We've kept ourselves busy trying to update friends and family about our work and travels in Scotland. We thought the best way might be to publish a family blog. I'm a novice and will try my best to get this going with as much flair as I can muster. Please enjoy and leave your comments.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
We knew there would be things we'd miss at home. We are so happy to welcome our newest little grandson Nathan to our family. We just wish we were in California with our kids. However is he a cutie or what! We'll spend extra time getting acquainted when we get home next spring.
What a great spring Saturday we had. A visit to Dryburgh Abbey, a picnic near this spot blooming with white and yellow daffodils, and a pasture of newborn lambs nearby. We were basking in the warm weather as we viewed this remarkable ruin of a twelfth century abbey. The nearby cemetery is the burial place of Sir Walter Scott among other notables.
We are having so much fun getting acquainted with our new friends. We participate in Monday night Family Home Evening, in Wednesday night Institute religious class, and the Friday night Chinese Institute class.
Elder O'Neal and I have a new assignment in addition to our work at the archives. We've been asked to help with the Young Single Adult Outreach program in the Edinburgh Stake. We were a little apprehensive until we met these wonderful kids! This picture was taken at a recent get together to say farewell to the Buckwalters who left to go home to the States. Lucky us, we are having a great time.
JT and I have been living in Edinburgh Scotland since September 2009 serving as document preservation missionaries for our church. We will be here until February or March 2011. We work at the National Archives of Scotland. We of course miss our kids and grandkids but are happy for the chance to be here.
