Todd goes to the Mission Training Center!

President Raines set Todd apart as a missionary at the Stake Center the night before he entered the MTC. 

Aunt Cindy popped over to say goodbye and she told us some neat stories about Carson who is serving in Paraguay.

Conner will be ready to go on his mission soon after Todd returns from Tokyo in 2017!

We went on a long walk together the morning he left.  Todd packed up his suitcases and we were ready to go.

It's become a tradition to take some, "grown a foot or two" pictures with our missionaries before they leave.

We will miss this kid, but he will be an awesome missionary!

Dave and Lori across the street waved goodbye and wished Todd the best.

Then it was on the way to Golden Corral

Eric gave Todd this lucky tie that matches his glasses.  He loves it!

We had a nice visit at lunch

Decided to check out how the Provo Center Street Temple was coming along.  It is gorgeous!

Group hug!

They are doing a lot of construction at the Provo temple and at the MTC

We pulled in at 1:30 pm, said our goodbyes, and he was off!

Bittersweet!  We are proud of his desire to serve the Lord .  He's been so excited for this mission and it is finally here!

He wrote us a quick e-mail that night to say he was doing well, busy and he is not homesick! 

Love this boy of ours so so much!