Thanksgiving was nice. We combined forces with another family in our ward (the Youngs) and invited the sister missionaries. Because of our lack of transportation, we decided it would be easier to have everyone come to us. After our stuff arrived late and stinky, we started to get worried about hosting. Our house is large enough that we were able to sequester all of the smelliest stuff in the loft, basement, or garage. We spent two days shuffling items around, then scrubbed down the main floor, and hoped for the best. Things turned out surprisingly well. The food and the company were great and the leftovers will probably feed us for a week.
This Thanksgiving season, we are especially grateful to be living under the same roof and to be together as a family.
Also, we are thankful for the newfound freedom provided by our most recent delivery. We finally received our new car (a Volvo SUV) November 28th. Unlike our other deliveries this month, it arrived pristine and beautiful. After 3 months without a vehicle, we are so, so glad to have wheels again.
James says our new car is “fancy” and he is right, it may be too fancy to take with us to our next post. In the meantime, we will just enjoy it. Ordering a Volvo was the fastest and easiest fix for our transportation woes and we are grateful to have it. Our commute to church and Emily’s commute to the boys’ school are now 15 minutes instead of 1 hour and 20 minutes. Hooray! We have also decided that rear parking assist is the best invention ever (especially for folks living in Europe where the parking situation is atrocious).
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