All good things come to those who wait…

So very close!  Final finishing touches being done.  Blinds went up on Sat.

Plumber hooked up refrigerator and dishwasher and drinking water.  All appliances are in.  Bruce spent most of Saturday down in the "pit of despair" below the house running a wire for the Internet that should have put in during our pre-wire visit.  He is brave.
Inspector due on Monday.  We are ready!  We hope.

In the meantime, Mom, Teresa and I went to the Dicken's Christmas festival and had lots of fun.  Ate goodies, bought Christmas stuff and tried on halos.  It is so strange to be putting up Christmas stuff in 60 plus degrees and sunshine.  But no complaining here!

Dan and Lori Cunningham stopped by on Saturday.  They were on their way to Las Vegas for a conference. It was wonderful to see them and they were doing well.



Mom left a chocolate cake on the counter on Sunday while we went to church.  I bring Andy home the third hour and he is here alone.  This is what we came home to…an "Andrew frosted" cake.  Good Job, AJ!

Well, it is finally Monday and Jeremy, or inspector came this morning.  He passed us on our final inspection and Mom stopped by to pick up our Permit to Occupy from the office.  In the meantime we were at the storage unit picking up the furniture with the High Priest Group Leader, Brother Johnston and our Home teacher, with a few other helpers.  They moved all the bulky stuff for us and we will move smaller boxes over as the cabinet maker finishes and we have room for it.

We will never be able to thank Bruce and Mom for making this new home possible, and we are so grateful to Joe and Karen for giving us a place to live while building.
Here's Mom with the Certificate of Occupancy.  Whew!

Well, we're almost done.   Adam is finishing a work of art in doing the flagstone on our front porch and new steps.  That will still take a little while.  It will run all the way down Mom's porch to the front gate as a walkway.

Andrew celebrating his 54th birthday.










Sun setting on a 6 month plus project.  What a ride!

Thankful for Family, workers, turkey day, music and homes

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  We were absolutely delighted to host James and Joe and their families down in St. George.  My sister, MJ and her husband, Brad, were also able to come from California.  We had incredible weather, great company, and a quiet holiday.

While they were here, we celebrated birthdays for Marcus, Brielle, Brynnlee and Elijah.  The kids had lots of fun playing at Grandma Jo's house.  She has the best climbing tree!

MJ and Brad were so sweet to host the group at the club at Entrada.  She took a group one night and then again on Friday for all the visitors that missed the first night.  The food was incredible!

The grandchildren had great fun making fruit turkeys on Thanksgiving Day while waiting for dinner.  Then they promptly ate them for a snack. They were quite creative.

My dear sister thought John needed some cheer in his life, and so brought him a ukelele.  They tried out a few songs during the holiday, but now he is online learning some Christmas carols.  So fun!

Kids playing in Mom's front yard…without jackets.  They then returned to the freezing rain and snow.

We had the opportunity last night to attend the performance of Messiah put on by the Southwest Symphony and the Leito Voices (combined with some community people) at the Cox center at Dixie.  It was really quite a good performance.  We are a little spoiled after singing with Dr. Jessop so many years that some things seem to stand out, but we enjoyed the evening.

It was delightful to run into Barbara (Jensen) Orvin and her husband, Harry.