With Cody's Mom: On the grounds of the San Diego Temple

On June 13th we went with Cody's Mom to the grounds of the San Diego Temple.  Neither Cody nor his mother had ever seen the temple in person before.  It is amazingly beautiful.  Here are the pictures:

 The magnificent San Diego Temple

  The magnificent San Diego Temple

 The San Diego Temple entrance with the famous words: "The House of the Lord" "Holiness to the Lord"

  The magnificent San Diego Temple

 Cody on the grounds of the San Diego Temple.  His Mom is in the background.

 Cody with his Mom on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

  The magnificent San Diego Temple

 Cody in front of the San Diego Temple.  This really gives you a good size comparison.

 Cody in front of the San Diego Temple

 Cody and his Mom on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Cody with his Mom on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Cindy on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Cindy on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Cody's Mom enjoying the scenery of the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Cody and Valrie in front of the San Diego Temple

 Cody with his Mom on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Cody and his Mom are small in comparison to the San Diego Temple

  The magnificent San Diego Temple

  The magnificent San Diego Temple

  The magnificent San Diego Temple

 Cody and his Mom silhouetted by darkening clouds on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Gorgeous flowers on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Gorgeous flowers on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Gorgeous flowers on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 A beautiful tree surrounded by flowers at the San Diego Temple

 Gorgeous flowers on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Gorgeous flowers on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Gorgeous flowers on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

  The magnificent San Diego Temple

 Gorgeous flowers on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

 Gorgeous red bougainvillea on the grounds of the San Diego Temple

Tiered trees on the grounds of the San Diego Temple on platforms

With Cody's Mom: At the Oceanside Pier

On June 13th we went with Cody's Mom to the Oceanside Pier in Oceanside, California where we ate at Ruby's on the pier and enjoyed the ocean.  Here are pictures from this trip:

 Cindy at Ruby's on the Oceanside Pier

 Us at Ruby's on the Oceanside Pier

 Cody and his Mom on the Oceanside Pier

 Us on the Oceanside pier

 Cody and his Mother in front of Ruby's on the Oceanside Pier

A document containing the history of Oceanside's Piers.  You can enlarge it to read it if you want.

With Cody's Mom: Cal State University Tour and Crestline, California Tour

On June 10th, Cody's Mom, Cindy, came out to visit us for a week and to come for Cody's graduation.  On June 1th we took her on a tour of California State University-San Bernardino where Cody attended graduate school.  We also showed her our church house.  The next day, we went up to beautiful Crestline, California where we just enjoyed the scenery.  Crestline is very similar to West Yellowstone, Wyoming with lots of green trees and it is up in the mountains.  Here are the pictures from this event:

 Cody with his Mom in front of the Santos Manuel Student Union, the building Cody was in charge of managing while a graduate student.

 Our church meetinghouse in San Bernardino where we have gone the last 3 years.

 The front view of our church meetinghouse in San Bernardino.

 Ducks in front of Lake Gregory in Crestline, California

  Ducks in front of Lake Gregory in Crestline, California

 Valrie enjoying nature

 Cindy taking pictures of the ducks

 Cody taking a picture of his Mom before she can do the same to him.

 More scenery

 Cody pondering and enjoying nature.

 Beautiful trees near the lake

 More beautiful scenery in Crestline, California

 Cody with his Mom

 A mother duck with her ducklings

 Cody and Valrie.  Valrie's hair is gorgeous here.

 Cody and Valrie

Skyler and Solo Being Cats

Here are some recent pictures of our current children, our cats, Skyler and Solo.

 Skyler

 Solo

 Skyler with his Mommy, Valrie

 Solo asleep

 Valrie with Skyler and Solo before leaving to Haiti

 Skyler asleep

 Sol asleep

 Sunbathing cats

Sunbathing and sleeping cats

Convert Baptism: Baptism of Joua Yang

On June 8th Cody conducted another baptism as Ward Mission Leader.  This was the baptism of Joua Yang, a girl whose parents were from Laos but now live in the United States.  Here are some pictures from that day.

 Cody set up the room for the baptism.  Here is the room before the baptism.

 Joua Yang, the baptizee, and her boyfriend Johnny Parker

 Joua Yang with the Sister missionaries before the baptism: L to R: Sister Heward, Joua Yang, Sister Peavler, and Sister Dodge

 Joua in her baptismal white and John Parker, Johnny Parker's father, who was doing the baptizing.

 L to R: Sister Peavler, John Parker, Joua Yang, and Sister Dodge

Joua with her family before the baptism.  She has a brother named Doua and a sister named Choua.  They all rhyme.