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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

i'll be home for christmas....

I have just come to the conclusion that I'm not a regular blogger, I just blog when I remember. So I'll just catch up in a few small posts so as not to overwhelm my e x t e n s i v e list of followers.

I'll just give a brief overview of Christmas.

On Christmas Eve, we were playing games at Mandy and Clay's house. We were just talking about how it seemed a little dead and boring and empty without Krista and Jason, and Angela and John. No more than 5 minutes later, there was a knock at the door....

Dylan went to get it and brought in a huge gift bag full of treats. As he started digging through it, Mandy noticed some snacks that aren't found here in the United States. I didn't clue in, but she all of a sudden just kept saying, "No way, there is no way!!!"

In my head I was thinking, well she probably just had it delivered here. (As in Krista sending stuff from Austria)

Mandy then ran outside (we all followed) and sure enough, there stood Krista and Jason on the sidewalk. We were all in shock but at the same time not really surprised that they did this.
We had a lot of fun together over the time they were here. It was good to spend time with them especially before Landon left.

They apparently just can't stay away from us for very long, and that's fine by me :)


i hope they call me on a mission.....

Well it's official. The Peterson residence is now an empty nest.
Landon left today for the South Carolina, Columbia mission.

What a bittersweet time for our family! I can definitely say that there is nowhere else I'd rather him be than serving the Lord on a full time mission. He has grown into such a great young man and I truly look forward to hearing the stories he has to share over the next two years.

Landon gave a great talk on Sunday for his farewell and he brought such a sweet spirit to the meeting with his testimony. He sure is going to touch a lot of lives :)

Although a lot of tears were shed last night when all the goodbyes were said, talk about an exciting time for Landon! He was so excited to get to the MTC today, not even nervous. I wonder what he's doing right now.....