The peninsula at Pratt County Lake has become our happy place in Pratt. On this day, Nolan was stuck in MTC class and Scotty was at work so the other kids and I went over to the peninsula to mess around. We brought Auggie and let him run. We laid out blankets and turned on music and chilled in the shade. The kids started a game of wacking pinecones into the lake with tennis rackets. Colby was hitting golf balls with his driver. And after a while he went and got us lunch and drinks at Sonic. Then Nolan got done with class and came over and suddenly Scotty got off work and showed up. He opened his tailgate for extra seats in the shade (Mae had already abandoned her shirt - too hot!). It didn't take me long to realize that we were having a magical, all-together time - maybe one of our last, so I snapped a picture.
Nolan has now officially received his endowments in the temple. Many of the special people in our lives (Barnes, Hopkins, Karen Barrett, Greens, Kruegers) were with us and prayed with us and put their arms around us, which felt like heaven. Nolan is also now set apart as a full-time missionary. And biggest deal of all...his hair is clean cut and ready to impress people! Things have gotten really real.
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