This map hangs in our home with pins to show where all of our family are - and the dark line is the journey taken to drive with Peter & moving truck from NY to El Paso.....
Look at the wonderful honey harvest - thank you, bees (& beekeepers) - we love honey!
MORE HONEY!
we were blessed to harvest & bottle lots of beans, more than prior years!!!
this is the next phase of the project - the interior - which we hope to be able to continue working on during the winter...... we have begun framing a new lower ceiling (which is visible in the pic) which will be a real 8 foot ceiling - we have few of those in the rest of the home!
and here is the "after" pic of the north end-
above is the before photo of the north end of the porch remodel...
This pic above is the "after" view of the so. end of the porch remodel, finished adding the insulator in the evening 8-830pm, after the BYU/U football game, yesterday. (the box laying on the ground below the windows is the box of siding which is scheduled to be installed on monday) (tomorrow)!!
Sorry for not getting this pic rotated prior to posting - this is the so. end prior to the insulator
Here is a view (after a rainy day- see the rare puddles - rare because we have had a pretty dry fall season) of the front of the porch remodel - door, windows, insulator, light fixtures, trim around the windows - its slowly coming together (slowly might be the operative word here!?) - but nevertheless, its coming......
this is a tree I came across in my work activity recently (this last week) - the homeowner is a former BYU football player (he is near 70 years old, so he was from a time long ago) - he told me t hat did the shared colors to keep balance in his neighborhood - he also said its gonna be cut down after the game. (this is in Sandy 2200 E. 8000 S. approx.)
This is our quiet back yard - today - Sunday Nov 23, 2008 - it doesn't look much like winter yet - but don't worry, we'll likely get plenty of that soon, enough! The bean patch has been winterized, the bees are quiet most days (some are buzzing out on 50 degree plus days, which we have had many of ....) Later today, Megan, Simon & Rachel will be visiting - so this scene will pick up some welcome activity........ (the grass looks as green as it ever seems!)

Recent Happenings

This past week we had some notable activities: Fri we went to the State Fair and had fun eating navajo tacos, frybread/honey, & your mom - her kettle corn, cotton candy & shave ice (which she shared with me, of course). We went early ahead of my time slot at the booth for my work. We had fun!
Sat we did our annual honey harvest! It went well - a lot of work - but doing it together made it seem more fun than work - we got a lot of honey - your mom thinks about 65 lbs.!! Its great!
Also on Sat - had the Pstd. ldrshp session of our Regional STake conf. (at the Conf ctr) - I was privileged to attend with our Bprc. - it was wonderful, with Elder Richard Hinckley (son of Pres. Hinckley), Elder Ballard of the 12, and Pres. Monson! - Who all spoke! Then, today (Sun), we attended the general session at our stk ctr where we received the broadcast from the conf ctr. - again, a great conf!!
WE had the Kerr's over today for dinner and fun time! So glad they c0uld come over - it added to a very nice Sunday - with no Bprc mtgs this morn or ward council either! just conf at the stk ctr - great!
Thanks for all you r updates on your blogs, etc.
Some time soon we will post some pictures - sorry none today!
Big cheers to BYU for yesterday's big (BIG) win over UCLA!! (59 to 0) - watch for big things this year from the Cougs!!
We love all of you - may the Lord bless you all in all you do!
Love, Dad (& Mom)

This is the left half of the front yard - with the home in view - neighbor's driveway coming into view at left side...
Then, in the back yard, the pool with palm trees!
This is the left side of the back yard - notice the flowers with the very secure stone wall around the perimeter - nice!

This is the center of the backyard .....
and this is the right side of the back yard - I think it is a great place! (and I have a good feeling that they would welcome any of us to visit - most any time!)

We did see quite a few of these - oil wells - as we crossed through Texas........
Some of the time the road looked like it just kept going & going & .........................
Out in west Texas we began to see some of the Yucca cactus in bloom (the tall stems near the rail road tracks)
And ----- finally, we arrived in El Paso, Texas!! Yea! --- after over 2,000 miles and some 30 plus hours later and stops for fueling the truck every 3 hours approximately. We were blessed to accomplish this amazing journey. We had the blessing of having cell phone contact most of the way across the country - and were able to stay in touch with loved ones as we traveled, which we were very glad about! The picture above is the front of Peter & Lindsay's new home...
This is the right half of the front yard with the home at left side of picture. (don't you love the palm trees!!)

This is an old fashioned windmill - west Texas - used for pumping water - usually for livestock. We did see a few of these still operating as we drove.
We saw this eastbound train as we headed west. (saw several trains during our trip)
West Texas is oil country--- this is a refinery there.
Above is a west Texas skyline in the oil country - no mountains!
Look, ahead - some mountains!! Those are the mountains as we approached the western edge of Texas - getting close to El Paso!!

Here is Peter with the truck & car/trailer on the morning we started out for the 2,000 mile journey (does he look ready? - oh, yeah!)
And then here is the co-pilot, map reader, naviagtor, etc.................. -let's hit the road!!
Peter the driver in west Texas - does it look different than western New York?
....and here's the other driver (we alternated about every three hours - stopped to fuel up the truck and trade drivers- worked pretty well)
There were some large areas of west Texas that had numerous electric generating windmills - these are a few - and yes, wind to accompany the windmills!

The beginning of the BIG MOVE journey and ......

The first photo is of the waters around JFK airport , runway visible, as I leave to head to Buffalo to join Peter for the drive to El Paso. The next photo is of windmills in NY state enroute to Buffalo. Then we see some farms in western NY state. The following pic is of the northern Buffalo area with the Niagara Falls area in the background.

This is the first posting of the new blog of Brian & Myra - much thanks to the help of Sally.
I have the good fortune of being here in Dallas with Sally & Joe (Peter and I having driven from Buffalo in two days drive with their moving truck ) and was given the asistance to help get this setup from Sally. Camille had offered to help us set one up previously - sorry we didn't take her up on the earlier offer. Note re: the picture --- I wanted to put a picture that had Myra and I and this is the one we found on Sally's computer here in Dallas (it's from thanksgiving, 2006 near the Dallas Temple!)
Myra is doing well at home, with irrigating on Sat. with Megan, Simon & Rachel coming over to assist as well as her usual busy Sunday duties at church - much thanks to her.
Peter & I have survived (so far ) our trip, having driven from about 8am on Sat (from Buffalo) arriving in Memphis Tenn about midnite that same day. Sunday we arose, ate and attended Sac. mtg. in a nice ward in Memphis! --then we took off and headed for Dallas where we are at the present time. Sally & Joe shared a marvelous dinner with us - it was wonderful!
Tomorrow we head for our final destination, El Paso! and should arrive there late aft. or early eve.
Love to all of you from Dallas, ( Brian/Dad)(&Peter)
PS we were able to speak to family by phone nearly all the way along our journey