If you feed them......they will come! Welcoming the New Missionaries

The first of 3 lunches served between training sessions 

To give you an idea how many we are--160 Missionaries 

 

Part of the 22 ft, buffet at Hotel Nauvoo--Twice we were treated!Why this is a 30 lb. gain mission 

New Missionaries have arrived!

We are hosts for Sandy and Kent Winegar from Huntsville, UT Tanny and Roger Holbrook, Ventura

 

 

Beautiful Iris and Peonies are in bloom 

Day 4--from Door County, WS to Galena, IL

Beautiful rolling hills, golf courses and farms  

 Loved this house!

Trolley tour of Galena--1826 Lead Mining Town that became a favorite tourist spot 

Taken from a ski resort overlooking the Mississippi 

Lunch at the famous White Gull Inn at Fish Creek in Door County

 

This is the Inn--wonderful food and the fireplace felt wonderful on a chilly day 

Famous for their Fish Boils in the summer--poor man's lobster they say. Ginger D.would love the pottery

Check out the stone work. 

5 Day trip to Lake Geneva and Door County, Wisconsin

Lake Geneva--beautiful, but cold and windy this time of year 

 

Scenes from the various bays in Door County--wind was whipping the waves 

Loved this curvy road as we traveled along the "thumb" of Wisconsin 

Eating out again......

Enjoying a feast at Chuongs Garden Chinese with missionary friends 

Trip to the Kansas City Temple Open House

 

Adam-Ondi-Ahman--Where Adam's posterity will meet 

We traveled with Lynn and Susan Cottrell 

 

Easter Cantata

Our choir joined the Nauvoo Community Choir led by Bro. Rick Marshall 

Sopranos Marsha, Judi, Sis Jacobs, Karen and Joann 

 

Brother Lynn Cottrell, Director, Rick Marshall and Sue Douglas 

Springtime in Nauvoo

Can you believe it--90 deg. in April! 

 Our flower bed

Lilacs are abundant 

 More tulips in front of the temple

Burning the Prarie Grass

Remember the prarie grass back in June? It was growing "this" high? 

This is how high it was last night, March 26 

 

And this is what a prarie grass fire looks like--fortunately it was a control burn with fire trucks standing by--boy--was it ever HOT! 

Spring's Ups and Downs

Where John is spending some time these days--flu and pneumonia 

A sampling of our beautiful tulips in front of the temple 

And behind the temple 

In President Condie's front planter