Letters to my Children

Hello boys! I hope you had a fantastic week, and I’m looking forward to talking to you both. If I remember right, Ty’s p-day will be on Wednesday this week, so I’ll have to wait a little longer to talk to him.  We had a fun, festive week. This is what we were up to: Tate’s basketball season has started. He had his first couple of games this week. Dad’s been working with him to go after rebounds and he’s making improvement! Tuesday morning I took Jett to Dr. Brown’s office to get his braces on. He was not happy about the whole thing. he’s a bit moody these days! Sigh. Comes with the age I suppose. He was scheduled to get them after Halloween, but his trays came in early and they bumped up his appointment. I think the trays are way better than actual braces, but they are still a pain for sure.  While I was at Dr. Brown’s office I heard someone talking about the new garments being available in stores in the US that day. She said there were lines out the door at distribution ...

Hello Elders! It was great to talk to you on Sunday. I’m sorry the conversation as so chaotic. There was a lot of noise happening and I was trying to help Tate with the pumpkin carving. I’ve been enjoying looking at the photos you share on your google drive. Blake, I have to admit that most of the food you have posted looks really terrible. Between the egg with the chicken inside, the fermented fish paste, the tiny octopus, the grasshoppers, and the fried bananas—I’m not sure which of those things would be more revolting. I’m so glad you became a more adventurous eater over the las few years, because otherwise that could be a major trial on your mission! Ty, the food you post looks amazing. 100% I’d rather eat your food! Ty, It sounds like you’ve got some cool travel opportunities. And it also sounds like you are still able to contact and do regular missionary work. I hope this new responsibility as AP is great experience for you. Blake it seems like you are having a lot of teaching op...