Hogle Zoo (Salt Lake City)

We went to Hogle Zoo near University of Utah campus or This is Right Place Park. We enjoyed seeing beautiful animals from Bat to Zebra. We also saw beautiful colors leaves too. WOW! We love the colors. They are very beautiful color leaves. It was beautiful day with 75 degrees. Many many hundreds of students and teachers went there. WOW What a crowd! We had blast time.

FORT BRIDGER, WYOMING STATE HISTORIC FESTIVAL

We and our two deaf friends went to Fort Bridger State Historic Site and Museum Festival Last Friday all afternoon and evening. It was very interested to see the festival. Many people wore milita clothes, old-fashioned clothing, mountain man (SAME AS DAVY CROCKET) clothing, Indian clothing, and many more. We enjoyed visiting the different booths like fur, knives, clothing, tools. They made same as 1800's. Very interesting. We really enjoyed the festival very much. The food was great. We also visited museum, too. We had great time.

Pioneer Memorial Museum

We went to Pioneer Memorial Museum. The museum is very good. Many pioneers gave their things to museum from fire-truck to carriage to sewing machines to furnitures, clothes, guns, coins, hundreds and hundreds of photos and many more. The museum is six floors. WOW!!!!!! It was great museum to see.

Old Irving Ward reunion August 2009

Wesley's and Mabel 's son, Bastian was sitting on his new playland for his birthday.
Sally fed Caleb. Wesley bbq hamburgers.


Ella was babysitting with Caleb while Sally ate dinner.
Roger was babysitting, too. Mabel hugged Caleb.


Wesley and Mabel and their son, Bastian. Sally and Caleb were laughing.
Caleb was laughing again and again and again.


Caleb was laughing when Mabel made fun with him.
Caleb got his hard hat.
Bastian played in his new playland. He loves it so much.



Wesley played with his son in the playland.
Wesley hold Caleb. Ella replaced new diaper for Caleb.

DEAF LDS UTAH CAMP

We set up our tent at Zion Peak park near Oakley, Utah.



We cooked spaghetti and ate them. We played horseshoe tourney. We played games.


We met new and old friends at camp site. We cooked breakfast. We cooked
bacon and sausage and french toasts.


We sat near the fireside and drank hot chocolate. We saw Prairie Dogs and Deers.
We saw beautiful Weber river.


We hiked for a mile or so. We sat and chatted with the people. We sat by the fire.


Many of us were frozen because of cold weather. It was 32 degrees. We took group pictures.
We listened deaf jokes. We cooked sloppy joe.
We had great time at DEAF LDS UTAH CAMPING.
NEXT TIME we will bring winter coats next year.

USED CAR

WE BOUGHT A USED CAR YESTERDAY--2006 TOYOTA CAMRY-COLOR IS BEIGE. WE DID THE PAPERWORK AND INSURANCE PAPER WORK. WE WENT TO SALT LAKE CITY DOWNTOWN---Mark Miller Toyota this morning. THE SALESMAN PUT A TEMPORARY LICENSE PLATE ON OUR BACK OF THE CAR. THE SALEMAN GAVE US THE KEYS. WE PICKED THE CAR UP. WE DROVE AROUND THE SALT LAKE CITY. THE CAR IS GREAT AND SMOOTH.
YAHOO!!!

LDS DEAF CONFERENCE July 2009

Amazing speaker: Brother Mike Ramsdell spoke about A train to Potevka at our fireside.
Roger and Ella were at the fireside and workshop all day. We were tired but high spirits.
A Famous Hollywood actress: Her name is Jennifer Delora. She is changing her heart into LDS two years ago.



Brother Sutton is a hearing but he is responsibilty for American Sign Language translation.
Brother Gerald Smith is our former missionary for Seattle Washington Mission.
Brother Sammy Jones is Roger's old school mate from Austin, Texas. He is from Virginia.


Brother Harper taught us about "Change of Heart". Sister Belshe taught us about "Humility: Not a Weakness". Brother Van De Graff taught us about Seminaries and Institutes of Religion with intepreter at Video Relay Service. ( THAT IS GREAT TECHNOLOGY).


We visited some of LDS prophets gravesites. A couple (Elder and Sister Powers for Family History Center missionary) taught us about New Family Search program. Brother Stringham taught us about "The Power is in Them: Being Anxiously Engaged".

We had a great conference. We had great time. Next deaf conferece will be held at BYU campus on summer of 2011.