Few Pics

Jamie Here. Grandma Leishman shared these pictures and so

 I thought I would post them for all to see.

Grandma wrote: One night when we were leaving for

Rendezvous, our neighbors asked us to take a picture

of them in front of the corn. They took a couple of us.

Can you believe ow tall it gets? They let it dry

until the stalks are really dry and then a

harvester goes through and picks the cobs off.

The deer are in our back yard.

Also, she shared this about Halloween.

They go all out for Halloween here. 

We hear it is as big or bigger celebration

than Christmas. We have a Pumpkin Walk

tonight. Elder Leishman has to walk with

the horses and I will be helping

to hand out the Pop Corn.

Hope we don't freeze.

Update!

This gives you an idea how large the horses are with Dad standing

next to them. They have 19 horses here that make up 9 teams. Spike

the odd one was donated to the mission. Each of them

have names. The team that pulls the carriage for the band is 

the oldest and most calm.

This Dad and Elder Hall. I have always thought

that oxen was a special breed, and was surprised to find

out that oxen are just steers. VERY LARGE STEERS.

I think that this picture of Dad riding his bike is kinda cute.

Because we both go in different directions most days we were able to get

a bike for $40. It is really a life saver sometimes. The barn is only about 

2 blocks from us and lately he has been assigned there 5 days a week. 

During the summer in Nauvoo there is a band that goes around Nauvoo

 playing on a carriage. It is really neat and Dad has been able to drive 

the carriage for the band some times.

This is me working in the Scovil Bakery. Lucius Scovil was the owner of 

the bakery and as the saints were getting ready to go west, his wife  

Lury was expecting a baby. She had the babies, twins. 

Ten days later the twins dies and then shortly after that Lury dies. 

They had already buried a 14 year old son. So now, Lucius

leaves for the west and in route there with the rest of his family, 

he was called on a mission to England. He left the rest of his family 

with  other family members and friends and left to go to England to 

serve his mission. I am just amazed at the strength of our early Saints, 

how they had the courage and faith to go on

after so many trials and tribulations. It is amazing to me how the 

Lord called just the right people to be here in Nauvoo 

when he did. The skills and craftsmen that

 were needed to build this city were all here.

This is a statue of Joseph and Hyrum on their horses Charlie and Sam. 

It represents Joseph and Hyrum as they were leaving Nauvoo 

to go to Carthage. It was there that Joseph turned and looked over 

this lovely city and said, "This is the loveliest place and

 the best people under the heavens; little do

they know the trials that await them."

We couldn't pass up the opportunity to take pictures of the tulips 

on the temple grounds. They were really pretty.

Off with the Mustache

The night before Grandma and Grandpa left for the MTC he shaved his mustache. Of course we had to document the event..... 

The before-Grandpa with Reese

A little bit of shaving cream

Then the inevitable happened-he cut himself.

And last but least-The after

Posted by Jamie

Mission Call

We received our mission call December 24, 2008. The letter came during the day but we hid it because our family was coming over for Christmas Eve. It was our desire to share this with our family. We will be serving for 18 months in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission. WOW! What a Christmas present. This is a day we have been waiting for. Since that time we have been a pest to our family. Dixie has spent many hours helping sew the Nauvoo era clothing. We were able to steal Dale one evening to help us pick out a lap top and Jamie has spent a day here helping us set up the laptop with everything we will need while we are away. It seems that the time we have left to going too fast. Our farewell is on March 8th and we report to the MTC on March 16th. We have asked several of our grandkids to speak for us but have not found any takers. Once in the MTC we will be there for a week and two days...then we will be making the trek to Nauvoo. We are so excited!