Friday, May 29, 2009

Bailey and Trinity choose baptism!




This year two of our adorable and wonderful granddaughters turn eight years old. Bailey's birthday is on May 22nd and Trinity is on May 29th! Their moms asked me to take pictures for their big day, which I happily obliged. The girls choose to have their pictures taken up at the Salt Lake Temple. They were excited and giggly as we walked around the beautiful temple grounds! They are both getting baptized on June 6th, 2009. We are very proud of them and love them very much!
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Bailey and Trinity turn 8!!




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Friday, May 15, 2009

Egypt, Jordan and Israel 05 2009

Here we are in Egypt on the Nile having a little dinner cruise! Can you tell we haven't sleep for a couple of nights?

Mansion in Cairo
The exterior of the famous Cairo Museum. Just outside the gates of the Cairo Museum
The view from our Hotel of the Great Pyramids
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Nile cruise our first night
This spun around for about ten minutes - unbelieveable!
Some hot belly dancers, well two out of three is pretty good! Nancy Horne and Kathryn were awesome.
The green shirt gang - Kim Powell, Steve Metcalf, DEP, and Keith Adams.
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We flew from Cairo to Luxor to see the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
Model of the buriel tombs in the Valley of the Kings
Two Queens in the Valley of the Kings - Wendy Powell and Kathryn
Entrance to one of the four tombs we were able to see in the Valley of the Kings. The hieroglyphs were amazing but we were not allowed to take pictures.
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Columns of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
She was a very powerful Queen
Linda Florence at the entrance to the temple
Impressive, no?
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Scale model of the Temple of Karnak
This should also be one of the wonders of the world
Alter in what they referred to as the "holy of holies"
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The King must have been a sailor. Kathe Maxfield is pointing to the pieces of his boat.
He had it taken apart and hidden at the back of the pyramid under these stones
They built a museum over the stone chamber where the boat was hidden
This is the boat put back together
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Waiting to go in the Great Pyramid. The tunnel is very small but leads to the King's Chamber about half way up the pyramid.
The entrance is behind me to the right. The King's Chamber is is half way up the wall.
The Pyramid was covered by a limestone finish. You can see a little bit of it at the top.
The Great Pyramid built by the 4th Dynasty king, Khufu (2589 - 66 BC). There were over 30 dynasties!
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The only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World! Gone are the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, the statue of Zeus by Phidias at Olympia, and the lighthouse at Alexandria.
Two ancient wonders of the world
The old Arab couldn't get the picture right but you get the idea!


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My camel driver!
Great Pyramids of Giza
Rulon Horne and I with the Sphinx
I have my are around Kathryn. She was sick in the Hotel but thought she could photoshop herself in later.
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