I Love to See The Temple

Diane and I went to the Salt Lake Temple on Thursday and it was wonderful. Then afterward we went to the Joseph Smith Building and had lunch upstairs in the Garden Room. While we were sitting there, I noticed the reflection of the JSB in the windows across the street and took this picture. Can you see it? Down town SLC has lots of tall building now and lots of building going on.
Here we are with the Temple in the background. It's so beautiful. I was so happy to go back to the SL Temple and do a session in the temple I was married in...over 35 years ago.
In case you think a pro took this, let me just tell you: I took this one and the one below. You thought they were postcards, didn't you?
Isn't it a magnificent structure--no wonder it took 40 years for the pioneers to build it. Also, Snowbird is up the Little Cottonwood Canyon, where the pioneers went to get the granite they used to build the temple. It's just so amazing to me.

The Things You See

So this is the scenery we saw on our way up to Snowbird. The colors were beautiful.
And I looked out the window of our 8th floor condo and saw 3 moose. A daddy, mommy & baby. I was so surprised and called Diane over to see and when she looked she also saw a bobcat run through the woods. Crazy, beautiful place!!!
Publish PostThe mom and baby already left and finally, away walked the daddy. It was fun watching them.

Homeward Bound Today

It's time for me to go get packed and leave Utah today. I've had a nice, relaxing time (even with the trip home to my cousin, Steve's funeral.) The mountains of Utah are just amazingly beautiful. We went to the Salt Lake Temple and to Orem to visit Linda Howard and to Gardner's Village and to the Tabernacle Choir Broadcast and a few other things in SLC. I have to thank Diane for inviting me AND Jim for encouraging me to go. Thanks to both of you!



This is Diane and I at Gardner's Village. It was so cute with lots of fun shops and lots of little kids dressed in Halloween costumes.




This is me enjoying the hot tub on the balcony of our 8th floor condo. It took me all week to finally get in. It was nice, I should have gotten in sooner.




This is the view outside our condo window. The weather has been beautiful the last few days. The snow we had the first morning here is mostly gone. But the next few weeks should bring lots of snow. They get an average of about 500 inches; last year and the year before they had more like 900 inches. That's a lot of SNOW! GOOD BYE SNOWBIRD. GOOD BYE CLIFF LODGE.

SNOWBIRD

So I mentioned that I was off to Utah on Saturday. I am up in the mountains at the Snowbird Resort. I'm here with my friend (and once upon a time roommate from many, many years ago) Diane. It is gorgeous and to our surprise, it SNOWED this morning.

We still decided to go into Salt Lake City and go to the Tabernacle Choir live broadcast from Temple Square. It was well worth it!! It was so beautiful. The spirit was so strong and the music so FANTASTIC! I loved it!!!!! I looked for Libby Nielson in the orchestra but never was quite sure if I saw her. But I think I did.

I'll keep you all posted on what we do and where we go and how we relax and enjoy ourselves in the beautiful mountains of Utah.

BABY SHOWER for Meagen and "Emily"

She's coming soon.

Meagen below with some cute things for the baby.

Me and Patty and Kristie.

Chad and Meagen have picked a name for their baby--Emily Grace Adair. I love the name Emily.

Jim's grandmother's name was Grace Emily Chadwick and then when she married it was Grace Emily Chadwick Ashenden. Sound familiar?

Also, my grandmother's name was Violet Grace Brunt Steele. So I think it's nice that they used the name Grace.

There was a baby shower for Meagen on Sat. I could only go for an hour because I was going to the airport to go to Utah, but it was cute and her sisters did a great job. Allison's home is beautiful.

Meagen has been sick for the last week, but hopefully she's over it. It's hard to be a kindergarten teacher and not catch colds and flu from the kids. It's even worse when you're pregnant!!

Love you Meagen!!!

New RV Garage is finished.

I bottled a few more jars of peaches and some of pears also.

And here's the new store room to put the bottled fruit in. Yeah!!

Here's the new RV garage and store room & shop (all finished).

A closer look at the RV garage. We're so happy with it!!

I told you I'd give you a look at the finished garage (Alex) so there it is. "Isn't it lovely!!" (to the music of Stevie Wonder--is-n't she love-ly?)