Utah's vibrant Fall Colors

It's difficult to choose only a few from Provo Canyon's Alpine Loop!

  A favorite kids park is on Canyon Road in Provo near Rock Canyon

                Our first snow dusted the Wasatch range on Friday

Sophie Wendenburg, German cousin and exchange student with the Taylors cooked a delicious German meatballs and potato dinner.

Sabr, Emily & Sophie(above); Andrew, Madina,Elijah & Sabr(below)

   Sophie's Madrigals and A cappella choir concert at Timpview HS

We are so grateful for the inspiration, guidance, wisdom and devotion of our gentle and beloved President and Prophet Russell M. Nelson, who passed away at age 101 on September 27. He was a remarkable church leader (the oldest current religious leader) and a brilliant, renowned heart surgeon. May his messages of compassion, love, kindness, understanding and especially his plea for peace resonate in this world of turmoil, division and hatred. 

       Happy neighborhood kids waiting for the morning school bus.

Sabr and 2 of her 3 three youngest children, who have been staying with me, moved into their new apartment about one mile away.

Elijah's flag football team after the final game . They came in second

The fabulous BYU Philharmonic performed Schubert's Ninth Symphony. I'm so grateful to be able to enjoy the talents of the highly gifted students and conductors at BYU.

This year, October 13, 2025, is Canadian Thanksgiving, the last day of Sukkot, and Indigenous Peoples' Day, and also officially Columbus Day. It should be a time of coming together to celebrate our common humanity.

Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival  in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahani, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492. On his return in 1493, he moved his coastal base of operations 70 miles (110 km) east to the island of Hispaniola in what is now the Dominican Republic and established the settlement of La Isabela, the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Americas. It is a lovely site I was privileged to visit.

Our history has been fraught with wars, exploitation, slavery, racism, and every imaginable form of persecution and discrimination. It is time to espouse the pure teachings of Jesus Christ and every other religious founder, to be peacemakers, to enjoy the amazingly beautiful world created for us by our Heavenly Father, to examine our hearts, to resist evil and to love and serve all His children. Try to see each other as God sees them now and for their potential.