Visit from our Ohio Family

Chris and Myrona with their children atop the Conference Center

This summer has been so much fun as we've had family come to visit.  Our children, Chris and Myrona and their 4 children from Ohio, got here Sunday morning about 1:30 am - yes you read it right, 1:30 in the morning.  We were so happy to have them come and have enjoyed getting reacquainted with their 4 children. We were able to take the 2 youngest to the theatre to see the Sunday morning Tabernacle Choir Broadcast while Chris and Myrona took the older two into the Conference Center to enjoy it. (Children under 8 are not allowed to attend the broadcast).

City Creek Mall

Fun at the reflection pond

 

If any of you are coming to SLC anytime soon be sure to allow enough time to go to the Church History Museum to see the Norman Rockwell display.  They have most of the pictures that he has done that were originally published in the Boy Scout Magazine and on the cover of Life. I took pictures of most of the pictures that are there. (The display just opened last week in honor of the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouts and I believe will be up for one year.)

This week we had the pleasure of going with some fellow missionaries, Dilworth and Pat Rust, to Midway, Utah (a little west of Park City) to see the Music Man.  It was put on by the High Valley Arts and was held outdoors.  We drove there in a POURING rainstorm and waited until about 8:30 for the show to start.  It was scheduled to start at 7:45 but we had to wait for the rain to stop.  The storm did indeed blow over and we were able to enjoy a nice cool evening and a delightful show.  Dilworth's brother, Marvin and his wife, Kay were in the show.  We knew them when they lived in Mesa as they lived directly across the street from us. Prior to the show we had a nice picnic lunch together as we held our umbrellas to keep the sandwiches from getting soggy.

Marvin and Kay Rust in the Music Man

 We're looking forward to the "Days of 47 Parade" which will be held on Wednesday, July 24th to celebrate and honor the arrival of the first pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. The Library will be closed for the day so we have an extra day to "play."

And last, but not least, I must add a couple of flower pictures, just a few of the many that are in bloom on Temple Square.

The purple flowers come in varieties of purple, pink, and yellow and are breathtaking (sorry I don't know what they are.)