"Guess Where Ian is Going On His Mission" Contest!

IAN'S MISSION CALL WILL COME ON WEDNESDAY!!
We want everyone to guess where Ian will go on his mission. Email Patty: http://www.pattyajones@yahoo.com/ with your guess, or leave here as a comment. I will post them here, and the winner gets a fun prize! It will be fun to see where people think he will go!!

Dad:. . . . . . . . . . Sweden
Mom:. . . . . . . . . Estonia or Germany or Los Angeles CA Spanish or Brazil (yes I get lots
of guesses cause I'm the Mom!!)
AnnDee: . . . . . . Canada or California
Devon: . . . . . . . California or the East Coast
Cody:. . . . . . . . . Japan Tokyo North or Canada
Lyndsie:. . . . . . .Estonia
Micah:. . . . . . . . Austraila
Grampa. . . . . . . Italy or Germany
Uncle John. . . . .Bosnia or Peru
CaDee T. . . . . . .Zimbabwe
Aunt Shirley. . . Minnesota or Russia
Aunt Zina. . . . . .Guatemala or Hawaii
Tess F.:. . . . . . . Berlin Germany, California or Brazil
Jessica M.:. . . . .Guam or Iowa
Alex W.:. . . . . . . Jacksonville, Florida
Kendra D: . . . . .Brazil
Jacquie C: . . . . . Brazil or Poland
Melanye T: . . . .Guatamala
Tawyna H. . . . . California Spanish or Phillipines
Dave H. . . . . . . .Virginia or the West Indies
Erika H. . . . . . . Romania or Connecticut
Trent H. . . . . . .France or Louisana
Dena H. . . . . . . Austraila or New Zealand
Tyrel H. . . . . . .Thailand or Florida
Spencer R. . . . . .Mexico or Brazil
Jared I. . . . . . . . Denmark
Jacob I. . . . . . . . Africa
Courtney F. . . . Chile
Stephanie P. . . . .Phillipines
Mozart F. . . . . . .Canada, Arizona, Southern States (ok Mozart, this is cheating!)
Janice F. . . . . . . .Brazil, Germany, Japan
Pal Sandy. . . . . . Argentina or Africa
Jay F. . . . . . . . . .Canada or Guatemala

Ian in Nauvoo

Ian has been in Nauvoo for 1 month. He is busy performing and working hard!

This is the Nauvoo Temple behind him. On the days he does not perform, Ian works as a cooper. Since I had no idea what that was, you might not either. He makes barrels. He says it is fun!

He sent this picture and said "This is how I feel about being in Nauvoo"!

Soccer Time!

Micah completed a soccer tournament this past weekend in Kaysville. The team did a wonderful job, and we had a great time spending some of the holiday weekend at the soccer field.

At the end of each game, the team lines up on the field and then claps while jogging to the crowd. It is a great tradition and super fun for the moms lucky enough to have their sons run directly to them for a big hug (like me). I hope this tradition continues for years to come!Micah and teammates listening to the coach at the end of the game. It has been a great season!!

Gainesville, Florida!

Last week I had the great opportunity to visit the University of Florida where a few of my coworkers and I toured the Museums. Oh, and we got to have a private tour of "The Swamp", the football stadium for the Gators. We did not have time to fit in a visit with Urban Meyer however, so sad!

As the football players exit the locker room and get ready to run onto the field, they all touch this gator for good luck!

We also met a group of the Red Hat Ladies. They were having a great time. This is a group who meet together and go on social outings. They all were purple and a red had except on their birth month. Then they wear red with a purple hat!

We had a wonderful time touring the Butterfly Rainforest located at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the campus of University of Florida. I took this picture of one of the inhabitants. It was so amazing!

This little friend wanted to come home with me! This was such a great experience and so beneficial for me with my work at the Bean Life Science Museum.

Congrats Devon!!

Devon graduated from the Police Academy this week! He worked so hard and was even chosen by his classmates to give the graduating address. He started his new job today with the Provo Police Department. WAY TO GO DEV!

Great News!!

Lyndsie has been called to serve on the Seminary Council for Pleasant Grove High School for the 2008-2009 school year! We are so proud of her and the great choices she makes. She continues to be so much fun and exciting as she sings around the house and spoils Micah rotten! Way to go Lyndsie, we love you tons!!!

Chick Magnet!

Ian currently shot this commercial...enjoy! He said he had to bite into several sandwiches before the end of the shoot. Boy, it's a tough life!

By the way, he leaves for Nauvoo on May 2nd. He is way excited to go--I am too but he will be missed terribly. He will turn in his mission papers before he leaves for Nauvoo, so he should have a mission call sometime in May!