Tripper very happy about our early morning outing.

Tripper was hungry, he has eaten the pasture to nothing.

It is about 6:45 am this morning, yes Sunday morning and we were even able to make it to our 9:30 church meeting. Tripper needed hay he was completely out not a bale in site in the hay barn. We had to wait until 3rd crop was done and baled and this morning was it. Because of the heat during the day and church we had to get the hay in the early morning.
Glenn's first bale, got to start somewhere.
Pretty dark still.
Sun is starting to come out that you can see the field of hay.
This is the field how I saw it while driving.
Glenn hauling a bale of hay.

We got some help from the man who owns this field. He had been baling hay since 2am. How is he awake.


Randy is happy we are done. Randy our neighbor and Glenn waiting for me to get closer to some bales of hay.

This is Randy our neighbor, Glenn and the owner of the field he also helped us.
All loaded up and ready to go.

My New Friends The Missionary Moms.

Since Cameron left in April I had been looking for someone or something to help me through the lonely and difficult times. Someone to talk to who could relate to my emotions, to get idea's for care packages and inside information on his mission and boy did I find it. The Florida Missionary Moms. Florida has 5 working Missions. Jacksonville (Cameron's), Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Tallahassee. The mom's on this site have son's or daughter's in one of these Florida Missions. What a blessing to have found them and I found them just when a luncheon had been planned months ago here in Utah. What luck I get to meet all these women that I had started talking to. So August 29th 2009 was the first annual Luncheon in South Jordan Utah at Madeleine's a restaurant owned by a member. I had some company on the way up, I picked up one of the Jacksonville mom's who needed a ride what was cool is she is from California and her son was in Jacksonville so we had good conversation.



So when I walked in the banquet room I saw just beautiful tables my senses were overloaded. The colors of the different tables that were on display were just beautiful. So this is my place setting. The tables were sectioned by mission.

Each place setting had gifts on them.

This table was a different gift table. Some of the categories were Whose Missionary has been out 6 months, 12 months, 18 mo and coming home.(wish) Mom closest to the restaurant and mom who traveled farthest and other categories.

Here is the Missionary table's. We were asked to bring pictures of our Missionary and Debbie (the Mom who put this luncheon together) had gotten maps of each mission then had pins and our missionary's names on little paper where we could pin where they were at that time.
Here is the Jacksonville table Cameron's picture is in the maroon-Jeweled frame. That is Cameron's frame that his Aunt Anna gave to him with a picture of Jesus in it when he was younger so I thought it would be neat to use it for this.
Here is the Jacksonville map. Can you find Camerons's name? Debbie gave me the map at the end of the Luncheon.
Here are some of the Florida Moms sitting down for Lunch. On the back of the chairs are capes made by Debbie. She made about 35 capes I can't even begin to convey the feelings from everyone and all the work Debbie put into this. She is our Super Hero Super Mom. We are the cape flying/alligator boot wearing/ in our sunglasses in cognito Missionary Mom's.
Lunch is served. Salmon with creamy mashed potatoes and yummy green beans. We also had fresh rolls in baskets that were on the table and strawberry lemonade. Dessert for me was cheese cake.
Here is a group of moms, unfortunately I wasn't able to meet everyone and so I don't know which mission this is. I was mostly with the Jacksonville moms, I regret not spreading my cape a bit and circling other parts of the room.

Here are the Jacksonville Moms. Debbie Blair (She put on this Fantastic Luncheon) Me, Diane Jackson, Kathy McFarland ( We had a great time talking about our missionaries on the way to the luncheon)and Kim Cundick. They are awesome ladies.
Here we are modeling our capes that Debbie made. It also is an apron to. So handy our capes.

Kim and Debbie.

Ok, so the end of the luncheon was amazing. Debbie told us we had a special guest coming to speak to us near the end of the luncheon. I asked if it was President Monson she assured us it was not even though she was on a first named basis with our beloved prophet. It was a good laugh. So at the end of the luncheon she went to Missionary tables and behind the maps were some baskets, she handed us each a packet of quotes and poems and in the middle of it was a white envelope and I could see a little of the writing on it and I knew right away that it was a letter from Cameron, I totally lost it. I have not cried since Cameron left in the MTC. There was a letter from Cameron's Companion Elder See and of course Cameron. He was able to keep this secret for quit some time. It was so quiet and not a dry eye in the house. Debbie had contacted each of the mission offices and asked them to reach all of the missionaries who's mothers were attending the luncheon and ask them to write their mom's a letter and mail them to the mission office and then to Debbie.That is just incredible to do something like that for us. I wish I had pictures of everyone reading their letters but I was reading:) Very special day indeed.