HE'S HOME

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PICTURES. IT WAS QUITE A MOMENT. BRIAN LOOKED VERY TIRED AFTER 36 HOURS OF TRAVELING, BUT LOOKED GREAT TO US ANYWAY.

I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MY PICTURES. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE ELSE GOT BETTER ONES. WE WERE ALL SURPRISED WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AT THE SMALL WENATCHEE AIRPORT TO MEET PEOPLE. BRIAN WAS THE LAST ONE OFF THE PLANE AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE I COULDN'T GET A DECENT PICTURE AT FIRST. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE THE JOY ON ALL THE FACES.

WASHINGTON HAPPENINGS

OPPS, I FORGOT TO ROTATE THE PICTURE.

WE CELEBRATED SHANNON'S BIRTHDAY.
HOW OLD ARE YOU, SHANNON?
SAYING GOODBYE TO A LOVING SISTER.

BRONTE IS OFF TO BYU!
HAVING LUNCH ON KYLE'S BIRTHDAY
PAUL WITH THE PIGS. HIS PIGS ARE GETTING NICE AND FAT AND READY FOR MARKET.

VEGAS FUN

Kristie and I had a great time in Vegas. We left home Wednesday afternoon and got home Thursday late afternoon. Our purpose in going was to see Phantom of the Opera. It was fabulous. The sets were amazing--just everything about it was sensational. We were both very impressed. We were sad when it was over and wanted more. We had a nice dinner at the Venetian (the show was there) and strolled around after. One thing different about the show was the fact that there was not an intermission. It started at 7:00 and was over before 9:00pm.

There were so many people crowded on the streets that evening. A person could hardly walk around. I had no idea so many people went to Vegas. Maybe people were getting in a last trip before school starts.

Anyway, we did some shopping at the outlet malls before coming home.

We had a nice dinner before the show.

OUR BEAUTIFUL TOMATOES!

We have really enjoyed our garden tomatoes. We have gotten lots of them and have been giving them away. At least we did grow something in that garden. I wish I could give all of your some. YUM!

A NEW TEMPLE

I was excited to learn that the ground breaking ceremony has taken place for the new Brigham City temple. It will be located right across from the tabernacle. That should make a very impressive sight. It is the location where the Central School was located, which is the elementary school I attended. The lot has been vacant for quite a few years.

Bro. Packer who was born and raised in Brigham City spoke at the ceremony. Sherry mentioned that they will be able to drive by almost daily and watch the progress. It will probably take two years to build. The picture looks beautiful.

A NIGHT OUT, YEA

We actually had a night out on Friday. I was able to convince Brian we should go up to Cedar City and see a play. We are really quite lucky here as we have the Tuahcan Theatre here which has a number of good productions going on. Julia and Jacob saw Tarzan and I saw Cats. Then in the summer Cedar City has a Shakespeare Festival. They do several Shakespeare productions and other plays as well. When I saw they were doing Pride and Prejudice, I just had to convince Brian to go. We really enjoyed it and it was good for Brian to get out and do something.

It would be fun to have a girl's week some summer and go to a play every night. Maybe something to think about for the future!