November Highlights

       First snowstorm of the season

This was a beautiful scene

 from the window of our Sunday School class

in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on November 11, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steps of the Conference Center

 

 

More beautiful photos

Lights on Temple Square

 

 

Lights around the Assembly Hall

 

         I call this the tree of life !                        Tree in the Joseph Smith Memorial      

 

                                                                                   Building.  The top touches the chandelier.

 

 

A true reflection pool

 

 

Birthday weekend - November 30 - Dec 2, 2012

 

 

 

Jody was coming to spend the weekend with me for my birthday.  When I went to the airport to pick her up, Jeanna was there also.  I was soooooooo surprised and happy! 

 How fun to be together!

 

 

Rode the Jingle bus from Deseret Book to Gateway Mall to shop at Bath & Body and back to Macy's at City Creek Mall to see the candy windows.

 

 

Beautiful lights on Temple Square

 

 

The Spoken Word meets in the Conference Center during the month of December.   

 

 

This was a perfect weekend. 

We (girls) shopped til we dropped and the weather was so wonderful. 

No snow or rain and not too cold.

Jeanna & Boyd attended the First Presidency Devotional Sunday evening

while I took Jody to the airport.

Jeanna's plane was later that evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Halloween

 

This is how we spent our Halloween. 

Driving Young Elders to the Mount Timpanogos Temple.

What a TREAT it was with no tricking!

 

 

 

                                                    Elders everywhere!  (70 to be exact)
                      Outside the Joseph Smith Memorial Building waiting for pickup. 

A beautiful Fall Day

 

Our van full of Elders!

This was a great Halloween. 

Very fun & rewarding!

It's Snowing!

                                       
                                                          Thursday October 25, 2012
                                       It isn't much but it is the first snow of the season!
                                           Kind of exciting but very cold & slippery!

General Conference

 



Saturday afternoon session.  It was a beautiful fall day.  We were able to sit on the 6th row on the plaza floor.  We had a great view of all the general authorities. 

 

Sunday morning session.  Sister Sien a missionary in our social group from Mesa, AZ used one of our tickets.   

 Beautiful Fall Leaves around the Conference Center. 

                                                                           Zion Summit condos are in the background. 

Sisters Reunite in SLC

Sept 28 & 29, 2012

           We did an endowment session in the SLC Temple on Friday morning, Sept 28.

 

     


     Welcome Home
Elder & Sister DeGrange
     Sept 28, 2012

 

Senior Missionaries at Texas Roadhouse Restaurant in Bountiful, Utah. 

 Nancy & Larry requested to go somewhere they could order a steak since they 

did not have any beef while in the Philippines.

 

 

 

We attended the General Relief Society Broadcast at the Ensign Stake Center in SLC.  This is the first time the four sisters have attended this broadcast together.  What a special day.  We enjoyed a light dinner before the broadcast.  It was nice to have Sariah DeGrange with us.

Temple Square

 

We have been eating outside for lunch.  The weather is absolutely gorgeous.  This is a nice patio  by the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.  The bees really like it here also.

 

The tree lighting workers are busy getting ready for the Christmas lights.  We have been watching the workers do this since August.  The bottom big tree is completely covered with lights from the trunk to the tips of the branches.  One day I walked under this tree as a worker in a big cherry picker was putting lights up and a sign said "Beware of falling objects!"  This tree is covered with prickly pods.  This is the main walkway to get from the Tabernacle to the JSMB. 

 

 

This is another place we eat our lunch which is right by the library.  The bees are not here.  I know Boyd is in the shade but he was too warm!  I was in the sun by my bag before taking this picture. I was trying to thaw out from B1.  Sometimes the library is so cold. 

 

 

 

 

This is what we look at when we eat lunch by the library.  This vegetable garden has been quite productive with tomatoes, onions, peaches, watermelon, zucchini, etc.  The pumpkin vine on the far left was taking over the patio so they cut it way back.  It had a lot of tiny orange ornamental pumpkins.  I was so tempted to pick a few but I resisted. 

Now I wonder who got them!!!

The 1 room cabin in the background is one of the 1st two cabins built in the valley.  It  isn't very big but I am sure they were grateful to have a roof over their heads. 

 

 

Went to the Spoken Word this morning in the Tabernacle.  We like it much better in the Conference Center.  These benches are very hard and the sound is not as good. 

But,we are grateful to be able to attend so often. 

 

Park City, Utah

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 We went to Park City to visit our friends Kyle & Valerie Hawker who are staying there for 2 weeks.  The alpine slide is behind us.  What a quaint town to visit.  We had a very fun P Day.  The trees are just starting to turn the mountain side into a quilt of bright colors.  Wow!  Fall is a beautiful time of year.  Something we miss in Arizona. 

Quite cozy in the back of the truck.          Good thing we didn't go very far!!!!             We are on our way to the Olympic Park.      

We went to the tallest ski jump.  It is very high but we had a great view of the valley below!    The bottom part of the jump is lined with green strips of plastic because it is slippery and has a softer impact during summer training. 

Above on the right  is the luge & skeleton track  and the bobsled track on the left.  They merge together for the rest of the way down.  The bobsled track is wider to allow the riders to push off.  The bobsled on the right was a little tight for the men.                                                                           Get Ready, Get Set, GO!  This one had padded seats for a much more comfortable picture!

Brigham City Temple Open House

Saturday, August 25 we went with part of our social group to the open house of the Brigham City Temple.  We first went into a room which was part of the parking garage where we saw a movie and an introduction to the importance of the temple.


 

(front) Elder & Sister Lovell, (left back) Sister Anderson, Sister & Elder Taylor, Dad,
(right side)Sister Matthews & son Elder Matthews.  Fuzzy sister is Sister
Tackett.  Elder Tackett was lost & Elder Matthews was trying to find him.

 

At Maddox - Dad, Sister Anderson,
Elders & Sister Matthews

                                                                             left to right - Elder & Sister Tackett, Elder & Sister Lovell,
                                                                         Elder & Sister Taylor

 






 

The Weekly Spoken Word

Most everyone went to the Spoken Word in the Conference Center.  For children under 8, they watch the Spoken Word in the Little Theatre.  Carter, Emma & Grandma went to the Little Theatre. 

 

 

Carter & Emma enjoyed the seats and were happy that they did not need to be quiet or to sit still. 

 

 

 

 

Carter & Emma loved the fountains outside.

What a fun time we had with the Rasmussen Family. 

Come back again.