Monday, January 31, 2011

Jan. 21-23

Just a warning! The next few posts will be long and full of pictures! Bear with me as I document these past few weeks and the exciting things that we have done as a family to spend time together before Trevor's mission. This blog is used more as a scrapbook to document our families life and the fun we have together, and it will be printed someday!
The weekend of the 21st through the 23rd we headed up to Nana and Papa's house for some fun! Natalie was in town from Idaho, because Trevor was going to be giving his farewell talk before leaving for his mission in New Mexico! We had a lot of fun playing the XBOX Kinect, took family pictures, attended a funeral (not so fun), and spent Saturday evening around the fire!
Ryan and Austin were so excited to build a fire and make s'mores!Around the circle from left to right: Steve, Aubrey, Ashley, Austin, Justin, Dad, Mom, Megan, Allen, Trevor and Ryan. Natalie was doing homework and Tyler was sleeping! We had so much fun together! Austin and Ryan loved their s'mores! After eating we spent some time listening to stories from my Dad, Justin, Steve and Allen about their missions. That was really neat and invited the spirit as Trevor prepared to give his farewell talk the following morning! On the 23rd Trevor gave an amazing talk! If you know Trevor, you know he doesn't talk a lot! So, the 25 minutes he was left for his talk seemed like A LOT for him! He filled every minute and we got so many comments from people about how they had never heard Trev talk that much before at all, let alone at one time! It was funny, but so true!
Pappa Schmidt, Trevor, Grandma Schmidt and Great Grandma Sample
Great Grandma Velma Sample and Elder Schmidt! Grandma Mary Schmidt, Trev and Pappa Jack Schmidt Mom, Trevor and Dad Natalie and Trevor
It was so nice that Natalie was able to come from Idaho for his farewell! After church we ran home and changed to head to a party at Grandpa and Grandma Callaway's house! Ryan was so excited to spend time with his cousins and wanted to ride in Papa's convertible to the party! WAHOOO!!! It was such a beautiful day!!! Austin on the trampoline! Ryan driving his own convertible!!! We had such a fun weekend with the whole family!!!

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