Monroe Branch

This is Elder Renslow on the left & our great Relief Society President on the right. See how young she is, & she has only been active in the church for 2 years. Her husband took the missionary lessons 2 years ago & was baptized. Listening to his missionary lessons renewed her testimony, & she became active again.  She also has a darling 3 year old daughter & works as an X ray Tech.  Her husband is a wonderful, dedicated Young Men's President!

Each 5th Sunday the branch has a fun potluck dinner--a great time for fellowshipping!

We gave Alvin Callier a ride to church this morning. Instead of attending our 8 am Branch Council meeting at 8 am, we left at 7 am, picked him up in Grove Hill at 8 am, & arrived for church at 9 am. After the potluck dinner, we had him home by 3 pm & were to our home by 4 pm.  Long day, but so worth it to be able to include him!

January 9, 2016

January 9, 2016 - Driving back from New Years in UT, we traveled south to be out of freezing weather.  Because hurricanes are not uncommon, many of the businesses and homes along the coast in Mississippi are built on stilts! Was fun to drive through Biloxi, MS where we lived when Chet was 6 mos old & Tom was stationed in the Air Force!

Our Christmas - 2015

We were invited to help at the museum & therefore were able to meet lots of wonderful townspeople during their Christmas activities:)

Monroe Museum Crew +1
(Snow in Monroeville, AL? rented a snow-making machine! )

Before this year we'd never had the chance to spend Christmas with our oldest son, Chet, & his family in Atlanta which is just 4 hours from us. Chet & Danielle are great parents to their 5 children!

At Chet's on Christmas Day 2015 (Who took the picture? - Cool)

January 2, 2016

January 2, 2016 - We were able to go from Alabama to Utah for our 18th annual 3 day Family Reunion with our children & grandchildren.  It was a great time of family bonding & lots of fun!!

Pics taken from our balcony in the vacation home we rented for the reunion in Bear Lake

G'ma & G'pa  "Happy New Year"

Brady & Allison

With Charity 'n Kids

Brady

Lani's Family's Dance

Luke Dances!

Jacob's Family Gets a Turn!

Mom's "screened" view from our home.

It's only 20 feet of trees with farmland on the other side of the trees, but it's a beautiful view from my screened window in the bedroom!

Our Beautiful RV Setting

So - yes, we are way behind in our blogging. The temperatures are warm but not too hot yet. The foliage is green - green - green.

How could we be so blessed? We are 1.3 miles from the Monroe Branch building (where we attend) and are situated in a great, secluded RV Park - and have been the only ones in the park since we arrived. Here are 3 aerial pictures showing: 1- Our location and our church building, 2- Closer view of our campsite, 3- Close-up of where we are parked, 4- View of our RV and 5- View from our RV.