called to serve

Elder Matthew B. Burr

Argentina Mendoza Mission

March 2010 - March 2012

Cameron made all the food for the Saturday night open house and farewell party.  We dined on steak and grilled chicken, beef empanadas, chips and salsas, guacamole, a cheese and salami platter with crackers, grapes, and the most amazing potato vegetable vinaigrette salad.

Cam also made four or five amazing cheesecakes and Kneaders dessert platters.  It was all amazing!

At the end of the night, Charlotte was done with pictures and with all the new people she met.  Lucy and Audrey were still more than happy to keep on posing.

The evening Matt was set apart as a full-time missionary was very spiritual and sweet.  Everything was hitting me too close to home as I pondered sending my own identical twin boys to serve the Lord for two years.  Luckily I still have 11+ years, but I'm afraid it will go as quickly as the past 11 have gone.

These handsome boys have been inseparable for 19 years.  Despite what they may say, they enjoy each other and haven't been apart for longer than 10 days. It will be very interesting to see how they handle their lives where not everyone knows they are twins.  While I think it will be good for them, I'm sure that it will be difficult at times too.  

Matt is so well prepared and ready to preach the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.  His farewell talk was by far one of the best I have heard.  He was so filled with the spirit, and he spoke with the preparation and knowledge of someone coming home after serving 2 years.  He looked so hansome and I was so proud of him!

After a delicious Kneaders breakfast with the family, my parents, Matt and Marc were off to pick up Matt's luggage and drop it and him off at the MTC on Wednesday.

Uncle Matt, we love you and are praying for you!
God be with you, 'til we meet again, my sweet brother.

If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face

Isn't that the Carl's Jr. ad?  

Charlotte has enjoyed--and that doesn't come close to describing how happy she is about it--eating rice cereal in the past week.  

I started her much later than any of my other kids because I didn't want to admit that my baby is growing up.  The past 5.9 months have positively flown by.  I'm trying to savor every minute of my kids being the ages they are now.  It will all be over before I know it.

I love this sweet face and those blue eyes!  This girl is going to get ANYTHING she wants from me--not that that is a new concept around here!