Mornings at the C.O.B.

When we arrive at our Church Office Bldg. office the sun is just beginning to come up over the east mountains and hit the valley floor. Greatfully I had my camera this morning to capture this shot of the sun striking the top of the Temple.

There is an observation deck on the 26th floor so I went up and took some shots looking down and around this part of the city: Our Brigham apartment complex (large red brick building at center right), Temple Square and the State Capitol Building.

Quick Trip To Colorado

We took a quick trip back to Colorado over the weekend so we could attend our grandson, Jacob's, baptism. He is Doug & Miquel's youngest of four. Then we were treated to lunch at Rodizio's in Denver before attending McKenzie's high school play, "The Miracle Worker".

Sunday morning we attended Church with Matt, Jeanette and Keegan before visiting Mom Porter in Fort Collins. She is doing better and glad to be home from her rehap stint. She promises that she won't fall again. Holly prepared a delicious lasagna for dinner - Matt and Keegan joined us.

We turned in early so we could catch an early flight back to Salt Lake and get back to work before we were missed ;-}

Our Apartment

We thought you'd like to see a few pictures of our little apt, so here's our bedroom, computer room (not sure who that gray-haired old man is sitting at my computer) and check out that couch - right out of the early 60's. But for only $5/mon we got the apartment fully furnished - however it would have been nice to select what furniture we wanted. But, we figure we can live with anything for just a couple of years........

Temple Square At Night

We love to walk around Temple Square whenever we can so last night before the storm moved into the city we walked over after dark and took some time exposures - it's such a beautiful sight. I can't get over how a bunch of poor exiles found the energy to build one of the country's premier pieces of architecture in a wasteland. Only their deep faith in the Savior could have helped them through all their trials and tribulations during the 40 years that it took to build such a marvelous place of worship....and they did it by hand and without modern equipment of any kind. Oxen pulled sleds of raw cut granite for two days to get it from the quarry to the building site where it was cut to shape and hand finished to specification. We can't get over its beauty and never tire of looking at it - day or night. We can't wait for the Christmas lights to be turned on the day after Thanksgiving.

Stake Conference

We belong to the Salt Lake Stake, the original Stake that was organized when the pioneers began arriving in the valley. Our Stake Conference Sunday morning was held in the Assembly Hall - we arrived an hour early so we could get good seats, and we did.

Office Cubicle

Here we are in our cubicle for two - Sister Porter on the left and Elder Porter on the right. We're beginning to make it a bit more homey with a few family photos.

Language Interpreter Teams

On Oct. 1 7 and 18 we worked with teams from Korea and Vietnam for a stake conference broadcast to 109 South Salt Lake Stakes. When we arrived at the Conference Center about 1 1/2 hours before the event began people were already lining up at the entrances to get Plaza Level seats