Merry Christmas!
The week of freezing nightly temperatures and warmer days. The anticipated sleet/freezing rain did not materialize in the local area, but it was enough of a threat that the grief support group was cancelled on Monday.
Tuesday was a busy day. Finished scanning the last major photo album (it had 400 pictures) so now there are a lot of miscellaneous items that need to be scanned and then added to the proper file. This exercise has helped my relive many choice and wonderful experiences we shared as a family over the past 50ish years. I also ran, then had an afternoon meeting with a ward member and the sister missionaries. Then there was dinner at the ward mission leaders home and a missionary correlation meeting following. Then I dashed off to church to catch the tail end of the relief society presidency meeting to discuss self reliance with them and the elder's quorum president.And Katie, who left after work, arrived before 10 pm. She came to visit for a few days before she travels to Memphis late tonight to catch an early morning flight to Okinawa where she will spend the holidays with Rebecca's family.
Over the next few days we were able to rake up the last of the leaves (at least the last of the ones I intend to rake this season), do some kitchen organization, rearrange the downstairs kitchen area, clean the house and do some baking. We made several loaves of cranberry nut bread and a chocolate truffle pie. Saturday was Silver Dollar City day. Miranda and her family, along with Jonathan and his, gathered at this family theme park to enjoy the beautifully wonderful sights and sounds. Over 6 million lights adorn the park; it really is amazing to see. It is tradition to watch Dicken's 'Christmas Carol'; and everyone had fun on the roller coasters. Katie and I left around 6 pm to head home. There is a young man who leaves on his mission the beginning of the year and had spent the week at the St Louis Temple and the family was having a Christmas reception at their house. So Katie went there while I came home.
Thursday morning Katie and I took the sister missionaries to breakfast and then helped them load their vehicle. Both were being transferred and are being replaced with elders. Evidently the number of sisters is diminishing. It was sad to see them go; we have had sisters for the past several years and they have always been delightful.
Today we had a wonderful sacrament meeting. Lots of Christmas songs, two numbers song by the choir and the story of the Savior's birth and life were shared. Beautiful spirit. And then it was over. And unlike other Sundays when church is over, this time people actually lingered to visit!
Hope all have a joyous Christmas!!
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