Heading for the McKay bridge to take us

 over to Dartmouth.

 In May we started on another of our assignments. We have 4 sets of Elders in Nova Scotia that we visit and check on every 6ish weeks. We do this for the President Simpson, the mission pres.  We check the apartment and their cars. It gets us out of the apartment and out into the area. Thank goodness for GPS,  These pictures were taken May 14th when we went to Bridgewater to check on Elders Fisher and Hill. They have a lovely apartment that is like a cabin- very rustic with natural wood logs on the inside walls.  Elders will get a pan of brownies for a clean car and apartment, which they did.

The McKay Bridge

The Atlantic Ocen

Spring is coming! Apple trees in bloom!

Ground cover flowers! Spring!

Elders Hill and Fisher

The picturesque city of Lunenburg!

more Lunenburg

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

More rocks then you find in Magna!

The little town that is Peggy's Cove.

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I wrote a new poem for my grandchildren. They write and tell us how much we are missed, this is my response:

We Miss You Too

We miss you when you give us hugs and kisses.

We miss you when you are happy to see us come for a visit.

We miss seeing kittens, puppies and other new things in your life.

We miss you when you have an important event that we can’t come to.

We miss family get-togethers --the food-the fun-the chaos.

We miss you when others talk about grandkids and they can’t meet and know you.

We miss you when we see sights here and you’re far away.

We miss you each morning when we awake.

We love getting letters and notes from you.

We love serving in God’s Holy House.

We love the people we are meeting and serving with.

We love Heavenly Father and want to be with Him again.

We love our Savior for His atoning sacrifice so freely given.

We love hearing of your spiritual growth and gaining a testimony.

We love it when you call on Skype and we see how you’re growing.

We love knowing that the sun shines on us all even when we are miles apart.

We love that you pray for us each day, please know that we pray for you.

Love always,

          Grandma and Grandpa Edwards- June 15, 2012

Pictures from Prince Edward Island (PEI):

Time for a break, stretch our legs and wander the isle of the Masstown Market

Not a real lighthouse- they sell fish and fish and chips here.

The Confederation Bridge- 9 miles long- today
 because of some fog on the PEI it looks like
 the bridge to no where!

Craig and I by the bridge

You can get on to the island for free
, but to come back to Nova Scotia
 by bridge or ferry costs you a $50.00 tax =)

On PEI and its lunch time- Charlotte Nelson heading in to check
 their prices etc. We had a delicious seafood chowder here.

Part of the fishing industry
, they raise and harvest oysters
and muscles(is it spelled the same?)

Beautiful, peaceful farmland everywhere you look.

Lucy Maud Montgomery
 is the author of the Anne of Green
 Gable  books. She was born here.

Farming and fishing everywhere.

Beautiful red soil found all over PEI-
 They even sell what they call "Dirt Shirts".
They are shirts dyed with the soil.
 I don't have one yet, but I will!!!!

Beautiful and peaceful

Wild Lupines they grow throughout PEI and Nova Scotia.

The 2 Charlottes head into the Museum about Anne of Green Gables

Me outside the Museum

This wasn't the ride we went on, but they offered one here.

Bleeding Hearts these are called I believe. My mother loved this plant.

We stopped at a beach on the North Atlantic, the rest area was so clean and nice.

Lo and behold the Elders in the area showed up at the same
 place on their "P" day. Elder Proux (the one holding the bags of chips)
 was an Elder who had served in Dartmouth area!

Walking the beach, even the rocks are red!!!

Just so you know, the North Atlantic Ocean is cold.
They told us if you keep heading north you would find Labrador.

The Elders exploring the area.

Even the little streams are salty ocean water, but the land is gorgeous

The view outside our Bed and Breakfast!
So peaceful and lovely

Charlotte and Darrel out for an early morning
stroll on Tuesday.

Firedance Country Inn
Bed and Breakfast-!!!

Making sure we are all packed!  Where's our camera?

Inside St. Dunsten's Cathedral in Charlottetown

The Confederation Hall- where Canada
 as we know it had it's beginnings.

This big mace in the cabinet is used to call
 government sessions to order.

This is the room where the meetings about forming Canada began.

Square red lights, yellow light are oval, and green lights are diamonds in PEI!!

Meet Doc- a beautiful, well-behaved horse and his owner.

We had such a lovely carriage ride around Charlottetown.
There you see the 2 Charlottes. I managed to leave my purse in the
 carriage, but thru prayer and faith, it was found and I got it
 back safe and sound.

We didn't see this till we were leaving- but we were in Charlottetown!

Our 2 day trip is coming to an end, this is the ferry that will take us back to Nova Scotia.

A working lighthouse off to the side of the ferry wharf.

Another smaller, but working lighthouse.

Okay, maybe its a little bit too windy to eat
 outside on our ferry boat ride.

We are the last car to board, but we made it!

Howdy friends and family. Life is good. We are enjoying some nice spring/ early summer weather here in Dartmouth. We stay busy in the temple- always more to learn! I'm getting much more proficient on the temple operation systems. We have been busy at the temple!

I've gone through a few weeks of severe hip/low back pain with my left leg, but it's all gone now. Prayers are answered. 
We had a lovely 2 day R & R a week or 2 ago. A couple from the ward and also temple workers, Darrell and Charlotte Nelson took us over to Prince Edward Island.  We had glorious weather and a wonderful time.  Carriage rides, awesome seafood chowder, visited the tourist sites about Anne of Green Gables. It is a very peaceful place, seems you either farm or you are involved in fishing industry.  I will attach some pictures next. We stayed at a beautiful Bed and Breakfast, crossed a nine-mile bridge to get to the island and took a ferry boat ride to get back home. We had a wonderful time.