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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Fantastic Four-Wheeling

Our stake president is probably one of the most generous people I know. He has a sincere love and interest in every person in this stake and has a way of making everyone he comes in contact with feel loved. His son is heading to my mission in June (Manila, Philippines) and so we went up to their house to talk about the Philippines and ended up on their four wheelers for a couple of hours. You'd have thought that the kids had died and gone to heaven!! It was the talk of our house for days afterwards. They also let the kids ride the horse, fed us a great BBQ meal and had us all roasting marshmallows out in their yard. I want to be like this family, generous with all I have and eager to serve others. It was the perfect day.

Here is Lady K with her dad. She was so worried when she first saw that we were going to ride 4-wheelers that she started crying. After watching for about 10 minutes she decided to get on one and after that she couldn't get enough.
Mr. M driving a 4-wheeler for the first time with President Hopkins on the back.J Man was all excited about the 4-wheelers until someone offered him a ride. He eventually relaxed and had a great time riding around. This is Tommy, Pres. Hopkins' son-in-law.

Little L was our most adventurous one. She kept wanting to go faster and to jump the road. Jesse (the soon to be missionary) was her favorite driver.

Baby R had no fear. She may turn out wild and crazy like her big sister. Look at this view they have from up on the hill their house is on. It is one of the prettiest locations I have ever visited.

5 comments:

JoMamma said...

That sounds like such an amazing day. I too want to be more generous. Maybe I need some things to be generous with. Hmmm the four wheelers looked fun. :) Maybe I'll hold off on the four wheelers and start with dinner.

Daisy said...

Sounds like fun times! That IS a beautiful place!

Anonymous said...

Oh wow! What a great day that was for your family! The Philippines is very special place in our family too! (Carls parents are still enjoying their calling as MTC Pres.) Stake Pres. property is amazing!!

Tina said...

Wow! That IS an amazing view! I bet you enjoyed recalling your mission!

Emily said...

Hey Vances! Your family is beautiful and your blog delightful. I hopped over here via Gary and Ondalynn. So happy to see your family is doing so well. Love to all! ~Emily