“Oh My Son, Remember…” – Letters to Calder on His Mission

Top 10 Things I missed about you NOT being at LP2021: (in no particular order) 1) Watching you literally "play" behind the boat on the surfboard. You make it look so fun and easy! 2) The way you include everyone! 3) The way you are always UP for anything! 4) Bang (first year in forever since it wasn't played or even brought!) 5) No mooning 6) No one running from inside the boat and jumping off to tackle the person surfing 7) The way you jump the wake on the wakeboard and scare me to death (and break your ankles) 8) Your good music on the boat 9) Your awesome swimsuits 10) THE PIT VIPERS! The Biggest Bummers From LP 2021: (in no particular order, except for #!) 1) That you weren't there! 2) I missed not having Ethan and Will (and Chad's family in general) 3) Gpa .... no need to dewell. He was still awesome, but he's just lost and LP has always been his strong point. So good to have him there. Just hard to see the decline. 4) Not going behind the boat even...

Calder!!! Highlight of the week (other than our Monday call with you) was getting McKay home. It was so weird to have you and McKay so far from home!! Here’s the pics of the week: Henry’s basketball camp buddies: The naughty class - Henry was upset after a class of throwing balls and boys being naughty…just like he was when he was their age! 😂 I heard a little knock on the bathroom door the other morning and this was what was on the other side 😂 Truth be told…I’ve been wearing this neck brace. I’ve been struggling with my shoulder and neck. I am and the up and up and not sporting the neck brace anymore. Thank goodness! Pedis with the girls for LP. I think Gwen got an ingrown toenail brewing from the pedicure - ugh. Bad timing for LP! Zoom in on Jane’s welcome home note. Super cute! Fun to welcome him home. It was a great trip. He worked hard and was thrashed. Guess who Jane’s favorite is? McKay seeing Topher for the first time. It was a great reunion. The best q...

Whoa...my pictures are terrible this week! I’m sitting here wondering what happened. I must do better! It was a great week. Here’s my summary... Missionary Monday...the best! Need I say more?? Tuesday - as I’ve already told you, I’ve been really struggling with all the pulled muscles in my neck and shoulder. I was really looking forward to a massage I scheduled on Tuesday but the lady man handled me! It was pretty rough. And I’m not sure it helped. We also worked hard cooking breakfast burritos, pulled pork and salsa for the high adventure priest camp. The day flew by! Wednesday - Dad and Henry finally got off for the camp and it was just me and the girls. Everyone felt so far away!!! Richardson, Huntsville, Kenya and Draper!! Thursday - The Simmons and Claire Gilbert came to keep us company. It was really fun! Ryan didn’t sleep over but everyone else did. We stayed up way too late but it was awesome! Friday - I was supposed to have another man handle massage but I was feeling so...