president cottle

so my dad will not be super pleased, i'm sure, that i'm posting about this - but i am . so there. :) my dad has been called to be the new stake president over the monroe, utah stake. this all happened this past weekend. i got a call from my mom saturday evening and she gave me the good news while she was enroute to monroe from denver with my oldest brother. weston and i also drove to monroe late saturday night. my dad was called and set apart by elders wood and moon of the seventy. here is a picture of my dad - it's a few years old and it's obviously from my wedding, but i had to find a picture of my dad in a suit and tie :) if you know my dad, you wouldn't think a picture of him in a suit and tie were hard to come by!many people in town have been teasing my dad these last few weeks that this would happen, including his family members :) i told him, well - you better get used to hearing "i told you so." on sunday, after the meeting, a friend told me he knew my dad was a shoe in. he said he was the perfect man for the job - "he was a military man for all those years, had all that training, then he taught school to mellow him out, now he's retired . . . it's perfect!"

my parents were not expecting this in the least. they were in the process of filling out their mission papers and we were, well i was, bracing myself for the absence of my parents from my life over the next few years. i have to admit, albeit selfishly, i am glad they are going to stick around for at least the next several years and will get a chance to get to know these new grandkids :)

i am so proud of my dad and i am so proud to be his daughter. he is an awesome father, leader, and member of the church. he is a great example to me of humility, duty and obedience, and love.

congratulations dad. i love you and know you'll do a fantastic job!