Heaven on Earth

I'm tracking.....
3 things I did
3 things done for me
what I noted 'out there'

I did....
fixed Chantz chocolate syrup for his ice cream
entertained and babysat
substituted in Primary

Done for me....
Gary cooked
David hugged
Chantz said I was awesome

Noted...
everyone serving in church
saw Frannie give Mom a kiss
watched Chantz hold David on his lap

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

Where is Heaven? Is it very far?

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

New Orleans

We went to New Orleans with OPD. Good times with nice folks. I wandered all over the city taking pictures while Gary went to dry classes. Another perk being his honey ;)

While the boys braved the Matterhorn, the girls visited Alice in Wonderland....or were those crazy guys in the teacups? I guess at least one of them was behind a camera! (sorry, Mandy, but I look presentable:)

I told Gar that this photo would be art in my photography class, but he got it quite by accident as the rollercoaster was screaming around a life threatening bend. He held the camera over his shoulder and snapped. How could he let go of the bar.....He is SO BRAVE!!!

Bonnie's Boys

I've decided to take up photography as a creative outlet. For every 1000 pictures I come up with one that is worthy of the effort. Mostly it's luck. This is Dianne.

I've been trying to be creative with our grandkid picture for this year's Christmas Card. When we were in Oman I found these Arabian Belly Dancing scarves and bought one for each of the granddaughters. I kept trying to find the boys a prop and finally found these swords at Cal's Ranch in Cedar City when we went up to buy pellets for the stove. Our lives were definately at risk!

Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, we blessed Keith and Ashlie's little Vance. I took advantage of the gathering and got a family picture. I can't look at it with out feeling that choking feeling. I am so very blessed!

Thanksgiving was great. We cooked together for about 7 hours then ate for about 3 days! A favorite moment was during dinner when everyone was enjoying the fruits of our labor I found Leah and Eden at the fridge looking for hard boiled eggs. That's what they wanted for Thanksgiving. They settled for ice cream sandwiches.

I never thought I would actually go to Jerusalem, even though it has been a lifelong dream and desire. I took this from the Mount of Olives. You can see the old walled city in the middle of the photo. The whole foreground is a cemetary. The shiny gold "Dome of the Rock" in the middle of the photo is built on the sacred ground that the Muslims believe is the place where Abraham was going to sacrifice Ishmael, and the Jews believe was the site of Solomon's temple. The city is huge compared to the small part in the middle that we think of as Jerusalem.

The first time I saw one of these toilets I was in severe culture shock. There is NO TISSUE. You fill up the pitcher with water and get clean best you can, and try to leave the area dry. No wonder they don't wear pants.....

I drank camel milk. I grew up on a farm so I know that when the cow eats weeds, the milk tastes gross. This camel was a weed eater!

The only camel I ever knew before I went to Oman was Clyde. This is Sajib. He is very people friendly. He even gave me a kiss:) He loves coke and downed 2 in about 20 seconds. I guess it is a good thing that Islam forbids alcohol!

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