For Halloween tonight, we had the missionaries over for chili and hot dogs and a pumpkin torte for dessert. Sarah wanted to carve a pumpkin in honor of the day and below is her masterpiece. (she photographed this resting on the glass outdoor table - nice effect)
Happy Halloween to you all!
Sarah is home from New Hampshire. She took a rather meandering trip back – stopping to sleep her first night (Friday) at the home of one of her Bear Brook buddies who lives in Rochester, N.Y. She stayed Saturday night with Elise in Carmel and Sunday night with Julina in Lafayette. Monday night it was with Emily in St. Louis and FINALLY we saw her on Tuesday morning. Only, I was not home when she arrived, darn it. I was down on the MU campus being a rice tester. Yea, you heard me. Me and tons of other people (mostly Asian – go figure) were part of a taste-test group to determine which type of rice grown by the MU ag department was the best. Only, all five samples tasted exactly the same to me. They looked, smelled, and tasted like rice. I was no help to them at all. I hope the Asians were more discerning. However, for my time and troubles, I took home a MU mug, a silicone trivet, and about 20 pounds of free rice (so I can come to the same conclusion at home, I’m sure).
Things were so busy Tuesday that neither Steve nor I got to visit much with Sarah but we made up for it the next day when took Sarah (and Sadie) with us while we drove all the way up to Nauvoo and back to attend an endowment session and a marriage sealing for some ward members. The time with Sarah was perfect, the temple was marvelous (of course), and the weather was sunny but WINDY – oh my, it was terrible. Sarah said that one time, as she was walking around town, a gust knocked Sadie over! This was the same horrible wind that did so much damage to the upper mid-west area.
My BIG things this past week was the one-hour presentation I had to give at Thursday night’s Stake Auxiliary Training and my studio recital yesterday afternoon. For the training, I was to teach teaching to the Education counselors. No pressure there. But, we turned out to have a great discussion and I hopefully modeled all the points I was trying to make. My recital was the smallest and shortest one I have had in years – five students playing six numbers! We were in and out in 30 minutes.
Steve and I went to a middle-school theatrical production last night – one of my piano students was in it. We both wore our Peanuts Great Pumpkin t-shirts and felt like nerdy grandparents in the audience. Do any of you remember the half-completed model WWII bomber that Steve started with his dad years ago, and resumed once with Steven? Well, it is now finally finished. It took two date-nights to do it and don’t look too closely because there are plenty of flaws (model airplane instructions are ridiculously confusing) but now we can hang it from the ceiling down in the family room next to the framed recognition certificates for Steve’s Uncle Billy who died in World War II. Check one more project off the to-do list.
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