October 2022!

We have been home for a month now and I’m still adjusting to civilian life but we’ve been in Utah visiting family and that has helped a LOT!

First of all, can I just say, “I’m so glad we live in a world where there are Octobers.” Thank you, Anne Shirley, for being so eloquent and so wise. We have taken a couple of drives up Nebo Canyon and Little Cottonwood Canyon…

Yep, it’s a beautiful October! I’m savoring every minute!

Just like this cow…

Life is good for all of us. 

Ok, here comes the family time…

After 18+ months, we’ve been catching up, reminiscing, having some great gospel discussions, um, eating quite a bit, playing games and playing games and playing games.

Family dinner…we had such a great time!

Thank you Jan and Margie for the yummy food, hospitality, and togetherness!

Temple trip to Provo City Center…

Life is just that good!

Wednesday we had a couple extra minutes in Provo so we walked around BYU campus…

It will never stop feeling like home there. And I will NEVER stop being thrilled when I get a BYU Alumni magazine in the mail addressed to me! The law school (bottom left) still looks the same and Scott’s photo is still on the wall with his graduating class!

More family time…

Have I mentioned how good life is?

Best buddies.

So we had a moment…

This is us…with ALL 4 GRANDKIDS! Life isn’t just good, it’s THE BEST!

And just when you think it can’t get any better…

…grandchild #5 is on the way! Cate had her baby shower and we are so excited for them! Yep, pretty excited for us too!

Scott and I have been learning how to play pickleball recently but we’ve never had as much fun as we did Saturday night…

It’s such a good life.

It really, really is. As I continue to adjust to post-mission life, I feel peace and safety with my loved ones, of which I have been blessed with so many. And there is also great comfort in the words of our prophet, Russell M. Nelson:

“I bless you to be filled with the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ. His peace is beyond all mortal understanding. I bless you with an increased desire and ability to obey the laws of God. I promise that as you do, you will be showered with blessings, including greater courage, increased personal revelation, sweeter harmony in your homes, and joy even amid uncertainty. I promise that as we create places of security, prepare our minds to be faithful to God, and never stop preparing, God will bless us.  He will deliver us; yea, insomuch that He [will] speak peace to our souls, and [will] grant unto us great faith, and . . . cause us that we [can] hope for our deliverance in him.”

It’s so, so true and I am grateful for that knowledge and the peace it gives me. 

I’ll finish with my fave scarecrow from the Scarecrow Festival…

“Awesome Grandma”… it just speaks to me for some reason.

As they say in the TNM…love you, bye!

Scott and Julie