Some of Our Latest Activities 1

For the past few weeks we have been on the road, seeing the sites, spending time with family, helping where we could and trying not to get in the way of active people with much more energy than we have, doing temple work, seeing our grandson Tanner graduate from Marine Corps Basic Training, celebrating Christmas, visiting family and putting lots of miles on the car.  It has been a wonderful  time, filled with the joy of being together and counting the many, many blessings we as a family have.  If we are not happy, then maybe we just don't know how to be happy, because we have so very much about which to rejoice and be grateful.

Below are just a few of the pictures taken to serve as reminders of the good times we have had and the beauties we have seen.

 This is Iris in the Valley of Fire in Nevada, about midway between St. George, Utah and Las Vegas Nevada near Logandale, Nevada.

Sunset just outside our condo in Oceanside, California.

The beautiful Mormon temple in San Diego, California with Christmas decorations where we went and performed about 100 baptisms for some our dead ancestors.  Jason did the baptizing, I did most of the confirmations and Maddie, Megan, JT, Amber, Rene and I were baptized and confirmed for the dead.  It was a beautiful, spiritual, and uplifting experience in the service of those who have gone ahead.

Grandma Iris, Grandpa Bart, Megan and Maddie.  What an honor to attend the temple with them.

 The better part of our temple crew.

 

 

 Our newlyweds  JT and Amber, at the San Diego Temple.  Temple attendance is a great blessing which helps young couples and old stay true to the Lord and  to ourselves and to the covenants we have made.

 

Thanks, Jason and Rene, for chauffeuring us around in all the traffic and for making the appointment to serve in the temple while we were in California.  We will always remember being there with you and some of  your loved ones.