A day late.....but that is because we had the missionaries come over and visit us on Sunday evening! We LOVE it when the missionaries come to visit us! They are wonderful and we love them.....Elder Robinson (who will be leaving in 2 days to return to his home in California) and Elder Dimanche (from Haiti).
I finished the FIRST of the Atlanta Temple cross stitch hangings....of probably many to come while we are here on our mission. At least as long as my eyes hold out!! Wayne made the pattern for me.....need I say more. He is so good with making my patterns!
We ordered some CHOCOLATE MINT WHOOPIE PIES from the Amish country in PA and they came this week. OH MAN....they were so good. We had to order a dozen and we only wanted a couple.....so, of course we shared them with the missionaries!
Wayne and I decided that we would take a little 2-day diversion (while still working, of course) and head up to North Georgia to Cleveland, Helen and Dahlonega. We had heard so many great things about these 3 cities and knew we could cover them in that time frame.
First stop was Cleveland....home of the CABBAGE PATCH DOLLS! Who knew!!! All 6 of our children had them when they were little.....it was THE thing to have! This is a beautiful setting and wasn't just for little kids!
Yup.....I had to 'adopt' a baby. However, I will be giving this one as a gift!
It was on to HELEN, an Alpine Village right here in the south! What a great little place to visit. We really enjoyed our time there walking around and exploring. Wayne, bless his heart, had his phone ringing CONSTANTLY!!! He just did not get a break at all.....I would visit the inside of the stores while he stayed outside and talked on the phone.
Even our Hampton Inn Hotel was 'Alpine' decor.
Poor Wayne had SO many phone calls that we decided to just go back to our hotel and let him work in peace!! And the weather was so nice outside that we moved his 'office' outside on our deck so he could enjoy the beauty!
As we were driving from Helen to Dahlonega we came upon this CHEROKEE INDIAN PRINCESS BURIAL GROUND....literally at the intersection of 2 highways! Fortunately I had seen it on some literature I was reading and was looking for it. And we found it. It was cool to see. People would put stones on the grave because they felt it would bring them good luck. We may have to add a stone or two next time we drive by there!
We got back home and had some pretty SPRING LILIES delivered to our apartment....with that cute little boot vase. I had ordered them prior to our leaving so they would be delivered then. We wanted to enjoy a little spring! And I made a SWEET POTATO SONKER in my new Mt. Airy Sonker Pan. It was very good!!! I'll have to make that again.
Saturday afternoon we were getting ready to eat lunch in between General Conference sessions. Wayne went to the car to get something for me and discovered that we had a new neighbor moving in......Russ. I quickly texted the elders to see if they could come help and they were there in like 30 seconds!!! Tender mercy.
We enjoy our walks when we get to take them. We try to go every day when we are home (except for Sunday). Right now the weather is nice for walks.....not too hot or humid, YET!!
We looked around on this walk to find LUCY following us! She has never done that before but there she was. Bless her heart. A dog came along and scarred her into the bushes. We kept on walking figuring she would go back to the apartment and wait for us. NO.....not so. We got back to the point where the dog scarred her and she came out of the bushes!!! She had waiting right there for us. Bless her little heart.
It was good to hear from President Thomas S. Monson at Sunday morning session of General Conference.
Monday for Preparation Day BREAKFAST, we prepared breakfast for the 9 elders who live close to us. Elders Robinson and Smith are leaving this week to return to their homes while one of the spanish Elders is headed to Brazil after receiving his VISA he has been waiting for. Elder Robinson had requested a specific menu: Scrambled eggs (2 dozen), sugar toast (2 loaves of bread), sausage 2 1/2 lbs), bacon (3 lbs), homemade hash browns-almost 10 lbs of potatoes (not the frozen kind), watermelon (1, cut up), orange juice (1 1/2 gallons) and milk (not much because most wanted O.J.). It was a FEAST!!!
I think they all enjoyed it......not much food was left!
We had 2 tables set up for them.
The 3 departing missionaries got a 'gift' of the Atlanta Temple cross stitch that I made them.
When all was QUIET and everything cleaned up, it was back to work on Garrett's blanket for him. I almost have it finished......'U' for Urbana High School. That is what Garrett wanted!
And thus we end another week......we will see how things 'pan' out for this week!!! We LOVE our mission!!!
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