March 2026

March is supposed to come in like a lion and go out as a lamb.  Well, the coming in as a lion is pretty accurate as the wind is relentless and blowing very strong!  

On Monday the 2nd, I made a stew and we went over to Connie and Dennis's in Kimberly to have dinner with them and Debbie and Doug. We had a wonderful time catching up on everyone's lives and their children.  We love spending time with family!

On Tuesday we headed to Boise to get Lon's tooth fixed then met up with Craig and Robbie and went golfing.  It was a beautiful day with hardly any wind.  We walked 9 holes, Robbie fed up dinner and we drove home.  It is March Madness, so we will spend a lot of time with basketball this month.  

When Lon was changing into his whites for our Wednesday PM shift, he twisted something in his back and could hardly walk.  He was in a lot of pain but was able to finish the shift, then we went to one of our fellow workers home, Sister Mishler, and her husband and a neighbor gave Lon a beautiful Priesthood blessing.   Lon was able to sleep well and Thursday we attended the temple and went to lunch.  It was too windy to fish or golf.  So thankful for the healing powers of the Priesthood and men willing to use it to bless others.  

On Monday the 9th, we took Tracy with us to the Verizon store to get new cell phones.  We wanted someone with us to help with the tech language that we don't understand.  Our phones are not functioning well, so it is time to change them.  So thankful that Tracy was there to help us.  We went from androids to iPhones, so we have a lot to learn.  Lon's phone transferred just fine, but they couldn't get my phone number to transfer to the new phone. I was asked to return the next day, and they would have everything working.  We went to dinner with Tracy, Sarah and Eisley.  We went to a Tia restaurant.  New experience, not bad but not our favorite.   

I spent Tuesday morning and Thursday morning at the Verizon store.  They couldn't get my number to transfer to the new phone, and I finally just told them to give me a new number. So, I have spent the rest of the month trying to let everyone know about the new number.  All of our doctors, church, utilities, banking, etc., are in my name and number.  What a headache this has been. 

We attended the Burley, Idaho Temple on Saturday the 14th with Tracy and Sarah.  We had dinner at Edith's restaurant and enjoyed a wonderful evening with family.  Tracy hooked our new phones up to the car.  We are learning to use them little by little. 

We golfed on the 16th with Tracy.  It was a cold, windy day.  The longer we golfed, the worse it blew.  We were thankful when we finished!  Tracy got Lon's phone connected to his truck and we did some shopping for Weston and Hadley.  

Tuesday morning the 17th we went to Boise again.  Lon spent the day helping Craig convert his pleasure boat into a good fishing boat.  They got the fish finder and electric motors all installed.  We had a wonderful visit.  Now they just have to plan a day to fish together and see if everything works right.

Time for our annual Temple Hopping Trip.  Our Twin Falls temple is closed for the next two weeks so we headed to Mindi and Justin's on Wednesday the 18th.  We got there about 4, had dinner and headed to the Draper Temple.

I forgot to take any pictures😞 We did an endowment session with Justin and Mindi.  This temple was huge.  It was in a beautiful residential area with huge homes.  

Thursday morning, we went to the Payson Temple to attend an endowment session.

The trees are all in bloom and the flowers are blooming.  It's way too early so we are sure that everything will be frozen before spring really comes for real.

So thankful for Mindi and her love of us and temples.  We look forward to our temple hopping trip all year.

  

This is a huge temple and the most beautiful and elaborate one that we have ever been in.  The restrooms were gorgeous, in greens and golds. We felt like we were in a palace.  Justin was not able to go with us as he has just begun a new job with a new company so just the 3 of us again this year. 

We stopped for breakfast and headed to St. George.  It is so wonderful to have Mindi do the driving for us. We were to meet Gene VanWagoner here to attend an endowment session.  We got there a little early, so we toured the grounds.

It was a beautiful, warm day with everything in bloom.

When we finished our session, Gene and his daughter Janene met us in the Celestial Room.  One of the temple workers, Phil Packard" asked us if we would like a tour of the temple.  OF COURSE!  He spent an hour taking us throughout the temple.  It was so wonderful. We toured all 5 floors.  I think we saw more than people saw on the open house!

Janene, Gene, Lon, Nancy, Mindi

Gene and Lon

Gene took us to the Chuck Wagon for dinner, and we enjoyed our visit so much.  Janene is a wonderful woman.  We felt like we had known her forever.  We drove to the condo that Mindi had arranged for us.  It was a very nice 2-bedroom condo. 

Mindi brought some breakfast foods and even a puzzle to keep us busy while Lon watched basketball before bed. 

Friday evening

We took Lon to the South Gate golf course on Friday morning to meet up with Gene for their 18 holes.  Then Mindi and I headed out to do some sight-seeing.  We started at the Mountain Meadows Massacre site because it was going to really get hot as the day went on (98).  

such a tragic event

The church and state have made a beautiful memorial

Felt good to get a walk in

We then went to the Jacob Morley Home and the Brigham Young Summer Home and toured them.  Phil had told us where to have lunch, so we went to the Mexican Restaurant he recommended. 

We drove out to Hurricane to pick up Lon at Gene's house, back to the condo to get ready for our evening at the Red Cliff's Temple.  We did both sealings and an endowment here.

Another huge temple

We picked up a pizza on our way back to the condo; Mindi really spoils her dad as we had to drive all over the city to find him a pepperoni pizza. What a wonderful day.  We were tired when we finally finished the puzzle, the ballgames and went to bed.  

Saturday morning, we went to visit with Aunt Charlotte Whatcott.

Charlotte will turn 97 this year.  She is doing great and is living in an assisted living facility now.  We're thankful that she isn't living along anymore and has friends close.  We had a nice visit then headed to the Cedar City Temple.  Here we did initiatories and then a session.  

This was a smaller temple, beautiful but still larger than our Twin Falls Temple.

We stopped at a Chilies for lunch and headed back to Mindi's house in South Jordan. 

5 temples in 4 days.  It was a wonderful trip!

Sunday morning was Stake Conference for Justin and Mindi, so we watched the first hour with them via internet then they had to leave to attend a missionary farewell for a niece.  We finished watching conference then headed to Salem to visit with the Burks.

President William and Hermana Patricia Burk

They were the temple president and matron for the Guatemala City Temple.  Lon was his second counselor for a few months then made the first counselor till we finished our mission there.  We loved serving with them on our second mission.  We have such fond memories.  They taught us so much.  We love them.  President Burk had a stroke about 3 years earlier but seemed to be doing very well. He passed away one week later after another stroke.  We are so thankful that we got to spend an afternoon with them.  We were able to watch the services via the internet.  What an amazing man.  We got back to Mindi's for a roast beef dinner with all the kids, grandkids, great grandkids and dogs.  What a wonderful Sabbath Day.  

Monday morning Lon drove to Farrell's house and the two went golfing at The Oaks Golf Course.  They had a good time.  I stayed at Mindi's to play with the great-grand kids. 

Weston and Hadley remembered me, and we had a great time.  

Lon picked me up and we headed for home, arriving in time to catch the BYU game.  March Madness is winding down.  We had a wonderful Temple Hopping Trip again this year.  

With our temple closed, we went to Burley on Tuesday the 24th.  We enjoyed performing the ordinances in Spanish there.  

We spent the rest of the week golfing when the wind would let us and Lon went fishing when the wind would let him.  We always enjoy our two weeks off but look forward to the temple opening again.  We miss our temple family and look forward to being with them again.  

March didn't end like a lamb.  It has been in the 50's with high winds most of the month.  The bad thing is that we have had no rain.  Praying for April showers.