A New Missionary in the Family

Happy Birthday to SAMI - "12" years tomorrow - She spent Spring Break with brothers and sisters and cousins.

Officially going into Young Womens!!!
Brandee made her nutello with peanut butter cupcakes - YUM

Receiving a mission call -
Our grandson, Ryan, opened his mission call on Saturday (Sunday for us)


He is going to Santa Cruz, Bolivia and will leave July 4th, 2017. He will go to the Mexico MTC. Congratulations Ryan!
From the time we last saw Ryan until he returns will be three years.

Our Plumbers (and gardeners and auto mechanics)  - Thank you for all your work and long hours.  They only had to make two trips to Home Depot - which is pretty good for a plumbing job.

At least they are still SMILING

First they replaced the faucet and then found out the disposal had a "DRIP" - Jamie even caught the drip on her photo.

 Nothing like "plumbing 101" on spring break

THE DRIP




Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses

I think we found Bilbo Baggins house!

The Kinver Rock Houses are built in sandstone caves.  They were inhabited until the 1950's

The art of Glass Blowing -
A young lady who makes beautiful glass vases in the Old Richardson Glass Cones in Strourbridge - it was so fun to watch her make beautiful glass pieces.  She earned her masters degree in glass blowing.  
Glassware for the Titanic was made here.

Saturday night we were invited to President and Sister Leppard's home for a delicious traditional English dinner that they prepared for us and the assistant's and Elder Bonelo who is leaving a few days before the other departing missionaries.  A wonderful night!

Today (Sunday) started out our daylight savings time with a conference call with Ryan to open his Mission call, then went to the mission office to pick up Elder Bonelo who is flying home today and took him to church with us, I talked in church, taught primary, taught nursery, attended the munch and mingle and then drove to the Birmingham Bus Station to drop off Elder Bonelo.  

We walked a few blocks around the Bus Station to see the area where Elder Willmore's Great Great Grandparents lived.

The Willmore family belonged to
the St. Martin's Parrish

Rea Street (The River Rea is where the Willmore
 children would take baths)

This week will be transfers and departures - We are ready for the week.  Also it is our last week with our amazing Elder Cohen.  Makes us sad.