Snow

We left Zillah for Tri-cities about 9 am today. It snowed and rained a little in Tri-cities so we were surprised to find that there was a lot of snow here when we got back about 7:30 pm. In fact we had a hard time getting up the hill to the house and only succeeded by backing into a driveway part way up a couple of times and getting a run at the hill. We had to shovel several inches of snow to get the car in the garage because when we stopped in the driveway we could not get going again.

While we were at Rose's concert I took a few pictures of some of the displays at the museum. There is petrified wood, some cool old neon signs, and horse drawn vehicles of all sorts. This is just a sampling of the many things on display at the Yakima Valley Museum.

The YYSO does their first winter concert at the Yakima Valley Museum. We like this venue because of the sound quality and because we can sit on the mezzanine and over look the orchestra, which comes in handy when your child is a bassoon player and sits toward the back of the orchestra.

More Dedication Photos

Photo 1--Bishops and their wives.

Photo 2-Current and former priesthood leaders at the dedication.

Photo 3-Current stake presidency (standing) and current bishopric.

Photo 4-Current stake presidency.

Four Bishops

Today was the dedication of the new Zillah Ward building. In a rare opportunity all four bishops of the Zillah Ward were together. It was a photo op that could not be passed up. The ward was created in 1992 when it was formed from part of the Toppenish Ward. Bishop White was the first bishop of the ward. I followed Bishop White. Bishop Sainsbury served after I did and Bishop Winters is the current bishop.

Zillah Church

We had the open house for the new Zillah Ward Building this week. I was there for part or all of the time for the three days. The attendance was a little less than we had anticipated but overall it was a good experience. This morning the stake general priesthood meeting was held in the new building. Since the building was available for use on May 1 there have been 3 convert baptisms in the font, one missionary speaking before leaving to serve his mission, a baby blessing, and two confirmations. The building will be dedicated next Sunday.

I don't have any pictures to go with today's blog. I am not sure why I have not taken any pictures lately because there have been several big events in our lives. The biggest one today was taking Glen to the airport so he could go to the MTC. Holly picked him up in SLC and took him to the MTC and we are very grateful for her being there.

Rose had her play last weekend and of course I should have taken pictures of that but I did not get it done. I may have to borrow some pictures from someone else.

Glen spoke in church Sunday in our new building and there should be pictures for the building but alas my camera has been sitting in the closet when I should have gotten it out for use.