Banff etc

This past week we started on our Service Mission which is looking after missionary housing for Southern Alberta.  We attended missionary transfer day and were surprised that they had a devotional preceding the transfers.  We were asked to speak at this meeting.  We have not yet been set apart.

On Friday we drove up to Calgary and then rode up to Banff with Nathan and Tara.  We attended a conference of the Alberta Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society (Brigham Young University Law School).  We checked into the Banff Springs Hotel at the same time as D. Todd Christofferson (a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and rode in the elevator with him and his wife.  He gave the keynote address at the Friday evening banquet and his talk was impressive.  It was about freedom of religion and the law.

Saturday morning there were three classes, which Bob and Nathan attended, but I didn't.  The Honourable Madam Justice Carolyn S. Phillips of the Court of Queen's Bench was one of the speakers.

Nathan and D Todd Christofferson checking in

Views from our window in the Banff Springs Hotel:

Bob, Nathan and Tara went for a walk after we checked in.

Happy Thanksgiving

Friday evening we went to a wedding reception for Mark Frache.  Later in the evening Nathan and his family arrived.  We certainly enjoyed having them.  Today Sue-anne, Jeremy and their families joined us for Thanksgiving dinner and our usual Thanksgiving football game (the Turkey Bowl).  At three p.m. everyone started leaving and it is now very quiet.

Home in Lethbridge

We spent a quiet week in Lehi.  Amber and Darwin worked all day and Caden, Chloe and Owen had school.  We went to Cafe Rio on Tuesday evening.  The weather was beautiful.

Darwin drove us to the Salt Lake Airport on Thursday morning. Our flight landed in Great Falls and we drove home to Lethbridge, stopping at Subway in Shelby for Lunch.

The weather has been beautiful in Lethbridge since we arrived home.

Winter's Coming On

We woke up on Thursday morning to snow on the lawn and on the rooftops.  We drove to Great Falls with snow in the ditches, fields, hay bales and even on the signs.  As we got closer to Great Falls snow began to fall.



Great Falls Airport

 

Darwin met us at the Salt Lake Airport.

 

Last evening we drove to Orem to the Nova Scotia Mission reunion.  It was great to spend time with some of the couples we knew in Dartmouth.

Hard to Believe

Friday was my 75th birthday.  I can't believe it.

A large group of our family got together on Saturday to celebrate the big event.

The adults along with Langley and Mickey met at the Calgary Temple.

After the temple we went to Chilis to dinner.

A Good Looking Group

What a Difference a Week Makes

On September 10th we posted pictures of Henderson Lake.  Here is Henderson Lake a week later.

Murray Brothers and Sisters in Hanna

The rain had stopped.  We left Lethbridge on Thursday and stopped in Taber and had lunch with Sue-anne.  On we went to Hanna where we visited Ross for a while.  Later Paulette, Joan, Earl, Donald and Diane arrived and Joan served us supper.  It was good to visit as we don't get together often.

Bob and I stayed overnight with Ross and Paulette and after breakfast we left Hanna to get home in time for Bob's 1:30 appointment.  The old Honda only had one flat tire - just before we got to Tempest.  Bob is still useful to have around as he got the spare on the car in record time.  Here we are back in Lethbridge.  It is gradually warming up and we expect normal temperatures by Monday.