Kellen's Farewell

Sunday July 29th was Kellen's farewell! We had no idea how many people were coming for Kellen! They ended up setting up seats in both the foyers and hallways outside the chapel and also had people sitting in the choir seats! One comment I overheard, "Are all these blonde girls here for Kellen?" He did a amazing job with his talk! It was really heartfelt and his testimony just shined! And the first counselor in the Bishopric thought it was be great for me to give the closing prayer! Needless to say, I totally lost it and cried the last half of the prayer!

Afterwards my parents ended up feeding about 150 people at their house! We had all kinds of yummy food....tri-tip sandwiches, pasta salad, fruit, Great Uncle Gaylord's homemade caesar salad, and lots different kinds of desserts!! Brian ended up having to be out of town so we really missed him! Shane came and was really great to watch Brayden while I helped in the kitchen! It was fun to have so many friends and family members there with us to say goodbye to Kellen!


Kellen and one of his best friends, Chase. (He enters the MTC in Sept.) I love this picture because Kellen's smile reminds me of how cute he was growing up. We don't see that smile very often!

Kellen and I

Kellen with some of his buddies...most of them leave on missions in the next few months!

I got to feed my new little cousin, McKay, a bottle.....until Brayden got jealous! (I think it's crazy that I have TWO cousins younger than my son!)

The weather was perfect until the cool breeze became a crazy wind and everyone that was still left at the house had to go outside and hold the batting cage so it wouldn't blow away!!