Thursday, November 2, 2017

Let's go to the circus

 We took Jules and Addie to the Shrine Circus.  It was really fun, an old fashioned 3 ring circus with clowns, magicians, preforming tigers, elephants and camels.  There's not many of these left and it was all for a good cause, the Shriner's!  The girls were very excited.  Gary, Paul and my Mom also went. 


Paul, Addie and Jules riding an elephant!

These are pictures from trips to Flagstaff this past summer.  A rainbow over the ponderosa pines, a butterfly on the butterfly bush flowers and a beautiful sky driving home
 

Elizabeth, Mom and myself at church getting ready to deliver blankets to the babies at Weekday School (our church infant and preschool).  Our knitting group was started by Mom and myself years ago after the surgery to remove the tumor in her neck .  I was knitting to pass the time in the hospital and she decided that we should knit blankets for babies.  We are called Baby Prayer Shawl group and knit blankets and hats for babies and children being baptized and at Weekday School.  Next week we will deliver 8 blankets and hats to UMOM family homeless center.  Here are close ups of some of our blankets and some of our members.  We meet in the library, but we are expanding to two meetings a month.  Our 2nd meeting meets in Wesley Lounge during the day.  I'm going to bring my elec kettle so we can have afternoon tea. 

 


 

In August we went to President Trumps Phoenix Rally, mainly because the Mayor and news said people shouldn't go.  We do think that he is doing a great job.  I was originally for Ben Carson who was also at the rally and talked which was great.  Even though I really like Ben Carson, he is too nice and could never have won.  On to another subject, the Phx Police did an amazing job keeping everyone safe.  Faye and Javier sent us a text saying that there are people all in Black outside the convention center and to be careful when we leave.  The police kept all groups separate by using barriers and even trash trucks etc to make sure that we were safe. We only saw the protesters from a distance and never felt in any danger even though some of the protestors were violent.  Anyway it was very exciting and great to hear President Trump!  He was in top form and loving every minute of it I think.