November in Zions

We went to Zions November 10th with Elise & Kevin & kids and Erica & Jared. The fall leaves were at their peak. It was really beautiful and we had a lot of fun. We had a picnic with some deer a few yards aways from us, took a good hike and had a really fun day.

Porter's New Toy

Just before Halloween we visited Emily and Beau in Concord, CA. We were so happy to see the progress Porter has made. He loves to be on the go. It won't be long until he is running marathons.

October Travels

The first week of October we went out to see Dean and Lana in Michigan. Echo and Larry went with us and we had a wonderful vacation. We spent several days with Dean and Lana in the mission home, went to a zone conference to see how it was all done, and enjoyed the missionary experience. The we went to Nauvoo and Carthage. This is Dale standing in front of the Carthage jail. The upper window is the one Joseph Smith fell out of when he was shot and killed here. I like to think that angels were there to catch him before he hit the ground. This is a sacred place.

This is the statue of Joseph and Hyrum in front of the jail.
This is the end of the street where the Saints left Nauvoo and started across the frozen Mississippi River in February. In the past it was called the "Trail of Tears" now it has been renamed the "Trail of Hope". Grandpa Orson Pratt owned the property just across the street from this road. He also owened the property acroos the street from the temple. Both of these properties had a great view.
This is the Mission Home! We are standing with the best Mission President in the whole entire church. (One of the sister missionaries told me that they were "perfect", I believed her.) They really are. All the missionaries love them sooooo much! Lana gives them so much TLC that they like to call her daily just to hear her sweet voice. The missionary standing by Dale is Elder Rau from Cedar City.
It was just great being together again. We miss them at are counting the days until they are back in Utah.
The statues of Joseph and Hyrum going "like lambs to the slaughter" to Carthage, is very humbling.

We were able to go through a temple session in Nauvoo with Echo and Larry. They knew several of the temple workers serving here.
We had such a good time!

We look pretty good at the beginning of the hike. We had a great time with the Walkers.

We all went down the waterslide-even Jared's Mom went after a little peer pressure. This is really fun!

The slot canyon is so narrow in places the sun can't shine in.

We had a fun weekend with Erica and Jared and his family. We hiked in to the Kanarraville slot canyon. You are hiking in the water a lot of the hike, so we kept cool in spite of the heat. The Walkers are a fun family. We also took in the play "Candida" at the Shakespeare festival on Friday night, the went to "My Fair Lady" at Tuacahn in St. George.

Trip to Yellowstone and Tetons

Geysers in Yellowstone. We went on a vacation to Sun Valley and the Parks. We had a great time. We saw a wolf and had a bear in our campsite. (We missed it because it was eating by our pinnic table while we were hiking in Jenny's Lake.)

A dusty buffalo, trying to keep cool.

The house in Garland where Dale and Dean lived when going to High School.

This mural in town shows the dates the factory was running.

A trip down Memory Lane In Garland. This is where grandpa Edwards worked for so many years. Dale and Dean also spent a few working days here to finance their missions and college.

June blog

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE BUZZZZZZZ!

My cut isn't quite as shocking. What do you think?



We had so much fun at Echo and Larry's 50th Anniversary party. Jill really knows how to throw a party!
Can you believe it. I did one more wedding cake. This is the first one I've ever gotten paid for. The bride wanted those colors (it really looked better before the yellow flowers were added). Erica's cake was my favorite.

Dale and Linda Edwards

Dale and Linda know very little about computers, but all of our children/grandchildren/nieces and nephews are computer nerds!(Yeah, thats me Kolton!) So to keep up with the times, we are creating a blog to try to keep up with everybody else.