Hermana Grace Taylor Cox

 Grace was the first missionary to ever leave officially from the Sage Hills 2nd Ward since it had only been formed since 11/2020.   She spoke at our ward building on 27 June 2021.  She did such a wonderful job of sharing her story and her testimony about why she chose to serve a mission.   She did such a good job, in fact, that the Stake High Counselor who was scheduled to speak after her (and whom she had never met), ditched his talk and only talked about how wonderful her talk was and basically outlined it again and also started crying at how special it was and how much he felt the Spirit.  So, that was really awesome.   We had lots of family and friends come to listen and then come to our house after for a lunch.  Jason had smoked 3 huge pork butts which we pulled for sandwiches.  MikaLynn made a cake that I had designed for Grace.  It was my favorite thing!  I made the figurine and other topper stuff.    It ...

24 June 2021  Although Grace went to the temple the week before she went into the MTC, I wanted to save those photos here.  It was a small group.  COVID 19 protocols required us to keep it small.  We drove up from Saratoga Springs to the Ogden Temple.  We were nearly 30 minutes late due to a rainstorm that caused crazy traffic.  There we met my mom--Grace's Grandma Sharon.  Also, Grandpa Guy, Aunt Amy, Uncle Alan, Uncle Aaron Cox and Aunt Ann.  A small but very nice group!