Wednesday, June 19, 2024

November 2023 Part 1: Grateful for Friends

In November, I reminded myself that I have been blessed with incredible friends. They may not all live in my neighborhood, but they are loyal and wonderful to me and Brian. I got to meet up with Camille, one of my college roommates, in Salt Lake for lunch, and it was wonderful to see her and catch up. We were dismayed to realize just how long it had been since we last saw each other. It had been too long (and we're already due for another visit). 
After our roommate reunion in October, we made plans to meet up with Tyce, Peter, Michael and Kristina for dinner at the Melting Pot. 
We decided that this is a great place to meet up with people you haven't seen for a long time because there's plenty of time to cook, eat, and talk (they actually expect you to be there for a long time). It was so good to talk to Tyce and Peter (Brian's college roommates).


Along with my committee of one, I threw another ward party right after church a Sunday before Thanksgiving. We had more sides than main courses, and the kids went through and dished too much and threw too much away, and the people at the end didn't get food (I was one of those people), but the turn out was really good and we got to meet lots of new people, so I'm still counting it as a success. The best was how impressed the Bishopric was with the invitations ("They look like the ones the Relief Society does!"). So many people were so great about pitching in with set up and clean up, which made things really easy for us. 
Brian has a great team to work with, and they even got to play MarioKart on the arcade together in November. I'm so glad he likes his co-workers!
We got together at Tucanos to celebrate Serene's birthday. Jen apparently couldn't make it. Or something. After dinner, we went to the mall for some light mostly window shopping. 


Near the end of the month, Serene broke her wrist, so we made her paper flowers and took them to her to cheer her up. The kids were sweet about helping make the flowers. 
We are so so grateful for our many friends, spread across the country and the world. 

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