Stan & Kathie Wilde

Trip to Nauvo

2009-08-02T17:08:00.000-07:00

The second weekend Kathie and I went to Nauvoo, Illinois.This was our third trip. It is always

great going to Nauvoo. We stayed at the Nauvoo Inn, which had very small rooms, but very convient. I think the Nauvoo temple is just beautiful. I think out of 40 pictures I took, 20 of them were of the temple.

We were able to watch the presentation of “Sunset on the Mississippi” and the Nauvoo pageant, twice.

We had seen the Sunset skit on previous visits, but this was the first time we saw the pageant. The Sunset skit is great because it is just down right entertaining. On Friday the Sunset skit had a mini-skit where a person gave the Cinderella story but each word was started with a different letter. It was so funny that when we went back to see it on Saturday I brought my video camera to record it. Unfortunately, that skit wasn’t performed on Saturday night.

The Nauvoo pageant told the story of the settlement of Nauvoo by the Saints. It was very good and uplifting.

Kathie and were also able to visit the Carthage jail where both

Hyrum and Joseph Smith were martyred. The door still has the bullet holes from when they were killed.

In the visitor center they had a section of sculptures that I really liked. Here is one of Joseph Smith's vision of the Father and the Son. And another one with Jesus at Lazurus' tomb.

Trip to Kirtland

2009-08-01T16:42:00.000-07:00

While Kathie was with me in Indianapolis we went on two side trips on the week end. The first was to Kirtland, Ohio. Neither one of us had been there before. Kirtland was a site of some of our church’s history. It is interesting to see how people lived ‘in the olden days’, so much different than us today. The living conditions weren't unique to the early Saints, but what was was the sacrifices that they went through. Leaving their homes and in many cases living in more a primitive environment. Also the sacrifice that they made to make the temple. The temple was a big building in those days.

A very interesting fact was the distance between the different places. I had always thought that the homes, cities and farms were next to each other. But they weren’t. Just driving to the John Johnson farm from Kirtland took 45 minutes.

These are some pictures of Newell K. Whitney' store and house. We were told a yellow house was a sign of wealth.

This is the John Johnson home. The bed room had an intersting checkered floor.

Kirtland is also in Amish country, and we saw some of them.

Indianapolis

2009-08-01T15:44:00.000-07:00

Since Kathie had a break from work this summer she spent some time with me on my business trip. Here are some pictures in Indianapolis.

This is a picture of the monument at Monument Circle.

This is a canal that goes through the city. I eat lunch here sometimes.

Youth Conference - Pioneer Trek

2009-08-01T15:35:00.000-07:00

Kathie and I spent some time as cooking assistants for the Greensboro Stake youth conference. Our youth partook in a pioneer trek reenactment. We worked hard but had fun. Kathie hasn't camped out that much so sleeping in a small two man tent wasn't very fun.

Cutting trees

2009-06-07T11:48:00.000-07:00

I thought it might be intersting to capture the cutting up of some trees in our woods.

On 5 June Kathie and I decided to cut down some trees that were leaning. I am glad this isn't my job! Even though Kathie isn't in any of the pictures (she was the photographer) she was working hard at hauling the debris away.

Let's start off with pictures of our dog Bailey -

Here I am using my chain saw.

We had to use the truck to pull the top of the tree to the ground.

This is a view looking at some of the cut up tree sections. It always amazes how heavy a tree is. I cut the tree into 2-3 foot sections, and the sections are still heavy!

Charleston, SC - Memorial Day Weekend '09

2009-06-07T10:58:00.000-07:00

Kathie and I thought it would be nice to go on a trip, since all of our children are out of the house. We spent the Memorial Day week end in Charleston, South Carolina.

We really didn't know what to expect. The trip was nice. We had a hardtime finding the hotel. We stayed at the Double Tree Hotel, and it was in a very convient place for tourist. The main tourist point is the Open Market. Which is alot like a flea market. A lot of different vendors. Out hotel was right at the market.

We walked around alot, took a horse carriage ride, took a ferry around the Charleston Bay.

This is a view down E. Bay St. Part of it is also known as Rainbow Row because the houses are painted different colors. It's suppose to be very difficult changing the color of a house. You are given a selection of colors to choose from, the city then reviews your choice, comes up with their own suggestions, etc. The houses were at first tenet housing, and someone in the 1930's painted their house, and talked the other houses to do the same. Now it's a tourist attraction.

There were some expensive homes. This is a famous inn, known as the 'Two Meeting Street Inn', which you guessed it the address is 2 Meeting St.

Here is another intersting house.

And here are some fountains we saw.

