Lisa's Mission Farewell

Eric and I flew last-minute (how unusual for us, eh?) to Salt Lake so we could go to Lisa's mission farewell. It was a pretty hectic weekend because Lisa was making final mission preparations, gave her farewell talk in Sacrament meeting then sang right afterwards, sang in another ward, and then she put on a farewell vocal performance Sunday evening. I helped Mom make sandwiches and put together other food for the Sunday evening performance, and we were tired when it was finished. Of course, Eric was all over the place during the concert, so I ended up outside and missed the whole thing.

We were able to have 6 of the 7 siblings in my family together (Pete was down in Chile). The last time we have ALL been together was for Angie's mission homecoming (summer 1998).

The family who was at Lisa's farewell (except for Janna and her family, who had to hurry over to their ward to teach classes):



Of course we had to do a funny picture (we always do):



Trying to take after his Papa:



We'll miss Lisa but are so pleased with her and excited for this incredible experience!