Dropping him off to the MTC... (07/22/09)

OK, I have one word for the MTC drop off. FAST. It happened SO Fast! They changed it now so you have to drop them off at the curb.

So we took all of our pictures before we left the house. The only one I"m going to attach is his last photo w/ the parents. So cute. :)

Then we (Mom, Dad, Spence, Ster and Pam) got all in the car and drove down. It was a kind of quiet drive. Here is a pic of Ster sandwiched between Spence and I.

We get to the MTC, they tell us to go to drop off #7. We arrive at our numbered station. There are TONS of missionaries EVERYWHERE. All lined up and ready for the new recruits. Ster gets out of the car...

A man comes up and starts giving him some instructions. This lasted about a minute or two.

During this time 2 missionaries come up and get his luggage for him. He says a quick goodbye to everyone again and they escort him to the MTC doors.

SERIOUSLY the whole experience was 3 minutes long. The one thing we wished we could have gotten was a picture of him being "escorted" by the 2 missionaries but we were all in the car and leaving so fast that we didn't get one. Bummer.

On the drive home we just kept commenting on how weird that experience was, how fast it was and realizing that he won't be in our day to day lives any more. Sounds like we were mourning but it was a type of mourning. He is everyone's friend and he is just so much fun to have around. We definitely are so excited when we get a letter in the mail from him.