August 31 - September 2 - Friday thru Monday (Labor Day)


Friday August 31
We worked from 8am to 4pm at the Family History Library with an hour break for lunch.  I helped several people have a good experience connecting with their ancestors.  I helped two different couples and a young man.   It is very rewarding to help individuals connect with ancestors and have them see pictures and historical records about their ancestors.  After helping one of the two couples the wife asked if she could take a picture of me and a small stuffed toy monkey that she takes with her.  So if you see a random picture of me on Facebook don’t be surprised.

When not helping others finding their families, I did some indexing, personal family history, or helping other missionaries finding individuals to add to their families.  It has been a while since I had done indexing so I will spend some time each week working on indexing or reviewing when I am not busy helping those who come to the library for help.

After returning home we sent food shopping at Luckys and Smiths.  I think that we are getting close to having enough food around so Sister Tolman is comfortable with being able to prepare meals.

Saturday September 1
Today is our 47th Wedding Anniversary and also Michelle’s birthday.  We received messages or talked to most of our girls.  We really enjoy being able to have regular contact with our family.  I posted a new picture on Facebook and updated Facebook and the East High Leopard web page with information about our schedule at the library starting on Tuesday.

I mentioned last week that I had contacted my friend Ira Gentry.  We arranged to meet him this morning at 8am at JB’s Restaurant right next to Temple Square for a breakfast buffet.  This is the first time that I have seen him in civilian clothes.  He paid for breakfast and said that this was a small payback for all the food I had purchased for him during our visits over the years. 
JB's Restaurant at the corner of South Temple and West Temple

We went to the Family History Library and spent over two hours there looking at his ancestors on Family Tree.  We have talked a lot about FamilyTree during our visits over the past several years and this was the first time for him to experience what we had talked about.   He really enjoyed this.  We will probably spend some more Saturday mornings at the Library.  We left the library and walked around Temple Square before he left to spend the rest of the day with his family.  
Here is a picture of Ira and me just north of Temple Square.

I went back to the apartment just as Sister Tolman got back from some shopping.  We did some cleaning around the apartment.  We left for the Olive Garden Restaurant in Sugarhouse where we met Byron and Peggy Tolman for dinner at 6pm. They are staying near Park City at a campground and arranged to come into town so we could visit.  We ate dinner and spent about two hours with them enjoying good food and talking.  It was so good to see them.  Their daughter Raquel and her son Bradon also joined us.  We had an excellent dinner with salad, breadsticks and an entrée.   I had Lasagna Classico and Sister Tolman had the Tour of Italy- Chicken Parmigiana, Lasagna Classico and Fettuccine Alfredo.  
Olive Garden in Sugarhouse

Tour of Italy 
Byron and Glen in front of Olive Garden in Sugarhouse

We spent a very enjoyable Saturday celebrating our Wedding Anniversary.

 Sunday September 2nd.
We attended Music and the Spoken Word.  It was a wonderful concert with a visiting performer from Australia – Patrice Tipoki.  The songs and message had a Labor Day theme.  You can see the program detail below.
Choir and Orchestra with guest artist Patrice Tipoki in the white dress 
Closeup picture of Patrice Tipoki

Music and the Spoken Word Program Detail

We attended church for our normal three hour block of meetings.  After returning to our apartment we enjoyed a dinner of leftovers from last night’s meal at the Olive Garden. After dinner we called Janny and talked to her for about an hour.  We enjoy our phone visits with our family.

Monday September
Went shopping this morning to the NPS store and to Walmart.  We got our walking exercise done along with a little shopping.  We had been trying to find a deal on sheets for our second bed and finally just bought matching sheets at Walmart.  Believe it or not, I made the bed.  So now we are ready for visitors or if one of us snores too loud we can move to the second bedroom.

We went to Sister Tolman’s parents for dinner.  Dad Senior and I watched the last six holes of the golf championship.  All four of us then played a game of Five Crowns.  I won again. To keep peace next time I better not win.

I helped Dad Senior grill hamburgers for dinner.

Along with the hamburgers we enjoyed corn on the cob, chips, and potato salad with ice cream for dessert.  We had an very enjoyable evening with them.  After dinner we had some time to visit and played two games of seven-up.
Sister Tolman with her parents Rowland & Lois Senior


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