Garretts Farewell

This weekend we headed down to Arizona again for my little brother Garrett's Mission Farewell. We spent our first night there as a family to go and see Jurassic World! I was rather impressed! I did not know what to expect, frankly I didn't even know if it was a sequel or not. As I had only seen the very first Jurassic Park as a kid. I was pleasantly surprised. Shaun told me several times during the movie to stop screaming :) It definitely kept me on my toes the entire movie. 

            
After the movie Shaun, Garrett, Mom, Dad and I had the opportunity to go and clean the Gilbert Temple. My old EFY counselor from 2008 invited us to come and clean. I had never cleaned the temple before. It was truly a humbling experience. At the beginning of the cleaning we all got dressed in these white scrubs and put on booties. We then had a prayer, song and a spiritual thought. It was all very organized, just as everything is. We then followed Jason to the 3rd floor. We each got assigned duties, whether it was to clean the bathroom, vacuum, dust, etc. My first job was to wipe down (disinfect) EVERY single door handle. At first I thought wow they are sure detailed. However as I began to think about it I was able to ponder how this relates to our very own lives. The lord is ANXIOUSLY awaiting to be involved in the most MINUTE details of our lives. He truly cares about every single thing! I love how he is truly there for us no matter what, and even though something might seem insignificant to us it has great importance to our Father in Heaven. I am truly thankful for the opportunity I had to help clean the temple. In reality it was helping shape me.

Kayleen, Scottlyn, and Courtney on my right

         
Saturday night we had a farewell party/BBQ for my little brother Garrett. My mom said that I could invite some friends over. It was a great time catching up with my Arizona friends who I only see every so often when I come down to Arizona. I am extremely grateful for the friendships that I have made. Kayla and I met in the 7th grade and Courtney and I met in the 10th grade. I love that we can always pick right back up where we started.


It was also Scott (Kayleen's) husbands 25th birthday so we made sure to celebrate his birthday with some cake! Scottlyn their little baby was having an absolute blast playing in the water.

This is my sweet husband, He always manages to make the funniest faces :) 

                  Sunday was Garrett's farewell talk. He did a wonderful job and even bore his testimony in Spanish at the end of his talk. I couldn't be more proud of him and am excited to see what adventures he is going to have and the people he is going to teach in Boston Massachusetts.


My cousin Julie also gave her farewell talk on Sunday. She is going to Iowa. He is a majority of the Gray family.