Family Home Evening December 2, 2019
Our very kind young single rep, Ellie arranged for the Break the Fast dinner yesterday at a ward member's home. Tonight, the first Monday of the month, the Bishop's wife serves dinner and they host Family Home Evening there at their home.
They are incredible family. The bishop and his wife are very young and 40-ish. Together with their teenage daughters, they form a strong and steady family that provide such a steadiness to the ward, especially the young people. The bishop is from Finland, although you could never guess that he isn't American.....absolutely no trace of an accent. He is a professor of business at Oxford. She is one of the most compassionate women I have ever met, and seems to mother everyone. I truly admire them and am grateful for the spirit they bring to the ward.
I was grateful that we didn't have to fix another dinner. Thanksgiving was so very exciting because we had all those happy young people here, and they were indeed happy to be celebrating, and to be together. I would be delighted to have that many every week, but from what I understand by next weekend, they will begin the exodus from Oxford and be gone, some of them for up to six weeks. But I must be getting old. It drained me. I think it is mostly the worry....will there be enough?
Being with them on the other hand energizes me. They are such good young people. And I think I am getting used to fixing larger meals now.
I learned something on Thanksgiving. I will simplify next year. I didn't need to make pie. There were several delicious desserts here. I didn't need to make sweet potatoes. One of the cute sister missionaries brought a big pan of them, and I made some because I thought SK should have his favorite sweet sweet SWEET potatoes. I think next year, I will just focus on gravy, turkey and cranberry sauce. I think everyone loved it.
I will also try to figure out a better way to serve so many. That little kitchen was too cramped and with the stove and sink much in the way...it was not the best way to serve. I'm thinking we need to get another Costco table, although where we will put it when we are not using it is a mystery. But I think that will not be an issue until next November.
I think we will make the trek to IKEA and buy 25 dinner plates. They are lightweight. They match. They are inexpensive. If one breaks, it can be easily replaced. And they are sturdy. Voila!
For now, I feel ready for another week, and am already looking forward to next Monday night when dinner and Family Home Evening will be here. mmmm, let's think. What can I cook in the crockpot? We bought two pork roasts a month ago. They have been sitting patiently in the freezer, and it is time for them to make their debut.
The bishop showed us a short video while we were all at his home. I wanted to share it with you. His wife and his little girl appear in it for just a second. The little girl is a gorgeous little blonde who is hanging an ornament, and the bishop's wife is a gorgeous blonde who we see in profile on the left side of the screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIIrNSqbxbo
They are incredible family. The bishop and his wife are very young and 40-ish. Together with their teenage daughters, they form a strong and steady family that provide such a steadiness to the ward, especially the young people. The bishop is from Finland, although you could never guess that he isn't American.....absolutely no trace of an accent. He is a professor of business at Oxford. She is one of the most compassionate women I have ever met, and seems to mother everyone. I truly admire them and am grateful for the spirit they bring to the ward.
I was grateful that we didn't have to fix another dinner. Thanksgiving was so very exciting because we had all those happy young people here, and they were indeed happy to be celebrating, and to be together. I would be delighted to have that many every week, but from what I understand by next weekend, they will begin the exodus from Oxford and be gone, some of them for up to six weeks. But I must be getting old. It drained me. I think it is mostly the worry....will there be enough?
Being with them on the other hand energizes me. They are such good young people. And I think I am getting used to fixing larger meals now.
I learned something on Thanksgiving. I will simplify next year. I didn't need to make pie. There were several delicious desserts here. I didn't need to make sweet potatoes. One of the cute sister missionaries brought a big pan of them, and I made some because I thought SK should have his favorite sweet sweet SWEET potatoes. I think next year, I will just focus on gravy, turkey and cranberry sauce. I think everyone loved it.
I will also try to figure out a better way to serve so many. That little kitchen was too cramped and with the stove and sink much in the way...it was not the best way to serve. I'm thinking we need to get another Costco table, although where we will put it when we are not using it is a mystery. But I think that will not be an issue until next November.
I think we will make the trek to IKEA and buy 25 dinner plates. They are lightweight. They match. They are inexpensive. If one breaks, it can be easily replaced. And they are sturdy. Voila!
For now, I feel ready for another week, and am already looking forward to next Monday night when dinner and Family Home Evening will be here. mmmm, let's think. What can I cook in the crockpot? We bought two pork roasts a month ago. They have been sitting patiently in the freezer, and it is time for them to make their debut.
The bishop showed us a short video while we were all at his home. I wanted to share it with you. His wife and his little girl appear in it for just a second. The little girl is a gorgeous little blonde who is hanging an ornament, and the bishop's wife is a gorgeous blonde who we see in profile on the left side of the screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIIrNSqbxbo
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