Thursday, July 16, 2009

Goodbye Uncle Stephen!

A week ago today we said goodbye to my youngest brother and sent him off on his mission! We're so proud of him. He will be a great missionary and he is very excited. We of course, will miss him so much! Stephen has always been a fun uncle to my kids. He's really just a big kid himself! :)


I went with Stephen to get his mission pictures done. We thought it would be fun while we were there to have my boys dress up in their shirts and ties and wear their little name tags and take a picture with Stephen too. It was a lot of work, but worth it.


This one is hilarious! Spencer and Grant look all cute and then Dallin looks madder than anything! We had to get one copy of this picture just to make Stephen laugh. I told him he'll probably have companions that are great, and companions that are not so great and happy (ie: Dallin). He can look at this picture and have a good laugh and know that we love him.


This is his mission picture. What a handsome guy.


This is the day he left for the MTC. We said goodbye at my grandma's house since they just get dropped of at the MTC now. I have no idea why the boys are climbing the tree. Why not?
Me and my kid brother.


Saying goodbye to Grant.


Saying goodbye to all my boys. They are going to miss their Uncle Stephen!!! We promise to write!



4 comments:

Erica said...

How great for your boys to have pictures of themselves and a missionary uncle...really great idea! You are doing a great job.

TearsaJoy said...

Beth, I LOVE these pics! Would it be hard to e-mail them to me? Does Stephen have a hard copy of them? They are sooooooo cute!

Summer said...

Bethany, you look great! I like his picture... it looks oldish, maybe like a picture of your dad.

Ashley said...

These are adorable. I'm excited for your brother. We were always glad when one of Geoff's brother's left for a mission, it's been great for our kids. The boys are so cute!