E-Mail July 13, 2010

Hey!!


how is it going there!? Sounds like good things are happening and the work is moving forward! :) that is so good that you finshed spraying! :) hopfullly the grain will come back on the mountain! so to start off i will answer all the questions you asked! :)

yes i got the sets! thank you so much! they came and all is well. thats funny that you track me with my debit card transactions! haha, what ever it takes to let you know that i am still alive! haha :)

you asked about doug and kaitlyn bryant, and i am sorry i should have explained better earlier but they are both members but have been compleatly inactive sence they were both 8! so they have the knolage of a non member but they have already been dunked! ;) haha, but they are doing absolutly amazing! they have compleatly turned their lives around and are hands down my favorite people i am working with right now! i will have to get some pics of me with their kids! they are so cute and fun! haha so ya they are doing so amazing! :)

Elder mace goes home in 7 weeks! so next transfer! so if i make it through the next transfer i will kill him as well! haha, kinda crazy that i might be killing my first two comps! we have a new mission pres so who knows what he will do for transfer so there is a possiblity that i could get transfered...i pray not but we'll see, i will find out next sat if i am or not. transfers are on the tuesday after the 25th! wht everday that is! :)

elder fairbank is the most amazing individual! he has such a strong spirit about him and is always such a inspiration to me! im not sure what his handicap is but he really stuggles! he is the sweetest kid! hes is from nothern new york and has only been out one transfer more than me! i sure am haveing to strech out here because my comp is the DL and so i get to go on exchanges with all the companionships in our district and as crazy as it sounds, ever one of the companionships has a so called new misiionary in it! so i am bringing them into my area and i am in charge and it is crazy! haha, i cant believe how much of a differnece a few months makes in the mission! haha, it is a amzing expirence to see the change not only in my self but in the other missionarys that are new and close by! :) I am way excitded for this coming monday, i get to go on a exchage with the zone leaders in their area so that is going to be amazing! a Huge learning expirence! They are aamzing missionarys so that will be way fun! :) Last week i told you about elder harpor! well he got a letter from his dad this last week and he said that his dad talked to Dee Darington (who is in his home ward) who talk to my dad! haha WOW it is such a small world! :) so ya, Dee knows elder harpor! :) kool story ya! haha ;)

and dad, ya the pipe extentions were pretty bad last year! :) but thats so good you got them fixed! along with the sonic oops,.... dang that hurts! i am so sorry! :( haha ya i dont want to hear any complaining from any of you wen it is 85! it would stay at 85 here i would be soo happy! :) haha, but still the weather is amazing compared to the valley!!!!:) it wierd, the hottest part of the day is morning and it gets up to about 90-96ish and it is really humid, then about 2:00 in the afternoon storm clouds gather in and cools it down really nice, the at like 4:00 it rains for a few hours! it is a blast biking around in the rain! :) haha but ya i am surving! the best way that i can explain snowflake to you is like...take idaho Falls and shrink it down to 3000 ppl! haha, kinda:) its a amzing little town! i hope you can come see it some day and meet some the amazing ppl here! :) i have some lows during the nights but i wake up and get them taken care of no big deal! but i am going through alot less insiln and dont use nearly as much as i use to for corrections! :) so it has taken a little bit of adjusting but i am starting to get into the swing of things! :)

I got the package you sent me yesterday! wow that couldnt have come at a better time! i absoulty love the shirt and shorts! they both fit perfecly! :) i was actually going to try to buy some cargo shorts for pdays today but what do ya know,,, they show up in the mail! :) love them and thanks! and so last night i laid in bed and ate scooby fruit snack read you letters! it made my day! yesterday was so long! we only taough one lesson so we just made visits and bike a crap load! haha so ya it was long! but thats ok, :)

our area is doing so well right now! last transfer i street contacted a guy and he said we could come by and talk with him and he was kinda iffy about it but he still let us come over and we have been teaching him for the past few weeks and he is doing amazing! his name is Aaron Nicholes! he has a baptismal date for the 24th of July (yes it willbe a crazy day) and i dont think we could talk him out of being bapised! it is soo kool! he has come to church the past two weeks and is half way through 2 nephi! he is amazing! then we also have a date with Cody Overly for the 24th, but that one will probley have to be pushed back a little! but thats ok! he is doing well also! and then tonight we have a lesson with a family and we will be setting a date with there two youngest boys, 11 yrs old and 13 yrs old, so that will be way sweet! things are going amaizng here and the work is moving so fast! :) its incredible! :) Last p day me, mace, jenkins, hilton, zakimi, and harpor went exploring out east of town and we found a huge canyon with a river at the bottom! we finally found a way down and in a cave thing at the bottom we found some indaian carvings! way kool! i will send some pics:)

I sure hope all contiues to go well there for you and the bugs arnt too bad moving pipe! ;) haha, i pray for you always! have a wonderful day/week! :) please be safe! it was wonderful to hear from you! :) keep in touch! Loveyou, miss you,

Elder Dalan Lerwill

Bailey Passed her written Driver's License Test!

