Howzit-Elder Flexy!

Elder Flexy 12:2 -email-

Make,
this week has been great. we had a missionary fireside yesterday and it went well it was stressful but it worked out good. ya two more weeks and i'm leaving this area and finding some fresh soil to sow and reap in but there will be the baptisms of 5-6 people the sunday after i leave this area but those still count as my baptisms. that will make the total ten baptisms in my first year. ya i just started emailing kelsey, colter and andy. today we are going to the king sabuzah memorial so that should be fun. this week we played some street soccer with some little kids it was pretty fun i'm getting good at soccer. well thats all for now. love you
    Love Elder Flexy 

Baba,
well it sounds like things area getting done with your friend Jack. thats cool that his son wrestled I've wrestled a few people on mission and it is so fun. we have seen some pretty sweet cars this side. there is this car called a gusheshe its a really gangster square bmw and its pretty dope!! but ya this week has been the same as always. love you
    Love Elder Flexy  

Alex, i hope all is well. i havent written even though i have been meaning to, i apologize i just get super busy and stuff. i have been volunteering at the bike collective, its super fun and fulfilling. its basically a non profit bike shop there to help the homeless and or lower income a place to come work on their bikes and seek professional assistance...... basically im a pro bike mechanic by now ;) you should see the bike i just built, its a fixed gear road bike and i ride that beast 24 miles a day about. its ill. when you come home we will have to build you a bike. then pop you and i can do some baller rides ;) i hope all is well man i hope to send you a REAL letter asap and ill see if i cant attach pics of my build. good luck my bro stay strong. love riley

Riley,

well thats good that your doing some good service to help other people but ya a real letter would be nice but ya mission is good can you believe that i'm almost a year out!!! anyway time is far spent. i love you man
    Love Elder Flexy  

Dear Sexy Flexy Elder Man!!! :) You are my favorite I'm so glad to hear you were doin good! Is that still true?! You doin ok?! I'm doing fantastic I am now done with summer school and I went to EFY all last week and it was SO amazing but i miss everyone from there it was such a great experience and Iearned a lot and i had work today and it was super great i loved it a lot!! :) But yeah life is so good yesterday was founders day thats such good times and i went swimming and a lot of fun stuff and went to fireworks and such and the parade and mom was the toothfairy again of course!! She is so cute and funny it was fabulous! And yeah i bore my testimony at EFY and was talkin about missionaries and mentioned you and Kels :) Anyway it has been a great time and i am very happy but yeah I love you so much my cute brother stay strong and be happy!! Put a smile on that cute little missionary white boy face of yours! Bye Al I love your guts :) 

M,

i'm so glad life is going good for you life is good this side as well but i'm out of time so i love you see you in a minute.
    Love Elder Flexy 

Father's Day!

Any man can be a father, 

but it takes a special person 

to be a dad. 

-Proverb
My Dad is awesome!
When I was just a little girl, I remember my Dad was always a busy man. He used to say, "I'm going to get on my horse and ride off in all directions!" Our house and yard was the most popular in the neighborhood. Dad built a small cinderblock castle in the yard. We had a teeter totter that was built on the axel of two old wagon wheels, you could move it all over the yard. Awesome! We had an old nose cone from a bomb, that my Dad made into a doghouse. We would turn it over, and climb in and spin each other around. Great fun! When my Dad got home from work each day, he would spend the rest of the day light hours in the yard, making it beautiful. When I was about 5 years old, he was building a home (pretty much by himself), working full time at the nearby college, and getting his PhD. I didn't see much of him that year, but our whole family was amazed at the things that he could do. He always finished what he started. Our family moved into that beautiful home and he got his PhD. Later, he had an urge and built another home. And made it so beautiful. My reception, when I got married, was in the yard my Dad had created. It had terraces, decks and rock and wood pathways all over this acre lot. People would say, "Did he do this all himself?" Others would say, "No, this was done by a professional landscaper!" Actually, he did do it all himself. He just had a knack for it. I say he had, because he doesn't have a yard anymore. He has always been active and healthy. He used to play handball everyday at lunch, now he plays three days a week. He is 77 years old. Amazing! He has always loved God, and has done his best to live a good life. He is an example of "love your neighbor as yourself." One thing about my Dad, that means so much to me, is that he loves my Mom. They have been married for almost 56 years. When my Dad retired from his full time job, he was able to work on his family history more, and he began volunteering to help others do their family history work. He now is the Director of the "Family History Center" where he lives. That means he is working for no pay, many hours a week. One of my favorite things that my Daddy does, is take me on a date once a month. Just me and him. He has done this for many years. 
What an amazing man!   
Happy Father's Day 

to my wonderful Dad!!!

I love you!
(My Dad's book: 
"The Book of ON!"
 You can find it here!)

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Happy Father's Day 
to all Dad's!

Family History Friday: Great Fun!

The 

Ogden City Cemetery

 Tour 

was on June 11th and 13th 2011

Incase you're wondering what that is, 

I'll tell you!

You go to the cemetery, and listen to people talk about some of the residents of the cemetery. Usually, it is one of the descendants of one of the people buried there. They tell a short history of that person. I am amazed at the stories!!

This is a descendant of Sidney Stevens, 

who was from England.

He owned and tannery, and then later he owned an implement shop in Ogden. 

These two people are descendants of Louis F. Moench, he was from Germany. He was the first President of Weber Stake Academy, which today, is known as Weber State University!

This darling little lady is a descendant of Richard Slater. 

She told the story of Ann Corbridge Slater, his wife. They were from England. Their family was early settlers in the area now known as Slaterville.

This man is a descendant of  

James Iverson, from Denmark. 

