Beaverlodge

We drove up to Grande Prairie for zone conference and decided to take 

the time to drive around and see some of the famous sites.

This is Beaverlodge, the missionaires love Beaverlodge.

It's this huge beaver, perched on top of a large piece of wood.

Everyone takes a picture of the front, but I decided to 

take a picture of the tail, it is a beaver after all.

While we were this far, we decided to drive to the 

British Columbia border, then we could say we'd been in

two provinces in one day.  Neat!

This is the "cute" little guy that welcomes you to the border.

Another, "best place on earth".

On the right, B.C.

And on the left, Alberta, ta da.

Finally, beautiful changing fall leaves.

Driving back to Beaverlodge.  What a great day.

Happy Birthday, Mom!  Love you.

Only in the church!

As you know, they are working on the Edmonton Temple,

doing some renovating.

Only in the church would you find a sign like this.

I found it hilarious, 

good for the church.

Homecoming 2011!

It's homecoming week in North Ogden,

Weber High School's 2011 Homecoming!

Courtney has waited a year for this night,

and she looked beautiful.

I was able to be there on skype while she got ready.

I watched her curl her hair, apply her make-up and

then she tucked herself away in her room and put on her dress.

Up to this point I hadn't seen the dress yet, she had just

told me about it.

So needless to say when I saw the entire package, I cried.

Drew and Courtney,  

she was so excited when Drew asked her, like

I said before, she's waited for this moment for over a year.

Heather and Brad took her group's pictures, they turned out

so cute, this is her group.

the girls, Chelsie, Courtney, Karlee, and Courtney

I'm so happy for her, it makes the sacrifice so worth it.

Fall is here!

The leaves are turning in Canada, 

last year they turned and then all fell.
We were cheated out of our beautiful autumn.

This year they turned and stayed on, they have been gorgeous.

I love fall!

Far West, Liberty, Independence

This morning we met in the front lobby and boarded the bus,

we are going on a little church tour.

This is the gorgeous country side, flat, but still American beautiful.

This is the new Kansas City Missouri Temple, currently

being built, virtually out in the middle of nowhere.

This is a new stake center being built next door to the temple.

And this, is the temple presidents brand new home, oh

to have a brand new home to live in.

(still wouldn't make it any easier living away from home)

This temple reminds me of the Brigham City Temple being built 

back in Utah, according to the pictures I've seen on line.

Enjoy the following photos. . . .

I liked this one

This is a painted water tower, advertising the amusement

park across the street.

The Missouri River

This is the temple site, purchased for the building of the

Independence Missouri Temple

The spire of the reorganized church's temple,

there's no comparison if you ask me.

Meet our group of missionary friends and family.

the corner stone for the Independence Temple

"our" visitors center

our dear bus driver, 

they're not usually members, and 

I always wonder what they think or feel when they

hear the tour guide talk about the history of our church.

another river

The burial place of Oliver Cowdery, unless his remains washed down

the road in a flood many years ago. (rumors)

a gnarly tree

We've been here before, but the sites and spirit is amazing

every time.

This was amazing the first time we visited, years ago,

the Historic Liberty Jail is enclosed in a building.

what a terrible ordeal these men went through,

I can't even imagine

we owe so much to our first modern day prophet, Joseph