July 20, 2012
Hola!!  Mi esposa va a ensenar mi Espanol todo la semana.  Yo voy a trabajar mucho!! We have also been filling out more papers, applying for our visas, shopping for luggage, shoes, shirts etc.  Every time someone asks where we are going, I get a new set of butterflies in my tummy. Today we received our flight plans. (Tenative)  We leave Boise on the 15th of Oct.  We fly to SLC and stay at the MTC  until the 22nd, when we fly to Chicago at 11:10 a.m. From there we go to Miami at 4:25 p.m. We leave Miami at 11:10 p.m. and land in Montevideo at 10:15 a.m. the 23rd. This is kind of a big birthday trip for me this year!  We were surprised that they were having us fly out of Boise.  We may change that.  We just planned on driving to the MTC like all the other times.  Guess we need to discuss that:)

WE GOT IT!!!

July 13, 2012 (Friday the 13th--though it's been a very amazing day!)
This morning at 7:50 a.m., Kathi Peck called from Picabo saying that she thought our mission call had come there.  We have never gotten any mail there in all the years we have lived in Carey, but today seemed like a great day to start getting it there.  We drove over and sure enough, it was there!  We came home where Teann, Jaron and Blaine, (visiting from Utah), Clayton and Brooke ( here for the summer), and Chelsea, Chelise, Ashlyn, Jayden, Bethany and Jonathan (visiting for a few days) were waiting.  Ashlyn ran to our car and I showed her the envelope.  She read it, than ran into the house to tell everyone.  Bart drove up the hill right then.  We called all of the children/grandchildren who were not at home and Skyped and speaker phoned them.  Teann took pictures and a video which we will add here.  We are going to URUGUAY MONTEVIDEO WEST.  We'll be entering the MTC on Oct. 15, 2012.  :)  :)  :)

So the winners are:

Beau

Bart

Logan

Misty

Janessa

Aunt Kathy

Way to go!  Your big surprise will be forthcoming!