Expanding TRAX

We've had a good week with skilled students who already knew a lot about genealogy. It has been fun to teach them new techniques and to expand their pedigrees. Next week will be exciting because we get full time missionaries for two weeks. Family history work is expanding rapidly. On September 11 over 3 million digital images and nearly 5 million digital records were added to the internet which are free to everyone to search. These records came from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Everyone plays an essential part in the work.

On Saturday John and I we did sealings in the morning at the Jordan River Temple with Pres. Steve Smith, Diane Finley, and John Kelly. The fourth couple were Becky and Lorie Jansen's parents. Becky and Melody were good friends in high school. It was delightful to visit with them. In the afternoon we drove over see Keith and Kim and their cute girls. Their yard is beautifully landscaped now and very attractive. Talisa is excited about preschool and so tender with Kira. Kira is an active smily baby. It was fun to spend time with them. We came back for the stake dinner. We didn't have steak--we had submarine sandwiches and salads but it was good food and good company. We sat by John and Naomi White. They are going to Nauvoo next weekend with his mother and her father. Chris White and June and family who are living in Chicago will meet them there since they weren't able to come out for the wedding this summer.

This is the railroad overpass by Gardner Village. The double track is now finished over the highway but much work is left to do on the other areas. Note how many condiminums they have built in the reclaimed toxic waste dump from Kennecott Copper Mines.

This picture is taken from 1300 West about 8000 South looking east. They are building a new extention from the 7200 station out to Daybreak so they have to put in double tracks

I had a nice long blog then lost it so this is the second try. I'm just going to stop here and see if I can get this successfully sent. We hope that all is well with your lives.

Love, Mom and Dad Rogers