Road trip to Dagupan

We have been to Dagupan this weekend. We were had a meeting with the Stake Executive Secretaries at the Cluster meeting on Saturday. We left Friday morning and drove to Dagupan. It was about a 4 hour drive. We had some rain along the way. We thoroughly enjoy the scenery. We love the country side. Lots of green fields --many rice fields in various stages of growth beginning with the flood area with the tiny seedlings to the rice being dried on the matts on the ground along the road and in large parking lots.

Gerry Guerra met us at the Star Plaza Hotel to give us a tour of some of the War memorials in the city.

It was good to see Gerry again. He was working here in Manila until his promotion to manager in the Dagupan Employment Resource Center about last March. He has moved his family there now.

We visited a World War II memorial near Lingayen Golf. We saw the murels and toured the Provincial Capitol building. It has beautiful hard wood paneling and structure. We went on the roof for a look out area and took some great pictures of the gulf.

Our precious grandchildren

Ivy May Ayres born March 31, 2010.  Ivy weighed 6 lbs and 14 oz. Her parents are Travis and April.  She has three big brothers:  Anthony who is 17,  Trevor who is 10 and Alex who is 9 and a big sister Monica who is 15.   She spent some time in intensive care right after birth in a Portland hospital.  She responded well to treatment and  is doing fine.  What a joy she is to all the family.  We are so thankful to welcome her,  and we are excited to see her when we return home from our mission.  Ivy is our 22 grandchild and we are so pleased and happy with each of them.

Iyan and Kendahl Anne --taken 2007

Here are different pictures of Iyan and Kenny. These picture were taken in 2007 but they are truly favorites of ours. We love and miss all our grandchildren dearly. Kenny and Iyan are doing well in Hurricane with their mom and dad and sister Shailey. We need more pictures! hint, hint, hint