Thanksgiving 2011

Here we are in our apartment getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner.  The pictures are deceiving,  I didn't do all the work to get ready and Dad didn't do all the eating.  We both did lots of work and eating. 

Our apartment felt like home when we celebrated Thanksgiving dinner there with the missionaries that we have learned to love.  Sisters Vano and Ika are on the chairs.  Above Sister Ika in l to r order is Elder Allred, Elder Jones, Sister Jones, Elder Cook, Elder Early and Elder Butler in on the floor.  Brother Dolon, our wonderful ward mission leader is taking the picture.  He also surprised us this morning with a turkey already prepared which cut the work in at least half.  The other missionaries brought pies, salads and drinks. 
After eating and visiting we played UNO, then we laughed and visited some more. 

Since we had worked SO HARD at a service project this morning and some of the missionaries had eaten more than one Thanksgiving dinner we were glad to hear reports the following day that all had survived.