Morning:
So my thanksgiving weekend might have been the best thanksgiving weekend i've every had. Thursday morning I wake up and head over to 19th ward's thanksgiving breakfast! We had waffles, eggs, sausages, hash browns, and the most amazing homemade coconut syrup that Bishop Tueller's wife made for us. Our ward mentors, brother and sister Allen, were walking around cracking the most hilarious jokes that my cheeks were sore after breakfast. Brother Allen came up to Nichole and I and showed us the apron his grandchildren made for him. It had hand prints of all the kids on the apron except one was a baby foot. He said sadly, "yeah, this little one was born without hands so he had to use his foot..." and as me and nichole were saying "Awwww" together he bursted out laughing and said his was totally kidding.. i almost cried laughing because it was so sick of a joke and was the funniest thing i've ever heard an old man say.
Afternoon:
Then after breakfast i went home to make a pumpkin pie while watching That 70's Show. It was the first time i've every had to make a pumpkin pie AND I had to attempt it in a toaster oven. The crust kept burning and the middle never cooked all the way but it sure tasted good. I was making it to take to Brother Sharps house for dinner. Then after the pie Nichole came home from her aunt and uncle's ward and We Skyped my family who was with the Henderson's and Himle's and that was a lot of fun :) here's the picture of the pumpkin pie...dang crust..:
The rest of the Day:
Nichole and I head over to Brother Sharp's house around 3 pm. We get there and there are about 40 people there total at the party. (New Testament professor) Brother Sharp and his family, (Figure drawing professor) Brother Merril and his family, and a variety of kids from Brother Sharp's religion classes. There was Beatles rockband set up, little kids playing in the fron yard and everyone cooking and getting ready in the house. Here is a video of Nichole running around fighting/playing with Brother Sharp and Brother Merril's Kids:
I played Brother Sharp on expert on Beatles Rock Band. We played "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" and he totally whoooped my butt...but i did pretty good for haven't playing in like 2 years. Dinner started at 4 pm and we came in and saw that we all had our names on our plates scattered around the room. The Food was truly amazing! here is a picture of my first helping of food with my name on it :)
After Dinner we watched Brother Sharp do some TRULY amazing magic tricks. This man seriously is magically. He did a trick where he asked Nichole to pick a card and look at it and place it back in the deck and shuffle the deck the whole time. The card was a 2 of clubs and then he asked who was brave and i raised my hand. He then showed me a card case that he opened up and pulled out a card that he called "the death card" It was an ordinary card on the back but the face had a skeleton in a coffin on it. He then put it back in the case and placed it in my hand. He then pulled out some tissue paper and took a lighter and lit it on fire. The flame was so big it scared me and i screamed and dropped it. As it hit the card inside fell out and he told me to pick it up and look at the card...and i picked up the death card..and the skeleton...in the picture...was holding...the 2. of. clubs... freakiest magic trick i have ever seen...in my LIFE. So anyways after that we continues with an amazing game of Sharades and then played an extremely intense game of Pictionary. Overall was a marvelous Thanksgiving day.
Friday
So friday I slept in mostly but then around noonsih Tiffany, Maria, and I head to mililani for a little bit of black friday shopping. I bought a cute beach dress at a little store called Cookies. We also went to Walmart and tried to race home so Tiffany could make it back for the Basketball game she was cheering at. As always we made a few friends on the bus and made it home in the nick of time and we had Nichole bring Tiffany a bike to the bus stop so she could race home and get ready. We got to the game and it was awesome. Best BYUH game i've seen yet. Brother Ale (our second counselor in 19th ward) made the winning shot in the last second of the game having us beat Alaska by 1 point. It was amazing and I almost lost my voice I was screaming so loud. Then we went home and watched Disney Weddings on TV. So much fun. Here's a picture of Maria and I with our mascot the Gecko (even though we're sea siders) and all of us at the game
Saturday
woke up and did some laundry and went to the beach for a while with Tiffany. We got there and within the first 20 minutes we were there it completely poured on us!! but we waited it out and then it was beautiful. Then we came home and I watched the Indiana Jones marathon on TV which was a perfect addition to my weekend. Then i finished the day with working on my google sketch-up project and then went to Beth's Bridal shower. Very fun saturday. here is a picture of my finished google sketch up project, its not exactly right because my project had other requirements that went with it but its pretty darn good if i must say.
Sunday
went to church and got to sing in the choir for sacrament meeting. We sang "My Kindness Shall Not Depart From Thee" and it was simply beautiful. Since no boys ever showed up to practice for choir we've turned our ward choir into a relief society choir :) here is a video of a version of the song we sang in church:
In Nichole's lesson for Gospel Principles we all went around in a circle and talked about how we've seen the lord's hand in our lives this weekend. I of course talked about how a, what i thought was going to be, hard thanksgiving actually turned out to be one of the best weekends i've ever had here in Hawaii. Everywhere I went it felt like family. :) Then later after church I worked more on my Sketchup program with my friend Marcus and then finished the night with a little Once Upon A Time and some Skype :) Obviously you can see that this was a very busy yet amazing weekend and now i'm really upset it is over... :( but only 17 more days until i go home!!! so thats GREAT NEWS!!
