Flower buds are nodding, Swayed by gentle breeze

A Bitter-Sweet Day!

Elder and Sister Wood hit to the skies today!

They'll land in SLC in no time!

They return to their home in Burley, Idaho as well as 6 children along with kids, grandkids etc!

They have bee such warriors in God's Kingdom. This was mission #7. 

He'll be 90 and she'll be 85 next month. 

(Thanks President Nelson for the pic!)

Laurence wanted an ice cream cone. The sign said "Two Scoops - $2.50" 

Who knew that they were going to make sure I got ice cream!! 

We live in a nice apartment complex. 

Although not required to fix things up as a part of our tenancy, 

we always want to leave things better than we found them. 

 This walkway out our front door, onto our patio is nice, but needed a bit of TLC. 

Laurence took up the concrete pavers, put pea gravel under them,

 reseated them and filled in with more pea gravel. It is so much more even now!  

The sisters and us are the only ones with walkways. 

We found out as we were doing this that the earlier ones were done by the church. 

Whether that means the church itself or the missionaries, we don't know, but sure are grateful!! 

This was taken back in May At that time he was trimming back some of the trees etc. 

He has surely made our little part of the world more wonderful!

We are so grateful that the Lord has blessed Laurence with such good health! 

He has been doing things here that he has been unable to do for years! Tender mercies and miracles!!

Last Wednesday we spent the morning at the temple doing paperwork and working on computers. 

When we finished we stopped at a grocery store, got picnic items and headed to this fun park.

This is such a nice park and lake. It's about 10 minutes from our house.

We enjoyed a fun picnic before returning to spend the rest of our wonderful day in the Lord's house! 

I had read about the lupine here in Nova Scotia.

Nothing I had read even remotely prepared me for it!! 

These pictures were taken last night about 10 minutes from our house. 

There are many more everywhere!! 

This is such a cool area! 

Last, but surely not least! Happy Father's Day to my amazing husband and partner on this journey!
Happy Father's day to my dad as well. He passed away in September 2007, but I still miss him daily!
I am so grateful for our Father In Heaven's plan that allows us to be with Him and our families for Eternity!

I LOVE Running These Errands!!

Last Sunday we were going to go to Kentville to church. 

At the last minute our plans changed and we didn't go.

That did not change the fact that we had a chest of drawers in the truck to take to the missionaries in Kentville. 

Tuesday we were able to schedule ourselves to go over to Kentville via Windsor. 

The Bonn's live in Windsor. We went to visit Sister Bonn, get some rhubarb and have fun!

This is the view from their back deck!!

The Bonn's own a bit of Heaven on Earth! 

They have apple trees, cherry trees, pear trees, raspberries, blackberries and ....

BLUEJAYS!!! 

Sister Bonn took us over to Hall's Harbour. 
One of the coolest places ever!!

This was Hall's Harbour when we arrived at about 1:30 in the afternoon. 
Definitely LOW TIDE!!
Can you believe that just a short time earlier these boats were floating on the water?!

Notice how everything is on rollers etc so that as the tide comes in everything can rise without mishap. 

This is how it looked when we arrived. It takes 6 hours to go from low tide to high tide. 

This is taken about the same spot about an hour or so later. 

It is so very beautiful there!! It was so fun!

We didn't get to stay until the tide came back in. We had obligations back in Dartmouth.
This is  a picture I took off the online webcam when we got home. 
Unfortunately, by the time I found it, the tide was going back out again. 

We were there!!

For measuring the tide. 
Mostly for us tourists I think. 

Sister Bonn and Elder Pitt!
She is a fantastic tour guide!!
Brother Bonn was one of the men that built the dock they are standing on. He is a highly skilled heavy equipment operator.

Man oh man!! They have some absolutely HUGE lobsters here!! According to Brother Bonn, the smaller ones taste the best.

I love that there were forget-me-nots growing wild here!
I've always loved them, Elder Uchtdorf's talk just made me love them more. 

We are so grateful for the peace we feel as serve our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ!

I found this cool video on youtube showing in about 30 seconds what it takes 6 hours to do. What fun!!

P-Day with the Sisters!

Yesterday the Sisters stopped by.

They live next door, so it's not difficult especially when we're out on the patio.

Sister Shannon mentioned that she wanted to go to Martinique Beach.

We are always up for a new adventure!

 

 Martinique Beach is about 40 minutes from our apartment.

And it's a gorgeous drive!

 

 Martinique Beach is the longest sandy beach in Nova Scotia.

 

 

 

 The beach is about 5km. Talk about soft, white sand!!

 It's gorgeous!

 

When the tide is out, there is a lot of digging for clams.

You have to have a license and belong to the union to participate.

This is actually on the other side of the road from the beach, they are in a part of the bird sanctuary.

 

 

 

We had a great time walking on the beach!

Sister Lambert and Sister Shannon were so delightful!!

 

 

Yes, we are extremely happy!!

Serving our Father in Heaven in this amazing part of his vineyard is wonderful!

 

Sister Shannon had quite the eye for the jelly fish. She could always spot them.

This is Sister Lambert holding it on a shell so Sister Shannon could take a picture.



 

These were really odd to me. They reminded me of glass globs.....

One of Sister Shannon's goals was to find a complete sand dollar.

I'm happy to report that she was successful!!

She was so excited, I forgot to take a picture.

 

 

There were so many interesting things here.

The sand, the surf, the rocks.....

 

 

 

 Our ever diligent sisters doing their best to spread the word!

 

 

 

 I can't tell you just how much I loved this fun day!!

It was a great opportunity to just renew.

 

 

This is a huge quartz rock right next to the beach.

At first it almost looks like snow.

 

 

Sister Shannon is the same age as Aisling. They have many similar traits. So fun!

 

These two sisters are hard working sisters!

Our upstairs neighbor stopped us this afternoon after returning.

She asked how our visit to the beach was and commented that she was so glad to see us take them out

because they are working way too hard!! 

 

Sister Shannon, Sister Lambert and Sister Pitt

 

 

We do believe in God's existence!!

 

Rainbow Haven.....

Our plan today was to attend church in Kentville ~

that didn't work out...... we'll do it another time.

Following church we went to Rainbow Haven Beach.

 

 

 



We had a nice afternoon walking, reading and.....

 

 



Rainbow Haven is so beautiful, as was the day....

 

 

 

Can you believe that this is about a 5 minute drive from our apartment?!

Neither can we!!

 

 

There were lots of families out flying kites etc. enjoying the day.

It has been pretty rainy here the past few days.

 

 

I can't get over how much I love, love, love the ocean!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We love everything about Nova Scotia!!

 

 

We are so grateful and blessed to be able to serve our Father in Heaven here in Nova Scotia!

We feel blessed beyond measure!!

We see our Father's hand daily and are so grateful!