Thanksgiving week in Utah

Two days before Thanksgiving, Jeremy and his beautiful bride Nicole were married in the Draper, Utah Temple. The temple is set up high in the hills, which made for a very chilly, windy photo session.

At the luncheon Dad and I hosted after the wedding.

at the wedding reception

Dad and Philip at the reception

Jeremy's best buddies are happy to help decorate the get-away car.

After the wedding day, it was back to the real world, as Dad spent the day trying to fix Philip's car.

Meanwhile, I walked to BYU campus, where I discovered the Paleontology Museum

6 ft.long  prehistoric alligtor skull belonging to this 37 foot dinasaur eating monster

Beautiful weather to enjoy the last of the fall leaves and the first of the snow on the mountains!

Dad and I and Philip had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with Dad's oldest sister Beverly, her husband Denny and our nephew Paul and his wife Kelly, who cooked a wonderful dinner.

Beverly and Carl (Dad/Grandpa)

So, it was a happy week for us -- sunshine amid the rain of the past few weeks. We had left Texas with happy hearts, because baby Dahlia was doing so well, and was goint to finally come home right before Thanksgivng. But that was to last only for a day, as her failing heart couldn't keep up any more, even with the medicines, and had to be brought back to Texas Children's. She will be on the waiting list for a heart transplant. So, we are feeling very sad with this turn of events, but know that she is the Lord's hands and He will take care of her, and do what is best for her. Besides this turn of events, something else was there when we got home. Our mission call! We will serve for 23 months in the Rochester, New York Mission!