We left for the MTC the morning of Feb. 23.  The day was cold and snowy.  Beck and Rem didn't want to miss school so they said their goodbye's that morning.  We stopped by Saige's work in Taylorsville to take her to lunch and to say goodbye to Caprice.  We went to Hire's and got burgers and shakes, and ate them in the car because the restaurant was closed.  

It was snowing super hard when we drove to Provo.  We had to go super slow and when we arrived at the entrance of the MTC they directed us to a parking lot to park and let Caprice out.  It was so uneventful.  We literally got out her suitcases in the snowstorm, took a quick picture, said our goodbyes, and then some missionaries whisked her and her luggage off.  It felt like a weird dream saying goodbye to my daughter for 18 months.  I held myself together until I got home and immediately started vacuuming ( which I do when I am upset apparently).   Beck asked me to turn off the vacuum because he was doing homework on his laptop and couldn't hear, and when I turned it off Beck looked at me and tears were streaming down my face.  Beck started laughing and said, " Mom! She's only been gone for like an hour!"  Haha.  I cried for a couple more hours that day, and then a couple more times the next couple days when I  saw things that reminded me of Caprice (like the flower arrangement Sharon Toone gave her that was left in the office).