Trip to the MTC

Early Tuesday morning we got up and left to go to Salt Lake City. The weather was off the wall, the first snowstorm of the year. It was white out from Beaver to Salt Lake. When we got into Downtown Salt Lake it finally stopped snowing. We went to the Art Museum, the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and walked through Temple Square. It was freezing for these desert rats. We found our hotel, ate and dressed to go back to the Salt Lake Temple. It was a wonderful experience going to the temple, it was the first time for all of us going to a live session. It was great because Br. Roundy and Elder Roundy went to the same session. We visited on the temple ground and got a great picture of Elder Ward and Elder Roundy. We had a wonderful late meal at Olive Garden.
The next morning we got up and got ready to head to Provo. Elder Ward was ready to go in, he would like to have reported at 9 am, but had to wait until 1:45 pm. We went to the Provo Temple to take pictures, it was so cold we got back in the car, found a Shopko and bought gloves. We then went back to the Temple to take pictures.
After hugging, kissing and saying our goodbyes in the parking lot. We drove down into the MTC where we were given a little orange sticker that told us which area to stop at. There were three Elders waiting for us. They explained that they couldn't shake our hands, but were there to help Elder Ward with his luggage. One Elder was his host, they got all the bags put together, one last hug and kiss and off he walked. He and the other Elder talking as they went. No looking back.
It was a long trip home another storm hit and it was worse than the day before. I am so thankful that Elder Matthew Ward was so ready to be on his mission. He wants to be out teaching people about our beliefs.

Jared Returns!

Jared Returned home! its a about 2 weeks sooner than expected, nut its really an answer to prayers. Now i actually get to see him longer than ten hours lol.. the airport was fun, jared cried like a baby.. but it was cool all the family and friends that were there.. me and jared will both be speaking on the 18th at 9 am. its a family get together right after and then a friends and a ward get together at like 6 or something. but it is awesome at home now because people actually stay home and talk it feels like we are complete again after 2 years.. lol...

blake's endowment

haha, blake roundy going through the temple! it seems the more i go through the temple the more i love everything about it. especially the extreme feeling of peace while your there. And that seeing people you love there does mean alot. But blake is really funny and im really happy for him, he got his mission call to chile as well. Rancagua Chile which is the mission right above my mission. we are from the same ward and have known each other for quite a long time, the best part about it is that we have our farewells the same day and we both enter the mtc the same day! AND the last pciture of our dog, she was yelping for help when i walked in my room and discovered her on the table in my room. She smelt the chocolate i had left up there. Man our dog is weird.

Temple:)

Temple Date

So we found out the date and time that I will be going through the temple for my endowment. Its September 12th, 2009. 2:30 PM but the temple people said for everyone to be there by 2. So I hope that everyone can make it, I am extremely excited. I dont think I could even attempt to tell you how excited I am. I also added some more pictures of me and my brother just because until i go through the temple i dont really have any cool pictures.

More Mission Call Photos

The Mission Call.....!

Finally my mission call came, it felt like i had been waiting for years. But it was really only a few weeks. I got called to the Chile Concepcion Mission and I sounded like a big dork because I couldn't pronounce it and its quite easy. No one really cares where I was going at first, the big deal is the date that I report to the MTC. Its the day after my Brother comes home! He comes home Oct the 27th 2009 and I report Oct the 28th 2009.

My Big Bro Jared

This is an image of me and my brother Jared the night he was set apart as a missionary. He left Oct 2007 and is serving his mission in Guatemala, Guatemala City North Mission. He will be coming home this october 27th we are all excited to see him, he will have alot of stories to tell us. He is and always will be my best friend.