This is a bridge over one of the rivers (Cooper River) that flows into the Charleston Bay. Expand the pictures and you can see better the cables. An intersing design.

Proud Grand parents

2009-05-31T18:42:00.000-07:00

Kathie and I are proud grand parents. We had Kristina's kids for a couple days and they also visited us for Kernersville's Spring Folley.

Trip to Idaho

2009-05-31T18:17:00.001-07:00

Joe was with us for his semester break. We bought him a car which he didn't have for even one day and it got hit by a Greensboro police car. Fineally it was time for Joe to go back to BYU-Idaho. Stan and Joe drove across country, Joe in his car and Stan in the GEO, which was being delivered to Tiffany and Quinn. They left on Friday, Apr 17th and arrived in Idaho on 21 Apr. Their travel itinerary was: 17th Apr arrived in Columbia, Missouri (mainly rain and thunderstorms). 18th Apr arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming (more rain and wind). 19th Apr arrived in Provo, Utah (heavy fog, rain, snow). 20th Apr spent the day with Steven and Lauren. 21st Apr traveled to Rexburg, Idaho (rain and snow). The GEO's odometer obtained 200,000 mile just before we arrived in Wyoming. Surprising the trip went well. We didn't get overly tired. The cars ran well.

Tiffany's Wedding

2009-05-31T18:04:00.001-07:00

Sorry about not keeping up with our blog entries.

Tiffany and Quinn got married 26 Nov 2008. The weather was good (not to cold and no snow). The wedding was great.

Tiffany's bridal pictures

2008-10-05T08:15:00.000-07:00

Tiffany just had her bridal pictures. These are some of our favorites.

Missing Wedding Announcement Pictures

2008-07-26T17:53:00.000-07:00

Sorry, but there were 3 pictures missing from my previous posting. Here they are:

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Tiffany's annoucement pictrues.

2008-07-26T13:18:00.000-07:00

Below are some of the pictures that Kathie and I took for the up coming wedding. Please vote on the one(s) you like:

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Vacation

2008-07-26T12:17:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of Joe with Nana.

Kathie and I recently returned from our vacation to Utah and Idaho. It was the longest vacation that we have ever went on, 2 weeks. It was nice to visit with out children and family. My sister Belinda and her husband Dennis were extremely nice in letting us stay with them when we were in the SLC area. We drove about 2200 miles, luckily we had rented a Toyota Prius where we got about 50 miles to the gallon.

What we accomplished was:

Attended a SLC Real soccer game

Had a 4th of July picnic, hosted by our Steven and his wife Lauren.

We were able to meet Tiffany's fiancé (Quinn Robins) and reacquaint ourselves with Lauren's mom and step father. We also saw Joe and his girl friend, and let's not forget Tiffany

Saw the 4th of July fireworks, that were shot up from BYU football stadium

Saw the musical play 'Footloose' at Orem (with Steven, Lauren and her parents)

We traveled to Filmore to visit with my sister Karen and her family

Kathie and I then returned to SLC, via the Manti temple and the valley it is in (I am not sure what the valley is called)

We traveled to Rexburg, where we stayed in Idaho Falls.

In Rexburg we met Quinn's parents and were able to attend both the Idaho Falls and Rexburg temple.

Each day we were in SLC I went on walks with Dennis, thus exercising and more

We bought Tiffany's wedding dress

We took some pictures for Tiffany and Quinn's wedding annoucement

Kathie, I and Joe did a day trip to Yellowstone. We were able to see Old Faithful, arriving 8 minutes before it went off

Joe Returns from his mission

2008-06-30T11:36:00.000-07:00

Joe returned from his mission on May 26th, 2008 (Memorial Day). He was only able to spend 4 days with us before he flew out west to continue his schooling at BYU Idaho. We love you Joe!

Tiffany with mom and dad

2008-06-30T11:33:00.000-07:00

Vote on which picture of Tiffany is best

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Tiffany with Nana

2008-06-30T11:25:00.000-07:00

Kathie, Peggy, Anne and Nana

2008-06-30T11:22:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of Kathie, at Christmas time with Peggy, Anne and Nana.

2008-06-27T19:07:00.000-07:00

This is a new experience for me ... to have a Blog. Several of my children have started their own blogs, so why not me?

This is a busy year for us. Our son Joseph just completed his mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (he served in San Diego). Then having to turn around in four days to go to school. Our daughter Tiffany attending her first year at BYU Idaho, and yes getting engaged (wedding date is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving).

Kathie and I are planning on traveling out to Utah and Idaho to see three of our four children (if they won't come to us, we'll come to them)