P Day in winter time

During the winter we look for indoor activities for preparation day. Sometimes we have to go shopping rain or shine to get food for the institute classes.

Today we were able to visit the Body World exhibition in Times Square. 

The human body is amazing. There is no way it could've been created just by chance. Thank goodness for our creator and a great plan of salvation. 

We visited time square in Manhattan, which is always an interesting place.

Today we saw a "weed head" man with a box on his head begging for money so he could smoke marijuana. At least he was honest about what he would do with the money.

We also saw a person dressed up as the Statue of Liberty. This occurred near Broadway and 45th St., where they dropped the New Year's eve Ball.

Riding the subway train is always interesting as well. Today we encountered three men singing for money. They were good singers. There ought to be a better way for them to earn a living, though.

And we got our very own "Subway Selphie". 

Living in a large apartment building is still a new experience for us. Trash detail is amusing. Basement fills up fast with trash from so many tenants. 

Our trusty van has come in mighty handy for hauling food and people.

We are well and happy and enjoy serving the Lord. Is hard to believe that we have now been on a mission for one year.

A special Christmas and birthday

We had a wonderful Christmas season. Our children planned a special family reunion and birthday party in St. George, Utah to celebrate Linda's 70th birthday the day after Christmas. Our wonderful mission President Calderwood gave us permission to fly out for the celebration. So we did!  Thank you, President Calderwood. We had a two week break from institute classes, so our schedule is free. We had a wonderful time as you can imagine.

The week before we left, however, we welcomed five new missionaries to our district including two new sister missionaries. Sister Christiansen and sister Nevitt. Sister Nevitt is the niece of Monte And Julie Nevitt friends from our old Prescott days. 

We were also able to attend the nutcracker ballet in Brooklyn the Saturday before we left.

We spend Christmas with our son Tyler and his wife Cristiane and their three beautiful daughters in Henderson Nevada.

I also got to see her other grandchildren including four-year-old Luke and two-year-old Tessa. 

One special event was our attendance at the Las Vegas temple with family members.

The family arrange for a special dinner to honor Linda on her birthday.

We had 30 of our 32 family members in attendance that night.

We enjoyed good times just sitting and talking and sharing. 

The children and grandchildren prepared a special book of letters to grandma which they gave her at her birthday party. 

It was wonderful.

We finished our wonderful trip by spending a few days in Colorado with our daughter Juliann and Berrett Doman and their four wonderful children. 

We had a wonderful trip and now we are back in New York ready to get to work once again.