Sarah sent us a photo of the amount of snow that had fallen at our house back in Utah. I countered back by sending her a photo of what our "winter" looks like.
Our hiking adventure for the week was in Escondido. It turned out we were walking up in the hills all by ourselves.
We didn't climb 63 flights like the other hike, but it was maybe half that and we had a good view of the surrounding land when we got to the top.
It was a bit disconcerting to see this weather warning on my phone. We don't live too far from the ocean... Thankfully, nothing came of it!!
We spent the week in different areas of the mission so Glen could interview each one of the missionaries. We started in Temecula where he interviewed 25 missionaries.
While Glen was interviewing, I was reviewing dress and grooming standards with each companionship. We ate our sack lunch as we traveled to Murrieta to spend the afternoon interviewing 18 missionaries.
The second interview day we did 20 interviews in Carlsbad and then traveled to Del Mar to interview 19 missionaries.
While there, an elder presented a plate of burnt cookies to Glen as he had remembered I had mentioned the fact in the Christmas video that Glen loves burnt cookies.
Glen was so touched by the fact that the elder would make burnt cookies for him. I asked the elder if he had made them specifically that way for Glen. The answer was no. He had burnt the cookies and THEN remembered his mission president's love of burnt cookies.
I still say it's the thought that counts!!
The third day we were in Escondido the whole day interviewing 32 missionaries while I continued to review dress and grooming standards with each companionship.
The fourth and last day of interviews was held at the mission office. There were 33 missionaries to be interviewed that day. I was exhausted by the time the week was over. Glen is used to working that hard talking with every single missionary.
I don't plan something specific for me to talk to them about every interview cycle. Sometimes I give myself a break and just chat with them.
Glen's sister Maurine called at the end of that week. As they were talking together, Glen casually asked when she was going to come visit us. She responded, "Well we're here now." WHAT?!?!
Sure enough, Maurine and Ray had been invited to join in with their friends on a stay at a time share in Southern California. They jumped all over that invitation! And we got the benefit of the great deal as well since they weren't staying too far from where we live.
Turns out their friends are Keith and Cheryl Allred who live in my Dad and Mom's ward in South Ogden. I got a chuckle out of Keith opening up his LDS Tools app to show me my Dad and Mom's name to prove they live in the same ward.
We had a few free hours on Saturday afternoon to go to lunch with them. We took them to our favorite rib restaurant--Coyote Grill in Carlsbad Village. They raved and raved over the delicious ribs.
Maurine wanted a photo taken by the little palm tree in our front yard. She was enjoying the sunny, warm weather here.
We were so happy to see them before we headed off to a baptism in Escondido.
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