My Son is Serving a Mission

My son, Elder David Nguyen, is serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  He will be teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ in the Vietnamese language in the Cambodia Phnom Penh mission.  Currently, he is learning Vietnamese in the MTC (missionary training center) in Provo, Utah.

I created a blog for his letters.  If you'd like to check it out, please visit http://eldernguyen.blogspot.com.

Lego Mania

John has a really fun job.  They are always doing neat things to keep the employees happy.  The most recent "thing" was a Lego contest.  Each person was given 350 Legos, and they had to make something to be displayed at work.  People were allowed to combine their Legos and make something big, or do it individually.  Each person could use an additional 50 Lego pieces.

Here is John's creation.  He and the boys spent a lot of time deciding what to do, how to do it, and then they actually built it.  John and Michael stayed up late the night before the competition ended to make sure everything was perfect!

AJ's Birthday!

AJ's birthday was a busy day, so he was able to open his present in the morning instead of in the evening after John got home from work.  He got exactly what he wanted!

Neat Send-off Gift

One of my dear friends, Karen Lopez, made this fun present for David (before he left on his mission).

One Last Hurrah!

Just before school started, I took AJ to the beach with some good friends.  We had a great time enjoying the sun and cooler weather at the beach.  (It was well into the 100s at home and in the low 80s at the beach.)

We're Famous!

Or two of my boys are.  Well, at least if you read our Stake Conference newsletter.

Two of my kids are in the most recent newsletter: Michael (playing soccer) and David (with the pictures of the current missionaries).

Radiator Springs - Cailfornia Adventure

We went on a new ride in Cars Land - Radiator Springs at Disney's California Adventure.  It was a lot of fun!