Till We Meet...On the Road...Family...Life...

 Family Home Evening at the Marks...

They are the best home and visiting teachers...

They have FHE at their home once a month for 

less active...

investigators...

missionaries...

and good ol' members who need a family.

 

 

 Getting my baby fix with little Jimmy Gallahugh...

My little Jimmy Bo Jingo's

The missionaries had investigators there.

 They are an amazing team...

 This is the happening place to eat...
in Port Orange

 To bad we didn't find it till the day before we left.

 Elder Campbell with Karen...

 Karen and Pebbles...

 Elder Adriano finally got his Christmas Package...

He left this Portugal candy bar by our door the night before we left.

(we shared it with Sarah and Chad's family)

We took them some food Wednesday morning...

 They came over to take our picture before we left.

 Good ol' Juniper Salute...

 We are on the road home...

That has been a very surreal feeling all week.

 In Georgia we found hills...

And...

Found we stopped 100 miles short of seeing...

Tim..

A very wonderful Son in law.  

oh well...

We will see him in Sandy when we get to Utah...

 Altimeter said at one point we were at approximately 900 ft!

 We feel like we have been in a time warp...
We left Sarah and Chads two years ago...
Now everyone is older...
Their house has undergone changes...
and they have Breonna and Isaiah.

Family we haven't seen...

 Dad with Breonna...

 Isaiah...

Both of these children are foster children right now...

We pray Chad and Sarah can adopt them soon.

 Sarah and Chad

 CeAnna now a beautiful 'young woman'

 Andrew almost 18...

 Ben's #16 Birthday...

He smoked a brisket with wild cherry for his birthday dinner...

It was so so so yummy....

We have another budding chef in our family...

Maybe he will smoke something for us when they come to Juniper.
 

 Loving up these two beautiful angels(?)

 Breonna

10 months ago several tornadoes came through Harvest.

 10 months later...

 They have dozed homes and walked away...

 For Sale signs are everywhere.

 Bushes still in tacked but the houses are gone...

 There are signs of new homes...

Rebuilding of businesses...

New Life...

But my heart ached for these people who lost everything...

Harvest Reserve Square...

This is where Ben and Andrew were part of a big eagle project...

 Their names are at the bottom...

 These two benches were built and placed by Andrew...

 With all the rain the Eagle project is now a 'duck' perch.

Ben blazed a trail through the ruins of the tornado...

This little birds nest, smaller then my hand...

Was built with insulation they found after the tornado...

Some peoples loss...

These birds gain!

 Root balls from toppled trees.

 Andrew placed these signs for anther trail...

 Breonna found this mushroom on a tree.

They grow horizontal out from the trunk of the tree.

It is almost like wood...

 Showing the size of the root balls...

 Breonna found a rock and needed some help to get it home.

Siding from the Piggly Wiggly...

They never rebuilt..

Chad is head of the tea party in Huntsville (Madison county)...

 A friend I met through Elizabeth Beiling a missionary at the time of the Twin Falls Temple Tours.

 Me and Marie Beiling...

Isaiah showing off his 'dress'.  Breonna showing Isaiah off.

 Swimming at the Hotel Pool...

Fun...

 Lunch at Chedders....

 We found another favorite place to eat...

CeAnna and Isaiah sharing a root beer...

Alabama Science Center..

 Grandpa Chad and teenage boys were entertained...

 As well as the little ones...

Giant marble game...

 An amazing feet...

Isaiah and Andrew...

 Isaiah doctoring a bloody nose...

Part of Life...

 Last stop before we start to get ready for Sunday...

Sunday with the Capps...
Was a spiritual experience.
Sacrament meeting...
Andrew bore his testimony on testimony...
He made the comment that a person he knew...
joined the church because she read the Prophet Joseph Smith's testimony.
He then brought out how much more powerful it must have been to hear it in person.
Like listening to or reading Conference talks...
Great insight.
Chad bore his testimony on families..
Powerful...
We are so glad he is our son in law.
CeAnna bore her testimony of the Gospel...
I cried.
Sarah is a councilor in the Relief Society...
She gave a lesson on 'tongues like swords'...
She brought a beautiful spirit to the lesson in her own humble way...
There was a strong spirit present in the room.
I sat listening...
Thinking...
This is my wonderful daughter...
Thank you Sarah.
Then Chad with the help of the Bishop Andrew and Stan (Grandpa)
Set Benjamin Stanley apart as a Priest.
We are grateful for a the honorable way Chad uses the Priesthood.
 Isaiah didn't want his picture taken...

Ben Stan Chad Isaiah Breonna Diana Andrew CeAnna

 Till we meet again...

Andrew Ben Chad and CeAnna Isaiah Sarah and Breonna

The sunset Tuesday night...

The last one in Florida...

Stan and I have learned a lot these last two years.
We will certainly take more with us than what we left behind.
It is like putting your hand into a bucket of water...
Our hand comes out wet..
But the place our hand was in closed as we brought it out.
The Marbles will fill in and do a wonderful job...
It is hopefully going to be a smooth transition as we head home...
We have several weeks with family to help us in that process.
We love you family.