8-12-84

Dear Diary, Such a joy to go on vacation and especially to see our youngest married in the temple, but oh how wonderful to get back home and find everything in good condition and be able to go back to church in our own ward with our people, a very good day. Pres Riggs and Bro Nope spoke to us. Pres Riggs also talked to us about working in the Atlanta Temple. He told us to pray about it and he would call in two weeks to see what our decision is. I think we should be happy to go.

8-11-84

Dear Diary, We were sure happy to arrive home about 5pm. So Happy there had been lots of rain this way. I didn't have any flowers to die, of course the garden had run away and the grass is really high. We got here in time to gather okra and cook it for supper along with a nice cabbage Richard had us bring along home. We really like fired okra, cabbage and corn bread. Hard to get the country eating out of us Ha!

8-10-12

Dear Diary, We are on our last day home. We slept west of Little Rock Arkansas. We feel so good to be this close to home. We have really enjoyed our vacation visiting with our loved ones and friends and all the wonderful things we've seen and the great experiences we have had. The van has functioned really good. The roads have been good. We were in rain a lot yesterday in New Mexico and Oklahoma. We are so grateful for this great opportunity.

8-09-12

Dear Diary, We left Richard's this morning at 9am, We sure had a good time with them. As we left Richard's we made pictures and told me we were an inspiration to them, and they were to us. They are both doing a great work he being Bishop of Salina 1st ward and she being 1st cou in the Relief So. They are really doing the Lord's work. We have had a good day traveling. We are spending the night a few miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

8-08-12

Dear Diary, After a delicious breakfast Richard and Inez took us up to Fishlake National Park, the most beautiful scenery I think I have seen in Utah. We spent all day riding and seeing so many sites. We ate at a restaurant on top of a mtn. We got the largest servings of food I have ever seen. We stopped at a fish hatchery, we , Heber and I went back to town and filled up with gas. We will start for home tomorrow. We have thoroughly enjoyed our visit out here with our children and relatives.

8-07-84

Dear Diary, We left Arcola's about 9:30am. We came on down to Richards. We stopped in Nephi to see the Miller's. Sister Miller wasn't well at all. Dear bro Miller took us some apricots, he also gave me some iris. We got to Richards before non. Inez was canning beans. She fixed a nice lunch, also a good dinner. She is a great hostess. Richard took us out and showed us his animals and farm.

8-06-84

Dear Diary, We left this morning about 11:30 am. We sure had a nice visit with them. He washed the van for his dad while Audrey washed up our clothes. We came on down to Arcola's. We have enjoyed visiting with her, Afton, Skip and Dana Arcola's dau -in-law and two sons. We talked over so many things, looked at pictures, we went out to eat noon and night right near her apt. So good top visit here with her.