From New Mexico, we dropped into Arizona and to Snowflake. We lived in Heber for many years with no temple closer than Mesa. The Snowflake temple was built after we left and we have wanted to go to it since it was built. We were able to see a few people we knew and visit for a minute.
We were able to get a missionary to take our picture so we could actually both be in a photo. From Snowflake, we drove to Pima to see my mom. It had been almost two years since we had been there and mom has built a new room on her house and a nice new carport. She had new windows put in, a new layer of stucco and painted it tan. It looks like a totally different house than I grew up in. She has a new laundry room in the new section and now she doesn't have to go outside to put clothes in the dryer as she has had to do all her life. It is so nice.
Those of you who knew the house before will see a real difference. I got to meet my brother, Randy's new wife. They were married on the 5th of March. Her name is Mary and she is awesome. Randy has found someone he can spend the rest of his life with. I'm very happy for him.
We were all able to attend the Gila Valley temple, which was built on my Granny Elmer's old property. Randy, Mary and Mom all work in the temple and it is really a wonderful thing.
From the Gila Valley, we went to Mesa, where we were able to visit lots of family and friends. We saw Kathleen & Lo, Kris & Eliza and family, Chuck & Susan and Stephanie. We were also able to spend some time with our good friends, Roxanne and Dennis Karges. Then we stayed with my sister and bro-in-law, Gina and Buck for a couple of nights. We really had a blast and loved seeing everyone.
Gina took us for a great all-you-can-eat buffet of crab legs and prime rib, etc., which turned out to be
FREE, which is more than we could even imagine. Anyway, it was a great time. From there we went to Prescott to see Doug's mom and sister, but by some glitch in our memory, we didn't get one picture while we were there. But it was great to see them.
We were also able to visit our 4th temple on our trip, the one where we were married, the Mesa Temple. It was so much bigger than I remember and I actually got lost in it, confusing it with the Idaho Falls temple, and ended up in the cafeteria.
3 comments:
I love both of those temples! Maybe one day I will get to go, I had forgotten that the Gila Valley Temple was built on Granny's land...that's so cool!
Wow! What a neat trip for you and Doug! I know my mom enjoyed getting to see you guys. I loved seeing all your pictures! Happy Anniversary!
It was great to see you! Glad we got to visit for awhile. I'm glad you guys got to have such a wonderful trip and see so many family and friends and go to so many temples.
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