Christmas is coming...

How do I know? Well, besides all the decorations everywhere in the stores since Halloween, and the fact that Thanksgiving is over -though November is still hanging on, my friend Caryn has her home all decorated before the turkey was cold. She goes all out, while I wait till mid December to get mine out which consists of a door wreath, a fake Christmas tree and a nativity set. Here's some photos of Caryn's holiday decor. Every corner holds a new delight.

Fun red pillows and throws add festivity

Father Christmas is everywhere...

Front door

Outside patio

Dining table

Santa gets around...

Lots of candles give ambiance!

Thanksgiving is too soon over...

We drove up to my son's Dan's home for Thanksgiving dinner in beautiful warm weather. Had a great meal and opportunities to visit with some of our extended family-my 97 year old aunt in Genola and her son my cousin Bill who went to first grade with me in Eureka Utah back in 1946-7. A long time ago. Didn't get photos of Heather or Nathan but we saw them last week at Cedar City temple open house. Unfortunately Jeff's family couldn't make it. I also forgot to take photos of the luscious dinner feast, we just enjoyed it immensely. Heather made us gluten free and sugar free pumpkin and apple pies. We missed Emilee who is on a mission in Paris, France.

We love to drive on the other side of Utah Lake to avoid traffic...

Dan the designated cook does a great job

Tina the wife and assistant prepares luscious side dishes

James the son provide entertainment on his ukulele and on the piano

 Jeff and his work office at Eide Bailly-a business management firm

Cedar City LDS Temple Open House

We were able to tour the new temple in Cedar City 50 miles north of St. George. It's beautiful inside and out. Dan, Tina and family joined us for a special family outing.

Click http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+inside+of+cedr+city+temple&view=detail&mmscn=vwll&mid=9EBE856CD74AB0F710B69EBE856CD74AB0F710B6&FORM=VRRTAP here for news report and views inside the temple.

Returning home to UTAH through Idaho and Nevada

Talk about a quick trip 1200 miles in three days. That's eight hours a day. Hubby was the driver, I enjoyed the scenery plus a few naps and the opportunity to talk about future dreams of a summer place away from the heat of St. George. Thought we'd found the right place in Orofino, Idaho but someone else put an offer down before we even got there to see the place. So, will try again in Spring after the threat of winter snow is over.

Snake River in our rear view window

Storm coming and it was cold and windy

Houses on top of cliffs looking down at the Snake River

I imagine it's very windy up there overlooking the fields below

Some green growth but most everything has stopped awaiting winter

Heading home on our third day of constant travel

Beautiful sunrise

Peaceful fields with cattle grazing

 

Back to Nevada with its snow covered mountain ranges

Never ending roads in Nevada but with little traffic

On the ROAD again...to Idaho

Going to check out another possible summer place near Orofino Idaho before the snowflakes start and winter is here.

Beautiful desert scenery in every direction on a lovely Indian Summer day

Solar energy is quite popular in these windy valleys

Not many cars on the deserted highways and no freeway traffic

Dusting of snow on the high mountain peaks of Nevada

Deer overpass, if they can just learn to use it...lol!

Shadow of our car passing an Idaho homestead

This is Idaho near Twin Falls...

New Adventures Everyday

My Daughers of Utah Pioneers group went to our St. George family history library last Monday and experienced their Discovery Center where you can log into familysearch.org on an I-Pad then hook that into a large touch scene to make new discoveries about your ancestors. It was fascinating. Only two Discovery Centers are open thus far in SLC and St. George. Although you can visit this BYU website to discover famous people you are related to. See http://relativefinder.org

DUP Group eager to find our roots

Better photo but I can't access it, see next photo.

I only have a dumb phone but would love to have this photo if you can find it for me.

This station let you see your family tree and more

See your ancestor and a timeline of history he lived through

Fun station that let your face appear on an ancestor's costume

We were all fascinated,

I found out how I'm related to Brigham Young

We also discovered how we are related to others in our group.

We quickly spent and hour and a half just looking.

Discovered how I'm related to lots of famous people, oousins removed....