Australia Sunday September 21, 2014
Dear Family and Friends,
Here it is after 9 and I am just starting the letter of the
week. We just got back from delivering
carrot, pecan cookies with orange icing to the other couples. I was in the mood to bake tonight for some
reason. Actually I found this recipe a
couple of weeks ago and wanted to try it.
They are really good, and we came back from Killebrew’s with
brownies.
This week has been pretty quiet at work. Dad went through the last 4 boxes on Monday
to see what we have to finish them, and one of them only had about a ¼ full of
cards, so now we are down to 3 ½ boxes and will finish one box this week so we
will be down to 2 boxes. Mark wants us
to have that many left when Sister Rogers comes down the middle of October. We do have 2 boxes of rework to do from the
Canon Camera that we are just going to go ahead and do. Danny is trying to get the rework cancelled
but we have the time to just get it done.
Next weekend we go to Salt Ash to speak so we are going on Saturday and
stop at Martin Harvey’s house up by The Entrance, about an hour away. He does bone carving and is going to make me
a necklace and Dad wants to see his equipment and how he does it. Then we are going to have dinner with the
Finch’s who are missionaries at Salt Ash.
The Smylie’s will also be there as they are helping with a Family
History Fair on Saturday. We are going
to leave after Church on Sunday and go see farm ground up in that area. We told Mark we will be gone 2-3 days and he
said fine. We have to be back that
Wednesday night as we have a dinner.
On Tuesday we were watching the grounds guy taking cones out
on the grass so we knew the Plovers had put a nest in the grass right outside
our window. As he was putting the 2nd
cone on the ground the daddy plover started dive bombing him so he was running
away and finally just dropped the 3rd cone and ran. He was waving his hat and the bird was still
diving at him. We thought it was pretty
funny but he didn’t. We went out to get
a picture and he said don’t go too close.
It will be fun to watch them so close to our building.
We found out this week that the Killebrew’s are moving into
our flat when we leave in November. They
are on the ground floor and have wanted to get away from the front door,
etc. Our flat is also larger than the
one they are in, and we have a bath tub and they only have a shower. They will have a lot of fun next to the
Moore’s also.
Friday night the Barr’s had organized a bush walk at the
Bidjigal Reserve, about 15 min from here.
It is home to 370 native plants, and over 140 native animals. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do it but Dad
went with the Barr’s, Feil’s, Smith’s, Moore’s, Archibald’s, Nolan’s and Sister
Howes. The Smith’s had pulled pork
sandwiches and potato salad at their office before everyone left. The Killebrew’s and myself stayed and cleaned
everything up and then they brought me home.
The walk was a couple of hours and they had to take a torch
(flashlight). They only saw a frog and a
ring tailed possum. Dad said it was fun.
Saturday morning we went to Windsor and got some more
Golliwogs. The Killebrew’s went and got
some, and so did Sister Archibald so I knew there would not be many left. The shop keeper said she was trying to get a
hold of the lady that makes them to order more.
She thanked us for sending the other missionaries in and gave me a pair
of snowmen earrings, and Dad some cuff links she makes. They were each $20. That was nice of her. After we left Windsor we drove towards
Wiseman’s Ferry so we could find a little farm Dad had seen. We drove in the driveway and Dad got out and
talked to the farmer, a young Chinese man.
He raises Chinese vegetables and sells them at the Sydney Markets. He sprinkles all the ground. We then left and went to the Blacktown Sports
Club to meet a couple of ladies from our ward that wanted to take us to lunch
before we go home. They are both widows
and both in their mid 80’s. We had a lot
of fun eating and visiting. We then came
home and changed clothes to go to the Sydney Opera House for the production of
“The King and I”. We rode down with the
Smith’s and met the others, Archibald’s, Killebrew’s, Moore’s, Feil’s, Nolan’s,
and Dick’s at a restaurant at Darling Harbor and had a really good dinner, then
we all got taxi’s over to the Opera House so we wouldn’t be late for it to
start. The restaurant was really slow,
the original plan was to take the ferry over to the Quay’s and then walk, but
we didn’t have time. The theatre was
absolutely stunningly beautiful. There
are 4 theatres in the Opera House. The
play was magnificent, we enjoyed every minute of it and it could have gone on
another few hours. We all kept saying on
the way out we couldn’t believe we were really there. We are so glad we had this opportunity and it
was well worth the money spent.
We got to bed just after midnight, and our phone rang at
just after 6, the Smith’s telling us that they had the BYU game on their
neighbor’s TV. They are taking care of
the house and and dog sitting while they are on holiday, and the owner said to
watch anything they wanted. He has
foxtail that allows him to get ESPN.
First game we have seen in 2 seasons so we all really enjoyed it. The Feil’s came over and watched the 4th
quarter. It was a great game. We are hoping we can watch the BYU-Utah State
game. That will be a little later as it
starts at 8:30 in Utah.
The Archibald’s came down a little while ago and brought me
a Kangaroo Nativity Set they had found down in Sydney and she bought it for me. It is really cute! She told me they have a Koala Bear one also,
so now we are planning another trip down in a couple of weeks. She wants to go back also.
It is after 10 so we need to get into bed. Have a good week and we will talk to you
tomorrow.
All our Love,
Mum and Dad
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