July 22, 2014
It is a beautiful sunny day in Palmyra, New York. Yesterday Elder Bushman and I crashed from our tours with our son Todd and his family. Elder Bushman relaxed and I joined the Worldwide Indexing Event and shared in the joy of 66,511 volunteers who indexed yesterday. The Indexing program outdid the 50,000 expectations they had. 5.7 million records were indexed. Hurrah for arbitration and indexing! I enjoy arbitrating obituaries. It's in my gene's! Ha!! I was taught by my Nalder Grandparent's the importance of keeping a record of "our dead". Because of them I enjoy doing the family history volunteering for my posterity. This is the badge I earned yesterday!
I think you have to be an acrobat to qualify for this job! The 30 crew members came and did baptisms again on Tuesday. They were so tired some of them fell asleep awaiting their turn. They all finish up on Friday. Blessings to each of them as they return to their homes. They are cleaning up the hill and putting it back to sleep till next years drama. The hill certainly was alive for the two weeks of pageant!
I just had to borrow these two photo's from the Hill Cumorah Pageant site. The sons of Helaman make quick work of taking down the stage at the hill. The pageant is completed for this year.
The cabin below was once owned by my Bampa & Nana Nalder. They were "Funeral Director's" in Shelley, Idaho. They enjoyed resting in Island Park when they could get away from Shelley.
My daughter Heather and her family were, in my growing up stomping grounds, vacationing this past weekend. Heather took the time to drive to my Grandfathers cabin in Island Park, Idaho. The current owners let her take pictures on their property. This is Luke walking the path to the front door of the former "Nalder's Pine Haven" where I really healed, from my first parents divorce, in my teenage years because of the kindness of our Nana & Bampa.
My siblings and cousins & I spent many fun summers wading in this pond and enjoying the scenery. Art and I took our children there many times and they too enjoyed this cold Moose Creek Stream. I loved seeing that my Grandchildren walked on this bridge.
My most favorite picture is our Hansen Grandchildren swinging on the swing that Bampa gave Nana as a gift one summer. I have an awesome picture of my mother Sharlene and Nana swinging together on this swing in the late 1960's. Of course I don't have a copy with me on my mission so can't include it here. But thought some of my cousins might enjoy these photo's of way back when!
Then I decided to include "The Cindy Tree", just because I always watched for this tree, as a child, when we would drive as a family to Island Park. My Dad pointed it out one day and pulled over to the side of the highway and christened it "The Cindy Tree" for our baby sister Cindy. We never dreamed our daddy would leave us before Cindy's fourth birthday. He passed away at age 41 of a heart attack, leaving my "new" mother with 5 children to raise as a widow. That tree has been a landmark for us since. It is still by the highway, just before the Big Springs turn off that winds around to the cabin road. My Dad informed us that the double top of the tree stood for He and our Mother Sharlene...equal and yet separately strong forming one tree trunk with all their children in the branches. Cindy was, the his & her, child that made us a whole family. Now that is my "Genealogy" story for today! Thank you Heather for taking the time to look up a bit of your own roots on your visit to Idaho and Wyoming.
There are pine trees here in Palmyra, but they are much fuller than the Lodgepole Pines of Island Park area....still it is my habit to look for a double topped pine tree whenever I am in a pine tree forest. I expect to see a lodgepole home built just for my sister's enjoyment when we move to the "great beyond" and are reunited with our parents and our Nana & Bampa. I'm sure it will have marble floors! This tree reminds me of the steeple of a temple....where Moroni majestically stands. "Families can be Together Forever.....", never, never give up that hope and understanding even when this earth life is full of ruts and crevasses. You are the person responsible for your attitude....be strong like the lodgepole pine, strengthen your roots where ever you've been planted. Learn how to index and arbitrate, then you can have a badge like I have HA!
I have my new crown on my #28th tooth. As we went to Phelps, New York to Dr. Woodworth's office we would pass this cute statue. It was always raining and the umbrella was keeping these two dry. Monday the sun was shining so I requested Elder Bushman stop and let me take this picture. I wonder what the story of its creation is. Does anyone know how this statue came to be at the entrance to the Village of Phelps?
The week has been very peaceful and good serving in the temple. Saturday we are getting up early and heading to the St. Lawrence Seaway to visit the 1000 islands. So till then adieu to each of you.
I have my new crown on my #28th tooth. As we went to Phelps, New York to Dr. Woodworth's office we would pass this cute statue. It was always raining and the umbrella was keeping these two dry. Monday the sun was shining so I requested Elder Bushman stop and let me take this picture. I wonder what the story of its creation is. Does anyone know how this statue came to be at the entrance to the Village of Phelps?
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