These are the latest pictures of the treehouse. Brian and Paul went Thursday, June 5th to get it ready to shingle. Then we had a barbecue with the Perkindsons!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
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A little bit of Paradise
On the Carribean
Dic and Jennifer
Dic proving his love
Paul and Joanne
Drying their clothes from the boat
Dic and Jennifer
On the way to the carribean
The Guys
Paul, Pi, and Tony
The Crew
Johnsons, Betheas, Finns, Bentleys, and Fillmores
After swimming in the waterfall pools
Rio Dulce Trip
view from the boat
Rio Dulce Trip
View from our Balcony at La Mansion
Rio Dulce Trip
Singing at the Farewell dinner
Elder and Sister Martino
Farewell dinner for President and sister Clarke
Farewell Dinner for the Clarkes
Young girl from Esperanza
Sister Anderson, Gartz, Tobler, Reed, Smith, Cazier, Parent
Beatrice Curtis and Mary Anne Clarke
Ladie's Luncheon
Julie Arnold, Vicki Wallace, Susan Rhoades
Ladies Luncheon
Dr. Poulson and Lexie
Madeline working hard
Lexie and Madeline with the Girls from Esperanza
Wood Carver
Wood Factory
Outside Antiqua
We took a wrong turn and ended up on the truck route
We were the only car in a very long line. It was a very slow trip home from Iztapa
Antigua
Elder and Sister Clark--1st Quorum of Seventies
We will miss them. They leave in June
Missionaries for Dinner
Stephensons-great workers
Great kids
Our visitors, the Stephensons
Our cute visitors
helped our gilrs make crowns
Our boys are much happier now
With dental toys from the neighborhood back home!
small cocoa beans
and growing
large cocoa beans
Cocoa bean tree
My kind of tree
Along the Way
Definitely not a typical home, It looks like it belongs in Pine
Along the way
A typical nice home, not one of the poor ones
Taking pictures of the Seniors at the Temple
With all their cameras
Carol and Clate Mask
Quetzaltenango Temple
Quetzaltengo Temple
Lake Atitlan Hotel for lunch
I really was there, behind the camera, of course.
Carol Mask and the Senior Missionaries
Book of Mormon lands
Perhaps, the Waters of Mormon
Trip with the Seniors led by the Masks
Elder Squire from Arizona with another elder from Hawaii
Our volunteer Merl Ellsworth with his cute son, Benjamin!
A beauty school had volunteered their services.
Haircuts for mi casa girls
One day when we went to the clinic, this is what we saw!
New group at the clinic
One of them is named Angel Gabriel
Paul screening a new group of boys
New Group of boys
screening at mi casa
Chili
Our New dog at the orphanage by the clinic
Elder Squire, an Arizona Elder at the clinic.
I told him I would send pictures to his Mom and then lost hier E-mail
January Trip to Lake Atitlan
with Sandy and Steve MacArthur
The gardens
Joanne
Paul in the garden at Hotel Lake Atitlan
Hot pool at Hotel, but not for us
We didn't bring our suits to Guatemala
Parrot in a tree outside our door
I know I'm pretty
the Garden
toucan at Hotel Lake Atitlan
Beautiful flowers
Market Street
Paul relaxing on the balcony at the Hotel
We love this place
Transportation
No Gracias, I already bought 3
The Market Street
Paul on Lake Atitlan
Notice the hat Brian
Paul on the boat ride
The boates from Lake Atitlan Hotel
Beautiful Place
Different types of necklace made by the Lake people
Buying neclaces with Sandy
Boat Boat Trip on the way over to the village
Mission Conference
Elder Ballard and Bishop Burton came to visit in January
Visit by Bishop and Sister Burton to the Dental Clinic
with Elder and Sister Martino and the Fillmores and Toblers
Jane Rasmussen came to town
to visit with her brother Dic Johnson and Jennifer
3 skirts- a visit from a good friend
Paul took this funny picture at church
