It's About Time

Well... it's about time!  We always thought that mission calls came on Wednesdays.  We have since learned that with the influx of missionaries into the mission field, the LDS Church has required more time to make mission assignments and communicate those back to the missionaries and their families.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015  - Mailbox Trip #1 : No letter in the mail.  Garet happened to be "patiently waiting" for the mailman when he pulled up.  Garet got to know the mailman pretty well.  He said that he would look out for the mission letter and call Garet if it came in the morning.

Thursday, March 26, 2015 - Still No Call : The nice mailman called at 6:30 a.m. to tell us that there were no mission calls that day and that he was leaving on vacation but would go in Friday morning to check.  This was important to us because Tanner was leaving on a Woods Cross baseball trip early Friday morning.  We were hoping to open the call before he left.

Friday, March 27, 2015 - The Long Wait Begins : The nice mailman went in at 6:00 a.m. to see if the mission call letter had come.  He sent Garet a text and said that no mission calls had come that day in all of Bountiful.  So the wait for another 10 days begins.  We left for California for 10 days for baseball trip.

Saturday, March 28, 2015 - The Call from Lori : We got a text message with this photo attached.  Thanks to Lori Watkins we were able to think about this lonely envelope sitting on our mantle until the following Sunday.

This is how our mantle looked for 10 days while we were in California.