During our Christmas holiday, we had several pictures taken of our whole family. It will be another 11 months before we are all together again.

Christmas

December 8-15th with our family

Margaret Neilsen's wedding to Bob Short

Margaret & Bob Short

Margo & Dennis Heiner

Tom & Paula Heath

Thanksgiving in Park City

Bryan, Charlie, Whitney, Barbara, and Jim in their Park City home

Thanksgiving Day

Jim Smith was the chief today.

This is the sunrise view from Mt. Sinai.

This is the Marriott resort we stayed at on the Red Sea for 3 days.

We stayed in really nice hotels the whole trip. This is the lobby of the Intercontinental Citystars Cairo Hotel in Egypt.

We saw the Pyramids of Giza, the Spinx, and the River Nile.

These shots were taken at Petra. That city and the carvings in the mountain are amazing!

Taking the tram up to the top of Masada

We rode camels up to Mt. Sinai and then hiked until we reached the summit. We were there for the sunrise and it was breathtaking.

We stopped to swim in the Dead Sea on the way to Masada. You really do float but it really burns when the salt water gets in your eyes, as Alan found out.

These steps go up to the Palace of Caiphus where Jesus was tried and kept the night before he was crucified. They are still the original steps.

This is the cave where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

BYU Jerusalem Center on the Mt. of Olives

Joseph Ginot doing a demonstration at the Western Wall in the Old City.

Dome of the Rock

These are the ruins of the 7 pools of Bethesada.

Western wall of Jerusalem, formally known as the Wailing Wall.

Another view of Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives

View from the Mt. of Olives of Jerusalem