Travis Leaves (and Caleb too)

Very Early on Tuesday September 9th Corey left with Travis and Caleb to drive to Utah.  He was going to be dropping Travis off at the MTC and then driving to Idaho to drop Caleb off in Rexburg for school at BYU-Idaho.

They drove to Cortez Colorado for the first night and then left really early the next day to drive to Provo so Travis could make his drop-off time.  They still made time for lunch with Westley at In-N-Out.  They were in Utah on Wednesday and Thursday and then on Friday, Corey drove Caleb up to Idaho with Westley along for the ride.  They even ran into Andrew Whetten from the ward at the bookstore.  After leaving Caleb in Rexburg, Corey stayed the night at Aunt Amy's in North Salt Lake and left from Salt Lake really early on Saturday to come home.  

 

Homecoming/Farewell and Setting Apart

 

Caleb has his homecoming talk and Travis had his farewell talk on the same Sunday.  Caleb's return date of August 29th and Travis' report date of September 3rd kind of made that  happen.  Westley and Alejandra were there for it and so were Jamie and Nana.  It was such a beautiful Sunday.  Eliza and Annmarie sand a beautiful duet called "He Will Heal You".  We had an open house later in the day and then President Shumard came and set Travis apart as a missionary.  

Travis' Last Days at In-N-Out

I got a few pictures of Travis working some of his last shifts. I made sure to get one of him and Eliza too. He started there in July 2021, a few months before turning 16 because they lowered the age in Texas from 16 to 15-1/2. He got his level 6 raise over the summer and was a cook before he left.

 

Fun Stuff

Lots going on this month.  I took a picture of the missionary plaques at church from our ward because we have so many out AND there are two plaques up for our missionaries.  They put Travis' up a few weeks early so his is up while Caleb's is still up.  But it's cool that there are so many. 

Maggie was leaving for college so I got a picture of her with Travis and Eliza, replicating a picture I took of them when Maggie moved to Japan.  That was in 2017 when Travis and Maggie were in fifth grade and Eliza was in 4th grade.  Then Maggie was taller than both of them but now she is the shortest of the three!

Last, but not least, Nathan is pictured wearing a plastic ball cap that Corey got from a game that he went to in California.

Annmarie had done some makeup, so I took a picture of it to document it before she wiped it off not to use it again until she is a little older.

 

Hannah's Wedding

Corey and I went to California for my niece Hannah's wedding.  Hannah is Jordan's third child and second daughter.  She married Trey Wilson at a nice location in Southern California.  Aaron and Adam were there and so were John and Allison.  Westley and Alejandra came down for it also as well as Grandpa and Grandma.  It was a very different wedding than Leah's in April, which was in the Logan Temple.  

Travis had to come to Southern California that same week to get his visa taken care of for South Africa at the consulate in LA.  We picked him up from the airport and took him to the consulate and then drove up to the Antelope Valley to see where we used to live.  Then the three of us flew home together.

Travis Temple

On June 15th, Travis was ordained an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood and on June 26th, he went through the temple.  What a wonderful time of life!