Happy Mothers' Day

Yellow, white and purple irises

In honor of Mother’s Day this post will be dedicated to our mothers.  There is a lilac bush blooming near the door where we go into work every morning as well as some beautiful irises blooming nearby. My mother had a beautiful lilac bush in her front yard and was very fond of irises so they are posted here in honor.

Lilac bushes near Family History Center

We usually arrive before the overhead lights come on at 7 - this is what greets us when we enter the British floor

In our continuing training in our "Journeyman" program we are completing the Scotland family project which we hope to sign off this week and then we'll start the last chapter of our training which includes Ireland.  We've heard that Ireland is the most difficult of the research areas on the British floor so we've saved it until last hoping that the training experiences we've had in England, Wales, and Scotland will be useful background knowledge for us.

Our temple hopping took us to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple on Tuesday.  It is much smaller than the others we have visited in Salt Lake but we felt the same beautiful, peaceful spirit there.

Bryn Terfel

Because of Mothers' Day the Tabernacle was full to capacity and the program was fantastic as always. After the conclusion of the broadcast they sang two extra numbers highlighting the guest singer Bryn Terfel, from Wales.  Apparently he has been here the entire week as the choir has been working on a new CD that will be released this fall. They introduced groups from around the world who were in attendance as they always do.  Mitt Romney and his wife and at least one of their sons were there but they didn't introduce them (I'm sure they didn't want any more attention drawn to them than had to be).  At the conclusion of the broadcast they were quickly escorted to the front of the building and out.  Reminded me how wonderful it is to be a non-famous, common person.

The last of the tulips

The tulips are coming to a too-quick demise; how we've enjoyed being on Temple Square to enjoy not only the beauty but the aroma of the magnificent array of flowers. There are all kinds of flowers blooming to take the place of the tulips.

Empty flower bed that were previously filled with tulips

New Flowers