Thanksgiving

On Monday, November 22, a new member of the Gambles family arrived. Jordan and Casmin Wisner welcomed Samuel Roscoe Wisner into the world. (Yeah Roscoe!)

Amanda Wisner came up from BYU on Wednesday to be with Mom for the weekend. She came to our house with Mom when they brought Lilli home. Lilli had gone to Grandma's to help her clean the house for Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving day was family, food, and football. It was a wonderful day. We had us, of course, at the dinner along with Mom, Todd, Amanda, Jackie, Brad and Lorie, Brayden and Shantae and family, Nate and Abby and Nixon, Scott and Shauna. Dinner was so delicious. I sure wish I could put away more food like I could when I was younger. About three hours after dinner, I was still stuffed to the gills!

On Friday, we again went to Mom's. Games were played and movies watched. It was a fun day.

Saturday, some of the gang went to Preston to see the Festival of Lights. It started out with a fireworks display followed by a parade. It was fun. The weather was VERY mild for late November. Jessie showed on Saturday to join our gang.

BYU had a great sports day on Saturday. First off, the women's soccer team defeated South Carolina to move into the final four. Two more wins, and BYU is national champions. The men's basketball team whipped Utah in Salt Lake City, 75-64. Then to top off the day, the football team defeated USC 35-31. It was a good November for BYU--no team lost a game during the month. That includes women's volleyball, women's basketball, football, men's and women's basketball.

Today, we attended church here in Downey then went to Mom's for dinner. It was a nice way to wind up such a special weekend.

Chugging Along

Not much exciting happened this past week. We are just chugging along until we get to Thanksgiving!

Veterans Day

We had a normal week. On Thursday, we honored the Veterans. At Deb's school, she posted a picture of her dad who served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.

Angie had a Sadie Hawkins date. She went with a boy from McCammon, Kaden Bullock. Part of the date, with another couple, was spent here watching a movie. Lilli, Deb, and I hid in our bedrooms during the date.

The House of the Lord

These last two weeks culminated in the dedication of the Pocatello Idaho Temple. It was a wonderful experience to watch the dedication in the stake center. Elder M. Russell Ballard dedicated the temple. Elder Gary Anderson, Elder Gifford Nielsen, and Elder Gary Sabin were the general authorities in attendance.

Last night, Deb and I helped take the youth to the devotional featuring the general authorities. It was a very good devotional. I am glad the bishop asked us to help transport the kids.

We celebrated Halloween on October 30 rather than October 31 since that was a Sunday. We started the day (this is Deb and I) with the ISU-Weber State football game. ISU looked awful and was whipped 40-17. Then Deb and I took Lilli and her friend to the park for the trunk-or-treat in Downey. We then went to Mom's then to Connie and Bill's. After dropping off Teresa at Hawkins Road, we came home and watched BYU beat Virginia 66-49. It was an old-fashioned shootout. Virginia is now coached by Bronco Mendenhall. It was good to beat the old coach even though he did wonderful things at BYU.

Angie performed at two choir concerts last week. She did a great job. She also cheered at the state playoff game between Marsh Valley and Sugar-Salem. Unfortunately, the Eagles lost 22-16 to end their season.