Awesome Trip

I had a fantastic trip. I spent time with the Nihipali (Abraham and Jacob) and Sam-Yiou Family from Hawaii along with Tiffany Harrison, John and Sarah Belnap, Kelly and Paul King and kids, Melissa Mendji (Harris) and Marcela, Jeff & Sophia B and oh yeah, Stassy, the other cousin from the Parker side, sorry girl.

Below are a few pictures.

This picture is on the 14 going to Cedar City from Kanab. What a beautiful place. There were ducks playing in the water so I had to stop and take a few pictures.
Tiffany and Karen at the Conference Center on the Southwest corner at the fountain before the Sunday morning session.

The family at the Olive Garden for dinner on Friday night 09/30

Sarah, Karen and Jon. The Belnaps who live in St George, came all the way over to Cedar City to see me. They are fabulous and awesome friends. I miss them.

We had a fabulous time enjoying one anothers company, attending conference and running all around Jacobs mission there in SLC, seeing the home of Elizabeth Smart, the girl that was abducted from her house in the avenues, attending General Conference Saturday morning, Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon. We went to Iosepa which is the location where the Hawaiian saints had settled between 1889-1917 to help build the kingdom and the Salt Lake Temple and then they left to go home when they found out that a temple was built in Laie. It was awesome and yet soooo sad because you learn about how they were treated so unjustly and unkind yet they grew and persevered through those years of trials and joys.

We went shopping, we laughed, we cried, we almost died and were soooo in ahhh with the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Salt Lake. The kids really liked that. Their poor health though went under attack because of the dryness of the air and weather compared to home. I even got a sore throat.

I was able to have dinner with John and Sarah one night and then have dinner with Marcela and Jeff another.

My time there was fabulous.