May 10, 2026 - Mother's Day

Dearest Isaac,

I woke up to a video from you, which made my day!  Thank you!

  • Lily made it to the dentist this week AND got to do a language evaluation to work at the MTC!  Hopefully she'll get hired there!
  • Lily and I did a paint night with YungSong Kim on Monday!!  So fun!  We need to get Joseph to go with us next time, so they can chat in Korean.
  • I did confirmations on Tuesday with Lily and Emmy even though Emmy had TWO AP tests that day! (Chem and Gov)
  • Emmy had a third AP test Wednesday morning (Lit).  She's pretty awesome!
  • I did baptisms on Wednesday after playing the organ with Lily, Anna Dalley, and ... Jaydon!  Hana was supposed to come too, but she got super sick that day. Jaydon is trying to go to the temple every week and is reading the Book of Mormon for the first time.  He's considering a mission (!!!!) - maybe at the end of the year.  Super happy about all of that!
  • I also did an Endowment session on Thursday.  Becky Hanson had her surgery that day, and so several of us went at various times to support her.
  • On Friday I did most of the prep stuff for Lily's Welcome Home - cleaned the house, made alfredo sauce etc. We're having a pasta bar.  Dad made his marinara sauce earlier in the week
  • I ran a half marathon Saturday morning. I was super stressed about how I'd do since I'd only trained up to 8 miles, but it went surprisingly well!  I averaged 12 minute miles, so not very fast, but much better than I'd feared!
  • I was moving some bags of dirt in the back yesterday and found a black widow... I think...
  • Lily's Welcome Home was today!  Her talk was awesome! Emmy sang, and sang like an angel!  It was just lovely lovely lovely!  What a great Mother's Day!
I love you to the moon and back!

Mom

Post-welcome Home crew - after most people left... Oops


The black widow...

My race medal

The starting line

I planted Grandma's pots for her for Mother's Day

My girls!

Lily reported to the High Council


We stalked Joseph's apartment when we were in Provo, but he wasn't home

YungSong Kim!


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