Their little boy was taken by indians  

when he was 3 years old, and 

they were reunited when he was 17 years old.

Old Glory!

This is the World War I Memorial. This cute lady is telling us about World War I, and about the memorial.

There is a legend about this statue. If you go into the cemetery at night and go around the statue three times, the soldier with follow you with his eyes!! 

This is my cutest Mom!! She is telling everyone about the 

World War II Memorial. It has the names of 71 soldiers "whose burial places are unknown" as the memorial says.

This is the World War II Memorial

This is Gold Star Drive. There were 52 trees planted for each of 

the soldiers who were killed in action, from Weber County, in World War I. There is also a plaque in front of each tree.

It is a fun and interesting experience and it happens every year, usually in June. Each year the stories and people represented are different. I am always glad when I go! 

Happy Family History Friday!! Love, Joy

Sweet Cousins!!

Cash and Natasha 

Cute!!!

Favorite TV/Movie Quotes!

My Dog Skip!

Narrator: I almost lost old Skip that day. Even as he was sleeping on the operating table, he was still teaching me. That day, I became a young man. Why, in childhood and youth, we wish time to pass so quickly. We want to grow up so fast. Yet, as adults, we wish just the opposite. 

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Narrator: Old Skip was 11, and feeble with arthritis, but he never lost that old devilish look in his eye. He made my room his own. Came across an old photo of him not long ago. His little face, with the long snout sniffing at something in the air. His tail was straight out and pointing. Eyes were flashing in some momentary excitement. He always loved to be rubbed on the back of his neck. And when I did it, he'd yawn, and he'd stretch, reach out to me with his paws as if he was trying to embrace me. I recieved a trans-atlantic call one day. "Skip died", Daddy said. He and my mama wrapped him in my baseball jacket. They buried him out under the elm tree, they said. That wasn't totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart. 

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What a sweet movie!

People are so funny!

I couldn't help it!! 

(I had to snap a picture)

Look at this bicycle and trailer combo! 

With the hand painted flames.

This means that the owner of this 

bicycle and trailer goes very fast!!!

I love it!

Totally "Fort Worth" It!

Kelsey with Hermana Vaughn, her trainer.
She just went home last week!

Hermana Kelsey 4:4 -email-

Mama!

Hola!! Como esta? Como fue su semana? (How was your week) I hope things are good. We have had so many miracles, and blessings this last week or so. On Tuesday, we found out that one of our investigators who has been coming to church for like 5 years, and couldn't get baptized because she wasn't married, is finally getting married at the end of July! We are so excited. She will be getting baptized the week after. :) Also we have a few really awesome investigators that will hopefully be getting baptized soon as well. They are pretty legit!

Sister Vaughn was with me for Monday and Tuesday, but she left Wednesday. I was really sad. :( But my new companion is really cool too. Her name is Sister Summers, and she is 6'2"!! We make quite the companionship. :) But we even each other out pretty well. Her spanish is muy bien, which is great because mine sure isn't. It's getting better though. Slowly, but surely. I prayed in our meeting that we have with our branch president every Sunday, and he commented on how much better my spanish has gotten already since the last time he heard me pray. That was pretty cool. Also, just as a side note, Sister Summers is from Morgan and she lives like right across the street from Summer W.! Crazy right?! Even crazier, her brother is serving his mission in the same place as cousin Andrew! It sure is a small world.

On Saturday, we ate dinner at one of our investigators homes, and she made the spicest food I've ever eaten. It was so hot! I thought I was going to die. But it was pretty good too.

I miss the Empey's! Julie and Melissa sent me a letter together, so that was really cool. Also, my best friend, Amanda, wrote me a letter finally! :) That was really cool. That's crazy that Landon is coming home that soon! I swear he hasn't been gone for two years.

Awww! I miss my sweet niece! I was showing Sister Summers that family album you gave me, and I saw Natasha in the picture, and it made me a little sad. But then I was okay. It's just gonna be really crazy, because when I get home she'll be so big! But it's okay. :)

Anyway, I better go now. Te amo mucho!! (I love you much)

con amor, Hermana Kelsey

Papi,

Hola! I'm kind of jealous you get to play real life soccer. We play this game we call chair soccer, but it's not the same as real soccer. Also, I've gotten really into soccer, because a lot of our investigators love soccer, and will talk to you more if you know about soccer. So I have an "insider" that always tells me who won the soccer games and who Mexico played against, and then I can talk to people on the streets about it. It's fun. But I really wish we could play for real.

If we can borrow a bike from someone, we might ride around a little bit, which should be fun. Although I am really out of shape, so maybe not.

I remember when you taught me how to do a backflip. That was so long ago. Man, I miss jumping on the tramp! Some of our members have trampolines, and I want to jump on them so bad, but we aren't allowed. :(

Anyway, I better go now. Te amo! (I love you)

Love, Hermana Kelsey 

Emmysaurus Rex!

I'm still waiting on a real letter from you!!!!! You crazy girl! I'm glad you enjoyed church though. I love church. Our branch is so great. All of the members are so cool, and they are so closely knit because there are so few of them. Everyone is friends with everyone else. It's so cool. I love the spanish people so much! I was little scared before, because, I'm not gonna lie, I was a little prejudice. But most of the people I have met are so awesome, and the Hispanic people are so much nicer than white people and african american people. We try so hard to find Hispanics, because we don't want to have to talk to white people. They are mean.

Anyway, I'm glad you are having fun with Melissa. Did you know she sent me a letter? Yeah...she sure did. So maybe you should send me one too!! :)

Anyway, I probably better go now. Te amo!! Be good. Make good choices. Do what you know you are supposed to.

Love, Hermana Kelsey 

P.S. What does BFN mean?

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