January odds and ends

We watched an air-med from the U of U come into Nephi to fuel.

We had a bit of excitement as the stove got to hot and cleaned the chimney.

We had some chilly, foggy mornings.

Janna and Taylor fly in.                        Miss Alisha came to see Peaches.

Snow Day with Ben, Amy, and Taylor

Our college grandchildren came down for a Thanksgiving

dinner and a sleep over that culminated in a super, fun snow day.

 This is a snow sculptor in training. 

 You  might be married to a red-neck if you find a gun 

laying on the floor in front of your refrigerator.

Grandpa took the brave on tube rides behind the four-wheeler in the field.

Sarah-Jane and Amy.

Ben

Hans and Grandpa

Amy and Taylor

Before and after.

When all were cold enough, we moved to target practice.

Among the best days ever!

Elder Ben Mitchell returns

Elder Ben Mitchell returned home on January 4th.  What a day to celebrate.  He holds the distinction of serving in four calendar years.  He left in December 2016 and returned in January of 2019. 

Ben with the other returning missionaries.

Ben with his mission President and mission Mom.

Ben and his mission Mom.

Ben and his forever Mom.

Ben and his buddy Ethan. Any tears for Ethan were tears of joy!

Ben and Jessica

Ben and his family.  He said Anna had changed the most.

Ben and Amy flew into SLC on January 7th for the first day of school.  Grandpa and I picked them up from the airport.  This is them outside Amy's apartment. The cooler contained a few groceries to get them by until their mom arrived two days later.

          Ben, Amy and Taylor took time 

to go see Grandpa Marvin. 

                  

We went out to dinner at Olive Garden for Amy's 19th birthday on

 January 10.  We had strawberry short cake back at her apartment.

Another day we bowled at BYU.

That was the day Laura flew home. 

Primary School Kit Project

Our primary class saved money for this project all year.  Each time the girls brought their scriptures, they got to feed Shorty a quarter.  When considering a project to do with the funds at Christmas time, I was drawn to the humanitarian school kits.  The girls seemed equally excited.  On the last Sunday before Christmas we put the kits together.  We had enough money to get all the supplies but the notebooks.  The Primary helped with those and I found remnants and made the bags.

We had two bags from each fabric.

We set up in the Cultural Hall to put them together.

These are the girls who were there to help make the kits. 

Makia Ballow, Keira Pettit, Macee Ercanbrack, JaLeigh Burton,

Lily Echols, Yazzie, Phaedra Slade, and McKinley Mitchell. 

On January 2, 2019 we took our kits to the Humanitarian Center.

Only four girls were able to go: Jaleigh Burton, 

Lily Echols, Kiera Pettit, and Macee Ercanbrack.

Can you see Shorty on the ground in front of me?

After our kits were received, we went on a tour.

These are ton bails of donated clothes.

People from all over the world can find employment here.

Each article of clothing is sorted by hand.

These smaller bundles are labeled for content and delivery.

This bulletin board shows the employees who found 

permanent work in each month and where they came from.

This display shows the content of the school kits.

This logo is used in countries that don't accept 

donations from Christian Churches.

We learned about the areas of focus for Humanitarian efforts.

A small room houses gifts from countries all over the world thanking 

the church for their humanitarian aid.  This is from No. Korea. 

Note: I found it interesting that the building that houses the Humanitarian Center was once the Remmington production plant.  A place designed to spread destruction, is now designed to spread relief: from bullets to blankets!  The weapons here were turned into plow shears for certain. 

We went to Temple Square after our tour and viewed 

The Craftsman, a meet our members film.

I introduced the girls to our tradition.

We stopped in Provo on the way home to roller skate.

None of the girls had ever done that before.

Kiera and Macee                         Lily and JaLeigh

I learned to love these girls this year.  

I'll always consider them to be partially mine.