Thanksgiving Adventures

The day before Thanksgiving, we were helping Bert by raking leaves in his backyard.  He has huge garbage can with a large lid that doesn/t bend back, but stays upright.  After filling the can with leaves, I leaned forward to press down on the leaves, so we could put more in, and the lid came crashing down on my nose, cutting it between my eyes and breaking it.  We spent several hours in the emergency room where they "glued" the cut which stayed on about ten days until it had healed.  My nose was only slightly broken, so, after "wearing" two purple stripes down my cheeks for some days, I got better.  

This instagram shot makes my nose look enormous; it's really not!

Thanksgiving morning, we went down to Heather's to celebrate.  Here she is wearing a cute mask from Pottery Barn :-)

John Morgan came from interpreting at the MTC, and Elizabeth joined us, too.

After watching the movie, "Murder on the Orient Express", with Bryan's family as well, we came back to Heather's for dessert and just hanging out.  Such a nice day!  So grateful for the family.

Rob's sister Carolyn and her husband Ron were away visiting one of their daughters and her family, so we took Adam to J-Dawgs for dinner one night.  It was fun to be with him..

Sports and Fun with our Provo Families

Here is another installment of fun with Bryan and Heather's families while we are here on our mission.

Bryan came up one Sunday night to just visit - it was so nice!

Clay has been playing flag football.  It is a much less stressful game to watch than regular football where you have to worry about dislocated shoulders, torn ligaments, and concussions!  Clay scored at least one goal during the games we were able to see. 

Heather and the kids came up one Sunday and joined us in eating Swedish meatballs and other yummies!  That was so nice because they are all so busy!

Elizabeth was in Connecticut for when she turned 19, so we had a long-overdue breakfast together at Cubbies.  

We went to several of Duncan's soccer games.  He is such 

a good player and has worked at this for many years.

And we can't forget about Catherine's pole vaulting - it has been so fun to be able to participate in these activities...

Thanksgiving Party with the YSA Ward

Since July, we have been serving on Sundays in a local Young Single Adult ward - Madison - located on 21st South and Main Street. At first, it was very uncomfortable because we weren't told anything to do, and the kids had no idea why we were there as well.  But as the weeks and months have gone by, we have become so fond of these young people.  There are many successful, but single, professionals in the ward, as well as many who are lonely and not sure of what to do with their lives.

For one of their FHE's, they had a pre-Thanksgiving party at one of the counselor's homes.  It was beautifully decorated!  

Such fun decorations everywhere in the house.  Sister Neslen is so talented. 

 

Brother and Sister Neslen - this is their home.

Brother and Sister Slater - he is the High Councilor assigned to Madison

Sister Slater, Emily, Sister Spencer (the other counselor's wife), and Sister Neslen.

And, of course, a picture of us!

This is another Thanksgiving-related post without the right photos!