Big Changes at Easy Street

Take a look at these two pictures and tell me what has changed.  Yes, Merle showed up this morning and took out ONE scrub.  Thank goodness it wasn't two.  Then he crushed the satelite dish with his mini backhoe and no more dish.  Mom's roses are blooming and we are ready for guests.  Sam and the kids are going to come Friday and Mike and Allie will come sometime this next week.  We start as Columbia River Temple workers on Saturday and we will learn English and Spanish and serve during the time we are here.



Emigs and Earls

Jason's family came first and stayed a couple of days, then Joe & Cali came with their family.  They stayed with Joe and Lori for a couple of days but came over when Ashley's group showed up.  We will get them up in the morning.

4 Wheeling

Can you even imagine Connie and I 4 wheeling and ATVing?  Me neither!!  But it was fun and we road like 26 miles in each direction.  We were gone for a long time and saw alot.  The weather was great and it was a little scary.  But we were with Keith and Vickie and Kent and Sue-- great time.

IT's ALL ABOUT THE VISITORS

We have been here in Gilbert since March 1st and have had people here all of the time.  We love it.  Mom Earl and Grandma Jones came with us after our 3 weeks in Mazatlan and our return to Moses Lake and then Utah for C.J's funeral.  Mom Earl has spent time with her sister Norma and we have visited with the Pikerds, Jeannie Leavitt, Lori (wife of Dusty Leavitt) and Lori Nelson Worsley.  Kent and Sue Adams came at the beginning of the month and have been our liberators.  They have cooked, cleaned and fixed everything in sight.  Plus we have gone to the temple together, gotten up and walked in the mornings and just generally had a delightful time with them.  Then Justin came for one night and Isaac and Linh came through for a short visit on their way to San Diego.  We ate a couple of times with Steve and Renee Coombs and then Dick and Sandy Merrill (Plus we have seen them a couple of times in the temple) and we have been with Keith, Vickie, Davey and Danny Cutler almost every day since we have been here.  We have been eating all together most nights.  We also had a visit from Jerry and Deanne Anderson, Loris Anderson and Ronda Bruce.  What a wonderful retirement this has been thus far.  We are looking for Cali and her crew next month plus Kaelynn and her group on their way to Disneyland.  We are buying beds, blankets, sheets and pillows like crazy.  WE HAVE ROOM, COME VISIT.

5 Brothers in Mazatlan

 Much better when the girls are added. 

Congo Connie

This is the first time in a long time that we had all five brothers together, along with mom, all of Jeff's children and their spouses or special friends, Justin, Angelique, Dougie, Marion and Savana Jones, Grandma Jones...In short it was a real party.  We loved it.  Most played a lot of water volleyball.  We all ate alot and enjoyed the best weather ever.  I could get used to this retirement thinig.

BACK IN SLC

We had all of our family except for Mike, Allie, Kyle and Justin, (plus Grandma Jones, Keith and Vickie) at the Salt Lake City Airport to see us come in back home. Nothing compares to coming home to family. All of these pictures are on Ashley's blog. Thank you family. We just finished the most wonderful church assignment we have had to date.

Interim President

Calvin and Gayle Clegg have been approved by the first presidency to be the interim president of the MTC. He was a mission president in Portugal and she was a counselor in the general primary presidency of the Church for 6 years. They were missionaries here in Spain at the time of their call. We know them well. He was FBI for many years in South America and he was missionary companions with President Donald Tenney, our temple president and Charles Eberhard one of our temple missionaries. Small world. This is our final MTC post. Connie is a little trunky. I am a rock.