We had a great Easter dinner and visit with the Braithwaites.  Nancy had wonderful decorations as usual.

Post MTC drop off

The Debrines dropped off their son off at the MTC about a half hour before we did. Meeting up with them and some friends we have known since high school made it easier on us.

The Nannies, The DeBrines  and Gail Bench

John Garfield and Keith

Look who we saw hanging out on the corner in downtown Provo.

It was fun around BYU.

I sure had fun going to all the home games when I went to BYU.

Dennis Smith and Keith 

Susan, Dennis and Kathy

Utah trip to take Devin to the MTC

He said he felt like a new person after going through the temple.

Devin through the Los Angeles Temple for his endowments on April 2nd

Devin with his Bishop and Stake President after being set apart as a missionary on April 7th.

We headed up to Utah on Monday April 8th.

We ran into snow on our way up to Utah. It was off and on but got kind of scary. At one point Devin and I were wondering why we were seeing headlights facing us on our side of the highway. A vehicle had spun out. Luckily he slide to the right shoulder and were alright. We made it to the hotel about 10 pm. A few hours late but at least we were safe

Since we would only have 2 1/2 minutes to say good bye on
Weds , we decided  to get a picture in front of the  MTC  they day before.

Tuesday afternoon we decided to head up to Salt Lake City and Temple Square.
We saw the temple, the visitor center's, the tabernacle and the conference center. We got a tour of the conference center. It was awesome.

The tabernacle

Where they have LDS general Conference.

Devin all packed up Tuesday morning before
heading to the MTC. We stopped and had lunch
at Chili's. There were a few other families with their
soon to be missionaries.

We had time to spare before his time to be dropped off, so we stopped at the grounds of the Provo Temple.That was the gathering spot to say your good byes and picture taking before the real good bye.

I tried to be strong and not cry. It almost worked. We know this is what he should be doing but it still was hard.

Going in the gates of the MTC.

Our last picture of him before he headed in.
. I wanted to get a picture of him walking away but wasn't fast enough.

Devin's farewell at church on March 24, 2013

Devin with Uncle Pat and Aunt Kathy

Devin with his wonderful parents.

Nancy, Pat and Kathy

Kailea, Pat, Kathy and Kathy

Show me the love

Kim, Devin and Seth

group hug !

Daryl, Valerie, Devin, Synjin, Chance, Sebastian and Luke

Tori, Doug, Devin, Marissa and Gabe

Coco, Alfredo, Kailea, Devin and Cierra

Miga and Devin

Devin gave a wonderful talk. After Sacrament meeting we met in the Bishop's office and Devin was ordained an Elder and given a blessing by his father. We then meet at Miga's house for had dinner and dessert.Devin was touched. Thanks everyone.

Alabama

Keith had to go up to Madison, AL on a business trip and he invited me to come along. We got there about 12:45 so we had lunch and then drove to where Keith had to go. He went in and I waited in the car for 4 hrs. Played on the phone, looked at a housing magazine, slept then started watching Thor on my phone. Finally he got done. We went and checked in to La Quinta in Huntsville, AL and then to dinner. We shared a 14oz Ribeye from Lone Star Steakhouse. Yummy.
The next day we took a few side trips on the way home. One was to the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville We didn't go in but drove around and took pictures.We would like to go back sometime.
The next stop was Florence, AL. The city I was born. I haven't been there in over 45 years and I don't really remember it except through pictures. We drove to the house where we lived and it didn't change much but the city sure grew.

SR71 Blackbird

Florence Harbor

The park down the street from us on fairground rd.

Harlan Elementary   Did Pat, Nancy or Bob go here?

2355 Shade Ave

The hill we used to sled down