Just Look at These Awesome Elders & Sisters

Elders Dilree & Ahaumda


Sisters Agle, Swan, Schnebly, Powell, Hollesen, Hill, Sister Jensen, Sisters Brovont, & Brown


Brother & Sister Longhurst


Sisters Agle, Swan, Schnebly, & Powell


Elders Ewell & Prybylinski


Elders Henderson, Pitt, Longmore, and Kunz


Sister Walton & Sister Snow (Best Smiles award in my opinion))


Elders Gelwix, Mickelson, Pack, Reading, and Busath

Look at This Missionary Tradition!

Elder Wertz,who will be going home, is giving, Elder Green (that's his name), a "Greenie" an autographed tie.
One of the Missionaries had 600 plus ties. Others don't have as many, but still have a problem getting them into their bags when they go home. They go to thrift stores on their P Day.

40th Wedding Anniversary

Where does love come from and how is it nourished and protected? Looking out into the future in the same direction, building a home together, repenting and forgiving, having fun and taking time to say I love you by words and actions, builds love. The repentance comes in when we don't do the kind of things that build and protect love. No wonder our knees get bad in our old age!
I suppose "our theme" could be the poem President Willard Smith Ray quoted when he sealed us in the Idaho Falls Temple:


"Love”

I love you,
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.

I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what
You are making of me.

I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you
For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can’t help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find.

I love you because you
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple;
Out of the works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.

I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
("Marriage means", my edit)
Being a friend means,
After all.

Roy Croft

Sister Longmore's 61st. birthday

Our 1 Samuel 16:7 Special Tree

We will put lights on it and it will be the most beautiful tree we have had since the one we decorated with wedding gift bows when Cindy was a wee Babe.

Nancy Murphy's Baptism

Nancy McClure was baptised Saturday, November 20,2009. She is amazing. She comes to class with the lesson read and underlined. She is hungry to learn about the gospel.
Dad said a prayer and I spoke about the Holy Ghost. Elder Bailey is on the left, and Elder Leatham is on the right.

November Zone Conference

Elder Bigler(above) and Elder Campbell (below) both help in the Office on Wed. afternoon and Thursdays.


Zone Conference is so inspiring! We practice teaching skills, learn doctrine, hear talks, and receive important mission information. We learned that both social conversion (feeling a part of the ward family), and spiritual conversion (doctrine), are vital to a successul transition into the ward family after baptism. Here are a few behind the scenes shots. The ones in the kitchen are of the Hazelton's who cook lunch for us every JSM Zone Conference. The others are after the conference when missionaries are picking up supplies etc.





Elder Smith, Elder Charlesworth, & Elder Johnson

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Elder Jenkins & Elder Bowen


Elder Edwards & Elder Schwab





Sister and Brother Hazelton with their cute liitle doggie and a doggie bag of food.

Derry Ward Members

Bruce Low


Perez Family


Ellie West

It is like this......

Look at the cute pictures in the background.

This old tree by our office is so beautiful in the summer and even more lovely in the fall.

I can't quit taking pictures. This tree looks different throughout the day and with the changing light.

Notice the reflection of the colored leaves in the water and of course, the little ducks.

Elder Bigler & Elder Campbell , Our Office Elders

These Elders not only make our day brighter, they save the day!

Temple Trip Boston Temple October

One of our sweetest experiences is attending the temple with the departing missionaries. After the temple, we have dinner with President & Sister Jensen, how sweet is our mission!

October Departing Missionaries Weighing in Baggage, rearranging etc.

My companion for a day, Sister Foy

This is a real and a very spooky looking cemetary. I think this cemetary inspires me to say, These woods are spooky dark and deep.....

If you have arachnophobia, don't look at this Halloween sight. Click on the picture if you dare..

Wild, More wandering wild turkeys!

We saw these turkeys cross the street and Dad stopped so we could get a picture. They stood up nice and straight and posed for a moment. Then they must have been leary about Thanksgiving being so near and they headed back into the woods again.
Click on the picture for a close up view.

Girls Day Out

Sister Hill needed a coat. One thing lead to another, which just lead to more fun shopping. Sister Hill and Sister Brown sure got some tithing blessings this time.

President Jensen's New Car, Go Elder Pitt!

Autumn is like Temple Square in December