HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

     We have so much to be thankful for, I hope you all have a wonderful day ~                                          
 (Kim & Grandma stuffing the turkey - 1980)

This week has been relatively quiet for us. I had to prepare and give a speech for a school assignment, so I purposely kept my days free to read, write, and practice.  Thankfully, I was done by Thursday afternoon so was able to volunteer a couple of hours to stay with Helma while her daughter got her nails done.  She has declined so much it makes me sad, but just being able to sit with her and hold her hands reminded me so much of being with my Mom. 

Wednesday we had an amazing Addiction Recover class.  One of the young men in our group asked another of our young men how he was able to get through his addiction, and this led to a 45-minute discussion where the three who came were helping each other. They are a diverse group - one left the MTC twice because he is still fighting his addiction, one ran away to California and found himself addicted to several things - until he decided he wasn't happy and came home, and the other graduated last year from the Air Force Academy and his follow-on assignment is at Peterson AFB.  We have grown to love these young men so much and respect them for acknowledging their weaknesses and trying to make their lives better.

Adam dropped off this cute little guy Friday morning and Sendai has been so happy.  Milo doesn't like to play as much as he used to but maybe that's because Sendai can be a bully (or just a bossy girl) 😃 I did see them chasing around the backyard though, so they definitely have fun together.  Dad and I have been taking them on walks together, but yesterday afternoon I thought I would be brave and try it by myself because Dad was over his head with paperwork in the office.  We did fine until we were halfway down our street and one of the neighbor's (they are in our Ward) dogs escaped through a broken fence and then it became a little crazy.  I had two dogs going crazy, barking, and running in circles. The escape dog (full sized Golden Doodle) was also running in circles around us, I had dog leashes going around my legs while I was dragging the dogs with me to the front door so I could ring their doorbell.  Really, if anyone would have recorded it, we would all be able to retire! 

Obviously, we all slept well that night ~