Matt to the MTC

My littlest brother, Matthew, became Elder Beckstrand on February 20th. We drove to the Provo Missionary Training Center with Matt saying that he wasn't nervous, just his stomach was. He was so cute. There is a movie that they play at the MTC and just before it started, Matt moved from sitting next to me and went and sat between my parents. He is a tender-hearted kid.
We took some photos outside the MTC before we entered. I had great memories being there. It seemed like forever ago that I was there, but when I walked in the buildings, I realized it was pretty recent.


Apparently the sun was pretty bright--my eyes are barely open.


He looks so grown up wearing that badge.

Matt with my neices and nephews--Emmeli, Matt, Natalie, Derek, and Shelly (Katie's kids). They came all the way from Idaho that morning to see Matthew off.