Prior to going our mission to Mexico we took out many of the trees and shrubs from our yard. After coming home we again took out more shrubs and put up a new Trex fence and a new wrought iron fence. With the new landscaping project we also needed to plant trees and do some major yard remodeling. My hope was that if we could simplify living in that big house I could continue to live there. Dennis and I had been called to serve in the Draper temple. One day as I was in sitting in the temple in the celestial room as part of my assignment for the day I prayed and asked Heavenly Father for help to how what he wanted me to do with my life. I heard a voice say to me "move". I thought to myself, really move? But I couldn't deny that was what I heard. I started looking around at homes but could not find anything that would suit our needs.
September 23,2017. I loved watching women's conference with Candace, Tess, Jenny and Grace. It was the first time that the young primary girls were invited to attend this conference. We watched it at the church. These girls are going to grow up and become mothers. Maybe a mission will be in their future. Candace served in Russia.
Tessa was born September 22, 2009. She asked me to talk about the Holy Ghost at her baptismal and her grandmother Clark to talk about Baptism. I'm so happy to see her make sacred covenants.
Dennis and I decided to go on a fall cruise to Canada with the Cruise Lady tour group. We flew to New York a day early and did some sightseeing around New York. We had been with her on a cruise entitled "In the Footsteps of Paul". I appreciate her respect for the Sabbath day. I knew she would also show us the Boston Temple as well as have a speaker from BYU come along and talk to use during our down times on the ship. Dennis wanted to see a couple of Broadway plays. We saw Anastasia and also one Dennis wanted to see about the women singer and song writer Carol King. The play was called "Beautiful".
Inside St. Patrick's Cathedral
The Rockefeller Center
We stopped at St. Patrick's Cathedral which is across from the Rockefeller Center. Built in 1910 the cathedral is over 100 years old and is a very imposing site. I wonder if the catholic church itself is going to fall apart someday as it seems to be declining from corruption within. We also stopped at the NBC today show plaza and saw Radio City Hall. There is so much to see in New York.
We went to the Top of the Rock Observation Deck on the 67th, 69th and 70th floor of the Rockefeller Plaza where we could look in a every direction.
We went into Central Park and took this picture at an Alice in Wonderland statue.
The building behind me is the Church meeting house in New York City.
This was the stair case of the twin tower and the damage it sustained as a result of the
terrorist attack on 9/11 2001. We also toured the 9/11 Memorial Museum which was very sobering to think that 2,753 were killed with just the attack on the twin towers.
One World Trade Center or Freedom Tower. It is the tallest building in the US, the tallest in the Western Hemisphere and the 6th tallest in the world. (94 floors) it was build to replace the twin tower and commemorate our drive to overcome the terrorist event.
Rob and Rachel used to live in Boston so when we visited I walked in this neighborhood where the Old North Church is located. It is very close by their old apartment.
Sunday, October 8th 2017 we were in Boston, Massachusetts. We saw the Paul Revere monument, Old Boston where Rachel used to live, the Freedom trail. and the Old North Church. I am very grateful for men who were willing to fight for this country, Paul Revere, the minute men and the statesmen. I am thankful for the women who raised their children while their husbands were working and fighting for a good cause. Sometimes we seem to have lost the desire to defend our God given nation. We need more righteousness and commitment to God, liberty and the right for freedom.
Our tour included the Boston Temple grounds but no time to go inside. We also went by Kennebunkport and actually saw (from a distance) President Bush being pushed in his wheel chair at their summer resort home. His wife Barbara would die that next April in 2018.
The autumn foliage in Canada was beautiful in October of 2017. This was at Saint Martins. If the tide is low you can go into the cave, but if you stay to long and the tide rises you would have to swim to the shore from the cave.
I thought it might be fun for Thanksgiving to put on a play after dinner. It was called Tucker's Turkey. Michael Tucker Clark started as Tucker and Seth was a good sport and played the turkey. Amy and Darren were in it also.
December 2017 For a Christmas present to me. Amy brought her family over and polished all the silver in my china closet. years before it used to be a job that the girls helped me do about every six months. Thank you to Amy and children.
Surely Christmas is for Children. Jonathan delights in the Merry-go-round.
We went with Janiel Benson and Linda Harston to the Manheim Steam Rollers Christmas Concert
at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City December 2017
