October 14th through October 20th

October 14^th through October 20^th:  Monday mom and I both went to work.  I went to Amy's and finished installing moldings around the windows upstairs and installing a walnut shelf over the couch and 2 walnut shelves by the fireplace in the front room.  

Walnut shelf over the couch.

Walnut shelves in the front room.

Tuesday I hung the doors and installed the moldings on the doors.  Mom went to work for her 8 hour shift in the afternoon and evening.  

Molding in Bedroom #1.

Molding in Bedroom #2.

Molding around the doors in the study room.

Wednesday we went to our temple shift.  In the afternoon, I got all the baseboard cut and ready to be nailed off and Chris got the last of the ceiling panels painted for our patio. We then took Miles and Luke, Alex and Charlotte's boys and Kimball and Stan,  Bryce and Kate's boys, to Rush, a game park.  They had won passes from school.  They had a great time and we closed the place down at 10:00 pm.  There was no school the next day because of  fall break.

They tried roller skating.  Stan was the best. 

Luke was the best at bowling.

They really enjoyed the go-carts.

Luke made it to the top.

Miles said that the climbing wall was one of his favorite things.

Kimball was a natural.

Stanford also liked the climbing wall.

Thursday mom went to work and I got the baseboards nailed into place and started hanging the bi-fold doors.  At noon, I came home and got cleaned up.  When Chris got home from work, we loaded up the car and drove to Manti where we met Craig and Pam Cornwall, Chris’ brother and sister-in-law.   We went to an endowment session at the temple.  Their grandson was to be married the next day and they had never been to the Manti temple. We all enjoyed being in this beautiful pioneer temple.  We then drove to Mike and Merlene Ellington’s home in Mount Pleasant.  They were kind enough to let us spend the night at their house.  Friday we got up and drove back to Manti for the wedding.  The bride is from Wales, which is on the west side of the Sanpete Valley.  

Mom with some of her  grand-nieces and a grand-nephew, siblings of the groom.

The sealing room was packed.

After the wedding, we drove back to Mount Pleasant and took Merlene to lunch.  Mike was in Yellowstone with their son and grandson.  We decided to drive to Spring City for lunch.  We were sitting in the overflow room of the restaurant waiting for our food, when a man walked in from the main dining room and Merlene said “I think that is our neighbor that lives across the street from us.”   He did not see us and walked back into the dining room.   Merlene followed him and brought him back to introduce him because we love the little house that they have restored.  She introduced him as her neighbor, Mark Clark.  I asked if he was from Bountiful and he said yes.  I stuck out my hand and introduced myself, John Norman.  He was so surprised!  We were best friends at Bountiful High.  He got married shortly after High School and we had lost track of each other.  We had a nice chat and he brought his wife and one of his daughters back to meet us also.  He is the executive secretary in their ward, but they split their time between Salt Lake and Mount Pleasant. I was blown away at the chance meeting in the only restaurant in Spring City of one of my good friends for high school, who now is Merlene's neighbor.  It was so good to see him.  What a tender mercy.  Later we drove over the mountain to Nephi for the wedding reception and then drove home.  Saturday John B. and I finished installing all the ceiling on the bottom of the deck and then we cleaned the garage so that Jill can start parking her car in the garage.  We still have a little more work to do so that there is room for mom to also park her car.  

We stated early and had to use head lamps.

The ceiling is finally done.

Sunday after church I had a Temple and Family History meeting with 3 of the ward consultants.  Later we had a family dinner with our four children and their families who live here in Utah.  It is always so much fun to be together. 

Sunday morning we woke up to snow.

Yes that is snow on our car.

Sunday dinner.  L. to R.  James and Kirstin, John and Jill, Charlotte and Alex, Bryce and Kate, and Mom.