Sunday, February 26, 2023

"Free Time"

When we left the Church on Thursday night, Gary asked me what I wanted to do that I couldn't do as a missionary.  We are so boring that we couldn't even think of anything great...plus we were all very tired! Sleeping was more on the top of our list!  We decided that traveling outside the 60 mile limit of our mission without mission presidency approval was as "wild" as we were going to get.  And travel we will do--leaving on March 1 and making the loop from Utah to Arizona to Washington and back by March 22. I love road trips!! More pictures to come along the way.

Meanwhile we have five busy days in Davis County planned.

Friday morning, I hung out with the grandkids and we played games almost the entire time.  It was so fun.  Zander is quite good at Guess Who and Carter was in a very cuddly mood and wanted to sit on my lap whenever she was playing a game.  And everyone likes a good game of "Don't Break the Ice" even Ezri although she loves to BREAK the ice.  Poor penguin is always doomed during her turn.

Playing Disney version of Color Brain

Because our time in Syracuse is so short, we decided to invite some of our sweet friends to join us for dinner at the Dragon Hills Restaurant which is just outside of the Syracuse border in Clearfield.  They are a small place with good Chinese food.  We had about 28 people there.  The only downside was that it was impossible to catch up with everyone, although I tried by walking around and talking to each set of tables.

Tom and Sherry Miggins, Jena, Meggan, Amy and David Daily, Cindy and Bret Anderson, Gregg and Kristy Sparrow, Debbie and Scott Woodrow
One I took....
and one with me in it taken by the waitress....but cut off Jolie's smile...
Steve and Tami Slater, us, Kay and Wayne Volk, Brad and Lynne Allen, Amy and Newt McNeill (in came from Idaho where they have moved) and Kevin and Jolie Watson

The group---and there is others we wished could have been with us!


Burtons and Dicksons got the table for 4
They served together in the Relief Society Presidency years ago.
I love them!

Jena and Meggan Sparrow
This is a roomful of amazing people in their own right--all trying to do their best.  We are lucky to call them our friends!

By the way, kids---everyone says hi to you as well!!!

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