Activities shared with our Empty Nesters group is something we look forward to and enjoy. We have hosted some of these occasions in our home or backyard, sometimes we have been hosted by others, and sometimes we have visited interesting places together. We usually meet the first Monday evening of the month for what we refer to as "Family Home Evening." On September 29th, we had a nice excursion going to Provo for an enjoyable tour of the Crandall Historical Printing Museum. It is located at 275 East Center Street.
Sam and I had previously gone to the museum
to check it out and make arrangements for our
Empty Nesters to have a group tour.
After arriving at the museum, we sang a hymn
accompanied by Trudy Sumsion playing the
organ on display in the museum.
The tour started with Louis Crandall (the owner) showing us
a replica of the Gutenberg press and
telling us the history of Johannes Gutenberg and
the printing of the first Bible in Mainz, Germany.
Crandall loves to talk about printing and the history of printing,
and he has been a printer himself since the age of 14.
We watched as he actually printed
a page
from Gutenberg’s Bible in the Vulgate Latin.
Wally told us about the Benjamin Franklin press
and how the Declaration of Independence was printed.
He demonstrated the press by printing a sample page of that document.
In this room, we enjoyed hearing a
narration on the printing history of The Book of Mormon.
This press is a replica of the cast iron press on which
E. B. Grandin printed the first 5000 copies of
the Book of Mormon.
There were many other interesting displays,
and our excellent tour was a little over two hours.
After the tour, we returned to our home for refreshments.
(Eugene and Sandra Cook, Karen and Lynn Haskell,
Neil and Kay Larson, Hal and Christy Smith, and Sam;
(Trudy Sumsion and Monty Bingham
were also with us at the museum.)
If you are interested, here is a link to a funny yet informative
tour of the museum with Danny Knowital:
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Ethan, Rebecca, and Joshua
filled the back of Jared's "truck" with pumpkins and gourds
harvested from what their family planted in our garden spot.
The grandchildren made an impressive profit
from selling these in their neighborhood.
Joshua and Ethan got Grampa to help with their stunt.
Amanda and Megan found our backyard a good place
for taking pictures to post on their Instagram page.
When we moved here, Sam extended the back yard
so it would be a good place for playing football
and other games. With his care, the lawn looks very nice.
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It was a special treat to attend Women's Conference in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City with Beth and Shannon and their daughters.
Waiting for Women's Conference to begin.
September 27, 2014
I loved being there with these cute young ladies.
(Shannon, Brynlee, Narene, Megan, Beth, and Amanda)
Leaving the Conference Center,
we joined many others
taking photos with the Salt Lake Temple
in the background.
(Narene and Beth)
The following weekend was General Conference.
We enjoyed watching the televised sessions on Sunday
and the Saturday sessions on the computer,
since we were traveling home from St. Johns on Saturday.
We did get home in time to watch the Priesthood session, though.
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It was a special treat to attend Women's Conference in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City with Beth and Shannon and their daughters.
September 27, 2014
(Shannon, Brynlee, Narene, Megan, Beth, and Amanda)
we joined many others
taking photos with the Salt Lake Temple
in the background.
(Narene and Beth)
The following weekend was General Conference.
We enjoyed watching the televised sessions on Sunday
and the Saturday sessions on the computer,
since we were traveling home from St. Johns on Saturday.
We did get home in time to watch the Priesthood session, though.
We thoroughly enjoyed hearing all of the speakers.
I especially like messages given by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland.
