Sew Sisters!

For the last year, I have belonged to a little group that we call "Sew Sisters"!  I have always wanted to learn to sew better and be a better homemaker.  This helps me do that.  But the best part of it is that it is a time to spend with some of my close friends and I really love that.  There are usually 4 or 5 of us that get together.  During the last year I made a quilt for Emily and made some darling aprons that I never finished at our Super Saturday.  I have actually finished several projects that I just had sitting around.  I also use the time to hem pants or sew on scouting patches.  It has been a great thing for me. :)

A Mission Call

Yesterday was a happy day in our family!  This little boy:

 got his mission call!  Elder Alex James McBride is reporting on May 16th to the Argentina Buenos Aires West Mission!!!  We were all so surprised.  For some reason, we were just sure that he would go somewhere in the States (I would have been totally happy with that).  South America wasn't even on my radar.  The majority of his friends are either gone or already have their calls and they are all really exotic.  So we thought it was probably time for someone to go close to home.

We are thrilled with his call and he is so happy.  We did some studying yesterday and learned that Buenos Aires is more like a European city than a South American City.  It is filled with descendants from Spain, Italy and Germany.  They call it the "Paris of South America".  Alex is really excited because he really wanted to get called to a big city.  We have a lot of stuff ahead of us to do to get him ready to go, but we have 4 months.

We are so proud of Alex.  He is such a loving, sweet spirit.  He will be a great missionary!