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| The Ogden temple - to be dedicated Sept. 21 |
We had a busy three weeks in Utah. Here some of the
highlights. On a previous blog we documented our time visiting family
and friends in Utah Valley.
The remainder of the trip was spent visiting our daughter,Trista, and her husband, Darin, and their six children in Logan, Utah and Darlene’s brother, Ron, and his wife, Kathie, in Cove, Utah near the Idaho border.
Visit to Providence and Cove, Utah
At Trista’s home,
we enjoyed the grandchildren and helped with many projects, both with the yard
and in the house.
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Luke's (on left) birthday breakfast
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During our last week we saw a performance of the Wizard of Oz with
two of our grandchildren being in the production.
The Wizard of Oz
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Grandsons Collin and Luke were in the play
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The Wicked Witch of the West
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I also took Ryan to his first football
game where we watched Utah State play Idaho State.
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Part of the action
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Unbeknownst to me, the rest of
the family ended up with free tickets and we all watched the game together.
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| Ron and Darlene |
At Ron and Kathie’s,
we exchanged stories from their mission to Hungary and our mission to Mongolia.
It was special to share each other’s experiences in the mission field.
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| Ron and Kathie Felsted extracting honey - neighbor on right |
They
have a small farm and enjoyed their peaceful life with them for a couple of
days.
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| The Franklin cemetery near Cove, Utah |
They live less than a mile from the Franklin cemetery where my mother’s
parents are buried.
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My grandparents' grave
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We traveled to St.
George with them to visit Ron and Darlene’s 95 year old uncle who lives
there in an assisted living facility.
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St. George temple
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| Scott Taylor |
It was a sweet visit. Uncle Jay is alert
and sharp in his thinking. It was fun to share our mission experiences with him
and his son Scott.
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| Uncle Jay, Ron and Kathie Felsted, Darlene, and Scott Taylor Jay's son and Darlene's cousin |
Elder Palmer’s mother had arranged for us to meet President
Benson’s parents who live in St. George. They are currently serving a full time
membership support mission in their Stake.
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| John and Kathleen Benson |
They were gracious and hospitable
hosts for us as we presented a power point program on our mission in Mongolia.
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| Benson family and the Palmers and Farmers |
They also invited several of their family members who live in the area to come
also.
It was special to meet Sister Palmer and her daughter
Annalisa. She has been a big fan of this blog. You can tell by her many
comments she made online.
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| Jeanette Palmer and Darlene |
Besides Sister Palmer, we connected with Elder Odd’s family
in Menden, Utah. They served us a lovely meal and then we showed our pictures of Mongolia.
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| Elder Odd's parents, brother, sister and grandmother in Menden Utah |
We formed friendships with their sons in the mission field and now we are making
friends with their parents. It was special.
The Ogden temple open house
One last event
was attending the open house at the Ogden temple with our daughter and son-in-law,
our granddaughter Leah and with the Groesbecks, a couple who served with us in Mongolia.
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| Darin and Trista with daughter Leah on left |
It was a special time together as we viewed the beauty and grandeur of this new
temple.
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| The Groesbecks with Darlene at the Ogden temple open house |
We and the Groesbecks traveled up the canyon to Huntsville to
visit the Richardsons, another couple who served with us in Mongolia.
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| The Groesbecks, Richardsons, and Farmers at the Richardson home in Huntsville, Utah |
They live in Huntsville, Utah – the boyhood
home of President David O. McKay. We all reminisced about our times together in
Mongolia and renewed our friendships.
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| So long to our wonderful visit to Utah |
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