Friday, February 22, 2008

IT CAME!

And starting on April 23rd, it looks like this is where we'll be sending a lot of mail for the next 2 years!



(Yes, it was a huge surprise! About 4 weeks earlier than expected.)

30 comments:

Becky said...

YAY!!!! And congratulations to Buddy!!! We can't wait to start sending him mail!

jjstringham said...

Congrats! Too bad there's nothing really exciting in South Dakota. Maybe he can go do some cow tipping on p-day or something.

Corrine said...

CONGRATULATIONS! I have always wanted to visit the dakotas!

Yvonne said...

Congratulations. It will be so wonderful. I am so happy for all of you. Buddy will have a great experience.

(You must have been so excited when you saw it in the mail ; )

Kimberly Vanderhorst said...

Yay for not having to mail things internationally! (when my brother served in Fiji it sometimes took over a month and a half for things to go back and forth) Congratulations!

Melissa said...

Hurray!! Congratulations! It will be a wonderful experience for all of your family :)

Lippy said...

Congratulations! I know that "good" surprises are always more acceptable than bad ones!

Heather said...

How fun! Never been there but my grandma and grandpa both grew up in Pierre, SD. I can't believe it, so excicing!!

Doran & Jody said...

How neat. Now he is going to have to learn to speak Dakotain.

goddessdivine said...

Congrats!! I was way off......

Tori :) said...

Woo hoo!!! That's awesome!!

The Dillon 6 said...

tell us how everything went down once you opened your mailbox and saw the letter in there...

The Wiz said...

Coo-wull. Lots of Indians there. Indiginous peoples? Tribes? What term should I use? Ahh!!!

I bet he learns tons, and then maybe he can tell me what term to use.

Miggy said...

Nothing in SD? Sturgis! Hello!?!? Hopefully he won't join a biker gang while he's there. Congrats to all.

The Duncan Proect said...

Cool!! Great blessings await your son and your family as he serves.

Tami Vincent said...

That is so awesome. We are very proud of him. It will be such a great experience. Way to go.

Anonymous said...

YEA!! This will be a life changing experience for him. We are so excited!!

Stacey said...

Congratulations!

Heidi said...

Congratulations to your son! He'll come home loving S. Dakota!

ganelle said...

To the land of Lewis and Clark... Good for him!

Unknown said...

awh randi!

i am stoked happy for you and your family! this is going to be such an incredible life changing and priceless experience for your little missionary.

:) kathleen

Nancy Face said...

CONGRATULATIONS! Isn't it the most exciting thing to see that envelope in the mailbox? I'm so excited for you that he'll be in the states...that means you can send him care packages whenever you want, and the postage will be cheap, he'll get them quickly! You can even send homemade cookies and they won't be moldy when they arrive! YAY! :D

elasticwaistbandlady said...

South Dakota!!!!


Do you got a hankering for a summer trip to Mount Rushmore right about now?

Melia said...

Congrats. What an exciting time for your family. Missions are the best.

Busy Bee Lauren said...

HOOORRRRRRAY! Yay, I am so excited for him!

mindyluwho said...

I've always wanted to visit Mt. Rushmore. Very exciting!

Marilyn said...

Congrats..I was secretly happy my son was called to the US because it saves a ton on postage and he is closer..(he's in TN) Is this your first missionary?

Caroline C. Bingham said...

Woo-Woo! Congrats to the boy!

Babzanne Barker said...

Yay! Hurray!! South Dakota is truly an awesome state with wonderful, down to earth people. If he runs into any with the last name of Blum, they are probably my relatives. (Keep me posted!)

Whitney said...

Woohoo!!! I'm so excited for you! Congrats!!