The top picture is of Ann Thompson and Avvy Trujillio. Ann made the aprons and bag. The aprons she gave to Elder Olson and me as gifts. If you look closely you will see a Chee hat on the one, that is Elder Olson's and he loves it. Mine is the one Avvy is holding on the right. We love both these single moms very much. Both are very hard working in their gardens and in their lives in general.
The second picture is of Avelina Nez, Lee's wife helping in the kitchen which she loves to do. She is a beautiful Navajo woman and a great cook.
Elder Olson has not cut his hair for quite a while and a few days ago I asked if his clippers were broken. He said, "No, why do you ask?"
I said, "Well you usually keep your hair much shorter, are you growing it out?"
He responded that he might be trying to grow it out like Brother Nez, who's hair is half way down his back and I said, "Hmmmmmm"
Today someone at church asked if I was dating Elvis and I must have looked a little puzzled. He said he thought the man I was with was Elvis because he had such long hair. Elder Olson had slicked it back after I left the apt and before he came over to the meeting.
Since he likes to go to bed early, when he is home before dark, and that makes him wake up very, very early, we shall see in the morning if Elvis will go back into retirement.
After church today we had the Nezs and Andersons over for dinner. The table is small, but we had enough room to all sit down after we filled our plates at the kitchen counter. Elder Olson has become quite good at cooking roasts in the dutch oven, which he puts into the regular oven and cooks at a very low temperature from early in the morning until after the last meeting at 2:00. Sister Anderson brought a nice fruit salad and Sister Nez had brought things for a green salad.
We invited Bishop Kingsford, who's wife has been with her daughter in Utah for several weeks. He could not come over when we ate, but came by for leftovers, which he took home to eat. He will be driving up to Utah for the break and she will return with him after the holidays.
We were glad Sister Kingsford went because it was her daughter's first baby and they ended up taking him C-section because they discovered that the cord was wrapped around his neck. Mom and baby are doing well. Also an update on the baby that Elder Olson blessed. He is doing well and growing fast.
We had another Piano Play time last Friday and my fingers were shaking, so I did not do as well as I wanted. Tonight after Institute I forced myself to play while everyone enjoyed treats. My fingers were still a little naughty, but when Brother Nez sat on the bench next to me I DID NOT FREAK OUT, even though I was afraid I might. I kept right on playing and although I also made some mistakes I did much better than Friday and there was an audience listening, which I think is what makes me freak out every time.
I do practice and I can play, but when I know there are people actually listening for real, my hands shake and I can't play well at all. I would like to believe that I can fake it until I can make it, but my fingers haven't gotten the message yet. BUT I shall not give up. ;o}
Tomorrow we go to Page for my dental appt. We are also going to get pipe pieces to use on my loom. The dowel sticks tend to bend slightly when you stretch the rug to work on it.
I am working on my first diamond pattern and am about half way done with the second rug which is much bigger than the first. The next one will be smaller, so I can practice putting them on the loom more quickly. It won't take as long to finish it and then I can put another one on if it is smaller and faster to finish, and I will feel more comfortable about putting on the warp and lacing the ends.
Today the Patriarch along with his wife spoke to both wards. They live in Page. He said some really wonderful things about what a patriarchal blessing is and why we should get one. His youngest person to receive one was 12 and the oldest 86. One of the sisters is the First Ward had spoken to me about getting hers just this last week. She was afraid she might be to old. I was very glad she was there to hear them speak and feel confident that she will be preparing herself to get her blessing in the near future.
Our temperatures have been very nice for quite a while, but today it was cold and the wind was blowing. I think they are predicting a storm.
Hope all is well with you and your family. We feel very blessed to be serving in such a unique way. President Justice remains us that we are the pioneers and that we are leading the way in several things. Brother Stephan says that sometimes we just have to make it up as we go because it hasn't been done before. He says lots of other funny things too. ;O}
Elder & Sister Olson
PS Elder Olson went to bed at 8:00 so he wasn't up to edit this post. Hopefully my fingers weren't to naughty and didn't make too many mistakes, or is it to many??? Old age makes you forget how to spell also. ;o}
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