3 Cool Things....according to Elder Pierce

The other day I was on divisions with my district leader and three cool things happened. We walked by this van that had 3 bullet holes through the window and blood EVERYWHERE. The people all said that it happened twenty minutes before we got there. Then we contacted this lady that told us to go preach in our own land. And last but not least while teaching a lesson while I was bearing my testimony the lady started to cry and we all felt the spirit pretty strong.

I love Jonathan's three cool things and the order that he put them in!

Waiting for a Transplant....

As you can see from the previous post, we had a wonderful road trip to Idaho and Utah. We planned our road trip home in between snow fall in Utah and rush hour traffic in California.

All was well until we made it ...

HERE!!!!!!! Fernley, NV

Four hours and 200 miles from home!

Just outside of Fernley, the oil light in my beloved mini van came on. Of course as most of you know my specialties are in the kitchen, not under the hood of my car, so my first thought was call Dave! He told me to pull over and check the oil. Hailey and I checked the oil and it was fine! I had had a tune up and an oil change right before the trip so I knew things were in proper working order. Dave called our mechanic in Santa Rosa and these two advised me to pull into the town of Fernley and try and find someone to look and the car. I found an oil change place and a nice man came and looked at the engine and checked the oil. He came to the same conclusion as Hailey and I had. There was plenty of oil! The van was diagnosed with a faulty light in the dash and we headed on our way to California! Well as you can probably guess, it was not a faulty light in the dash. One exit outside of Sparks, NV the van started losing power and then began to make horrible noises and there on Interstate 80 Exit 22 my mini van's heart stopped! The AAA ambulance was called (thank Heaven for cell phones) and two hours later we arrived at Reno Toyota. The prognoses was grim...things did not look good. Meanwhile, we called our dear friends Shane and Janey who just happened to live in Fernley, NV. Janey's Dad was in Reno so he came and saved us and ALL our stuff. They invited us to spend the night and stay in there wonderful home until Dave could come and get us the next day. For such a traumatic event, we had a blast with the Chapman family. We caught up on each others lives and did a ton of laughing! The next day the diagnoses was in....the van needed a new heart.. A donor was found in Redding, CA. Now all we could do was wait. Dave came and picked us up Friday after work. Of course a visit to In and Out was what everyone needed to cheer us up, and it worked! Finally, almost three weeks later I hitched a ride to Reno with one of my co-workers and picked up my van. She is working great! The used heart we got from Redding has shown no signs of rejection so far. Only time will tell! Now to play the glad game.....1) It was day time when we broke down 2) It was not snowing!!! 3) We were actually near a major city.....we could have been in Battle Mountain, NV 4) We actually have friends in Fernley, NV ! Thanks Shane and Janey.....our lifesavers!

A word to the wise.....DON'T DRIVE YOUR CAR IF THE OIL LIGHT IS ON!!!!!!

College Road Trip!

For the kids Spring Break this year we decided to take a college road trip! We left Santa Rosa at 10pm on Friday night and made our way to Idaho. Here is Hailey helping to document our arrival. Our first stop was BYU Idaho, Hailey's home away from home for the next four years!

My childhood friend's daughter Megan and her friend Michelle were our tour guides! They took us all over campus and showed Hailey, an Elementary Ed major, where most of her classes would be! Hailey loved the campus, especially the smallness of it! Here they are in front of the BYU I Viking....who doesn't love that!

Hailey and Aden with the Viking!

We visited with some other friends in Rexburg and then headed to Idaho Falls for the night! It certainly felt great to sleep after the overnight road trip...guess who the night time driver is? Sunday morning we headed to Salt Lake City but couldn't resist driving through Preston, ID, the home of Napoleon Dynamite!

The next few photos were taken in Logan, Utah!

The beautiful Logan Temple!

Don't let this picture deceive you...Hailey was actually trying to tackle Aden!

Dave and I trying to look like newlyweds!

Hailey REALLY loved Utah State! Too bad BYU I is relatively cheap and out of state tuition is really expensive!

Hailey and Aden on the beautiful USU Campus!

If you look carefully, you can see the Logan Temple behind Aden!

Ahh yes...Hailey and Aden looking "smart"!

We had a great time!