Elder Kenner has left the building!

We had a lovely farewell weekend for Daniel. On the 11th we had a nice open house attended by a huge crowd of people - at least half were teenagers and most of them girls! Daniel is very popular. Sunday he gave a great talk and we had the family over. We also had a few ward members who could not make it Saturday night. Daniel had his last interview with President Teerlink. Monday we went out and got the few last minute things he needed, including flu shots for me and him. Tuesday he went to the temple with a couple of friends and then shut his phone off and cut off the rest of his friends for family time. All our kids (except the other Elder Kenner of course, and Brittany who was in Texas with her sister) came over for President Teerlink to set Daniel apart as a missionary. Then we had a pizza bar - some very yummy pizzas came out of that one. The kid played games and we made Begniets (sp) from the mix Daniel's friend brought him from Disneyland. We went to bed way too late ( 1am ). Wednesday I got up early and took Robert to the airport (he had to go to San Diego for a meeting). Cole got up and went to work (they stayed over). We had a panic because Daniel could not find his scriptures. We think he left them at church last Sunday. We did the rest of the packing (including the seminary scriptures since we couldn't find the others). So, it was just the girls, mommy and the little boys to take Daniel to Provo. We left with plenty of time so that we could take Daniel to the bank and also go to the BYU bookstore to look for a tie pin. We cannot find one for his mission or just for the Philipines - they are all out. Must be a run on those missions right now. Then we went to Red Robin for his last US restaurant meal. We had our first and only experience with the new "drop off" method of taking someone to the MTC. It was very organized and it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. The letter we got made it sound like we would barely have time to say goodbye. We all hugged him and mostly only got teary -no sobbing! He went into the building with his two missionary escorts and we drove off. It is a little empty without him here, but he is in the right place at the right time and we are happy he is serving. Good Luck Elder Kenner!

Daniel is Almost Ready to Leave!

This post is just to let everyone know that we are having an open house for Daniel on Saturday, September 11 from 6-9 pm at our house. He will speak the next day at Sacrament Meeting which starts at 10:50 a.m. at the church on Viscounti Drive in Sandy. Also, the doctor is pretty sure that we have figured out the diagnosis on him. He is currently taking very strong antibiotics for an infection in his mesentary lymph nodes. This should clear up the problems he has been having. We are excited about that. Anyway, hope to see everyone next weekend for the Daniel Festivities~!