November 27, 2016
Thanksgiving is over now. It has been a
wonderful holiday week. However I’ll back up a bit before that
first.
Tuesday November 15th we had our pack meeting in our backyard so
we could have a real fire. Four of our boys earned their Arrow of
Light! I’m proud of them. As soon as pack meeting was over, the
girls and I drove over to Sky Harbor Airport to be there as Hunter come home
from his mission in Russia. It was fun to be with Penny’s family and
witness their family reunion. Penny asked me to put together a video of
his arrival so I did. I hope she liked it.
Wednesday the 16th I invited my friend from my ward Sharley
Loose and her little kids over to visit and play. It was fun to get to
know her better. I admire her kind, quiet personality and I hope to
become close friends with her. That evening Bryant, the girls and I went
to watch Chad and the rest of the bishopric and the YW dads play kick ball
against the young women at the church softball fields. It was a fun evening.
Thursday the 17th Bryant had a home soccer game. He got
to play the whole second half! He’s been working hard by practicing extra
at home and has earned some playing time. He didn’t get to play at all
during the first two games. Friday Bryant had a campout here in the
desert. Chad and I went to eat at Rodizio Grill, Mesa’s new Brazilian
restaurant, with our good friends the Moody’s. It was delicious!
Saturday Chad had to go conduct the monthly 8 year
old baptisms then he and I went to the temple and did sealings. We did
some of the family names that Bryant and Spencer found. If anyone would
like to help us do some endowments they have found LOTS of names. It is
going to us a couple years to complete them all ourselves.
Last Sunday evening I did not write because we
invited Chad’s siblings who are in town come over for dinner and to
visit. It was a special treat that Hayley and Nick and their baby Liberty
were here visiting from Idaho. We had a nice dinner, even if it had to
start late because it took longer than I expected to cook two lasagnas instead
of one. Now I know. Nick had all the kid’s attention with his fun
card tricks. He’s such a good Uncle!
My kids had the whole week off of school this
week. When our school changed to the modified year round schedule a year
and a half ago they gave us 2 weeks off for Fall and Spring Break plus all of
Thanksgiving week off. I love it. Monday we had our family pictures
taken by our good friend Melissa Lantz. I am looking forward to seeing
how they turned out. Tuesday Spencer had his first JV basketball
game. He got to play most of the game. Their team won by about 20
points. Wednesday we fed the sister missionaries. When I asked them
what they would like to eat, they requested Mexican food so I made cheese
enchiladas and crockpot ranch chicken tacos.
Thursday was Thanksgiving. We met at the
stake center at 10:00 and played volleyball. I came home around 11:00 to
cook the mashed potatoes. We ate dinner a little after noon and then had
the traditional Sanders’ family snowball fight with the snow balls Brenda buys
from Bahama Bucks. Later that evening the family came over to our home to
watch movies. The little kids watched Finding Dory while the adults and
older kids watched Captain America Civil War (Chad just told us that those were
the top grossing movies this year.) on the projector screen Chad set up with a
white sheet in the living room. He recently purchased a nice little $100
projector for presentations he has to give at work. Too bad for me he
didn’t wait until I could buy it for him for Christmas because now I don’t know
what to get him. It was fun to be together with extended family members
for the majority of the day.
Friday Chad had to work. I got a health
screening at Walgreens so we could get cheaper insurance premiums through
Chad’s work next year. I don’t remember much else we did that day.
Yesterday we set up our Christmas
decorations. That took a majority of the day. That evening Chad and
I did a session at the temple and went out to dinner for date night. I
had a lot of interesting new thoughts stick out to me during the session.
However, now as I’m thinking about it I can’t remember what it was that stood
out to me. Good thing I can go back again and again as many times as I
would like as long as I stay worthy.
My quote for today is a joke that Chad just looked
up and told the boys and me.
What is the worst thing about being
lonely? Playing Frisbee.
And here’s a bonus joke.
I can’t believe I forgot to go to the gym
today. That’s 7 years in a row.
Love,
Mindy
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