It’s Swan Island Dahlia Time and Porter’s Baptism

Mom out working on her flowers.Porter was baptised on the 21st of August at the Vancouver East Stake Center, by his Dad. The flowers were as spectacular as ever.

Fresh out of the garden. Except for the salmon.

Manship Reunion at Bear lake Utah, Chesterfield Idaho (A Pioneer Story), and the James

I went to Roy,UT to see Heidi who found out the Dr.s could not find a heartbeat at her last Appointment.   Her little baby girl (Ila) was stillborn and was delivered on Aug. 4th.     Heidi and Ryan are so sad but so strong.   I guess we have to be.    On Thurs. Aug. 11 Verne flew into town and we prepared for the Manship Reunion.   Mom and Dad were at the last reunion in McCall, ID in 2009.   We have our reunions every other year so 2011 we planned to go to Bear Lake, between Idaho and Utah.   In the two years since McCall both Mom and Dad have passed away.   It was sad they weren’t here but I’m sure they would be happy we got together and had a wonderful reunion.    On our way to Bear Lake we went through Brigham City, UT and saw the new Temple being built and took pictures at the tabernacle.   The lake was almost to the lake house which made it so nice for boating and swimming right off the grassy lawn.   The last evening (sat. night) the moon was so beautiful we stopped and took pictures.   Jeff, Kurt, and Brian and their families left Sat. after dinner.   Alan and Kristin and family and our family had a campfire and roasted marshmellows.   We took a little day trip to Paris, ID just down the street and took some pictures of their tabernacle and took a tour inside.   When we left Bear Lake we headed to Chesterfield, ID (the pioneer settlement where Verne’s ancestors settled)  We were met by Verne’s sister, Penni Lee and Jack who made a wonderful Sunday lunch for us.   Rosco and Rinda came and met us there also.   They gave a us a fantastic tour of this restored community and told stories of the people who settled here.   Verne was touched by the heritage he has.     We headed back to Utah and got to Heidi’s about midnight Sunday.   The next morning we had time to visit Farr’s Ice Cream and take a ride on the frontrunner.   We also went to the Ogden Temple and watch the reconstruction of it.   We went to the Airport about 5:00 p.m.   We really filled a few days with some very wonderful memories.   It was so fun to do all this with Heidi’s kids and we really want to thank Ryan’s parents for letting us stay in their Lake house.   What a memorable trip!!!