6/18/18 - Family Letter to Emma

November 05, 2018

6/18/18 - Family Letter to Emma

Life is Utah is good. We still have not slowed down. This week has been spent getting your Mom and sister prepped for Girls Camp. It will be good to get through this week as we don;t have anything going on the rest of the Summer. Your Mom has not slowed down since before you left. She spoke today in church on Fathers and her Temple Celebration experience. She did a great job. It became almost a tribute to me almost on the verge of embarrassing. It was a good day. I got your Bill and Ted gift. they will have a place of honor at the desk in our bedroom. Hyrum picked out some large ribeye steaks and the girls had some chicken I grilled. Mom made me some sweet rolls for breakfast. Overall a great day.

We had a CTR 4 Messy Hair Pajama Breakfast party on Saturday morning. We had a basic breakfast and then made paper airplanes, colored them, and then had some flight contests in the backyard. We brought them back in and then played human battleship int he living room. Overall a good party. I wanted to smoke a brisket so last night we invited the past Stake Presidency over for dinner. The Steeds and Saunders came. The brisket was not the best we have done. Overall it was good to visit. Richie and Pres. Saunders went to Mali Africa and did some basketball clinics and some service. The church is very small in Mali and the mission president had arranged for most of the basketball team to baptism many people ready for baptism. The Saunders announced last night that they are moving. They feel prompted to sell their home and they don't know where they are moving to. It sounds like they are building new so not moving to another place in the Stake. Richie is not happy. I spoke to Kyle Chandler about it today and he and the High School team are not aware.

Hyrum and I are going on a fishing trip tomorrow. this is the trip I won at the auction. Brad Fullmer is taking us on a guided fishing trip on Strawberry Lake. We are taking Keith, Cob, Matt, AJ and John. It is going to crowded on the boat but it should be fun. I'm hoping we can avoid anyone getting hooked. We will be leaving the same time that Mom and Eve are for Girls Camp and we will be gone most of the day. If anything amazing happens I'm sure I will have a story to share next week.

Good luck this week kid.

Love

Dad D&C 29:6-7

Sister Emma,

It still makes me chuckle when I think about you wondering about dead dogs and you talking too fast in Portuguese! You are hilarious! I'm really glad that you continue to see the humor and fun in the world around you. It is a good way to live (and happy!)

I also love hearing about the people you are serving and teaching. I'm proud of you for serving and loving your companion. Continue to look for ways to serve her. "You will never regret being a little too kind." President Monson

It's also awesome to hear about your experiences following the Spirit. Always be seeking the Spirit.

I hope Dad felt celebrated today. I made him some sweet rolls, bought him and Hyrum each a ribeye steak. He opened his gifts. He was really laughing at your gift. You are so thoughtful!

I'm excited for Girl's Camp. Brother and Sister Burton (temple committee and former General Relief Society President) will be our guest speakers on Thursday. Monday is a special camp day just for YCL's. We will be training them specific to things for their stage in life: Preparing for the future. President Steed will be counseling them on Relationships. I will miss the family while I'm at camp...but I'm glad I get to be there with Eve.

A few days ago I went to Activity Days Camp with Mari (just a day camp). When we got there, we (and the other wards) were seated at picnic tables in a pavilion. When Mari sat down at the table, she started to pound the table in a "pound, pound, clap" rhythm. Our ward joined in. The ward next to us joined in. Soon, the entire camp was "pound pound clap"....all because of Mari! Jill was laughing because she said, "That's just what your older girls do at camp...they make up cool and fun things to help people enjoy themselves." She asked if I taught you all how to do that (get people involved). I just laughed and told her "No, they teach me!" I was proud of all you kids!

I hope you have a wonderful week! I will be thinking about you and praying for you while I am up at camp. (I forgot to tell you that I get to be the camp dj this year.) I put together 3 playlists: Girl's Camp upbeat, reverent, and dance party. I bought a bunch of new music. Eve helped me pick it. I hope you like it too! We bought "The Greatest Showman" soundtrack. "No Money" and a few others.

I love you so much. You bring me so much joy. I love and miss your sweet personality...but I'm so proud of you for serving a mission!

💜Mom

Hello Emma! Bringing you good wishes from Utah!

We all really miss you! How is it down there with the world cup?

In Mexico, there was enough people jumping up and down,

to register as a seismic earthquake!

Love you lots

Hyrum

Hello Sister Barlow

life has been weird here without you.

I don't know how to change the fount so here goes nothing.

how is it going over there with soccer and all.

at camp Jeremiah i got a TON of girls to do a fun beat with me it was awesome and i also made a new friend there to I don't remember her name but she was awesome i think we are going to friends for life.

love you lots