Thanksgiving

We enjoyed the holiday with Kydon, Shanna and kids, Kirsten from Phoenix, and Scott and Camille from Provo. Terry's sister Penny and hubby Daniel Harville were also with us and brought some great appetizers to enjoy before the Thanksgiving feast began. The day was warm and beautiful and made eventful by a hawk that was defending his nest in our neighbor's tree. Many on the street gathered to watch as the hawk hovered around the branches and made sweeping flights from time to time to observe and keep at bay the hyper little squirrel that would have liked to invade the nest. Good entertainment and a chance to visit with the neighbors! We got BBQ at Country's and also visited Warm Springs while we were together, so we were thankful for time spent as a family this year!

How about a picture??? Let's see if I can post one...good luck to me!
OK, after several experiments I got this one. This is a picture of my good friend mary mathis and me visiting senior citizens for our stake RS project. It's blurry...but sometimes I look better that way! We've been visiting all year and have learned a few things. Have also enjoyed making new friends and giving a little service by doing what I do best, namely talking and making music.

Exciting family News!

This week has been busy and exciting with the news that Dane and Laura are engaged! I thought it was pretty cool that Laura wanted to be surprised when she got engaged, and Dane was able to pull it off with his surprise visit to Provo and all the extra touches that go with making the event special. It just goes to show that asking for the right things is a good idea...you get what you want that way and everyone is happy. Congratulations Dane and Laura!
We also had Kydon and the grandchildren here while Shanna took some time to paint the bathroom. We went to Monkey Joe's for a birthday on Friday, Callaway Gardens on Saturday, and Kydon and I helped in the nursery on Sunday. Throw in a little cooking, playing, cleaning and walking, and we managed to stay busy every minute this past week-end. It was fun and we can't wait for Thanksgiving now, when we all get together again. Hope everyone has a great time cooking and getting ready for the Turkey feast. I love the tradition of coming together as families and showing thanks. We have so many blessings to be thankful for....right now I'm grateful for technology that allows us to stay in touch. it means a lot to me!

It's November....great!! Feels like the holiday season with cool Fall days and the prospect of Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner. Today we decided to cut up our Halloween pumpkin and try to make a pie. We made two and they turned out great. They came out of the oven just in time to give one to our home teachers. Hope this works again when we use the frozen pumpkin for Thanksgiving.