Congratulations Bailey, we are so proud of you. She passed her written driving test today. She will do her driver's test on Thursday. Then it is all official. Wow. She went and took the test last Tuesday and didn't pass (which isn't that unusual, in fact most of her friends had to take it two times). She was so bummed out and was so nervous, she kept saying what if I don't ever pass. We knew she could do it. But today after she passed she needed to make the phone call to set up the driving test. Well she HATES to talk on the phone and was so SCARED to call and set this up. She said she was more afraid to call than when she took the test. (Silly Girl) Anyway she made the call and set it up and after she hung up she said, "Wow I'm just conquering the world today!"  She is so dang cute and we love her fun sense of humor.

Bountiful Baskets

So fun, I just got my first Bountiful Basket. This is so cool, all this for only $15.00. I also bought their honey wheat bread and their sourdough bread. Yummy. I wish you were closer Mom and I would share the sourdough, you would love it.

Farm Life

The farmer and his office window. Isn't it great!

Hay crop on the Campbell Place. Looks really good.

Spraying weeds. Stacy loves to see them suffer. We have always had a great time as a family spraying. I don't know how we have always done it but the four of us have spent many hours together spraying. A great memory for us all. Bring the pop, popcorn, candy, or sunflower seeds. We sooooo missed Dalan this year. Don't know if we would all fit anymore. We have two grown kids, how did that happen.

Rexburg Paper 2004

Bailey Volleyball Pictures

Bailey's Journal 2001

Again some more papers I found cleaning, this is Bailey's journal we kept for a short time.  She was 7 years old and in the first grade. So cute.

Sept. 10, 2001
Today was my favorite day of school. Playing helicopter was fun with Kristen, Braiden, and Lanny. I liked Lanny and Jessica pushing us on the swings. We did a lot of homework, and I helped with the tickets. I am so glad I'm growing fast. Yesterday we had a party for my Grandma Curtis and I weared my cute dress. I been in school for 10 days and its been fun. Mrs. Moulton is my teacher she is nice and if she gets mean it isn't good. Today is a fast day I should get going.
Your Friend
Bailey

Sept. 11, 2001
Today was a sad day. The twin towers in New York were hit by airplanes in an terrorist act. Also the Pentagon was hit and another plane crashed in Pittsburgh. Tens of thousands of people were killed. What a horrible thing. New York and Washington DC and the whole nation will probable never be the same. Bailey came home from school and Dalan too pretty shaken up about it. They are both worried about going to war. Bailey keeps saying they can't take our freedom away. The world is so wicked, it is scary.

We went to singing class. We went to PE and we ate lunch. We ate spaghetti (Bailey's favorite) We went out to recess and played on the slide. Then we played helicopter and people pushed us high on the swing. We played monkeys and penguins and fire fighters. Then we lined up and went into the class and did homework. Then we went to circle time. We figured out in music we had war. Mom picked us up and we went home. I should get going.
Bye Your Friend
Bailey

Stacy's still cutting grain. Hopes to get to Campbell place by tonight. We are really getting read to be done. Its been a long 3 weeks. I am glad Bailey wants us to write in her journal. I feel guilty I haven't done it before. The kids are great and say and do so many funny things. I am blessed t have a wonderful family.

Sept. 12, 2001
Today was fun. Sometimes I looked at the flag, it was special to me it always will be. School was fun today. We played on the monkey bars and did tricks. We were on the slide too. We worked hard inside. And then we went to lunch. I was full. My mom says that good to be full after lunch. Sing time was fun too. I think singing time is special to me. Sometimes we color. I like my new teacher, her name is Mrs. Moulton. I should get going.
Bye Your Friend
Bailey

Sept. 13, 2001
Today was fun. We did a whole bunch of homework. Today is Kristen Perkins birthday and she brought cookies and they were good. Her sow and tell was her baby sister. Recess was my funniest part.
Bye
Bailey
Hailed tonight-pretty much took all of the grain on the Ard place. Pretty sickening.!!

Oct. 1, 2001
Today was fun. We went to Rexburg and we got our tickets to go to Disneyland. We are getting e3xcited every day. we leave next Monday to go to Salt Lake and fly out Tuesday a.m. early. (Oct. 9)
I ated lunch with my Uncle Jeff and Aunt Alana and Uncle Ryan and Aunt Kalle and cousins Anyia and Logan. I rided in their new van. We ate at McDonald's. Anyia told me she loves me more than the mountains. I said I loved her too, more than the mountains.
Bye I should get going.