BECAUSE BEING TOGETHER IS "G-R-A-N-D!"

 Soooooo Scott and I celebrated 25 years of marriage in August.  We decided to honor the occasion with a vacation to the Grand Canyon!  Honestly, this has been such a wonderful day.  Not only is the Grand Canyon completely awe inspiring, but I really love spending time with my eternal companion.  Today has been perfect!  We have laughed, hiked, read a book, listened to music, shopped, ate fudge, took LOTS of pictures, had deep conversations, ate dinner at Goldie's Route 66 Diner, etc. etc. etc.  I am so blessed! If you like LOTS of pictures... scroll on:

Let's start at the very beginning...

I like us!

He calls me "Brightness!"  And I love it!

I call him "DeGooyer!" Because he is!

Because being together is enough!

Me

My husband wanted antlers!

Forever and ever, amen!

"I tip my hat to the Keeper of the Stars.
He sure knew what He was doing
When He joined these two hearts!"

Sexy!

Me

Scott

A dream come true!

I love gnarled trees!

Exploring God's beauty...

A love for eternity!

Isn't he adorable?!

He got a bit too close to the edge for my taste...

Someone created a miniature stonehedge.

Scott's travel gnome had to get a picture with it.

(Yes... Scott takes pictures of this gnome EVERYWHERE we go.)

Scott loves buffaloes because of his Wyoming roots.

These metal sculptures were really cool.

And of course... Scott LOVES dinosaurs!

I loved the broken down stage coach.

Cowboys and Indians and Scott

On Route 66, one can see many cool cars... even Mater!

Scott had a green chevy truck once...

It really was an amazing day!  Unfortunately, we didn't get a picture of the cute Route 66 Diner we had dinner at.  It was 50's themed!  And the food was yummy too.  But I truly love Scott more than food!  I love Scott more than the Grand Canyon!  I love Scott the most!  Happy 25th Anniversary to us!  And thank you, Heavenly Father, for bringing us together... because being together is GRAND!

SISTER DeGOOYER - WEEK 67

 Another two weeks come and gone. It got to Saturday this week, and I couldn't believe that it had been a week since General Conference! The Conference was incredible, don't you think?! Between having angels as my associates; determining that sometimes I can be a broken piano; and the admonition and reminder to love even your enimies; it was a wonderful weekend! I don't know if I had a favorite talk, but I, as always, love Elder Christofferson. I think I got the most out of his remarks and it gave me a new story idea to explore when I get home! 

Last week we had MLC and General Conference, which was amazing. My head was buzzing with everything that needs to be done. I say needs, because I am still currently working on a to do list a mile long. 

This week was a little hard. Our mission has again gone into a temporary sort of relapse of quarentine. 3 Zones are on complete lockdown, luckily my zone is not one of them! It's going to make transfers this week a little weird, but Sister Brooks and I will roll with the punches. We might be together for one more transfer, but we also could only be together for another two weeks. Stay tuned for more information ;) 

As of right now; we can only teach with masks on and social distancing applied; we can't eat in others homes; and we can't be around other missionaries. 

We saw so many miracles this week! We said some specific prayers, that God answered. The work is hastening! Last night three such miracles were witnessed. We prayed that a man we have been trying to teach would see our light when we knocked on his door and that he would want us to come back. To the letter our prayer was answered, as he gave us his phone number and begged us to come back soon. Next we visited a young girl and her family, the young girl took our number and wanted us to come back today. We are booked this evening, so we will go back tomorrow. Finally, we went to go knock on a door- the last one of the night- and she didn't answer. We realized that someone else we have been trying to contact lived next door, so we knocked and miraculously they answered! The lady looked a little closed off at first, but as we talked, she opened up and invited us over for dinner and gave us her number. Miracles are happening, even if they do seem small! We know from the scriptures that by small means the Lord doth confound the wise! [Alma 37:7] 

Sorry, it's a shorter one today folks! I love you all! Go spread the word in normal and natural ways; God is proud of you! 

Miss and love you,

Sister DeGooyer 

we are kinda weird 

filming videos 

i don't know when this happened, but it happened 

the time i went caving and got a concussion

MLC- Highland Zone Leadership

some of my favorite people

did a training on the sacrament... you know how much i love food 

Mom sent a Halloween care package!

"BOO"TIFUL NIGHTS...

 Kiara is 22!  How did that happen?!  My firstborn is growing up.  She is such an amazing person and is definitely one of my very best friends!  She a terrific mother!  She is talented, beautiful and kind.  Scott and I are blessed to call her our Dutch Princess!

Our Dutch Princess!

A mini-bundt cake pan
She is an amazing baker!

She definitely supports wildlife!

We also commemorated the end of General Conference last weekend with our traditional Family Home Evening Picnic.  After enjoying hoagies for dinner, we all discuss our favorite parts/talks of General Conference.  It is always wonderful to make our uplifting weekend last a little longer and I love hearing what Amy's kids share.  I'm looking forward to hearing Starburst and Skittle's contributions as they grow and share in the delight that is General Conference!

Cody and Skittles

Skittle's loves eating outdoors.

So does Jellybean!

Apple Pie made a huge sandwich!

And Raisin was just excited to have soda!

I love this silly family of ours!

And on Saturday we got to go to a baptism for two wonderful kids: Jordan and Kathryn.  What a special day!  What a special experience!  I'm so glad we were able to share in the sacred moment!

ALL FOUR Sister Missionaries with the two baptism-ees!

Kathryn and Jordan!

I was sooooooooo proud of Austin!

His talk on the Holy Ghost was wonderful!

He looks like a missionary!

And tonight we decorated pumpkins with Skittles.  Kiara bought us all pumpkins - and it was tons of fun!  They turned out so unique... just like each of us!

"What is this, mom?"

"This is how you draw a pumpkin face...."

"I got this!"

Kiara's "Happy Halloween"

Cody's "How to Scare Your Dragon"

Skittle's "Interpretation"

My "Day of the Dead"

and Scott's "Boo - Gnome"

AND I got this in the mail:

I'm so excited to read my dad's new book.

I told my father that it was a scientific fact that he's the best dad in the world!
He said, "the data is scarce and no other lab has duplicated the results."

My dad makes me laugh!