Larry and Janice Skousen served in the temple presicency with us in Bolivia. They will soon leave for another mission. It was great to see them Friday morning as we traveled through St. George. 

Thursday moring, January 26, 2006, we left Mesa a little before 10:00 and drove to Henderson, Nevada. We arrived there about 4:00 p.m. It had been some time since we had taken time to really stop and visit with Marlan and Colleen Walker. Marlan and I were missionary companions in El Paso, Texas some fifty-seven years ago. We have been close friends since that time. Marlan helped me get started taking students to Mexico. He encouraged me to get my Master's Degree. When he was called to be president of the Lima Peru Temple, he ask me to serve as a counselor. We are sure that based on his recommendation, Bernice and I were chosen as president and matron of the temple in Bolivia. We spent a very enjoyable evening talking about trips we had taken and the many special experiences we have had since serving together as missionaries. 

This is another picture of Ron & Lee Bingham taken in Mexico with their daughter Debbie. This was probably taken in Saltillo, Mexico. 

Here we have our three lovely daughters, Debra, Brenda & Linda. They would have to tell us who the baby is and about what year this was taken. They have always been wonderful friends. 

This is a picture of Ron & Lee Bingham at the Three Cultures area in Mexico City. This must have been some time ago. They managed to travel with us to Mexico at least a couple of times. We always enjoy traveling with them. 

This is a picture of Jon Frank over in Germany taken in 1980. He belongs to Mitch and Katie.

This picutre was taken in 1980 when Bernice and I visited Germany. Mitch and Katie Frank were there in the army. Here they are with two of their daughters. 

This is a picture of our family taken at WolfCreek Resort in 2004. Brent's wife, Charlotte, wasn't with us because of her mother's illness. Very few of our family members were absent. It was a week-long experience that was enjoyed by all. 

Here I am building the chimney out side of the house so that the fire places would work. It was October and quite cold. We finished just before it snowed us out for the winter. I think the year was 1978. 

This is the upstairs fire place in our mountain lodge where we had our language camp. Bernice & I built one down stairs and this one. They worked beautifully. We will also include a picture of the chimney that I built outside. The camp functioned a few years without the fire places. We built them in about 1978. 

Brent and Brenda when they were about seven or eight years old. This was probably taken near the Echo Reservoir near Coalville, Utah 

About three hundred miles south of Nogales inside of Mexico there is a monument to a famous custom. It is the Yaqui Deer Dance. The hunters do this dance before going out to hunt deer. In Mexico City, in the Palace of Fine Arts, this deer dance is performed as one of the numbers. The agility of the young man doing the dance is something outstanding. The Yaqui Indians still exist in the state of Sonora as a separate culture. They have some wonderful traditions. 

This is like the picture that we often see in Walt Disney movies of how the castles of Spain were. I took this picture in 1980, while on my sabbatical leave. We hired a taxi to take us to the other side of the ravine where I could get this picture. 

This is a picture of the Alcazar (palace) in Segovia, Spain. This came from a slide that I took in 1980. I have pictures from 2004 but a couple I will include here are better. 

Some people are better at planning ahead than others. Here we have Bernice Bingham, Dean and Edith Ward in Bloomington, Idaho. We want to visit them several times in the next few years before they really decide to move from their home and settle down somewhere else. 

Here we have two pictures of Dean and Edith Ward. We worked under the Wards at the tabernacle in Paris, Idaho. They were over the missionary effort there. This started a very fine friendship. They are in their house in Bloomington, Idaho, which is not far from Paris. 

This is Elilzabeth Bingham in Brussels, Belgium, riding a horse which has become one of her loves. She is fours older now than when this picture was taken in 2002. She is still riding. 

Elizabeth loves horses and has been learning to ride while they have been living in Brussels, Belgium. This picture was taken in 2002. 

This picture was taken in Brussels during the flower festival 2002. Brent, Charlotte and family enjoy beautiful things like this while they are living in Europe. 

This is a picture of Charlotte, Elizabeth and Brent in Brussels 2002. Joseph must be taking the picture. Notice the beautiful flowers in the plaza. 

This picture was taken in August of 2004, during our family reunion at the Wolf Creek Resort. Elizabeth Bingham is in the kitchen with Grandma Bingham and David Jones. Today is Elizabeth's birthday. She was born twelve years ago on New Year's Day. She is a lovely young lady. David graduated in December from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He will be working in Boise, Idaho, starting this month. Grandma keeps Grandpa company in Arizona. 

Elizabeth Bingham, Bernice Bingham and David Jones taken August 2004 at Woolf Creek Resort east of Ogden.