Random November things

Here is a picture of the turkey I made for my desk at the office

The week before Thanksgiving was Zone Conference time and one of the quarterly vehicle inspections  Steve gets to hold.  I attended the Wednesday Zone Conference and this was what I saw when I pulled into the parking lot....

all the missionary cars lined up for cleaning for Steve to inspect.

If you look closely, you can see Steve by the open door of the big van on the left.  He is surrounded by all his tubs of towels and cleaning supplies which he gets to haul to each Zone Conference.

The reason I attended Wednesday was to play a cello duet with Elder Smith.  That is his companion, Elder Frye, being a human music stand as we rehearsed.  Ronda Lucas is at the piano.  The little 3/4 cello that Elder Smith is playing actually belongs to Ronda's son, Erik, to whom I teach cello.  Full size cellos are hard to find to borrow, it seems. 

We had new missionaries arrive the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.  Ten left to return home.  Twelve arrived.  PLUS, six more came who are awaiting their visas to go to the Philippines.  Trying to find enough phones and tablets and beds for these additional missionaries who will only be with us for 6-12 weeks made for a really crazy three days before the holiday.  

I finally finished a bedspread / quilt for our bed.  Good thing as it is finally trying to get cool enough to need a blanket at night.

I used the conference room at the mission office to do the tying.  

And here is the final product....

On the way back from Mesa on Saturday, we were in some fairly heavy, slower moving traffic, and we were side-swiped by a crazy Arizona driver (of whom there are plenty).  Steve and I believe angels were watching over us because we were not pushed into another lane of traffic and the damage to the car is unbelievably minimal!  Good thing because the jerk didn't even pull over when we did!  I believe we are guarded every time we venture out onto Arizona's roads and drive with the extremely rude and foolhardy drivers all around us.

Steve and I have enjoyed watching the BYU TV original series called "Extinct".  If you like sci-fi, I highly recommend you check it out.  You can watch it on-line through BYU TV. 

We are getting to know our neighbors a bit more.  We bought Christmas decorations from the lady across the street.  We had our next door neighbors over for cookies.  Tom and Katie with their daughters Faith (12), Brooklynn (11), and Addison (10). 

We are NOT enjoying these neighbors.  Here is one I killed in our kitchen!  YIKES!