Final Week as Senior Missionaries

This is our last week of our Mission here in St. George.  We have truly enjoyed serving here in the Red Rocks of Southern Utah.  We love the historical sites and the visitor center at the Temple.  On Monday, we served in the morning at the Brigham Young Home.  We had our picture taken at Brighams as that will be our last day there.  On Tuesday we went to the tabernacle and enjoyed taking people through the tabernacle.  That afternoon we drove to Manti with the Clarks and helped the staff there by manning one of three booths.  We handed out brochures and cards about the Savior and the pageant.  Over 6,000 people came to the pageant June 24. 

                                                                       Brighams Home

                                                      Mulberry tree in Brighams Yard

                                                          Brighams front porch

                                                             Podium in the Tabernacle

                                                                 Manti temple

 The Pageant at the Manti temple started at 9:30pm.  Before the pageant the cast members came out into the audience and handed out brochures and cards.  Their costumes were amazing.  They didn't mind having their pictures taken at all.

                                                              Beautiful costumes at the pageant

HAPPY FATHERS DAY GRANDPA

Thanks again for all the wonderful letters and cards. 

It's nice to be reminded how much you're loved.

 

             On the 16th of June, we hosted a Hawaiian luau for the Senior Missionaries.  Brother and Sister Kaona shared their Hawaiian recipes so we ate authentic food from the Islands.  I actually ate raw tuna and had a salad with raw salmon soaked in sea salt.  Pretty good.  We ate coconut pudding for deseret. 

Sister Kaona taught the ladies how to hula.  Wow we were a really impressive sight.

                                                 The Elders were taught how to dance as well.

                                        Sister Kaona was so gracious.  She shared her love of the islands
                                                     by dancing for us.  We really love them.

This was our good-bye party.  It is so sad to think that we will not

be missionaries in two more weeks.  We loved serving with these wonderful people.

Some days are just more special than others!

                        On Friday, June 6, the young men and their leaders came and stayed overnight
                          with us at our St. George home.  They had a great time swimming in the pool.

                         Elder Bowcutt and I were serving at the St. George Temple visitor center.
                       A group of young boys from Phoenix came into the annex and visited with
                      Elder Bowcutt then came into the temple visitor center by the Christus and
                    sang for all the visitors in the center.  They were the best choir of young men
                            that I have ever heard.  They sang "America the beautiful"  wow!!!!!!
                         As usual, I had to fight back the tears.  What a wonderful experience.

                               Thank you for the wonderful Fathers day gifts.  The edible fruit basket
                                   was a really nice surprise.  We went and picked it up after
                                     our shift at the Visitor center.  It really tastes so yummy. 
                                    We are so thankful to have such a wonderful sweet family. 
                             Daniel and Tayler came down to St. George and we enjoyed playing golf
                          with them on our P-day.  We even had copper-mill steaks for dinner one night.

May 24, 2014 Preparation Day Excursion to Bryce Canyon

                               On our preparation day we decided we needed to get away from St. George
                                           for awhile.  We drove to Bryce Canyon.  I really
                                 was not prepared for the beauty that we saw.  It was amazing.

                                       The one thought I had in my mind about southern Utah was
                                   that our Father in Heaven knew that the beautiful landscape of
                                    this area would be the key to drawing millions of His children
                                     to come and see for themselves how magnificent His world
                                     could be.  This is really why we have so many visitors
                                   come to St. George and want to learn about the first settlers who
                                       lived in this part of the country.  What a wonderful place
                                   to serve and be able to share the Gospel with people from all
                                                                     over the World. 
                                  

                                                                      Sunset  Point

                                                                       Aqua Canyon

                                                                     Natural Bridge

Rainbow Point

Coming home to Perry for Toris Farewell

 

When we went home to Perry everyone came to our house for dinner.  Kari ordered Maddox chicken and pies for the family.  It was a fun night to get together

 Wyatt is such a sweetheart.  He has a smile for everyone.  He loves to play with trucks and legos.

                                Emma is so special.  We love her hugs and kisses.

 Makell is such a great helper with the kids.  Harper and Monroe and their mother Allyson came to see us from Texas.  We were so blessed to have them here for the weekend.  Poor Kevin I bet he really missed them.

 We are so proud of Tori.  She gave her farewell talk in sacrament meeting today.  May 11, 2014. She enters the MTC on wednesday.  She will make an awesome missionary. 

 Grandma Eloise and Nancy came to Toris farewell.  It was so nice to see them.  Happy Mothers Day.

It is so much fun to be grandparents.  We love having our grandkids come to see us.

                                      This picture belongs at the top of this page.  Oh well. 
                                        We are in our Perry home eating Maddox chicken.

 

Hi & Goodbye Party at Jacobs

 We enjoy getting together with the senior couples.  On April 17 we met at Jacob Hamblins and had a local resident of Santa Clara come and tell us about Jacob and his dealings with the indians.  

                         It was a very interesting evening with navajo tacos and our indian friend
                                                 playing his drum so we could dance to it. 

                       The Dabbs stood by us as we had our picture taken with our indian friend.

                                            Jay found this cute little cactus next to our yard.
                                                  It blossomed for us so I took its picture.

Hi and Goodbye

                                          These are all the sisters at the visitor center. Today
                                          was their transfer day.  Some sisters are leaving to
                                          go to other areas.  Elder and Sister Hewstone are
                                          leaving to go home to Australia.  They were a
                                          wonder couple to serve with we will miss them.

Family fun

                                                     Happiest is having a tongue to play with.

                                              The weather was great for a stroll today.

                                                   Tori joined us for a stroll around Entrada

                                      P-day!!!  Grandpa took me four wheeling.  He wanted to
                                     have his lunch by the rocks, but I chose to sit in the Razor

Play time, Pool time

                                          Cousins are lots of fun especially when swimming 
                                                                       in the pool.