Can a month be both gentle and busy? April seemed to be. Spring came and some warmer days and that brought color, blossoms and green leaves back to our bleak world in Utah. We had some guests come stay for general conference, the Johnson's and their friends from England, and they need wheelchair accessibility (which our house is not) so we had to give them all the rooms in the upstairs hallway and Jared and I moved downstairs with Fiora. Kind of like a little ten day hotel stay in our basement lol. We had a nice dinner with them at Jesse's house while they were here but otherwise they were out visiting all their many friends in Utah.
Fun things here and there but not too stressful, like attending Kaiya Wilkinson's choir concert at BYU, going out to eat with my boss and friend Shannon Young for her birthday, seeing Karli Sue sing in the Lamb of God in Tooele, going to Top Golf with the mission department, and to lunch with my sisters in law, a couple fire pit evenings to burn some old wood, lunch with Justin and Shawna for sushi, so lots of fun little things like that. Ended with some time with the Wilkinson's and attending Riley's graduation. I've gotten to see my niece Lucy doing her MTC training in Provo three times and I love that. I'm also loving hanging out with Fiora whenever I can while she is still living with us, and we love our Sunday dinners with Sav and Mckay.
The biggest new is our horse Pearl had her colt! Kind of funny story, Jared knew she was due sometime in April and the week before the due date he was checking the security cameras faithfully and even losing sleep because he wanted to be there for it. Saturday morning Jared went and fed the horses, Pearl wasn't showing any signs of labor so he came home to do some work on our back yard, and when we went back in the afternoon to prepare a stall for the baby and get some straw laid down, there was a baby horse in Pearl's stall with her! We were both so stunned. We couldn't tell what the gender was for a couple of days, but Jared got his wish, its a boy! He seems really healthy and is thriving, and after two weeks was nearly double in size. Because his registered name will be Cool Your Checks, we decided to call him Chex. He is a cutie and we have loved showing him to people who come visit. Jared spends as much time with him as he can, I love seeing him interact with his little baby.
I also included some pictures of the Provo UT temple being demolished, I get to see the progression from my office at the MTC. Weston still doing well in Capao de Leao currently. His perseverance is inspiring with all the ups and downs of mission life. Can't wait to see him in just 5 months!!
Letter from Weston April 11 2024:
