From Across the Country

Micah's good friend Tyler and his family moved away from Albuquerque two years ago :(  They worked together and served together at Church, so they spent a bit of time together.  Tyler and Erin have the cutest twins.  He was in town the first weekend of August for a conference and we got to see him! The only thing that would have been better is if the whole family could have come. 

They sent Emmett a husky puppy (his mascot at UW).  

Emmett's motherly instincts have been kicking in lately.  He had to give the puppy a big kiss on the nose before napping and often hugs lion, gives him kisses and even feeds him (yesterday, he actually got annoyed that lion didn't open his mouth & was trying to actually get food INTO his mouth). 

The second half of that same week, more friends Albuquerque -- Bishop Hjorth and his wife Mee -- were in town for a conference, too!  I know, we have the best luck! What an exciting week for us!  

Emmett even took them to his most favorite place (more to come on that later). 

 I think they liked it almost as much as he does.

You can't imagine how good it was to see friends from home. We try not to worry about home too much, but we sure do miss it.  But if we can't go home, the next best thing is to have home come to us!  We would have kept them here all week with us if we could have! Thanks so much for coming!