Christmas in Lehi

When we got to Lehi on the 19th the weather was beautiful.

Christmas Eve

Chloe on Christmas Morning

Darwin Received some Gifts

Later in the Week

Spanish Fork Festival of Lights

Yesterday we were going to go to Salt Lake to see the lights at Temple Square.  When we got to the I15 it was backed up for miles on on lanes going north, so we went south to Provo.

Chloe wanted to go to the L L Bean museum, but when we got there it was closed for the week.  We had supper at 180 Street Tacos.  Then we drove to Spanish Fork to view the Festival of Lights.  We were glad that we went at the time we did because when we came out there were cars lined up for blocks waiting to get in.

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Well it doesn't look much like Christmas outside here in Lehi.  We left the snow behind in Lethbridge on Friday and drove to Great Falls where we caught a flight to Salt Lake.  Darwin, Chloe and Owen picked us up at the airport.  On Saturday it began to rain and has been raining ever since.

It does look like Christmas inside.

In the last couple of weeks we seemed to keep busy.


One Wednesday we attended a session at the Temple.

We went to the Stringam Denecky Christmas party at the Country Club.

We attended Family Home Evening at Holts.  After dinner the group went to the LCI Choir Concert. 

We watched Taylor play basketball against LCI last Wednesday (Taber beat LCI).

 We did home teaching and visiting teaching and inspected missionary apartments.  We had a visit with Sue-anne when we did the Barnwell and Taber apartments.  We were privileged to help Sue-anne with the decorations for her ward Relief Society Party.

There were big dumps of snow two week-ends in a row.

Another Drive to Calgary

On Tuesday we drove to Calgary, visited with Jeremy on his birthday and had supper with Ross, Paulette, Jeremy's family and Austen.  We stayed overnight with Nathan and Tara and boys and stayed with the little boys while Tara went shopping on Wednesday morning. We drove back to Lethbridge on Wednesday afternoon.  Tara loaded us up with delicious caramels and chocolates - yum.

I went to Club a week ago Wednesday - good company and delicious food.

Transfer day was on Thursday - a rather large number of missionaries transfered - didn't run as smoothly as the previous.

Last night was our ward party.  We peeled, cooked and mashed twenty pounds of potatoes for the dinner.  The theme was Whoville and it was quite entertaining.

Bob was out walking this morning.  He took pictures of the lake and the "dumb geese".

Geese in the middle of the lake

The Wind Has Been Blowing

At least all the snow blew away and the sidewalks and roads are clear.  We hear this is the last day of wind and we will be having snow for several days again.  I went out today and did a bunch of shopping in hopes that I can stay in for a while.

I attended super Saturday a week ago Saturday and had lunch and did some quilting. 

On my way home from Family Home Evening at Pratts I slipped and just about fell, and had a sore knee for a few days.

Wednesday Nancy and I went out visiting teaching.

Bob and I  inspected apartments on Thursday.  There was still ice in some places.

Saturday we attended the Temple.   Later on Sue-anne, Darryl and Carter came for a visit.

Sunday morning we drove up to Calgary and went to Edward's ward.  Lincoln gave a talk and was advanced in the priesthood.  There was a pot luck after the meetings.  We stayed overnight and visited Tara, Matt and Lochlan and saw Orson for a minute or so on Monday before we headed back home..

Too Frozen to Write

Here it is - the middle of November already.  I am already looking forward to spring.

It has been below freezing for a week and will continue on for next week. 

Although, I would love to stay in the house, we have been busy.  The past three Thursdays we haven been traveling around inspecting missionary apartments - Coaldale, Barnwell, Taber, Milk River and West Lethbridge.  We still have the Lethbridge Stake to do.  We have been out buying bedding for the apartments as well.

We stopped in and visited Joan on the way home from Milk River.

Last Sunday we drove out to Taber for Remembrance Day dinner.  It was snowing and the visibility was poor.  Anybody would be crazy to drive in that weather, but Courtney was home for the week-end so we hazarded it. At least it wasn't quite so bad coming home.

We helped in the soup kitchen last Wednesday.  I chopped onions, buttered bread and carried dishes to the sink and I was dead tired when we finished.

Endings

Today Daylight Saving Time ended for this year.  Yahoo!  October also ended.

Our beautiful fall weather ended this week-end.  On Friday (halloween) the weather was wonderful - 18 degrees C. and no wind.  Even so we only had 30 "trick or treaters" that night.

Last evening it started snowing and has been snowing most of today.  I shoveled the sidewalk and the snow was very wet and heavy.

It was the end of the month and I went visiting teaching and our home teachers and my visiting teacher came to visit us this past week.

I also went to club in Raymond on Thursday.

This Morning in Lethbridge

Great Big Snowflakes