Ben's Farewell - Open House

I wrote this post a couple weeks back, but forgot to actually post it, so here it is..

Wow what a meeting!! Ben gave a great talk! Melanie and Jon did an absolutely beautiful job on the song they sang, Shawn added so much sweetness to the spirit with his flute accompaniment! All my children were there, at least in body! So were both my parents and some dear friends, as well!
Afterwards we had a potato bar kind of dinner with yummy salads and desserts to go with it.

Poor Tiffany woke up that morning with a tummy ache and promptly started throwing up, and kept throwing up. What were we to do??? We put her back to bed and Doug stayed home with her during church. Thanks to a sweetheart of a friend, Melanie C. who came over during sacrament meeting so Doug could come and listen to the song and the talk. It was very appreciated!! Also a big Thanks to Doug who was absolutely fabulous to help me keep on top of keeping on eye on Tiff while she was in her room with all the company we had, as well as keeping the food all out and served to everyone. (A lot of hand washing!) It was truly a wonderful team effort! Thanks, Sweetie!!

Thanks to all who attended, helped with the food (I have a fantastic ward and family, lots of offers to send/bring food!), just came by to say hi and wish him well, gave him money to finish up what he needed, and anything else any of you did! It was a very successful day, thanks to all of you!!

He goes into the MTC a week from tomorrow!!

He's actually been in the MTC for one week!!