Anavon and David
Anavon and David Geddes
Working Hard
Our volunteers in February at Break the Fast
Anavon and David Geddes
Gift Bags for Mi Casa Girls-so much fun-Thanks to all those who helped
Mi Casa project
filling and counting
filling and counting
mi casa gift bags
filling
and counting
unpacking the suitcase
gifts for girls
Finishing Touches
Jim wearing his Grandpa Fillmores tuxedo
collections
The stars
Collections
Dining room off upstair's sitting room
The Barn of Betsy's home
Stephanie in upstairs sitting room
Dining Area off kitchen and sitting room
Other half of kitchen
L-shaped kitchen
Betsy's country home
Sitting room, ground floor
Connecticut Home
Betsy and Larry's Country Home
We stayed here for the Wedding week-end
Betsy's Country Home
Betsy's kitchen
Peter reading the paper
Betsy's kitchen
Betsy and Larry
With Martel, Betsy's best friend from childhood
Jim and Brian in Betsy's Kitchen
Ivy fascinated with Larry's beard
A Fun Idea for Keeping Track of Birthdays
We went to A Big Fair
These Giant Balls were incredible
Oakland Mall
Very modern mall in the city
Oakland Mall
after smearing vasaline on my nose
see how many cotton balls I I can pick up in a minute
Hatch's Family Home Evening-fun and games
Vasaline on my nose
Santo Domingo
Antigua
One of our favorite spots in Antiqua
We spent a day here with the Calls
Family Home Evening at our place
Eddie and his friend playing native music
Is he blowing with his nose or his mouth?
Eddie and his friend
The friends played both guitar and flute at the same time
Enrique's boys. His family lives at the Girl's orphanage
He is the on the ground director of the orphanage
Erika
Flor, the director's daughter
One of our boys
Watching
Little girl's play room
Nativity
Not sure what this room is
A piano teacher comes in on Wednesday to teach the girls
The piano sounds like it has been under water
Gathering room and Library
Television room
Into the Girl's Dorm
Dishwasher?
Lee Ann looking in the cupboard
Not much there. It's pretty much bean and tortillas every day!
Kitchen
Kitchen
Cooking grills and burners
Mi Casa Eating Area
One of the smallest
Great Patient
Lisa and Dr. Call
Father and son
Rich and David Call
Painting and Cleaning
Working together as a family
The string
President and Sister Hatch
80 years young +
At last!
Message Center
Let's go fly a kite
The Graveyard
The Kite
Proudly showing off their kite
I actually can keep a live plant--alive!
African violets like Grandma's
Paul Feeding our plants
Mi Casa girl with F luer, who runs the girls part of the orphanage
Rock Crushers
Trajabadora
Mi Casa girls crushing rocks
they had a holiday and worked for 3 days at this hard work
Mi Casa Boys
they always send one big boy to take the bus with the younger ones
napkin holders from the wood factory
Carol Mask helped me find these
For a basket in our Mountain Home
from the wood factory
Paul's purchase
from the wood factory
Paul with antique corn grinder in antiqua
Corn is King in Guatemala
Toblers and Fillmores
new puppies next door
More tio juan boys
Paul with Galvez dental Students
teaching
tiojuan boys
tio juan boys
teaching
Paul with Galvez Dental students
Peggy Olson
so fun to know
Market in Chiquimula
the market in Chiquimula
Cathedral at Esquipula
Clinic Set-up
Kevin at sterilization
Patchwork quilt of cornfields
New Front Teeth
New smile
Cornfields all around
deforestation problem
Thanksgiving Turkey
Along the way
village clinic
cattle driver
typical sight
guarding the homestead
my muddy shoes
Loading up
Dr. Ken Allen
Hard at work
Paul with a patient in Chiquimula
Patiently explaining
Chiquimula Hospital
Dr. Diaz, Dr. Ken Allen, and Kevin
Peggy and Lee Olson
Chiquipula hospital pulling teeth
The fun part--not!
