My Son's LDS Mission Call Arrived

 

 

Dear everyone, it has been awhile since I have posted.  Happy things have happened in our lives, and tragedy has happened in our lives.  Today I share with you a happy thing that happened.  My 19 year-old son received his  mission call to............Cusco Peru!!!

   He will be sharing the gospel for two years.

 

This mission call fits him perfectly!.  He will be learning Spanish, and perhaps some Quechua when he goes to Peru.  He has always wanted adventure, and this will be a grand adventure.  When he was yourng and learned about Easter Island or the Great Pyramids, he couldn't understand why we couldn't just go visit.  Maachu Picchu is in the bounds of his mission.

 

We are so excited for him, but we will miss him soooo!  Our home will be sooooo quiet without him.  He departs August 28, joining his two cousins in the mission field:  Mack to the Washington D.C. North mission (the state of Maryland) and Chase to South Korea (son of Jacqueline of Purple Chocolat Home).

 

 

Color Festival

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Over my children's spring break we attended a Color Festival.  It was a celebration of spring held at the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah.

It is estimated that over 50,000 people attended the day we went.

The whole point is to get colored chalk all over you.  Sunglasses helped protect your from the chalk dust.

My son delighted in blowing and throwing chalk at people.  If you are at a chalk festival then you are fair game for anything.

Every two hours they hold a big throw where they count down to 10 and everyone throws the chalk.

Their hands covered in green chalk.

Their shoes and pants covered in chalk.

It was, for the most part, a family friendly crowd, and believe it or not most of the chalk easily came off.  My daughter Talley still has a bit of yellow hair from yellow chalk.

I also want to say congratulations to Chase, Jacqueline's son, who just received an LDS mission call to Seoul, Korea where he will be serving for 2 years.  My son Skyler's mission call should be arriving soon also.

A Little Green Tablescape

 

 

Dear Red Couch Readers, today I bring to you "a little bit of green" to brighten up your world as it brightened up my table today. 

 

I found these green chargers for a quarter at Wal-Mart after Christmas and thought:  "Ding, ding, ding, I will use them for St. Patrick's Day to give a pop to my table."

 

 

 

I tucked a bit of green checked fabric in my napkin bundle to add a little color.

 

 

I picked up these green plastic mugs at the Dollar Store.  Don't tell my children, but I am reusing these to put little gifties in for St. Patrick's Day.  Yes I am an awesome mom!

 

 

I have had these candlesticks for almost 20 years, and every once in awhile I remember to set them out for St. Paddy's Day.

 

 

Of course if you were here you would get a little treat -- Ande's Mints -- on your table.

 

 

The tablecloth is a new purchase from the Christmas Tree Store when I visited Virginia in February.

 

 

Here is a view of my bubbly glass.

 

 

I love this little Dollar Store sign, which I hang on my buffet -- it is my only St. Patrick's Day Decoration.

 

 

 

On the Homefront:  My daughter Tati's  end of the year swim banquet brought me doing table decorations.  Our school colors are blue -- our Mascot is a dinosaur -- so I did these yarn balls in turqoise and blue and placed them on the tables.  My daughter Talley and I made about 36 of these for the banquet.  Yes, we have no life!

 

 

And some good news.  My husband is coming home for about 5 days tomorrow.  Soooo good to see him.

 

Thanks for dropping by my couch!

 

Tablescape Thursday