Arrival at the MTC

We took Josiah to the MTC this week.  Those goodbyes are so hard.  We have made it a tradition (with 2 kids now) to walk around Bridal Veil Falls the morning before entering the MTC.  We actually ended up going to a few other places before to kill time since he didn't need to check in till 1.   We hit the BYU bookstore, visited Eli and family and went out to lunch at Chuck A Roma.  

Us wandering around the temple area a bit before it was time to head in.

I love this picture of Sadie and Josiah.  

As we started to head into the garage Sadie says "all of those feelings are coming back to me and at this point I felt like I was going to throw up"  It is nerve racking on the missionary who is leaving.  I remember that too, it was more of the unknown for me.  Josiah seemed very calm and said he wasn't nervous at all.   On the mom end I am not sure I will ever get used to them going away.  He will do a great job and I am excited for him too.

He is off.   

 

They grew

Today Josiah and Gordon reenacted this pose.  The first picture was from the first year we moved to the area.  They always looked so alike and have been good friends.  It is hard to believe they both are missionaries.  Gordon will be serving in Uruguay and Josiah in Arizona.  Two way different places and it will fun to see them grow.

Gordon was very careful to chose the exact spots the original picture was taken.  I think they got a bit taller.