Farewell, Elder Dickson!

For the past year we have been regulars at the Dickson household every Monday night. It is so nice to have one night a week where I know there will be good adult conversation (not that I don't enjoy Jackson's). Its so nice to have one day a week where I don't have to worry about dinner. It has been so fun getting to know the Dickson's better and we have been so lucky to get to know Mark, who is entering in to the MTC tommorrow. We are so excited for him and the people in Colorado. They are getting a great young man. Mark will be a fantastic missionary - he is so kind and ridiculously funny. People are drawn to him and I'm sure he will have great success wherever he goes. But our Monday nights just won't be the same without him. Jackson, I think, will miss being Mark's sidekick (or Mark being his?) as they "fight plop plops" with their swords (don't ask). We always have a lot of fun when Mark is around. We wish him the best these next two years as he dedicates his life to the Lord's work. I am so grateful for young men like him and Elder Matthew Thompson (who also has left recently for his mission), as well as my parents, for being such wonderful examples to me and my kids.