July 4th always means a parade down our street. It is as typical of a hometown parade as it comes. The entries are always the same but the breakfast is nice and the family association is great. There is also mucho candy for the grandchildren. Everyone has copies of the pictures that I took and the only reason I included this one was because it had most all of the grandchildren who were present included in the picture. Of the 17 grandchildren who were there, can you tell the three who were not in the picture?

The Joseph Smith Memorial Building recently celebrated its one hundredth birthday so we went to check out the displays in the lobby and other rooms of the old Hotel Utah. It was fascinating. While we were there, we climbed to the ninth floor where they have two restaurants and an observation window. We had never been on that floor before but heard the view of the Temple was quite spectacular. Needless to say, it was!

We went to an expo at the South Towne exposition center a couple of weeks ago. It was an exposition that dealt with far east countries. There were all kinds of food available and some rather interesting displays. This one was the most fascinating. You can see the watermelon, cantaloupe and honey dew melon, along with some vegetables. It was fascinating to watch.

Patch Work charm

Annice has been having dermatology problems so when we got her new insurance which was required at age 65 she decided to have some tests performed. This is the result of the first day at the office. The second day, they read some of the patches and the third day they gave her the verdict. Basically she has to stay away from things with fragrance when it comes to items for her make-up, lotions and the such. There were about 100 patches on her back. The whole process was close to $2,000. We thought the results would be more conclusive but that is what we got.

A Time of Closing

A year ago we got the news that they were going to remodel the Ogden Temple. I was sooo excited. A new temple!! But I neglected to think ahead to the closing and what it would mean to me. Time has a way of coming slow and yet fast, As of April 2nd the temple closed. It will reopen in 18months -2-2 1/5 years. Once I was happy.... now I am sad....What ever will I do?
I didn't realize just how much I loved going to the temple to serve those who came...and the deep lasting friendships I have made.
In all the time the temple has been there and going ever week we had never walked all way around the temple so decided to do so. This bench is just out side the door of the brides room, between the tabernacle and the temple.

What a great place to have your picture taken!
As we walked around we soon found that we were not the only couple that had the same idea we saw many of our friends there. Brother and sister Huff were there, they have been good friends for a long time.
The day after our last day serving at the temple we had a dinner to say our Good-byes

I thought this would be a sad occasion but we were all so happy to see each other we didn't have time to be sad for long.

I took about 150 pictures but I didn't think you wanted to see all of them

these two sisters are the ones that kept the rest of us laughing. lots of times remembered and talked about
new and old friends
friends to be remembered
Friends that on the last day find out they have things in common...Galen taught school with her daughter, and just found it out at the party.
sweet sisters!
Thanks Brother Green for all the things you taught me about the computer and being so patient with me as we scheduled for our group. I'll miss your phone calls
no sad tears just rejoicing in our friendships
Sister Steed...said it all.... "Keep smiling and we'll see you real soon!"

Trains, Trains, and more Trains

There was a model train show at the Union Station in Ogden this Saturday and because Grady is soooo into trains we decided it might be fun to take him to see the trains.

As long as he was on the ground he was fine to be by the BIG trains
but he really didn't want to get on the BIG trains so Grandpa went with him.
OK ......I've waved to you NOW can I get off!
This was much more to his liking... if his nose was any closer the train would have hit him.
7th heaven... look at all these Thomas and friends trains and the best part is that the lady there would let the kids pick them up and hold them.
Here Grady is running the train. Big stuff!!
This is the look on his face most of the time we were there.
"Grandma! pick me up so I can see better".
My favorite part was the "Lego Trains" every thing in this room was made with Lego's

It is amazing at all they can do with Lego's I could have spent much more time in this room
Thomas and all his friends..... Grady knew who they were.

Thanks Grady for a fun morning. Grandma and grandpa had a lot of fun just watching you

Puzzles

I really like to do puzzles and have done several. This year for Christmas Galen got me a puzzle that I thought I would never finish. It is a Bev Doolittle puzzle. And as you can see there are several smaller pictures, actually there are 16 smaller pictures, in the one large picture. It took me just under a week to put it together. Galen even helped me there was one piece that I thought was missing... he found it and put it in.

Now I need a new puzzle........ or not.......... I have to go back to work Monday.