more crawfish and books and Brooks‏

Welp.

The happiness is really overflowing now. 

Happy post mothers day!

I just wanna say I adore yall sooo much. 

also I adore yalls faces.

especially talking to them in real life

I have one good lookin family. 

 

So something that I don't have pictures from but that was really cool was on Saturday we went to another crawfish boil!

I'm sure you're thinking to yourselves. 

Holy smokes Sister. 

All you do is go to crawfish boils every weekend. 

Is this all that people in Louisiana do?

Welp I have the answer for you.

It is yes.

All we do is eat and talk. 

Especially in crawfish season. 

Which is right meow.

That is how people party. 

Background time:

Remember back when it flooded? 

Yea me too. 

Well way back when, we helped an older lady named Angela. 

Her house got wayyyy flooded and so we helped her pack up allll of her stuff that she has accumulated in the past 35 years of living there. It was alot of stuff let me tell you. Also, Miss Angela has a GIANT library. Like huge. 

Being the sweetie that she is, Angela calls a lady who owns a small book store to come pick up any books that she wants. 

So of course she does.

And we happen to meet and hang out with this book lady for quite some time as we were helping pack up Miss Angela. 

Turns out she used to live in Utah and knows all about the Mormons! 

Turns out she is really stinking nice and funny!

So we all had a really good time working and talking. 

Fast forward to only a couple weeks ago:

We decide to go find this book lady in her store!

We find her cute little store and she is so happy and surprised to see us! (which is always very satisfying) We talk to her for a long time and then ask her if she needs help around the store that we could come in and help with every week. She is very surprised but she gratefully accepts! 

Now this book lady is Miss Brooks.

She is amazing. A true sweetheart

She is so smart, so easy to talk to, so kind, so thoughtful, asks a billion questions, laughs loud, and just loves all people and is willing to do anything for them. 

I have learned so much from her in the couple times that we have gone to help her. 

But this is a cool experience because she asks us literally a billion questions about missionary life and what we do everyday and who we are teaching. 

And she asks hard questions sometimes!

Sister Steve and I have really bonded with Brooks and she's become like a mom to us!

Soo.. This past week when we were painting in her store she tells us that we are going to a crawfish boil that is for her husbands nephews graduation party that is at her house. (I would say invite but it wasnt an invitation) ;)

And yall. It was so fun. 

All of her husbands family was there just hanging out and talking and eating crawfish and we were just right there with them!

We got so many questions about missionary work and compliments for volunteering in Brook's store. They were all so so kind and sweet even though we totally crash a family graduation party!

Moral of the story: 

Southern hospitality is real.

and crawfish boils and crawfish season gives all kinds of people an opportunity to chill out and talk openly when they otherwise wouldn't.

I love service

and also I love Brooks.

<3

life is so good yall and I'm loving it.

I lava yall!

xoxoxoxxo

Sister Sades

 

This is dearest donna. 

With her teeth in, but not her eye, and not hair either. 

So she was mad but still got the pic :)

Hey look! Louisiana is calling you Kort :)

Zone conf! We bought cute cups to be matchy #goals