Elder Francis # 2

I don't have a lot of time but seriously I have another Brother going on a mission!!! I can't wait.....for him to go and come home!!! ha But Derek is going to be one great missionary! You should hear the testimony this Brother of mine has! Derek is number 3 in our family, he is really wild! He always had been though. One time when I was in middle school waiting for my Mom to pick me up, Derek was in the car and  noticed some boys looking at me and he didn't like it! He was like 5 at the time, he opened the Astro Van sliding door ha (didn't every family have one of those?)anyway he opens the door and yells out "stop looking at my Sister that way!" Then he slammed the door. Totally embarrassing, those guys were super cool at the time! ha so cute though. We laugh about it all the time. The best part is that he had a lisp and a gap between his front teeth. Total cuteness! I love him. I have special connection with him. He is one of my favorite people! He leaves August 30th! Reporting to the Argentina MTC. He will be speaking the Spanish language in the Uruguay, Montevideo Mission!!!!! Go Uncle D!!!!

Look at that kid, this was around the age he yelled at the boys!

Lookin' good!

Claire loves him!

Best Moment!!!

The Donation

Seriously I never thought I would be brave enough to cut my hair! I know that is totally weird but I just thought that would be the wildest thing to cut my hair! Grant and figured out that I have had my hair long for 20 years! Anyway, so ya it is a BIG deal! I don't do good with BIG change, but last week I was thinking about my sweet Claire. I thought if she were ever sick (like really bad), I would be devastated. I thought about all the adults and children that are not healthy in the world. It breaks my heart, I hate it. I was feeling like Grant and I are not in a place to be helping others financially or anything but I would love to do something good for someone! I thought about things I could I do. I was playing with my hair at the moment! ha Then it hit me, hello I have not cut my hair for six months!!!! SIX MONTHS! It was super long, I thought I could totally donate my hair! So I said out loud "Grant I want to donate my hair." He is always down with my plans, so I searched it out a bit. I found out what I needed to do and from that point it was all smiles! I did however get a little anxious before I went to the salon. I of course prayed about it.....I pray about everything. So when you donate your hair it needs to be in a ponytail. So when (Brent) the hairstylist guy cut that off, that was wild. I kind of freaked out but it was fun! Ok so then it was done I had short hair, Grant and I were in the car I said to him " Grant I just cut my hair, I really just cut my hair!" I got a little teary but then I thought about a certain lady that I love that had cancer, she lost her hair. It was so awful, she is lovely and feminine, it was a big deal to not have her hair. It would be for anyone. She is doing great now, she is a total rock! I thought about another lady in my parents ward that has cancer, she has lost her hair. I love her, it makes me sad to know that she is suffering. I can't imagine what she is going through. Then I stopped feeling bad about my new cute hair! Come on Aubrye! I am so happy that I can give someone something. I was feeling the need to help, I wanted to do something good! So that is the end of the story, totally sad how selfish I was to not have done it before but I did it! Best thing ever!