tough hombres
Market
Chiquimula
On the way to church in chiquimula
our friend from the orphanage next door
He wouldn't look at me
Oliver and Amelia
Cousins
Eliza and Joshua at the funeral
Cousins
Annie, Me, Emily and Amelia and Oliver
August 2010
Amelia Rose Garner
Oliver Grant Widdison
Emily's new baby
Annie Lark Jones and I
Betsy's First Day of School
Mom's family with us
Uncel Wayne and Aunt Velda, Aunt Beverly and Uncle Owen, Aunt Virginia and Uncle Ralph
Lisa and her Aunt Marjean
Grandchildren of Ellsworth and Betty Ray
All Eleven Us
Sons and Daughters of Ellsworth and Betty Ray
Brian's group of cousins
Oreganos
Lisa taking picture
Kids at oreganos
Brian
Long Trip, Long Week
Ivy
Good Friends
Rachel and Jane from Paul's office
Mom's family
Jim Brian and Parker with Uncle Owen
Mom's brother with my sons
Aunt Virginia, Marjean, Emily, Aunt Velda, Uncle Wayne, John Archibald
loved ones
Getting ready for religions procession
Outside our Clinic Door
Procession with Mary
outside our clinic door
My hair grows too fast.
I have cut it 4 times in the 4 months I have been here
Tilleys with Martinos
Toblers, MacaArthurs, Guajardos, Arnolds
More singers
Judy and Ron Tobler with Elder Martino
Farewell Party
President and Sister Torez
It was this big!
Paul with Brother Arnold, new PEF missionary
Patiently Waiting
One of the girls
Tio Juan
Patiently waiting
Tio Juan Girls
Donated Shoes
Most did not fit and have to be discarded
Girls sorting shoes
Future Missionary
Momostenango
Disclosing tablets
Missionary papers
Flower girl
More crops
Most did not want their picture taken when I asked
This woman said yes and smiled
Market
Cute little boy
Market in Quetzaltenango
Along the way to Momostengango
We drove through a forest on the way to Momostenango
Along the way
Women waiting on the side of the road for a ride
A common sight, expecially on market day
We loved Quetzaltenango
A place well-cared for
Native women carrying baskets on their heads
San Francisco Alta
This Little Pig Went to Market
San Francisco Alta Parking
Hats anyone?
Market on the side of the road
Along the way to Momostenango
rock slides
Cleaning-up
Happy Workers
Tio Juan Girls
President Clark and Bill Blackburn
Jennifer, Suzanne, Sister Hatch
The building project next to our apartment building
It has been fascinating to watch
Soldiers in the Army
Volcano Clean-Up Crew
CCM Missionaries
Helping with the Clean-up
Elder Bingham at Tio Juan Clinic
With Elder and Hermana Fillmore
Checking out the new Supplies
what we picked up at customs last week
Another Sleeping Patient
I promise, we don't medicate our patients for sleeping
Completely Relaxed
My purples gloves
So happy to find gloves without latex
It rained today . . .well, it sounded like rain
But it was volcanic ash
Our car has to go in for repairs again
This was just an added bonus
We are the only ones that don't have covered parking
Our name in volcanic ash
Brother Graff washing our car
We also had a small earthquake today
Brian and Joanne
Paul and Brian
Brian with his Parrot
Brian with Ronald
NATIVES VISITING
Brian in ANTIGUA
City Street
Beautiful Antigua
Happy Birthday to My Beautiful May Birthday Grandchildren
Beautiful Allison (and Zoe)
Handsome Justin
Sweet Afton
You too Peter- I need a picture
Betsy will have to fill in for you
Working with the Calls
Volunteers who happen to be my sister Marjean's back door neighbors
Sound asleep
Even when we pulled his tooth
Missionary-Big Smile
New Front Teeth
Paul's Birthday Party
Patiently waiting to be patients
smiling now
Helping Hands
Many Hands Make Light Work
Senior Missionaries
Graffs, Tilleys, Fillmores, Tomkinsons, and Alfombra designer with wife
Family Alfombra Tradition
The Best Alfombra
Women carrying float of Mary
Paul working on a drawing of clinic for the city
MTC World Map
We're in this together!
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3 comments:
Brian said he learned a lot about building. That is A LOT of progress from the last set of pictures! I can't wait to go up- are adults allowed up? The kids are going to be in heaven.
Thanks for a delicious visit on Saturday :)
-April
Cute new blog layout- now you need a new blog to go w/ the layout.
That is so fun you have a blog! Does Annie have one? How is she?
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