Welcome to Omaha...Julie, Roger, Tanner & Spencer!

 A chilly afternoon in downtown Omaha at Pioneer Courage Park.

We also visited several museums in the area.

 Spencer & Tanner walking from Nebraska to Iowa

 on the pedestrian bridge across the Missouri River.

 Julie enjoying the sunny fall weather at the Omaha Zoo,

listed as a top zoo in the nation!

A Sunday afternoon visit to the Pioneer Cemetery in Winter Quarters.

 Learning of our pioneer heritage in Winter Quarters.

 At the beautiful entrance of the Winter Quarters Temple.

 The Pioneer Trail Visitor Center at Winter Quarters....

one of our assigned sites.

Spencer & Tanner taking a tour of the Pioneer Trails 

Visitor Center....we loved getting to show our family

around Omaha and Council Bluffs while they were here!

Conference Weekend Getaway to Kansas

Our visit to the "Ellsworth Farm" in Hesston, Kansas over Conference weekend 

included watching Jared milk their goats and.....

..... watching Becca gather lots of lovely brown eggs, and......

" visiting via Skype" with Jon & Shaunae's family on the computer

 while eating yummy apple crisp, and......

....learning all about following the "Iron Rod" for Family Home Evening, and.....

..... listening to Jeff tell the story of the "Great and Spacious Building"....and...

 ....learning the importance of "holding to the iron rod"....and....

...enjoying home-made root beer made from the "mists of darkness" dry ice.

It was a super F.H.E.activity!

We are so happy to be living just 4 hours away from our Kansas family!

Working at the Kanesville Visitor Center

 Back view of the visitor center and Tabernacle.

At the entrance of the visitor center.

 Elder Ellsworth showing where the wagons crossed the Missouri River.

 Pioneer family memorial

 Beautiful flower gardens at the visitor center

 Inside the Tabernacle visitors learn that Brigham Young was sustained there

as Prophet and second president of the Church on Dec. 27, 1847.

People come to the visitor center to find out about the Mormon Battalion:

500 Saints enlisted to help in the war against Mexico, gave their uniform $$ to support their families, marched 2000 miles, never fired a shot in battle, discharged in Los Angeles,

some helped in the Coloma gold discovery before joining their families in Salt Lake Valley.

  

Kanesville Tabernacle in Council Bluffs, Iowa

We seem to be working here at the Kanesville Tabernacle

the majority of the time and we enjoy it a lot !

Pioneer Courage Park in downtown Omaha

Exploring downtown Omaha we stopped at Pioneer Courage Park to view these

larger-that-life bronze sculptures of a pioneer wagon train spanning an entire city block.

The work of L.D.S. sculptor Blair Buswell.

We're here in Winter Quarters

We got to Omaha Sept. 8th and hit the ground running!  

Here we are at the Winter Quarters Visitor Center ready to start our shift.