We Are Thankful

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We love this time of year when we reflect on all of our blessings.  We have so many!  On Thanksgiving day this year we were able to spend some time with Genna and Jeff.  Then the four of us went over to Jeff and Janeen Redd’s house for a feast!  How fun to spend time with them and some of their wonderful kids.  That was another blessing for us to reflect on!

Last Sunday some of our Sisters asked us if we would drive some people to hear Alex Boye speak.  Alex is a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, sings popular songs and acts.  He is a terrific speaker, too!  The Sisters loved it and everyone else did, too.  He was nice enough to meet with everyone afterwards and take pictures.  You can imagine the line was pretty long.  We didn’t stay for that, but Craig did snap a picture of Alex with someone else!  Here is his incredible I Am A Mormon page.

This week we went to Balboa Park San Diego History Center to see the Exhibit called “The Cat Behind the Hat”.  Yep, all about Dr. Seuss.  They have a wonderful kid’s exhibit with all of the drawings you love from your childhood.  There are life-sized statues of Horton, The Grinch, the Cat in the Hat and The Lorax. There are colorful activity nooks, whimsical furniture and creative projects for the kids. 

They also displayed some of Theodore Geisel’s never-before-seen artistic works from his Secret Art Collection (1920-90), along with his early drawings, advertisements and military illustrations from Life magazine.

 We loved it.

We have been pretty busy at the Battalion, thanks to Thanksgiving week when almost everyone in the country is on vacation.  It is like we are back in summer!  In our spare time, we helped put up Christmas lights. 

Supervisors: 2, Workers: 3.  Not really!  Those two Elders were just taking a breather.

The Sisters put the luminarias on the front steps and porch and placed decorations on the tall tree.

We will be having different performers for the 12 Days of Christmas.  It should be a wonderful experience to have Christmas at the Battalion!

Today you get to meet beautiful and happy Sister Milla from North Carolina.  She would like to be a nutritionist.  She eats healthy, played soccer and has been a nanny.  She is super patient with everyone around her and always has fun.

Sister Milla is not shy about talking about the Gospel.  She is very friendly and is always in a good mood. That makes for great tours!  And she is wise.