Commemoration of Pony Express 150th about 10 miles away

Saddle where they put the Pony Express mail. The Pony express

was only active for something like 18 months when the Railroad

took it's place. It was so dangerous as the Indians burned their stations, etc. They were on the watch out for the riders. They had only 2 minutes to transfer the mailbag.

Saturday we went up to Fort Churchill between sessions of conference. It was interesting and I had always wanted to go to the Museum which we drive by on a regular basis. The speaker said how much regard Abraham Lincoln had for the people of Nevada. He addressed his letters MY DEAR FRIENDS which he didn't normally do.

Key Lime Pie

1 8 oz container whipped topping
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 c. fresh lime juice ( can use the frozen concentrate)
small dash of green food coloring (optional)
1 prepared graham cracker pie crust or other

Whisk together whipped topping, condensed milk and lime juice. Spoon into crust. Set in freezer about 30 minutes. Sprinkle lime zest on top.

Jacob Ryan Jensen was born

Jacob Ryan Jensen was born late Monday night. Liz was induced and so she had it on her Dad's birthday which made for a great birthday for him. He was 20 " 7lb 15oz. We are so happy to have him here. Her labor wasn't too hard.

Quiet book for Church

If anyone got a gospel art kit from Grandma Meacham I set by a 6 year old boy that was very content to sit there and look through the kit. His mom put the pictures in plastic sleeves and then in a 3 ring binder. A good family home evening project or while watching your favorite show.

Kylee Gets the Quilt

We have waited about 15 years to finish the baby quilt Kylee and Marae started with grandmother's help of course. I knew Kylee was sentimental so I moved and stored this started quilt through several of our moves and since she was the first of the 2 girls to get a baby girl the quilt goes to her. Georgia Meacham's first grandchild. I predict Georgia will be a fantastic grandmother at least the way she used to beg to hold every baby that graced the church in New Plymouth as a child and she was so good to my girls when they were little. We love you Georgia and are so happy for you to get this bundle of joy. The name was not yet picked out and she had a small leak in her lung but she was scheduled to come home today.

Newcomers invited to dinner

We had a nice surprise after we invited the new family to dinner. We stopped by their house to tell them where we lived and give them a time. David came out and said. You are having a special guest for dinner. I said who Santa Claus? He said " The Singing Mountain Man. It seems they had come down from Kooski, Idaho to help their daughter's family move. David ask him if he knew the singing Mountain Man. He said, "I am the Singing Mountain Man." He entertained us with a couple songs and one of the missionaries told us a cool story.

A Busy Two Weeks

We have had a busy but wonderful two weeks. Ben came and worked so hard to improve the kitchen without being asked he set about with finding materials in the garage to finish the cabinetry to cover the pipe from the big stove vent. I was amazed at the great job he did. We had our first day in the temple and immediately headed up to Cooper's baptism. Sorry I didn't get a picture of it. Perhaps Jeanne got pictures.
We stopped by way of the Greenhorn Guest Ranch and spent the night. I got a couple great new recipes for desserts while at Jeannes. We will try them at Thanksgiving. We got home and have been working a bit with our wonderful missionaries. We are so glad to have them here as we are ward missionaries and can't keep up with all the follow up visits. While in the Celestial room of the temple, by myself waiting to help people who came through the veil, I opened the Doctrine and Covenants section 3 and my eyes rested one these verses: Lift up your heart and rejoice, for the hour of your mission is come; and your tongue shall be loosed, and you shall declare glad tidings of great joy unto this generation. You shall declare the things which have been revealed to my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun. You shall begin to preach from this time forth, yea, to reap in the field which is white already to be burned. It made me happy since most of the family has expressed the thought that we should serve a mission. Perhaps you can be called by the Lord and not by the leaders. We also get to work in the temple, work on our financial portfolio, and be there when our children need us.
We are so glad we are not that far away and have been making lots of plans for Thanksgiving. We can't wait to see so many of you and will certainly miss Marae and Ben, Kirsten & Mussie's family, and Jeanne and the girls. I'm sure they will have a nice time. We're glad jon & Rachel, Liz and Ryan and Bret & Micheline will be here.
We did have a baptism last week. We found him and the elders taught him. We give new member lessons to him and his wife who is already a member.
This weekend we attended a Rich Dad educational seminar in Reno. It was very informative and showed us how to prosper from the down market.I never cared to have money but know it is necessary for the future plans. We stayed with the Faveros and David and Larisa got to see the production Nick and Bella and Juliet were in. The King and I. I got to take care of the 3 Little ones so Larisa could go. She isn't allowed to get a baby sitter for them besides myself or Nick. Carson City is rated very high for the arts. People come from Northern California to see the performances.