New Year's Eve

Nathan, Tara, Orson, Liam, Keaton, Lochlan and Matthias arrived about 4:00 p.m.  We had Chinese Food and played monopoly and scrabble.  The two oldest males retired early.  Tara and I and the boys stayed up to ring in 2016.

2015 wasn't the greatest year and hopefully 2016 will be better.

2015 did end wonderfully well.  We spent time with all our children and families during December.  What could be better?

December 26 - 28

After breakfast on boxing day, Bob and I drove home to Lethbridge.  It was a beautiful, sunny day, but very cold.

Edward and family were a couple of hours behind us.  Sue-anne and family arrived later.  After supper, there were games to play.

In the evening Jeremy and Edward's families and Bob and I attended the New West Theatre to see "All Spruced Up".

Sunday we attended church, ate, napped and visited.

Edward's family left today to go to Mountain View.

Christmas at Jeremy and Julie's Home

White Christmas

We left Lethbridge this morning to spend Christmas in Calgary with Jeremy and Julie and family.

Another Year Almost Gone

Time has passed quickly since we returned from Utah.

We inspected apartments, arranged for a new apartment, got through transfer day and Bob spent much time emptying and  cleaning an apartment that is being closed out. 

We attended our Ward Party on the 11th - cooked potatoes for it.

On Saturday the 12th while Bob got furniture out of an apartment I served at the Nativity Display.  Over 400 nativity sets were displayed.

Later that day we drove to Calgary and went to a Christmas supper for the service missionaries.

We stayed with Nathan's family and went to Church in the Midnapore Ward and in the evening Edward picked us up and took us to the Stake Christmas Program.  Erica played the trumpet to accompany one of the numbers.

We drove home on Monday the 14th.  We got our home teaching and visiting teaching done.

I did my Christmas baking - fruit cake and butter tarts.

I attended the ward Relief Society Christmas program on Sunday evening.

Sue-anne and Carter came in on Monday for a visit.  Joan and Joral visited on Tuesday.  Bob and I went to the movie on Tuesday evening - James Bond.

Today was Sue-anne's birthday.  Her whole family came into Lethbridge and we had pizza for supper.

Utah Grandkids

We left Lethbridge Thursday morning and drove to Great Falls, had lunch at the airport and took a flight to Salt Lake.  Darwin met us at the airport and drove us to Lehi.  Everything went smoothly.

Amber bought a jigsaw puzzle to entertain us while she was at school.  We worked on it Thursday evening and finished it on Friday.  Chloe did a lot on it.

Today was Owen's baptism.  Taylor joined us from Provo early in the morning as the baptism was at 9:00 a.m.

In the afternoon we went to the BYU Junior Ballroom Dance Presentation to see Caden and Chloe dance.  It was a very professional program.  Amber drove Taylor back to Provo after the show.

After the Baptism

Cousins

After the Dance Presentation

Ready to Go

Well, what has happened in the last three weeks?  On Remembrance Day we inspected apartments and the two following Thursdays as well.  We did a temple session on the 13th.

On the 14th we drove to Hanna.  On the way we stopped for a visit with Sue-anne and family.  We went to the dinner theatre in Hanna and were served a delicious roast beef dinner and saw "Honk".  They do very well for such a small town.  We stayed overnight with Paulette and her sister, Susan.

On the way back from Hanna we stopped in Brooks and did some sorting of Elsie's pictures at Donald & Diane's house..

I attended Relief Society and did some quilting and Bob and I did Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching.  We watched the Montreal Temple re-dedication one Sunday and this past week-end we attended two sessions of Stake Conference.

In between Bob looked for a new car and ended up buying a Chevy Impala. Now we are ready to go traveling.

First Snowfall

It snowed overnight Sunday and all day Monday stopping sometime during the night.  The snow wasn't heavy but it was steady.

We stayed in all day Monday, but this morning Bob went to supervise four missionaries cleaning out an apartment.  I had a previous appointment with my hair stylist so I missed the fun.  I also missed going out to O'Shos for lunch.

 

Courtney in Lethbridge

The week of our return from Oregon was very busy.  We went to transfer day on Thursday and then Thursday, Friday and Saturday we attended Skate Canada.  There was a lot of good skating there.

Sunday we went to church in Taber, and I helped Sue-anne with her Relief Society Lesson.  We stayed for a ham dinner at the Moser's.

It was a bit quieter this week.  We went to the movie "Once I Was a Beehive" on Tuesday evening.  Wednesday we attended the Temple.  Tuesday, Friday and this morning Bob worked at emptying missionary apartments.

Friday afternoon Sue-anne, Courtney and Carter came for a visit.  Courtney stayed overnight with us.

 

Back Home in Lethbridge

Yesterday morning we left the Johnson's before 9:00 a.m. and drove to the airport, returned the rental and began our flight home (via Vancouver, B.C. and Calgary) arriving about 6:00 p.m.  On the flight from Vancouver and again on the flight from Calgary there was a large group of Japanese who were taking pictures of everything.  We found out when we got to Lethbridge that they were coming for Skate Canada.  One of the girls was interviewed at the airport - possibly for  TV.

Here are pictures of the Johnson home.

Front Entry

The Zundle Home

Sun and Rain

Yesterday was a beautiful day. We drove to Astoria and had a good visit with Maggie and John.

Columbia River at Astoria

We attended Stake conference last night and this morning.  It has been raining all day today.

After conference last night we went for dessert at Karen and JR's home. 

The Johnson's Backyard

Gleneden Beach

Tillimook

We went to the cheese factory today and then to Cape Mears.

  

Newport

The four couples arrived last night and we had a good supper and visit..

Today we drove to Newport stopping a the various beaches along the way.

Bridge at Newport

Noisy, Smelly Sea Lions at Newport