our window and talked to him. He said he would check on Dalan. That did help me feel a LITTLE better. It was kind of a quiet trip home. Today is Friday and we can't wait to hear from him. It is so hard, I hope we can all adjust and that time will quickly go by. A friend of ours told us it was explained to her as MISERABLE JOY, boy is she right. She sent out 5 missionaries. We have already told Bailey she can not go, and I am so glad we only have one boy. :)

Snowy yucky day!

In the hotel

Good Buddies!

WOW

Dalan

Dalan and Bailey

Dalan and Grandma Lerwill

Provo Temple

MTC

MTC

A hard good-bye!