Elder Hayden Roper: God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again

Today was a special day for Hayden.

He spoke in Sacrament Meeting and we had a luncheon after the meeting.

Keaton was asked to be the youth speaker and did a fabulous job! I was very proud of him!

Hayden did fabulous as well! Right smack in the middle of his talk about church history, he stopped and said he felt prompted to talk about his angel Grandma and all we have been through as a family and how hard my Mom fought through her short battle with Leukemia. Hayden went on to talk about trusting in the Lord. We were all in tears! Right after his talk, my Aunt Nancy, who was sitting in the row in front of me, turned around and said, "You can't deny it, you know your Mom is here!" I was already crying, but then I completely lost it!

The musical number was amazing and was so comforting!

It was a beautiful meeting!

We debated about where we should have the luncheon - inside the house or outside.

We couldn't have asked for better weather!

It was a gorgeous day!

Hayden had so many people come over to support him and wish him well as he departs on his mission Tuesday morning!

My dad with his sister Mary & husband Vaughn and Nancy.

The Roper Family

The Brenchley Family

My Dad is going in for surgery tomorrow. He asked the guys to give him a blessing before he left. He requested Hayden do the annointing.

It was very touching that he asked Hayden and that he has the honor to do this for his Grandpa.

Casey gave Dad a beautiful blessing!

Dad has had an aortic aneurysm. The past 6 months it has grown and they will go in and remove it tomorrow morning.

I love my family! We always have such a great time together!

So grateful that we can always support each other through thick and through thin!

The Nielson Family

Hayden and Cade

These two are just 16 months apart and have been buds since the beginning. Most likely Cade will be off on his mission when Hayden returns. It's going to be a few year before they see each other again.