More Summer Fun

We had some other fun adventures this summer.
We went With my Mom to Show Low and spent a couple of days in my brother and sister-in-law's cabin.  It was wonderfully cool and relaxing.

Reading outside!

Dear Brother Ekins died. He was our second son's father-in-law. We were sad to lose him.  However it was good to see our cute newest granddaughter at the funeral.

This great grandma sure enjoys holding this darling baby.
We sure love these darling girls.

A beautiful Family!

We enjoyed a trip to the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City Utah with my Mom and neighbor Helen.  We stopped to see the temple that is being built. There is a missionary couple that told us about the construction and progress of the temple.  It was fascinating.

We thoroughly enjoyed a drive through the southern part of Zions.

 

We had a great time seeing Romeo and Juliette, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, although we were a bit 'played out' after three in a row.

Hanging with the Bard

Rod and I spent a 'date day' kayaking and had a delightful time.  We even went out after and bought life vests that actually fit.

Rod took a long weekend and went up to Utah to spend time with some more of our former missionaries.  He spent a couple of days camping with this crew. and visited with several others after that.

He had a great time.  We sure do love those boys.

We feel so blessed to be able to enjoy life and share it with so many amazing friends and family.

 

Mexico City Temple and Pyramids

We Loved our visit to the Mexico City Temple.  I think it has the most visible  native influence of any of the temples I have visited.  I love it.  Also, it's Moroni statue is one of only 5 that is carrying the plates in his arm. 



Alex is a photographer and was shooting a wedding while we were there.

We planned to do a session after the wedding, but it took so long that that Rod and I just went in and did sealings.  I loved doing them in Spanish.  By the time we were done, it was rather late, about 3 pm, and Rod hadn't eaten so we went across the street and ate tortas from a stand there. 

 Notice the names of the sandwiches on the left.   We asked, and no one on staff was a member of the church.  Just some informed marketing. They were very tasty, but we paid for eating street food. We all had a bit of 'Montezuma's revenge'.  Mine was worst.  Luckily Sister Flores had some antibiotics and we got it cleared up.

We enjoyed walking around the town.

We came across this dancer.  She was doing a photo shoot by an old house.

Some strange sculpture.

 

A colorful sculpture at a playground.

Cool huh

Yup! That handsome man remembered and had roses for our anniversary!  How did I get such a great guy? Sister Flores made the cute poster.  I almost ruined the surprise when I walked in as she was making it the night before.

 

 Our last day, they took us to see the pyramids.  The weather was perfect.  They even paid for a guide for us! It was fascinating.  They showed us how sound echos from one side to the other.  There were decorations, and they were painted.  Amazing!

Super Man

We climbed lots of steps.

The men folk went all the way.  I rested.

The breathtaking view!

We had such a great time.  These are great men.  We are so blessed to know them and be part of their lives.