So many wonderful things have occurred since the last blog post.  So many in fact, that I almost don't know where to start.  I'll begin with November 5, 2012.  It was a Saturday designated for Emily's baby shower.  She and Matt had a great crowd of family and friends and received many gifts.  Like the diaper cake pictured below from Emily's sister April.

Well, it turns out that Jaime had received his mission call.  What better place to open it then with a room full of family and friends.  Once all presents had been opened and baby shower cake had been had by all we gathered round Jaime as he opened and read aloud his mission call.

Jaime received his mission call to Roseville, CA.  Spanish speaking.  He would be leaving in 5 weeks.  Wow.  It was a great feeling of pride for the Armstrong clan to have its first missionary.  We were all excited but it is also a bittersweet thing to send a member of your family off to strange parts for two years.

Well, just when you thought things couldn't get any more exciting, Mark Shore showed up.

He came to Charleston for a weekend visit with his lifelong friend Susie Edwards.  Susie had met half the Armstrongs already and she just about met the rest of us on this trip.  It was a nice day of family and things that were to come.

Other pictures from that day: