It was great to see Mikel and Marci and their children. Marci's parents are President and Sister Victor in our Mission. Their offices are just down the way a little from ours. We have enjoyed getting to know them and think they have cute, cute grandchildren. Nessie, Mikel, Ebbi and Marci. Of course, Bart and Dodi share the cute grandchildren.

Happy Anniversary - July 4. Elder Millet chose the day so we would always have fireworks on our anniversary. We have been married for three glorious years. How fortunate I am.

We had an outing on our anniversary. Our adventure started as we picked raspberries from the garden at Brigham Young park for breakfast.


This was our first trip to City Creek Park. The hiking trail winds along Canyon Road with steps that eventually go up to State Street.


It was hot and Elder Millet enjoyed a rest. What a beautiful park.


A unique view of Angel Moroni through the trees.


City Creek ran under Temple Square and was once used to power the tabernacle organ. It has been diverted many times over the years. All the current construction along South Temple has been done to capture the water and make it go where the developers want it to go.


All along the trail were plaques with footprints of animals native to the area. We had a lovely morning and enjoyed our hike.

The next part of our anniversary adventure took us to Liberty Park. We took all the old bread out of the fridge and freezer to feed the ducks and seagulls. It was quite interesting to see that the ducks would not eat with the seagulls and some seagulls stood on the bank and took their turn. They would not eat unless we threw bread directly to them.




We ran out of bread by the time we saw this mother Mallard and her seven little ones.


The Sun Conure which is a native of South America inside the Tracy Aviary at Liberty Park. The colors were beautiful.


We saw 2 Hairy Woodpeckers. They are a little drab next to the Sun Conure but it was fascinating to watch them and amazing that they could defy gravity and hang on the underside of the branch.

After a stop at the grocery store we came home down the avenues.


A different view of the Utah State Capitol across the City Creek Canyon gorge.

Our first tomato. It was delicious.

Two baby falcons hatched last month and left their nest this week. If you look closely you can see one of the babies (the black spot) on the ledge of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building opposite the windows.


The falcon nest is on the north east side of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. You can see the little video camera inside the box. The mother was in plain sight when we first saw her but after we ran for our camera she was gone. The falcons main diet is birds, especially the pigeons. That is why you never see a pigeon on Temple Square.

We are so excited! Curtis returned home after a 2 year mission to the Philippines. Pictured with Taylor, Britney, Aleisha, Jaleyna, and Haden.


Isn't he a good looking young man? He said it was the best 2 years of his life and the worst 2 years. We agree, but what a great experience. Thanks for pictures, Kelly.


It's great when the phone rings and the person says, "This is Elder Pugh." It was a grandma payday.

Instead of staff meeting today we all went on a tour of the new Church History Library. Glen Rowe, who grew up in Bellingham, was our guide. He took us to parts of the library visitors seldom see. We saw "first edition" copies of Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants. It was thrilling to see the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon written by Oliver Cowdery as translated by the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Spirit constrained me to even ask to take pictures inside the vaults. It was a powerful experience.


The building is state of the art with climate control throughout to preserve the books and historical documents. It was awesome.


The scriptural mandate for keeping records is found in D&C 21:1 and it portrayed in the foyer.


They showed a 15 minute movie at the beginning. The main story was about Joseph Millet who is Elder Millet's great-great uncle. Briefly, in his day a Brother Hall was without food for his family. He went to the cedars to pray and was told to go to Brother Joseph Millet. When he arrived flour was already in a sack for him as Brother Millet's children told him the Halls had no food. Brother Hall told him he had asked many people for help and after he prayer the Lord told him to go to Joseph Millet. It was a very moving movie. Joseph told Brother Hall he need not repay the flour, It did his heart good to know that the Lord knew Joseph Millet.