For our anniversary, (19 years) Aaron and I ran away to Utah. Our first stop was at the BYU museum to look at the showing of Minerva Teichert's paintings. I would have love to taken some photos of her work, mostly because their size was so impressive- most were at least 8 feet tall and very wide, kind of like this sign outside- & larger. Her work and colors are beautiful. She painted the world room in the Manti Temple.
The rest of the trip, (we left on Wednesday coming home on Saturday) was spent in the Manti Temple. It was just breath -taking beautiful. (finished in 1888) This is where we were married. The first night we attended a session, the power went out....we used dim lights from a generator. The second day it snowed....a total of 8 inches by the time we came out. It was wonderful to be in such a peaceful place.
On December 18th the Hollister school had their annual school play. Tavin was an elf, (top back) and Til was a bedtime kid. The play was short but very well done, working with the poem, The Night Before Christmas. 
Well, Tilmann's birthday was one month and one day ago. Happy 8th birthday Tilmann. Tilmann is 67 lbs. and 51.5 inches tall.
For his birthday party, he was going to watch the Bee Movie in the theater, but someone messed up and the theater was closed*. Since all of Tilmann's friends were already at the theater, they went bowling instead. Tilmann had a lot of fun, and he even won the bowling round!! Then he and his friends went to Daisy's for volcano drinks. Tilmann's favorite part of the day was watching his friends' expressions when the dry ice was put in the pop.
On January 12th, Tilmann was baptized by his father. Uncle Bubba and Grandma Elsie spoke.
* Janice wrote a complaint letter to the theater, and it turns out that there was a problem with the newspaper ad. The advertising manager felt bad so he sent us 10 free tickets!
(photo courtesy of the Red Cross)Tilmann's birthday post is still coming.
We should never do posts in parts!
*sigh* They just don't seem to get finished...
However, here is part 2.
Mom finished making the dolls, adding faces, hair, and clothes. And they look much better than they did before.
I've just posted 26 recipes on the Food Blog. It's possible that I might post a few more recipes every once in a while, but this is basically it. No more. Hallelujah.
Coming Soon: Tilmann's Birthday Story!
