Braden has been called...

Braden has been called to the Uganda Kampala Mission.  Africa here he comes.
Braden said he wanted to go somewhere warm- he got it.  He enters the M.T.C. on May 29th.
He will be speaking ENGLISH.
He only has to take 1 suit. He get to wear dress shirts and slacks, sandals, flip flops, and ties.

Mail

I went to put a letter in the mail this morning and was surprised to see mail already in it.  I don't know if I missed the mailman or if it was yesterdays mail. I did get mail out of the box yesterday but who knows.

We were looking for Braden's mission call because they arrive on Wednesdays but it wasn't there.

IT WAS TODAY!! On valentines day, how fun.  So know, he and I are anxiously waiting for everyone to get home from school and Loren from work, so he can open it.

Any guesses of where he will be going???

Christmas 2012

Christmas was fun.  Every one was happy with what they received .

Braden got suitcases and a small speaker

Paige got a camera and case

Zach got a sniper air gun

Ethan got a long shot nerf gun

Parker also got a huge nerf gun

and Hope got a little people princess castle

 Some more fun pictures...

Loren bought himself a REAL hand gun and safe for Christmas. He and I are taking gun safety classes later in January and learning how to use the gun.

I got a nexus 7. I have read to novels already on it.

Getting ready

 for a mission can be painful.
 Braden had his wisdom teeth out. The dentist told us it was optional and up to us. He then added that they were coming in under parts of his other teeth.  Since we paid for braces, we weren't going to let them ruin his nice straight teeth.
We took him to an oral surgeon so he could be put under and not remember it being done ( I still have horrible memories of having mine out). It took about 30 minutes for the procedure and another 30 minutes for him to wake up enough to go home.  Here are some pretty funny video's I got of him waking up and then sitting at the drive up pharmacy to get his med's.
As soon as he figured out I was videoing him he would look at me or talk to me any more, so the fun ended- well, on video anyways.

He had to take pain medicine when we got home and he still couldn't feel his mouth. It was funny watching him drool water down the front of him.  He only had a little swelling the first day. It was gone the second day, and no bruising. He stopped taking pain medicine on the third day and was back to eating normal food on the fifth day.  His jaw was still sore but not too much.
So of course< I can't get the video's to load, so here are some pic's.