graduation

Five down just one more to go, yeah11

It's summer time

Well I think its officially summer at least for me. Graduations and other end of the year activites are over as well as a few june birthday and it seems like I can finally start to enjoy summer (meaning being lazy and waking up late). Of course every year I make lots of goals and plans to get alot done and wake up early, exercise, lose weight and well most of that doesn't happen but you know the saying "if you shoot for the stars and you don't make it at least you're going in the right direction" (well it's something like that). Anyhoo, we don't have any big trip plans for the summer because of the huge trip in may but just lots of resting and relaxing and puzzle making and games at the cabin. Which is just fine by me. Oh and guy has lots of golfing plans but thats another story. Hope you all have a great summer.

Sites of Paris

Me enjoying the Louvre and the Mona Lisa and Guy enjoying the museum.


Eiffel Tower and love.

Paris

Well it was on the train to Paris and the sites there. I had never been to Paris and I am not as familiar with France history as I am with England but being there made me want to read up on it. It was a big beautiful city looking from the Eiffel Tower but on the ground we only saw a little bit. We took a bus tour so we could see the famous sites and it was informative and I'm glad we did it but seriously it was soooo hot. You would think that we would be use to hot but it was humid as well so I'm so glad I took my capris. The buildings and palaces were gorgeous and so elaborate but we only saw a small glimpse.

London

Well here we are in London town and getting all tired out trying to get everything in. You can just take a look at the pictures and figure out where we've been. Cheri-o.

Graveyard

A graveyard in a churchyard, there were so many I don't remember in what town this was.

Downham

Beautiful town of Downham

Ribble valley

Ribble valley

Walkerford

The house and church/school of Jeanette Richards family

Ribchester

House in Ribchester.

Beautiful English Country

Wow, this was a fun beautiful day and the weather was great except until the end when we got caught in a huge down pour, but thats England. Today, we visited alot of the little country towns the the missionaries visited and baptized many people. Our guide was fantastic and told us many stories, too numerous to mention here. Just a few Ribchester, where Heber C. Kimball had an amazing dream, Walkerfold, where Willard Richards wife, Jennetta was born, Stonyhurst College, where it is told that Tolkein wrote alot of the Lord of the Rings and got inspiration for the books, especially the Shire. Chatburn & Downham where the missionaries had much success and felt a great love and spirit for the people and the Prophet Joseph said to Heber, after Heber told him of this experiences there, "Did you not understand it? That is a place where some of the old prophets travelled and dedicated that land, and their blessings fell upon you." I think the pictures will say the rest.

Chorley

Then on to finally catch up with Angie and Anthony at the Preston Temple in Chorley, where we heard their fantastic concert at the stake center.

River Ribble

Then on to the River Ribble where the first members of the church were baptized. The plaque commemorating this is in the Japanese garden by the river.

Preston

Then we went on the Preston and first went to the square with the obelisk statue where the missions went to preach and its also the square where Pres. Hinkley preached and got discouraged.

Liverpool and Preston

Well today we got up and met with our guide to take us over to visit some church history sites here in England. His name was Peter Fagg and he was fantastic. I had been to some of these sites when I came in 2005 but he took us to some many more and showed us so many more things. If any of you ever come to England he is the man to get for tour guide. First of all we went to Liverpool and he took us and showed us some streets where it looks alot like when the missionaires first came here and the streets where some people lived like John Taylors brother in law and others. Then we went to the docks and he showed us where most of the saints sailed from and alot of other stuff. This picture is of some of the older buildings by the docks although this is not the spot where most of the saints left from but there is a statue that the church erected to commemorate all those that emigrated (not just LDS).