Wednesday, July 30, 2008

We loved Utah!

We spent some time at the "This is the Place" monument and village, where we explained to Jaron that his great(about 4 or 5 times great) grandfather Edson Whipple came across the plains first with Brigham Young, and here is where his name is engraved as well as those others that came first!
We toured the Lion House where we had the sweetest sister missionaries be our guides, they even sang to us!
We had the most wonderful reunion with Beth and Leo Gardner at Hurricane, Ut. on our way home. Beth is Pete's first cousin on his mother's side but they are also our dear friends! We got to be better acquainted as we all lived in Pinedale a few years ago. We were most comfortable in their home with delicious home cooked food and a great bed! Thanks, Beth and Leo!
I was especially excited to get in a visit with our niece, Vanessa. She and her 3 kids were at home, Denver was at work. What a treat it was to have her attend the Pioneer concert with us!
Vanessa, Pete, Jaron, Ian, Evan, and Addison!

1 comment:

Vanessa Shannon said...

Yay! You got your music on! Your blog is looking great....keep it up!