Here I am heading home from Hawaii on Monday and through the night. Becca got two seats and managed to get some sleep. I got home around 10 A.M. on Tuesday. Dad had spent the two days doing Exec Sec stuff, hours and hours of it.
I was back to work on Wednesday and Dad came by to borrow the high gas milage car to drive up to SLC to pick up the insurance check for our wrecked car.
Dad and I both gathered pictures of the grands in costumes this week. We'll start with Penny.
Eleanor
Eva
Charley
Bekie
Abby
Johny
Benny
William
Mac
Madi
Titan
McKenna
Reagan
Van, Parks and Cam
And I gathered those with crowns together.
At work on Friday at the Grove these gals came in and bought this Tajuana Brass album. They are sisters and their parents loved this album. Then, Jenn Reed, our owner laughed because the album was a big deal in her home growing up, as it was in my home. My mom used to have dance parties at the house and they used to dance to this album's music. Who knew. Of course, who could ever forget the picture on the cover. Dad said his parents had it too.
This is an original painting by Cassandra Christenson Barney. I bought it and it will soon be hanging in our house. I love the background.
And this, I believe, is a commission I ordered from my friend Kimi. She posted on her page this week, and I will frame it and hang it in my mushroom arrangements in the second floor hall.
This is a picture I saw on Insta and loved the mixed background prints.
Now for the last word on art, is the two castle paintings I bought last week, and then framed. They are now hanging for sale at the Grove above the Dutchess tin sign.
On Saturday morning we went up to Aunt Karen's house in Holladay, for her husband Vern's Celebration of Life. The man who is conducting here, is Ben, Vern's son. Ben had been a funeral director, and this is how they decided to celebrate his father's life. I thought it was very nice.
This man is Karen and Vern's neighbor who lives in Grandpa Milt's house. He gave some inciteful
thoughts about living by Karen and Vern.
Here is Vern as a young man in the fifties with his 'hot-rod'.
Love this one of him on his motorcycle.
An early photo of Karen and George around 1992 when they married.
A later photo.
Some friends of Vern's, including his daughter Rosie next to Dad.
These folks are friends of Karen and Vern's from their time in the Wasatch Mountain Club. I felt bad that I hadn't thought to invite Edi and Tom, who also knew Karen and Vern, due to their membership in the same club.
This is Ben and his wife.
Dad took me to shop at my favorite DI (Sugarhouse) while he went to get gas at Cosco. Because our first apartment is nearby, dad decided to go and take a picture of it. It is on Edison Avenue which was in President Monson ward when he was bishop. Then he came back and got me and we headed downtown to
The historic, 101 year old Japanese Church of Christ. This is actually an old picture, but now there is a large tree in front, and I couldn't get a picture of the whole thing. The fact it does not have the cross proved that it was pre2000.
This picture shows part of front of the church, including the cross.
We met Edi and Tom to witness the showing of the items that had been found in the Time Capsule that had been removed from the cornerstone of the building that was built in 1924. Edi's Grandfather was one of the congregation that built the building. It was fun to learn that several other churches helped to fund the building of the church, including the Catholic Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Edi's mother actually grew up in SLC, before going to California to marry before WWII. Of course, they were still in San Franscico, when American Japanese individuals were sent to internment camps. Edi's parents, still newlywed, were interned at Topaz. How crazy is that?
Here is Edi with two of her cousins.
In this picture in front of the church, to the far left is Edi's mother.
These are items that were found in the time capsule.
This gal is Lorraine Crouse, she is the Trustee of the Japanese Church of Christ. She was once Mike Mitko's Sunday School Teacher. She is actually the person who started to wonder if there was actually a time capsule, and who arranged for the scanning of the area of the cornerstone that established its possible existence. She oversaw the chiseling out of the capsule and the stabilization, through the U of U, of the items found inside. What a great lady, and what an incredible gift she has given the Salt Lake City community.
After the ceremony and presentations, we decided to have our picture taken by this lovely, large Fillet Crochet of a Bible Passage that was done by Edi's Mother.
On the way to our car, we saw these two historical monuments for the Japanese. This street is now called Japan Town Street and had Japanese markets, laundries and the still existent Buddhist Temple. The gates shown are on the south end of the Salt Palace, so I am wondering if the Salt Palace was built on land that once part of Japan Town.
Yep, I just looked it up and two blocks of Japan Town were demolished, dispersing the Japanese population that had been living there for almost a hundred years. The Original Salt Palace was built in the 1960's. I am so glad we got to go and honor the Japanese traditions in SLC.
Today we got to attend our new/old/reconstructed ward together for the first time. They had to open the doors at the back to accommodate everyone. There were so many wonderful reunions, we loved it.
After church Dad went to the Stake Offices for about three hours, before coming home to share dinner and some Come Follow Me.
No comments:
Post a Comment