Ducky Park Farm

Natalie and the kids are visiting again. We took them to a children's farm nearby for the day. Jackson loved the cars as expected. It was hard to keep him off them but it sure helps to have a big sister who can drive. He was not interested in holding rabbits so Ilana had to do that job on her own. Jackson got a nuzzle from the horse on the top of his head. Missions are such hard work!

Grizedale Forest

These are pictures from the Lake District where we are living now. The picture of the field shows how the old stone walls that cover this country divide the farmers fields and pastures. Our daughter, Natalie and her husband, Jason, brought our grandchildren, Ilana and Jackson to visit with us just before he deployed to Iraq. They live in Germany so it is not too far to come. We went to Grizedale forest which has many paths that have wooden sculptures all along the way. The scenery is spectacular. All of the streams are at flood stage because we have had so much rain.

District Lunch

Hi everyone,
We are back after a month without a broadband connection. These are pictures from our latest District meeting. Natalie fixed her famous potato and cheese soup for us after our meeting.

Elder Tomita is our District Leader. He is from Japan and has mastered the language very well.

He is sitting next to Elder DiIulio who is from Italy. The other picture is of Elder Soule (blond) who is from Alaska and Elder Durkin who is from Arizona.

After eating, the Elders changed a tire for Elder Tomita and Elder Soule. They had gotten too familiar with a rock and it tore out their sidewall. It raises the question of how many Elders does it take to change a tire? Only Elder Soule, Tomita and Durkin had to clean up if that tells you anything.

Elder Durkin and DiIulio are serving in Kendal and come over for our meeting every Tuesday. We bribed them to meet at our farmhouse by serving lunch. It is the sure way to get whatever we want.