We're still here!

We haven't gone away - just been busy.  It's a good busy, and we are enjoying our time here, trying not to get too trunky!  I hope these blogs haven't gotten too boring.  I enjoy sharing our experiences and hope they are being read. 

We had 3 dinner invitations in one week a while ago.  That's amazing! We are friends with two brothers, the Karrens, and their wives, who are sisters.  They are great couples and they both invited us to have dinner with them, along with the young Elders and Sisters who serve our ward.  Both occasions were lovely, and we taught a single sister and her son a temple lesson after one of the dinners.  Then another single sister that we work with invited us for that Friday.  People here are great!  And the Karren ladies are super cooks, so we had some wonderful food.

We spent another P-day at the beach the end of June.  A guy was doing a sand sculpture, and this is what he ended up with

 

I guess it's a self portrait (?!)

 

 

We both got sunburned that day.  It was the warmest, sunniest day we have had yet at Sunset Beach, and I found tons of sand dollars.  Don't know what I am going to do with all of them.

 

Dad went to a doctor out here about his medicines (our Dr. back home was getting funny about calling in his prescriptions), and he had his Shingles diagnosis confirmed.  He is feeling much better now, and his hip injury is improving also.  We both are feeling our age, and I wonder if it has something to do with the cheap mattress we are using here.  We need to buy a new one when we get home, so if anyone has any ideas on a good brand, let us know.

 

We have served lunch to 55 missionary leaders twice in the last week!  We had pizza one day and pulled pork yesterday.  They are sure fun to be with and serve.  Here they are, posing and going through the food line

 

                                              

Such great kids.

For the fourth, we drove up to Fremont and met Paul at Olive Garden Restaurant for dinner.  We tried to see him and Lin on Paul's birthday in June and couldn't make it, so it was nice to be able to take him out.  Lin got stuck at the hospital and couldn't come, but we had a great visit with Paul.

Then Tuesday night, Bro. Call called and asked if we would like to go with him and his family and office staff (he's a dentist) to a Giant's game in San Francisco.  We had a bunch of stuff to do and people to see, but we re-arranged our schedule so Dad could check that particular event off his bucket list!  We had a great time.  The stadium is amazing, and the Calls took us around San Francisco to some sites we probably wouldn't have seen on our own.  We then had dinner at an Italian restaurant in Little Italy, with the best (authentic Italian) pizza we have ever eaten!

 AT&T ballpark

 Dad eating the obligatory hot dog

 Me and Sister Call

 You can barely see the Oakland Temple up on the hill to the right

 At the Cable Car Museum

 An amazing old cathedral

 

At Coit Tower

 

Needless to say, we had a great day. We got to meet the Call's son, Don Jr., who lives in Taylorsville with his second wife.  His 2 boys and their mother live in Riverton.  So naturally we asked where in Riverton they live.  He said, "Right across from Riverton High, in the little gated community there."  Really??? So we got their address, and they are 4 houses down from us in one of the townhomes!  We remember now meeting the oldest boy, who is about 16.  Isn't that amazing?  It will be fun to have a San Jose connection when we get home.

 

We're going back to the city next week for Dad's birthday.  He wants to see an art exhibit of one of his favorite artists at the de Young Museum, so that's what we'll do.  We're actually getting so we can find our way around that huge, sprawling metropolis.  We are going to miss it.

 

So that's what's new with us.  We'd love to hear what's new with all of you.  Love you all so much.