Sister's Conference May 2009

The Sister's Conference was last Friday! This is a picture with all the young missionaries, the senior missionaries, President and Sister Hale and their two daughters, Heather (21) and Kathryn (10) in front.

Sister Holdstock and I holding her Flat Stanley and one of the young missionaries Flat Stanley's that her nephew sent her! Now you all know about Flat Stanley!

Sister Call (she is going home this month) and I at the Sister's Conference!

This is the Eric Dalling family art! Jarod's on the top, Sami's just below, Amanda clever card and Marisa's nice card and note! - along with Jarod's school picture. We put two of these on because Eric's computer only get every other picture!

Fridge Art of the Month!

Happy Mother's Day in Florida

Thanks to my children for the beautiful bouquet of flowers and the corsage. It was fun to wear it to church today! I was really surprise as no other mothers had one on! Thank you for thinking of me. I love the flowers!

Another shot of the flowers and Sister Dalling

Elder Dalling on Mother's Day!

One more picture of the Daisies! I love them!

Elder and Sister Dalling in front of the President's House - getting dark outside!

Farewell party for Elder and Sister Bean at (where else?) Bahama Breeze!

Sister Bean in the front! Flat Stanley slurping on the straw. The Calls grandchildren sent them Flat Stanley to take pictures of wherever they went while on their mission. Then they send him back to them and they learn all about where he has been through a letter that travels with him. Flat Stanley is the loveable character featured in books by Jeff Smith. Although Stanley was flattened when a bulletin board fell on him, he made the best of his circumstances. Now flat, Stanley can easily travel the world in envelopes and visit any place he wants.

I saw Flat Stanley on American Idol just the other night!

Elder Dalling and Elder Kynaston after dinner at Bahama Breeze (a different dinner) with all the senior couples and the Hales. They are holding Sister Hale's Mother's Day gift for us all -- Banana Bread!

All the Senior Sisters and Sister Hale -- We took this picture after the dinner in front of the Bahama Breeze! It sure seems like we go there a lot, but they have a nice Gazebo that we usually sit in and it is quiet and beautiful!

May 2009 in Florida

This is a picture out our patio of a sunset with really not much color, but I thought it was very beautiful just the same. I love sunsets and I do miss the ones by our house in Idaho!

Brad and I went on a P-Day Excursion to Bascayne National Park. It is a beautiful park by the ocean, but no sandy beaches. It is all coral reefs - a place where in the 1600's many pirate ships were sunk because of storms as they crashed into the rocky shore. Then in the 1700's there was a British War ship that was sunk from a storm. All the ships that sunk are still there and it is a Federal Offense to disturb them. Thus it is an interesting place to snorkel. Biscayne National Park is know as a fantastic place for outdoor and water-based recreation. The park has a shallow bay, undeveloped islands (that you can camp on for up to 14 days before someone comes to pick you up - only one problem if you don't time it just right, the misquotes eat you alive) and living coral reefs. Bascayne Park is the beginning of the Florida Keys - about a half hour drive from Miami. In fact, on a clear day, you can see the coast line of Miami. About the camping - the ranger (I think they are called rangers) told us that the Dry Tortugas National Park was the best place to camp and snorkel because the water is clearer and does not have so many mosquitoes - just poisonous snakes!

There are many of Florida's canals that empty into the ocean here and so the water does not actually get a turquoise blue until you go out a ways. It has been very dry in Florida this year and so the park was not very green.

There is a nature trail that you take alone the ocean and the coral reef coast! We walked quite awhile until the heat got to us - just a little!

A gorgeous ocean view. The Atlantic Ocean does not smell the same to me as the Pacific Ocean and you do not see near as many Seagulls, but still very beautiful. It was not a very populated Park - most likely because there are no sandy beaches to play in ---

--- but still lots of boats!

We also saw Homestead Bayfront Park, but did not go in - actually because it was just an extension of Biscayne Park only with a Marina.

A sister we are teaching with the missionaries gave me some Gardenias. They grow beautiful here, along with the Orchids, and Hibiscus.

These flowers smelled wonderful! They have always been one of my favorite flowers, but always too expensive to buy in Rexburg.

Just about to have dinner on another beautiful, colorful table cloth! Where do they come from - they just magically appear each new season!

Happy Easter 2009!

This is a picture of all the Senior Missionaries in the Florida Ft. Lauderdale Mission. We got together on Saturday (before Easter) to have a great dinner, color Easter Eggs and have an Easter Egg hunt. Oh the things these couples think up to do to have fun! From left to right: the Kynaston's - Apartment/Medical, the Call's - Employment Directors, the Holdstock's - Office Financial/Baptism & Referral, the Black's - Executive Secretary in Mission Presidency/Daily Dose Administrators (Teaching English to anyone who wants to learn and thus introducing them to the Gospel), the Bean's - Preaching and teaching the gospel in their ward and working with less actives, the Dalling's - Office Manager, Vehicles/President's Secretary. We are all about the same age except for the Beans who are in their late 70's.


The Senior wives kissing (sorry grandchildren) their husbands - or at least trying!



Dinner at Bahama Breeze - a fun restaurant we ate at with the Hale Family and some missionaries! What a beautiful day in Florida! Sorry Utah and Idaho!

Elder and Sister Zwick Week

Zone Conference with the Swicks - Elder Swick is in the 1st Quorum of the Seventies. This is half of our mission. There was another conference the next day. The Conference started at 8:30 am and ended at 4:00 pm! It was a wonderful week with many meetings and a dinner with the Zwicks and all the senior couples.

Sister and Elder Swick with Sister and President Hale!

Elder and Sister Zwick with Sister and Elder Dalling in the office! This was the beginning of the mission tour for the Zwicks. Then they went to missionaries apartments! Then to dinner at the Presidents home!

My desk - I love it! You can see how the window connects to the foyer.

Our cabinets are cherry wood

Looking from the window of my office into the foyer!

Raining with our little lake getting pretty full. We really needed the rain! I think it is spring even though the leaves are still falling off some trees getting ready for the new ones or blossoms!

March 31, 2009 - 1 Year Mark

President Hale with Elder Burns, a member of the Regional Quorum of Seventies. He visited our mission this month while presiding at a Stake Conference in our Mission. This picture was taken in our new office. Elder Burns is CEO of Ryder Trucking .

Elder Dalling, Sister Dalling and Elder Burns

We are in the middle of a dry season, but it still looks quite pretty by our apartment door!

Our apartment with our new palm!

Elder Dalling standing in front of our apartment door! Can you tell I told him to smile big!

Elder Dalling in our new foyer! Forgot to tell him t0 smile - he really is happy, just a little

camera shy!

Our new office furniture. You can see how our office looks out into the foyer!

Another view of office only we have new black chairs now!

New Foyer View!

Another view!

It is so fun to enter the office now. It is just beautiful!

Stake Relief Society Luncheon - Sister Kynaston, Sister Halverson, Sister Filia, Sister Magnuson, Sister Salazar, Sister Holdstock (new Office Referral and Baptism Secretary) and Sister Dalling

Sister Dalling, Sister Holdstock, Sister Black and Sister Kynaston!

Emma and Wyatt Fridge Art

Emma and Wyatt sent us some Fridge Art and it is so good!


Emma colored Winnie the Poo so carefully and choose great colors. We used to have a Winnie the Poo! Wyatt drew a train track and it is so very cool! Happy Birthday Wyatt and
Happy Birthday Tennille!