Janelle's Homecoming

We had Janelle's homecoming in our ward this morning. We planned to meet at the church a half hour early to get some pictures of the family. Right when we were about to leave Eli had a HUGE explosion in his pants and they had to go to Ky's house (they had been staying over there) to get a whole new outfit. So, we only had about ten minutes to snap a few photos, but we still got some cute ones (aside from the fact that the babies didn't want to smile or look at the camera!) 

Janelle did a great job on her talk! Emily Williams sang “Where Can I Turn For Peace” for the musical number, which is one of Janelle’s favorite hymns. We had a luncheon at our house afterwards. We had bought three or four rotisserie chickens at Costco (we would have been fine just getting two though) and Rick, Jaiden, and Maddox deboned the chickens and made two huge bowls of chicken salad. We also had chips, watermelon, strawberries, salad, and desserts. We ended up with a ton of food leftover. 

Grandma Jensen and Julie came for the homecoming and a bunch of Janelle's friends came. Her trainer, Miriam Martinez, came clear from Idaho with her family! They went to their daughter's graduation in Provo yesterday and then drove all the way to Mesquite to stay with family and then drove back to St. George for Janelle's homecoming. Janelle was excited to see her! It was nice to meet her family and fun to see many of Janelle's friends again! The married kids left in the afternoon and Janelle went with Jared to the YSA Come Follow Me lesson that night. 

It was a great day! We are so grateful to have Janelle home safe and sound and grateful for everything she was able to achieve on her mission. She saw many miracles, and the many promised from her setting apart blessing were realized. We are so grateful that she could serve a faithful mission, and we are grateful for the knowledge that Christ lives and that families are eternal!