Catch Up Blog

It's Lilac Time

Early in May each year Rochester, NY has a Lilac Festival.
People from all over the world come to see the lilacs here. It is REALLY beautiful.
Lilacs of all different colors, and sizes cover a whole hillside.

This is us by some beautiful lilac bushes.

Elder Hamblin amidst the lilacs.

Some really pretty novelty hybrid.

A variety of bushes, different sizes and colors.

More lovely and different lilacs.

GReaT GranDKidS

WELCOME, WELCOME to the Simonson family!!
Shortly after Jaron & Heather moved to Pennsylvania, Heather and the great grandkids came to Palmyra for a quick overnight visit with us. It was so fun to see our precious little ones again.

This is Emmy, Carter, Ashton and Lilly standing in front of the Christus at the Hill Cumorah Visitor's Center.

And Heather and Lilly in the Resource Room at the Visitor's Center.

Ashton looking at one of the Book of Mormon story videos.

And Emmy and Carter discovering it was raining when we came out of the Visitor's Center. You'd think these were kids from the West who had never seen rain. HA! HA!

Earlier that morning we went to the top of the Hill Cumorah and saw the Angel Moroni Statue and the kids loved the lush green hill and all the things to see.
They also went to the Smith Family Farm while we were gone on our Site assignment, but it started to rain so they didn't get to go to the Sacred Grove.
That will leave us something special to do when they come next time. We hope Jaron will be able to come with them then.
Thank You for coming! We have missed all of you so very much
and we loved having you here.