Pictures

Hi all.  Here are a couple of pictures from last week's excitement.  The first is our last dinner outing with the Hales.  They left yesterday after being here nearly 2 years.  They are the last couple in the picture.  We will really miss them.  I kind of feel the same as when mom left after Emily was born.  I didn't know how I would ever manage, but somehow I did.  The Hales are a really neat couple.  They live just off of Fort Union Boulevard in Murray (close to where Lynn and Brandi lived.)

The second picture is of the tumult we witnessed when we came out of the movie.  There was a fire (burning garbage) under the stairwell.  You can kind of see the smoke a little.  On the left are all of the police cars and motorcycles.  It was quite the experience and we were glad that we all made it home safely that night.

The third picture is today as we went on a little walk to show the three new couples our neighborhood.  Dad/Ferron is standing on the sidewalk and those are tree roots!

Love to all!

The first picture is the view from Ellen's living room balcony.  How would you like to look at that every day?!  The second is the group of senior sister missionaries and Ellen.  The order from left to right is:  Sister Cox, Sister Burke, Ellen, Me, and Sister Hart.  If you look closely you'll see a church building just down from Ellen's apartment.  It is 5 stories tall!  It is just off center on the right, just as the road curves.  The next are some pictures of our new little branch.  The building used to be a warehouse and they have converted it into a church.  The "swimming pool" is the baptismal font!

Here are some pictures of the soccer museum.

1.  Olympic posters from the beginning.

2.  Pele doing the "bicycle" kick.

3.  Dad looking at the photo display

4.  Need I say more?

5.  Display of the evolution of the soccer ball.

6.  Ditto only of the shoes.

1.  The sign says "Everything is a ball."  After church yesterday I saw some of the kids kicking an empty 2-liter soda bottle as their ball!

2.  Dad at the stadium.  He used to work in this area but never went inside this stadium.

3.  Stuck in the middle of the city.

4.  Looking in.  There was a "feirra" (farmer's market) going on in the parking lot.  That is a very common sight down here.

5. The Shumways.  They are from Phoenix and we really like them.

6.  A tree outside of the bakery.  This is also a very common sight to see down here-flowers growing on the trunk of a tree.