Saturday 15 October 2016

Baby Shower and Baby Blessing


Jaclyn's friend, Chelsea, was so thoughtful to host the baby shower for Jaclyn and Zoë on a weekend when we could attend


Everyone needs friends who love to throw parties


We drove in to Provo about 10 minutes late and pulled right up to the shower


We contributed by bringing a couple of games including the guess the chocolate bar (melted in the diaper)


The Olson girls went head to head playing multi-tasking diapering


Jaclyn's former piano teacher sent a piano toy

Saturday morning we went to the wedding for Jaclyn's old friend, Connor Jensen, but we didn't take any pictures! Not at the temple or at the reception that night.


Saturday afternoon Carmen and Chloe visited the Provo City Centre Temple for baptisms


Sunday was the main event where Zoë was given a name and a blessing by these wonderful men


She was blessed in Jaclyn's own blessing dress


Aunties


and Sisters

P-Day in Banff


Once a year while serving in the city of Calgary missionaries are permitted to visit Banff National Park with a church member


When I found out about this I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the missionaries! First, I took the Spanish Sisters (who have helped me in ESL) to Lake Louise. The water colour is so beautiful!


The sisters took loads of photos


Then we hiked to Larch Valley and had lunch


Followed by window shopping and dinner in the town of Banff. We had a super fun, and the Sisters told me, relaxing day. I'll be looking for an opportunity to do this again!