Monday, May 26, 2008

MAMA COMES TO VISIT

Mama and I sit on the upper porch of the old mansion.Brent waves from the front steps. Note my new car!
We visit President Gordon B. Hinckley's gravesite.
Brent views the new stone just laid for our past prophet.
Grandmother was very impressed with so many people paying homage with myriads of beautiful flowers.
A view of the valley below. Memorial weekend is very busy here!
I'm so happy to be with my mother at this time.
Mama was inspired by the hope expressed in this statue.
I love this shot! This mother is teaching her family about their ancester. The children were gathered in a circle and sat on the grass while she told stories about grandpa with pictures.
Florence Jacobson, YW General President of the church 1961-1972. We found her paying her respects to Hyrum Smith, her great-grandfather! Her other great-grandfather is President Heber J. Grant. Another grandfather is Joseph F. Smith.

She is 95 years old, and Grandmother is 90 years old!
She has great reason to be proud of her legacy. We learned that she was the one that convinced President Spencer W. Kimball to build the church history building. She was the curator.
Brent and I enjoy walking up to the famous "U". Such a beautiful day!

I'm always inspired to look out over the Great Salt Lake Basin and feel the same spirit the pioneers must have felt when they entered the valley.
This is where I spend a lot of my time working on music, blogs, journal, emails and banking.

We are always interested in the weather. I love "no-temperature" weather.

Sixty degrees just isn't warm enough!
The blossoms are gone now, but the leaves are all out! Plus, it's warmer now! Yeah!

2 comments:

Laura said...

So glad you could be with Grandmother on Memorial Day. We had a great day, too.

Kaye Starr said...

Honey, what did you do on Memorial Day?? Please let me know. I love you!
Love, Mom