Here we are at our Branch Christmas Party. This is the rented hall we hold all of our meetings in. The lady in the top picture with the tassels in her hair is our Relief Society President and she does a wonderful job. The older man is about Grandpa's age and is not a member but says we can come and visit with him. He says he doesn't believe in God however, so we will see how far we get with him. He has three daughters who are members and his wife was before she died.
The dark haired lady is our Stake President's wife and very lovely!! We had a great dinner with their family on "Boxing Day", a National Holiday that stems from the days when the upper class boxed up food and gifts for their servants and gave them a day off--at least that is one version of this holiday. The stake president is a remarkable man and they have a great family. He has been stake president about 7 years. We had dinner on Christmas day with the Branch President and his family and the dinner was aweome and very traditional i.e. turkey, dressing, roasted pototoes, cabbage, leeks, brussel sprouts, carrots, Yorkshire Pudding, Christmas Pudding and non alcoholic fruit drinks. Below are our neighbors the Peters who have become such good friends. We especially love their daughter and grandchildren who we bought Christmas gifts. They have been a godsend to us. On the day before Christmas we went to a family in the branch whose mother had broke both legs and her arm in an auto wreck and helped them wrap their gifts. We also took a gift for each of them. We then cooked Christmas dinner for them on Christmas Day before we went to the Branch President's for dinner.
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