The Rose of Tralee

Sunday morning we went to the Tralee Rose Gardens before church.

It was a beautiful way to start the Sabbath. It was very peaceful and very beautiful.

Some of the group...

This was my favorite rose. This is one cluster!

Elder Holt in the gardens.....one of our favorite Irish songs is the Rose of Tralee....it's really about a woman called Rose and every year they crown a Rose...

I wore the right color!

Elder Card brought his violin and played hymns as we wandered through the gardens. After a while we all started to sing the hymns and we attracted quite a crowd! It was a peaceful morning with the church bells ringing in the background.

We love to hear Elder Card play his violin. Sometimes Elder Neely adds his ukulele and it's become a favorite thing to do when we are together. We now know several Irish tunes!!!

This is the Tralee Chapel. It's over a shop on the street. They have about 30 members in the branch.

We actually doubled the congregation that day. Wonderful, faithful saints doing all they can to help the church grow in Ireland.









After church we hopped in the cars again and took a drive around the Ring of Kerry.

Elder Gielman posing.....

The Meriva caravan! It's amazing we all stayed together!

Oops, I took this picture from Elder Hancock and it came out pretty small!!!

Taking a picture break.....

Beautiful scenery about 115 miles.......

Little fishing village......

Breathtaking view.......

Love this little Irish man.......

We stopped at another waterfall.........

Group shot.....leprechaun size........

At the end of the day, we stopped and had pie and ice cream! Compliments of the Cards! We were pretty tired when we got back to the hotel that night......