Home Sweet Home

My Santa Clara pioneer colored eggs, boiled in onion skins. 

Even the frogs are pretty in Texas!

Standing on the  front porch.

Standing on my front porch while it rains looking to the right. 

Back deck in the rain. And yes, it rains A LOT!

We pick up our new missionaries (very happy day) and send them out in the field. The next day we take the departing missionaries to the temple and then the airport (very sad day).

New missionaries 3/30/15 (Group7)

Beautiful Houston Temple

President and his amazing AP's, Elder Brewer and Elder Mitchell

The temple grounds are beautiful

Departing missionaries 4/1/15. Temple session and then the airport.

We love seeing all of our missionaries at quarterly Zone Conferences. (Conferences were held March 17,18 & 19th)

Kingwood Zone 

Pine Trails Zone

Summerwood Zone

Pasadena Zone

Broadway Zone

Beaumont Zone

Orange Zone

Beautiful places!

Sunrise on the road to Beaumont

Pier in Galveston 

Martin Dies Jr. State Park

Fall in Kingwood

Near Livingston

Cranes along the pond bank

Beautiful pond on my bike ride through the neighborhood, who knew Texas could be so beautiful?

We love our Missionaries!

Departing missionaries (and AP's) ready to head to the Temple and then the airport : - (

Departing missionaries chillin' at the Mission Home.

Some of our Spanish missionaries (and one member B-L)

We were stopped at a stop light and saw two Elders doing what Elders do best!

Grandson Brock heading out for some special "AP time" with Elders Loveland & Williams

Somethings just are not natural, like Crawfish (in Utah we call them crawdad's) living in your lawn, wild pigs running lose on the golf course and alligators.

Looking down at a crawfish cone 

Chapel lawn with crawfish cones (they live in these because the ground is so wet and they come out at night)

Wild pig in our Kingwood neighbor

Alligator road kill

We were so blessed to have the Staheli's come for Christmas and have some fun with them.

Educational visit to NASA with Brock, Austin & Nate

Don't let him get away McKenna!

Way to go Nate!

Look out Alyssa, there is an alligator behind you.

The BIG gator!

Brock, Austin and Gary Saurage (Star of "Gator 911")

Don't let go

Yes, it's a real alligator 

Family at Gator County with Gary 

Angie can hold it by herself

The family that holds the boa together, stays together

We even made to Louisiana