Our Trip to Arizona

Our trip to Arizona was fabulous. It was so fun to see Lisa perform Joseph again. It was great having all of us under one roof and the trip to the Mesa Temple was wonderful. We had such a nice day, the weather, of course, was perfect. I was able to see all three performances and enjoyed them all. Sunday Gavin was blessed and we had a great brunch with

Steve's side of the family.

My Strawberry Masterpiece

Mesa Temple

Missionaries

This picture was taken by L. Tom Perry

Service Missionaries

We continue to serve our mission in Salt Lake City at Church Headquarters in the Church Office Building. We are serving in the Temple Department and have been there for over two and a half years. Our expected release date is 18 October 2008 this has been one of the most rewarding experiences in our lives so far. We park under the Conference Center and walk to the Church Office building at least three days a week. What a privilege and a blessing to serve in this capacity. We are on Temple Square everyday that we are in Salt Lake City and are having fabulous experiences.

Elder & Sister TannerAt our computers, in our office

With Elder Lawrence

In the lobby of the Church Office Building
Christmas 2006

Buddies
Michael & L. Tom Perry

May - Mother's Day - Memory Book

I don't know why it is so hard for me to keep up on this blog site. I usually catch on to computer programs pretty fast, but this one seems to be a challenge for me. Also it doesn't help when you only go into the site like once a month. I really am going to try to do better. I worked really hard and spent lots of time putting together a Memory book for my mother for Mother's Day. I found every picture I could find with her and I together in it then wrote a memory of something that happened about that same time. It was actually very fun to do and I found that ever memory I brought back caused me to remember another event in my life. I want to continue working on it and pretty soon I will have my Personal History up to date. The main reason that I made the book was I started thinking about all the things that my Mom has done for me and us as a family over the years and I wasn't sure I had ever expressed my gratitude for all the hard work, time and effort she expended on my behalf, so almost every page ends with the words. Thanks Mom. It was a very interesting experience and stirred up a lot of different emotions. Some good, some not so good, but it was my life and I am glad that I did even this much. I plan to continue in other formats beside the memory book that I already finished.