Andy's Mission Farewell

So eight months later...here are some pix of the birthday party/mission farewell  we had for Andy.  This is a terrible pic, but as usual, my camera was no where to be found so I had to use my phone.  I drew out the colors of the Uruguayan flag, white, yellow, and royal blue.  It was the end of August so there were sunflowers everywhere, a perfect addition to the table.

I did a picture display on our entryway bench with some mini flags in a garland.  We used pix from birth up to graduation and opening the mission call.

I set out some cards and pens for people to write some wishes/goodbyes for Andy.  We put them in his scrapbook after he read them.

This was a super easy detail but added a lot of drama- I took strips of crepe paper and cut them in varying lengths and then stitched them together on my sewing machine to create a garland.  They mimic the stripes on the Uruguay flag.

The AWESOME cake that my friend Karen made.  




One more shot, close up.  The detail was amazing and it was delicious!  She is super talented!



A little thank-you- mixed kisses and hugs in little paper sour cream containers with a sticker on it that had the address of the blog to keep up with Andy.

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Greenie package

So I sent my first package to Uruguay. I have no clue when it will actually get there, but we wanted to send some love to our greenie. I went to the store and looked for anything green, reasonably small, and not too perishable. This is what we came up with:

Sour skittles.  Yum.

Elder Pyper LOVES jalapeno chips.  I wonder if they will be smithereens by the time they get there.

No one in our family can get enough of pez dispensers.  And who can resist ferb.  We love phineas and ferb.

A variety of green things-jello, mike and ikes, ring pops, gum

Green pumpkin flashlights!  And beef jerky.

Here is the whole caboodle.  I tried to send two of most things, one for Andy and his companion.

And to top it off, green packing tape!

I will update when I find out what condition this package arrived in .  Stay tuned for more ideas!

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my new fave

Love these pics taken of Andy the day before he left for his mission.  Thanks Christina Taylor! Great job!  We will love looking at these for the next two years!

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Status update.

I have to say, this day came so much sooner than I thought it would!  We are officially parents of a missionary!  I love this picture-Elder Pyper striding off to save the world.  Literally.  He was so excited and so ready to go.  Vaughn and I have such different ways of expressing our feelings about this.  He has just been on the verge of tears for the last couple of weeks.  I have mostly been on the edge-irritable, SOOO tired, and overwhelmed with all the other stuff I need to get done!  Plus, I have been consuming enormous amounts of sugar.  But once in a while, I stop for a minute and think, "We did it!"  We actually raised our very own stripling warrior.  I wanted to send out missionaries who loved the Savior, and the gospel, and really knew and loved the Book of Mormon.  So what if he still can't keep track of his shoes, keys, wallet, id, ...?  We taught him who he was, and why he was here.  Now he can go and do that for a lot of other people.  Oh dear.  I might actually cry.  Time to go eat some ice cream!

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delivery

Look at what Fed Ex just delivered!  We are so excited for Andy!  He leaves Aug. 29 for Argentina.  

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