June!

June was also a memorable month. Andrew, Gale, and I got to attend the dedication of the Cebu temple in the Philippines! Thanks to my parents and Andrew sisiter, Elizabeth, who watched our kids for us while we were gone. I decided to go three hours before leaving Visalia. I called my parents who said yes to watch the kids, I called my work and got my shifts covered, and we got a plane ticket online. It was crazy to pack and get the kids ready in such a short amount of time. For those of you who don't know, Andrew served a 2 year mission in the Philippines in 2002-2004. He speaks the native language Cebuano. It was such an amazing experience. It was life changing. The poverty level there and the lack of medical supplies and care there is astonishing. It made me value my childrens health and all the luxuries we have in the states. I realized that there are so many things that we simply do not need and it has taught me the value of a dollar. Most the of the families there could not all be together. A lot of the parents and sometimes both of the parents had to move to other countries to find work. The children would live with relatives away from their mom and dad. I will blog more about the experience when I have time...but since my time is limited right now I will just say that it was life changing...and we want to go back soon. I will post pics soon of our trip will details. Also in the month of June we celebrated out 6 year anniversary. 6 great years of marriage with a family of 5 now, 4 years of the Valley Sign Post, 3 hoodlums later, the 2 of us are having 1 great adventure. I love you Andrew!