Old & New Friends

This morning we got a fun surprise b/c Dad brought us left over doughnuts from seminary.  We love it when we get doughnuts, especially Autumn.

I had to drop her off early at daycare b/c I had to be to a meeting at 9:00 out by the airport.  Dad let me borrow the Durango b/c I don’t have a toll tag but the Durango does.  There was this huge Christmas tree w/ tons of presents under it in the lobby of the hotel.  The training was really good b/c Rodney Webb, the trainer was very charismatic and had some really good things to say.

During our lunch break, I went and picked up Mou since the training was just a few miles from where he lives.  We went to a little hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant.  As you can see, the portions were huge (especially the drinks).  I couldn’t even finish all of mine.

Then we went and got ice cream at Braum’s.  I got eggnog and peppermint chocolate chip.  It was SO GOOD, and fairly cheap.  I’ll have to go to Braum’s more often b/c I didn’t realize it was so good.  After that, I dropped Mou off at work b/c it was really close and then I went back to the training.  It was so good to see Mou again and talk about what’s been going on in each other’s lives.

Mom went and picked up Autumn for me b/c traffic was bad and I wasn’t going to make it back from the training in time.  We had ham party roll ups for dinner and I forget how good they are.  I definitely need to make them more often.  We also made some cheese balls to take around to the neighbors.  We had to adjust the recipe a little bit b/c 1 Tbs of seasoned salt was too much.

The Marshalls came over b/c their granddaughter had a skin rash they needed Dad to look at.  It was so good to see them again & Autumn loved having a new friend.  After Dad looked at Skylar, Autumn took her hand and they went into Mom & Dad’s room to watch Dora The Explorer together.  I love that kids make friends so easily b/c they don’t have the prejudices and pre conceived notions that we seem to develop as we get older.

It was a fun-filled day and I’m up too late watching What Not To Wear, especially since I’ve got a big day coming up tomorrow with the big nativity display at the church.