FAMILY COMES FOR A VISIT...............

A visit to a pioneer store.

Curious Eli, enjoys Grandpa's missionary badge.

There is nothing better than family!

COME VISIT THE SNOWBIRDS.....

FOR THOSE OF YOU VISITING FROM ARIZONA,

THIS IS IN YOUR FUTURE! YEA! SNOWBALL

FIGHT, ANYONE?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAYLOR!

Taylor, we are your biggest fans!

We love you..........and by the way...........when is your

first date coming? Send pictures for Grandma.

A Snowy Walk on P-Day

This is City Hall.........
We discovered this building on our
walk to the Salt Lake Library.


We try to do several hours of walking
on every p-day just to discover the sights
of the city.

Tena loaned me this warm winter hat.

This day, I really needed it!

Christmas on Temple Square.......

Elder Moore's recent purchase at the local Scottish

store near our home included a new hat and matching

scarf. The Sisters were worried about Elder Moore's

bald head freezing.....now all is well in the land!

Gingerbread Houses we loved.........

I believe Devin's favorite part was the gingerbread
houses. The house below is from a University of Utah
fan. Numerous displays included fans from UofU
and BYU.

This Tahitian gingerbread house really caught my

eye. Notice the roasting pig in the front yard.

I think I want to do the "Three Little Pigs". Strawberry

marshmallows give you the pink color you need.

THE CANDYLAND GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Festival of Trees.....Utah Style

The Coates family share their traditions with us.

We attend the Festival of Trees together

and saw..........

• 800 decorated trees
• Gingerbread Village
• Aisles of Christmas Wreaths
• A Sweet Shoppe

Below you can see some of my favorite trees...

I loved this bench so much, I forgot to take

a picture of the Mickey Mouse tree that went with it!

I think I'll try this when I get home...

A tree for each holiday, Halloween,

Easter, 4th of July.........what do you

think?

The pink tree is for Jessica......and finally

who wouldn't love a Gingerbread tree?

Christmas at the Beehive House...........

Come visit and see all the holiday delights at Temple

Square. Their garland is made with fresh fruit only....

nothing plastic here. The bottom picture was taken

at our Thanksgiving Dinner with all the people who

serve in the South Zone. (notice Elder Moore and I

have matching purple shirts)

Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland.

Great book for a winter's storm. Curl up

with the book, make some healthy

vegetable soup, with sweet potatoes,

(but don't tell Dad) and a very, chilly

cold glass of milk. I selected this book,

because Annette had recommended it.

Ditto, ditto, ditto, for me. I couldn't

stop reading and it was eleven o'clock

at night. Our morning started at 5:00

the next day, but it just didn't matter.

Finishing this book was all that did.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KYLE!

Happy 12th Birthday Kyle. How does it feel to be

passing the sacrament on Sunday?

MORE THAN A DUSTING.......

Fifteen inches of snow and all we had to dig the car out

with was one plastic dust pan. I think once the weather

clears perhaps an investment in a shovel would be a

good thing.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE!

Happy Birthday Joe.......

We had so much fun doing this

photo shoot on a stormy August

afternoon. Love that monsoon

weather.

A GOOD BOOK FOR A BLIZZARD........

This is the book we purchased at

Barnes & Noble Bookstore during

the recent Blizzard. The message

of this book is the power of

forgiveness. I couldn't put this

book down.

THE BLIZZARD CAME...........

Samples of the dusting of snow that came

with the blizzard. Now that it is winter,

the snow doesn't melt very easy. This

is view out of back office window at the

Lion House. Love, love, love the

crispness of the air. Your cheeks turn a

delightful shade of pink, but your nose

never stops running.....amazing life we

live!