Alan married, World's Fair visit, 1983

1982 was the year Alan married a lovely girl, Peggy Wonnacott, on June 25 in the Salt Lake Temple. She is a great addition to the family. We had a luncheon at a ward building and it poured rain but it cleared up by the evening when the reception was held in her parents’ back yard.
In 1983, Doug came home from his mission in Guatemala; it was nice to have him home again. He started working at the Mall in the evenings and brought home lots of interesting things that had been thrown out. Sometimes cookies, other times silverware, trays, etc.
Nancy tried out for the musical "King and I" by singing "Tomorrow" from Annie and became one of the royal children. I could hardly recognize her in all her makeup but she looked great.. She really enjoyed that experience.
We now have a big family: Sylvia and Brent have six children, Jenny, David, James, Ryan, Chris and Becky. David has three: Melissa, Alicia and Salem. Tricia and Alan have three also: Tannie, Trent and Russell. What great grandkids they all are.
Pleasant Grove H.S. band and dance team had the opportunity to go to the World’s Fair in New Orleans and I got to go too! The group first flew to Dallas, TX and put on shows at some ward buildings. From then on we used buses. We went to Houston and visited the LB Johnson Space Center and Galveston. The beach wasn’t as pretty as California beaches but it was water! We drove east and visited a great place in Louisiana, "Oak Alley", a beautiful plantation with large old oak trees leading up the house. It also had beautiful gardens. We stayed in New Orleans for several days and visited the French Market. We also took a trip up the Mississippi on a paddle boat, I think it was "The Natchez" and had dinner. That was a fun experience. We also walked around the French Quarter and from a distance, a cemetery where everything is above ground because of the water level. The cemetery was like those in Buenos Aires and other Latin countries; I was familiar with them.
Visiting the World’s Fair was a great experience. The various exhibits from different countries were so interesting. One great one was from Egypt. It had a diorama, or rather a large area laid out showing the Nile River and the Aswan Dam and all the area watered by the river. The Korean exhibit was also a favorite. I received a nice fan from them which I kept for many years. Italy also showed the water system in Rome with sewers and cisterns.
We flew home after a great experience. There had been a little trouble, though, one boy had to be sent home because he wouldn’t keep to the rules.