Our 2016 Summer Bookends of white shirts and ties...

It's been a summer we'll always remember 

because this wonderful guy 

(the one in the white shirt and tie on the right) 

came home from his 2 year mission spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ

to the fantastic people of North and South Carolina. 

This is the group of missionaries that returned home

from serving together in the North Carolina Charlotte Mission. 

I think there's a piece of each of their hearts still left behind. 

I also think President and Sister Alexander 

are the greatest things since sliced bread and electric lights. 

Lots more to come about those fantastic people in North and South Carolina

in future posts because we were blessed to meet many of them

when we traveled back and visited a few weeks ago. <3

Speaking of "future posts", 

I've come to realize my main motivation for writing this blog 

is to have something fun to email our missionary on p-day. 

Who knew? 

The poor blog sat by it's lonely self 

collecting dust all summer. 

That changed in a hurry tonight 

because last Wednesday our new missionary 

(the one in the white shirt and tie being man-handled by his siblings below) 

entered the Missionary Training Center 

on his way to the New Hampshire Manchester Mission. 

His p-day is tomorrow 

and I'm frantically writing this blog post 

so I'll have something fun to send our missionary! 

What a silly girl! 

So here are some fun twigs

and their fun dog. 

We love you Elder Branch!!

Thanks for spreading the message that 

we all need Jesus. <3