Missionary Sendoff!

 Backtracking a little bit... Well, really this first picture was just one of Dawna's cute antics... She decided that they needed to have a picnic, so she packed some snacks in the little basket and headed outside with her new umbrella and a little blanket... and set up this adorable little picnic!

On February 11, we bid farewell to the newly called and set apart Elder and Sister Koberstein, who headed to the other side of the world!  They will be missionaries in Japan for two years!  We'll miss them immensely, but we are so excited for them and proud of them!  I made sure all my kids got a picture with them before they left, since I'm sure the kids will look quite a bit different in two years...

And as for the last picture... well, my kid's sweet (and VERY on-top-of-it) grandma, was NOT going to break tradition just because of a mission call... she made her traditional Grandma Koberstein blanket for our baby, so we took their picture with it to represent Baby #4.

It's gonna be a long time without Grandma and Grandpa around, but we are glad we can Skype on Sundays (though it sort of freaked Dawna out that it was Monday in Japan...).

Good luck Elder and Sister Koberstein!