Concerts, Parks and Missionaries

Kate had an American Anthology concert at her school. She was chosen to be a narrator (along with a few other students) so she had a speaking part. She had it memorized and did a great job. They sang some classic American songs (some I never heard of, so much for being "classic"! ha). 

Melanie, her kids and Dee Ann came over on the 17th because Jared Fuller got home from his mission and was reporting in Church on the 18th. It was fun to have them come visit and to take them around to different parks and beaches. We went to Cougar Park, the mall for the lego store and American Girl doll store then went to another park to eat dinner then off to Mukilteo Beach. If we had more time we would have ridden a ferry, but we'll do that next time they come. 

Preston LOVED playing with Craig and Jill's dog Maverick. He still talks about him and how he likes to fetch. It was adorable watching Preston throw the ball over and over to Maverick. That dog was so good with Preston and waited patiently for him to throw the ball and then would bring it right back to him. Preston thought it was pretty cool. Jill kept telling me we need to get a dog because it's good therapy for Preston. :) I don't know about that...ha. 

Jared Fuller is home from Brazil! He looks so good and did a great job speaking in Church. He bore his testimony at the end in Portuguese which is cool. He came home a month earlier than planned because he had to have emergency appendectomy in Brazil while on his mission. Luckily, he was in an area at the time with a good hospital. He came home early to recover and he was pretty much done anyway. :) He'll be going off to school soon and we are so happy for him. Kyle's Dad, Lynn, even came over for it so it was good to see a bunch of family.