Red Butte Gardens

Yesterday Steve and I, Jaron and Emily went to Red Butte Gardens with Darrell and Dyann. It is such a beautiful place and so many flowers!!! It's flower heaven!! Emily and I wanted to put our house right smack in the middle of the whole park so we could enjoy it all the time!!
Darrell and Dyann brought picnic lunches and we found a table tucked away down a hill next to a stream. It was beautiful and the perfect place to eat.



We took tons of pictures but this is just a few of them. Emily took lots of the flowers til her memory card was filled up.



Thank you Darrell and Dyann for the fun day and for taking us to such a beautiful place!!!

Vanhin Peck's emails

This pic. was taken last week in Pori. Nathan is 3rd from the left. His companion Elder Horne is the the left of him.

Hey Mommers!!!
Hey so that is way cool that you saw me on the camera and you didn't even know i was going to be on there... Elder Horne's parents had never seen him on the camera so he set up a time with them for that... however he set up the time after i sent all of my emails... so i wasn't able to tell you about it... but that's cool that you saw it anyway..
So anyway this week we got Change (Transfer) Calls... and Elder Horne is moving to Tampere and is going to be our new Zone Leader. So that's pretty cool... I'm going to be staying here in Pori and my new companion is going to be Elder Karlsson, and hes from Sweden... So that's cool... everyone says he is really cool and he was also Elder Wiklöf's trainer... So that's pretty exciting.
Yesterday all the missionaries in the the Helsinki and Tampere Zones got to go down to Haaga (city a little north of Helsinki) and listen to President Rasband talk.. so that was way cool. He actually didn't give a talk, it was a question and answer session thing... so we got to to ask him questions about missionary work and he answered them.. so that was way cool.. even though we only got through 3 questions in 2 hours.. haha... but it was super awesome. 8D Anyway everything is going good here... I don't think that anything else has happened but if it has, ill put it in my letter... I love and miss you!!!
Vanhin Peck


Hei Isä

Things are going good here... the language is still really tough and i don't really understand much except of gospel stuff... so when people are talking about normal things i don't really understand to much... but I'm trying and I'm sure that it will come eventually as i continue to study... so I just trying to do the best i can at this point.

Everything else is going good here.. we got to be in a meeting with president Rasband, which was really cool and we got to ask him questions and stuff which was really cool!!! there is some more info in moms email if you wish to read that.

So how is teaching going? Oh and what are you teaching this year? your never teaching what i think your teaching so i want to make sure that i know before i tell people... haha... anyway good luck with your teaching, and teach those students well.

Thank you for all your love and support I love and miss you!!! take care!!!

Vanhin Nathan Peck

Timothy and Jessica's family pics.

Timothy and Jess got some family pictures taken. I think they look so good. They are such a beautiful family and I miss them all so much!!

A Nathan letter

Dear Family,
Hey so how are you all doing? It sounds like you're all doing great and everyone is having a good time back at school. That's cool that you got a new fridge. The kitchen is going to look totally different when I get back.
Well things are going pretty good for me. On Wednesday we've got district meeting here in Pori so that's pretty cool. One Elder who is leaving in a week said that he would sell me his winter coat for 10 euros :). So that's pretty awesome. He said it's in good condition too. So that's pretty sweet.
We found out today that on Sunday we are going to Haaga for a special conference with Elder Rasband of the 70's. So that is pretty sweet! I'm pretty excited and pretty awesome stuff.
Welp, I believe that's everything. I hope that you all have a great week. I love and miss you all.
Vanhin Nafey Burger

P.S. If you feel inspired you should put a thing on facebook and tell people to write me because I haven't gotten any letters from friends in 2 or 3 weeks.

Extra Story....
Okay, so on Tuesday Elder Horne and I were riding our bikes along this road near the center. Then all of a sudden we heard this loud noise from behind us and my bike pretty much stopped working. So I jumped off because I thought my rim broke somehow but no. It turns out that my bike lock went up into the spokes. (BTW my lock is attached to the side by the back tire.) So yeah, that was intense. It ended up breaking 7.
So then on Thursday we went out trying to find a place that would sell us a wheel for cheap but we couldn't find a place. So when we were about to give up and possible buy another new bike (because an old, used bike is cheaper than a brand new wheel) Elder Horne thought of the idea that we could try to replace the spokes because he's bike savvy he knows how to do it. So on Saturday we spent an hour fixing my bike. So now everything works good and we're all happy again.
Welp, that's my story. I love you all. Take care.

Two Grandsons

Here are a couple of pics. of Kingston. I am always amazed at how fast they grow. I wish we could get out to California to see Kingston (Timothy and Jessica too) more. Such a cutie!!....I miss you Kingston!!

Maddox is really growing and his speed is increasing too. I can tell that I really need to pick up the speed on my runs to keep up with him. Yesterday I watched Maddox and after he left I noticed lots of peanut butter and honey in my hair from the hugs he gave me while he was eating. It brought back a lot of memories of when my boys were young.
I sure love these little guys!!!

It's a Burger!!

I heard through the back burner that I may see Nathan yesterday on the Pori camera. I was kinda sad I didn't but I knew it was iffy cuz of appointments. But this morning I was cleaning the kitchen and came in just to check on the camera and look who was there!!!!!.......Nathan and his companion Elder Horne!!!
I screamed for Emily to come downstairs and see and she started screaming too. We were yelling at Nathan but he couldn't hear us.
So what a great way to start the day!!!

Violated

Yesterday morning I woke up pretty excited cuz it was........PAY DAY!!! I love pay days. It means we don't have to live on Ramen for awhile :) I went online to check our checking account to make sure it was in. It was but there was also a withdraw from a company that I never heard of. I tried calling that company and NOT to my surprise there was no answer. I started freaking out about how they got our card number and was able to take money out. I called the bank and they weren't going to be open for another hour. So you know the thoughts that go through your mind......they're going to take more out and there is nothing I can do cuz the banks are still closed. So I kept watching it and no more was taken out and I did finally get a hold of the bank and they stopped our visa/debit cards.....and are working to get our money back. I was just sick about someone being able to get into our accounts. I felt very vulnerable and was wondering if I should go back to writing checks?....which I haven't in a very long time. Or maybe I should just cash the pay check and hide it in the mattresses? Today I feel better about it and won't go to drastic measures and continue as normal. But it sure did screw up my day yesterday!!