Coat Project - January 2012

We found out that the poor children in Ft. Madison, Iowa were not coming to school because they didn't have coats. The Rees', our service project coordinators, contacted Humanitarian Aid and they sent 6 bags of coats to the Salvation Army. We went to their office and sorted them by gender and size, then packed boxes to deliver to the school district. It was fun and we got it all done in about an hour. The left-over coats (not for school children) stayed with the Salvation Army so that they could distribute them as needed.

Snow in Nauvoo

How do we like winter? It is beautiful. Here is the temple and here is one of the little missionary houses.

More eagles

We have friends with better cameras and they shared these pictures with us.

Eagles

We are seeing a lot of American Bald Eagles. The Mississippi River is a migratory path for water fowl. The eagles are here during January and February and it is fun to see them. This guy was sitting pretty, waiting for me to take his picture. He's very big and was very high in a tree. I used the telephoto lens on my point-n-shoot camera and then cropped it so that you could see it.

Jenna's Baptism - Feb.4

This is the baptism dress Karen made for Jenna

. She looks so pretty.