Playing dress-ups!

We were asked last month to play Joseph and Emma in a play for the Stake depicting the organization of the original Relief Society. We figure the only reason we were asked was because we have the accent...and Brad is tall. Kim was able to borrow a dress from one of Sharon's friends. Brad was able to borrow a waist coat (vest) and braces (suspenders) from Paul. He wowed the audience with his compelling loud voice, and Kim only forgot one line, (she had two). Sharon was asked to play Bathsheba Smith (Hyrum's wife), and little Isobel played "baby" Isobel (a dynamic role, but she pulled it off with grace and poise).

Afterwards we enjoyed real "pioneer" food. Someone happened to have one of Emma Smith's original recipes for Joseph's favourite cookies. Kim spent all day the day before over at Sharon's house baking. Unfortunately they didn't have all the good stuff that we have today so the cookies tasted a tad on the horrible side. We also enjoyed a raw red meat stew. Most went home hungry, but it was a fun evening nevertheless.

New Hair Do!

Well, it has been a little while since Kim has been to the hair dresser so she decided it was time for a change. The winter season is coming on and she was getting a little bored of the same old thing. It was a bit of a shock for Brad when she first walked in, but it's beginning to grow on us both!

Long day at work

Last Thursday Kim had to pull double duty for work. The company we work for had her doing reception work at a construction company, then she had to go straight from there to hand out the evening newspapers (MX). It was a long day and she was ready to crash. Brad had his Bishopric meetings that evening but left a lovely suprise for Kim...the dishes were done, dinner was taken care of, the house was clean, and we even had ice cream! Ice cream is a treat we don't get to enjoy to often as our freezer is teeny, and doesn't freeze too well.

Walk to Church

Everytime we go to church we either walk through or past Ashfield Park. Here is what one of the footpaths look like.

(These are some of Kim's favourite palm trees.)

BYD/BYC

With Kim's new responsibilty in the Young Women comes a lot more meetings. Here are a few photos from BYC and BYD (Bishop's Youth Council & Discussion). Once a month all the youth gather at either a leader's home, a youth's home, or a bishopric member's home for an intense game of charades and a lesson from a member of the bishopric (topics for both activities originating from the "True to the Faith" pamphlet).

Brad sometimes tags along to BYD because of all the GOOD food. We always look forward to it as it makes the day go much faster...and it's fun az!

The Queen visits Sydney on Commonwealth Day

Well, it was another one of those moments that found us downtown in the midsts of onlookers without a camera as we come out of a Kwik Kopy (like Kinko's) and see thousands throng the closed-off streets of Sydney waiting for The Queen to drive on by. Lucky for us we received an SMS tip from Sharon Smith that such an event was unfolding in our favourite city, so we made haste to add another "claim to fame."

Right about the time we walked up to the street, the loud police sirens began and the motorcade commenced down the street. After about 5 motorcycles, the Royal Rolls Royce (who knows what its proper term is) drove by us and we looked in and saw The Queen waving at us in her bright green outfit and hat.

So, yeah, we were only about 5 metres (~16 feet) away from the monarch of 53 Commonwealth countries around the world.







(photos courtesy of various online Sydney news outlets...sadly not from our spankin' "new" D70, courtesy of Ben Wilson)