The sun sets on another month....September                               has flown by!

My daughter Julie and I enjoyed the Springville Art Museum's annual quilt show, the Fairbanks Family (10 sons and one daughter, most were artists), Russian, Utah and other artists' exhibit

Lundberg Clark was a brilliant "maximalist" as Julie and I decided we were too! We have no extra wall space in our homes!

                         Philip Henry Barkdull's Symphony in Color, 1930

These are a few of the Russian paintings: above, Girls just graduating from high school

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                     Two of my favorites

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With one of our Tagalog and one of the Mandarin interpreters and Sister Bonnie Cardon, who finished her 5 year term as General Young Women's President of the LDS church. She and her husband now serve as branch presidents in the mission training center.

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Annual Family Fun Carnival sponsored by My Hometown Initiative Provo was lots of fun and attended by nearly 1000?! At 6:30 it started to rain and everyone quickly dispersed! Above, the Franklin School chorus is waiting to sing. Miss Utah and Miss Provo (MC) are piano teachers with our program and attended the event.

               This little girl was terrified to have her face painted!

Pizza, hot dogs, ice cream, drinks, games with prizes, music, mariachi band, and more made for a fun evening

I was delighted to run into Yuber Miranda whom I knew when he was working as secretary in the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple. He and his family moved from Ecuador (temporarily??)so he could earn an MBA at BYU.

  It was a cold end of September morning as we drove to Soldier     Hollow (venue for some of Salt Lake Olympics, Winter 2002)

  Simon (just turning 14 on Sept. 25) and dad, Marc (who rides with                                    them in practices) before the race

                So nice to see middle school and high school girls racing!

        At the start of the race, Simon, in front because in the last race he                         came in third of about 50 of the first year riders

            Simon coming in on the home stretch

                  After the race with parents and grandparents

Mount Timpanogos (with the snow from last week when we got cold rain in the valley) and autumn colors driving back through Provo Canyon to Provo

                                                              Bridal Veil Falls

 Great view of Mt. Timpanogos on my Sunday morning walk to church

      Hannah's grandmother Sandra gave her some bright pink heels!

Simon is 14, Hannah is now sweet 16

                     Family dinner to celebrate the birthday kids!

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September 25, 2023, 24 former Palo Alto 2nd ward members gathering for a potluck dinner. I was a member of the ward from 1970-2021 so treasure all these great friends, and missed the many others who couldn't attend. (Alonzo Gaskill and Ken Allen were in deep conversation somewhere, thus not in the photo).

Phil Hack, Mike and Yoko Buckner, Sue Allen (still in PA) and Marilyn and Dick Brinton

Gordon Hunt, Alex Prokhorov, Austin and Julie Schwab, Krystal Hunt, Emily de S. Taylor, Jen Prokhorov, Sharon Hack, Deanne Welch, Andrea Miner, Marian Taylor, Betsy and Alex Hall, George Taylor.

After dinner we enjoyed hearing Todd and Andrea Miner share experiences and photos of their three challenging and truly amazing years as mission leaders opening and leading (for a long-time without assistance) the new Cameroon mission, which includes 4 west African countries. They returned to the US in July, where Todd has taken a new position based in Salt Lake City with Pathway, an LDS education program, which prepares English language learners to enter BYU Idaho on-line. 

      Dick & Marilyn Brinton, Miriam, Sharon & Phil Hack. Betsy Hall

Thanks to my family and to all my new and old friends who are great examples to me and make life so rich and enjoyable! I'm very blessed!