Letters to my Children

Hi Michael! Fun to hear from you today. It sounds like you are busy, busy, busy. I’m glad you are enjoying your new companion and having an opportunity to connect with the mission president frequently. Good for you for continuing to work on your Chinese. Sounds like you had a great couple of weeks with a baptism and trip to the temple. Good luck with all of the exchanges coming up! When you get a chance, send me your new address. 1. We had a fun time celebrating Valentines Day this week. On Monday night we delivered heart shaped sugar cookies and “heart attacked” Allison Jensen’s house and Matt & Tiff’s. It was fun sneaking around. 2. On Tuesday I got to volunteer for Jett’s class party. Of course I was in charge of decorating sugar cookies. Way easier than figuring our a game or craft! 3. Dad brought home Cafe Rio for dinner and we had a romantic night to ourselves watching MoonKnight on Disney+. MoonKnight is kinda crazy, but I enjoyed it. 4. I joined a bookclub on Marco Polo wit

Hello Michael! I hope you had a great week. How did the move go? I bet you had a lot going on and a lot to learn this week! I look forward to hearing all about your new responsibilities. This is what we’ve been up to: 1. Dad got to go on a day trip to Oregon to golf. Gabe Griffin invited him to go along. They left early in the morning and took a private jet with a few other guys to spent the day golfing on the coast. Hard to turn down an invitation like that! 2. On Friday night we went to watch Eli play the part of Jafar in Aladdin at the Endeavour school play. He was wickedly funny! 3. Blake and Ty both went to the Sweetheart Dance on Saturday. Ty went with Jaden Madsen and Blake went with his friend Addie. Blake’s first date! A fun time was had by all. 4. Ethan got to go to the Jazz game with his basketball team. 5. Jett’s basketball season is over. His team lost their first game this week and he was bummed. 6. I got to go to two different book clubs in one evening. It’s good for me

Dear Michael, It was great to talk to you again this morning. It does my mother's heart good to see your face and hear your voice every once in awhile. I was surprised by your news of becoming the new AP. What a big change! We are very proud of you, and know you will continue to do the best work you can. I’m a bit sad that you won’t be teaching in Chinese and won’t be able to continue working with the Chinese ward. But I think this will be a great learning opportunity for you. Good Luck! I’ll be interested to hear about your new responsibilities and how your mission experience changes. I understand its been COLD in Boston! Hopefully you have what you need to survive the weather! Is it springtime yet? This is what we’ve been up to: 1. The most exciting thing to happen this week was that foreign exchange students from Taiwan came to visit FHS, and Blake and Ty got to be their hosts at school. I think they both had a good time hanging out with the kids from Taiwan and showing them aro