Returned Missionaries Keep Returning, Dinner With the Clarks

The missionaries keep returning. Here we have RM Elder Wight visiting the mission during the time Glen was doing interviews with the missionaries. He came to the church where the Del Mar zone was interviewing and got to see one of his favorite companions.

Two more returned missionaries came to visit us. On the left is Elder Mark Phillips with his sister and next to me is Elder Skyler Higginson with his brother.

They had planned a fun day at the beach and we offered our boogie boards, beach chairs and umbrella. After their hours at the beach, they came back to the house to clean up and get ready to go to dinner with some members.

Speaking of dinner...

For one of our date nights, we were invited to President and Sister Clark's beautiful home for dinner. He's the stake president of the Del Mar Stake. He knows Glen's friend Randy Bambrough.

They have a zip line in their back yard.

They fed us a most delicious salmon dinner. We loved it. And we loved visiting with them. They served as mission president and wife in Spain.

I had heard of the quilt Sister Clark had made, but seeing it was so much better than just hearing about it! She loves to sew and at the beginning of their mission, she asked every departing missionary to give her one of his ties.

From that, she embroidered their name on each of their individual little tie-shapes and turned them into this most interesting and uniquely different and beautiful quilt.

She embroidered all the sister missionaries' names along the border of the quilt. I loved the idea and the completed masterpiece. And NO!!! I did not get any bright ideas from her. I will NOT be implementing this idea myself with our missionaries.

Seth was in San Diego for a couple of weeks for work. When Kenna, baby Terje and Zack came to visit him on the weekend, they drove up to our house for dinner and a visit. Little Terje was so adorable. And social. He would walk around the house and every time he looked at us, he would wave his hand and say "hi." So cute!!

We had another RM come to see us. Actually two RMs from this mission. Even though one was before our time. Elder Jacob Ruhl and Alyssa had each gone individually to a wedding reception in Logan of a fellow missionary. Elder Ruhl was then supposed to hook up with two other friends and take a road trip to California.

His friends stood him up. Alyssa likes road trips. So off they came together to California to visit the mission. They came to our house for Sunday dinner right before they road tripped it back to Utah.

Glen very bluntly asked them if there was anything romantic coming of it. Way to get it all out in the open for all of us to inspect and comment on together.

Needless to say, they were a little embarrassed. We were enjoying the interaction. Even more delight today (weeks later) as we called and wished Elder Ruhl a happy birthday. When asked how he is spending his birthday, he said Alyssa would be visiting St. Louis to meet his parents and be there with them for the holiday weekend...

Sounds like love is in the air to me!!