Elko, NV and Jonathan's Baptism day

 



August 5 was Jonathan's baptism day in Elko.  Mike and I and his Mom drove up there on Friday afternoon (I think we left around 1-ish) and we got to Gail and Seth's house, ate dinner with them, visited a bit. Nick and Kaylee and their kids were there, too (though you would never know it by the photos below!).  Gail fed everyone dinner, but in shifts, because Seth's parents were there, too.  We all stayed in Elko at a hotel.

 Saturday after his baptism, we had  a lovely dinner at a local park. Some of those pictures were on Facebook. Perhaps I can steal some of those and put them here.  Nick and Kaylee left for Salt Lake after the luncheon at the park. So did Seth's family. We stayed.  Gail, Caroline and I went to the Elko Women's Expo for a bit, then later we went swimming at the hotel pool with the kids. Seth just watched, but Mike came swimming with us all. It was fun.

 Below: Playing with a paper punch and-- what else would one play with at Gail's house??---

PAPER! ha.

 We picked up Chinese food after swimming and headed back out to the Owens' house to eat and play games.  But, you know, swimming makes you tired. I was tired. We left kind of early to go back to our hotel.  Church was fairly early and we stayed only for sacrament meeting, then left for home.

 FOUR Generations!

 Just some pretty clouds.

 This photo below was one I almost deleted. BUT, when you zoom in really close, because of the sunlight at that moment, we could actually SEE our new Cedar City temple!!  So exciting. We are so happy to have a temple in our town. Mike and I have been invited to sing in a choir for the dedication, so we will get to be INSIDE of the temple for the dedication!!  We've been assigned the 1 pm session and I'm thrilled.  We had just sort of assumed that we'd go to our own Stake Center for the dedication since there's not room for everyone, even with having three separate sessions.  Maybe we could have gotten tickets for a room inside.  But we get to be actually IN side, Inside for some of it, at least. I've watched other temple dedications when they have been broadcast to our stake center, and the choir just files in, sings, then goes out of the room, so we'll be somewhere close by. Cool. Music is it to be memorized. (!)