July 24, 2011
After attending church with Daniel's family, we took an afternoon walk in the BYU-Idaho horticulture gardens. They were very beautiful. If Noel is still interested in plants when she is 18, I hope she goes to school here. The university has a great program.
Later that night, we went to a Pioneer Day lecture. There were two speakers, the first was Leon Parson. He spoke about the history of his Italian ancestors. He told how they joined the church and became pioneers, walking across the plains of America to the Salt Lake Valley. They came from the Piedmont Valley in northern Italy, which has some horrific massacres in their history.
He painted this picture: "Prairie Angels", in honor of his great (many times) grandmother. She is pictured as the younger sister..
The next speaker was an energetic Church History professor, Jeff Chapman. He spoke about the atmosphere and events in England that early LDS missionaries encountered. He had interesting slides from the actual places his stories occurred. It was a really educational meeting, especially since we also have early pioneers that had many of the same experiences. The boys went up afterwards to meet the painter, and ask him about his work. I was impressed that they were so touched by his stories.
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