That was rhetorical.
Wow, all the amazing things that happened in November 2015!
Great, I overhyped it for no reason. We're off to a great start.
(I'm kind of hyper right now)
Once upon a time, on the eve of November 1, I was drifting off to sleep when the whole frickin' apartment building started shaking. In my stupor, I thought our neighbors had slammed their door really, really hard but after a couple of seconds it was obvious that was an incorrect guess. My next thought was that something exploded and I wondered if we should be fleeing our apartment. Then I thought, could that have been an earthquake? In Arizona? I promptly checked twitter and confirmed my suspicion. That was the most exciting moment of my life!
Emily flew to Utah to welcome Keaton home from his mission in New Zealand.
Emily: We spent the morning making signs and generally walking around in a state of high anticipation. Then when it was time to go the airport those of us were busy rescuing a big black dog running loose in the neighbor and se we left a little late. Genet was very concerned about our arrival time and kept calling for updates. Despite her worry, we made it with a couple of minutes to spare.
Once Elder Davis disembarked all convened for treats (some delicious New Zealand chocolate among other goodies) and stories. I loved hearing all of Keaton's stories in person. We also got some Time's Up in (dynamic duo Keaton & Dad won).
Keaton's report to the stake president was amazing. President Strong had Keaton walkthrough each of his areas and companions and talk about what he learned during each area. I loved hearing about the insights he gained from each experience (good or bad). My mom, dad and Keaton all bore wonderful, pure testimony that ended the meeting on a love-filled note. All in all a spectacular weekend!
Sidenote: We did find the big black dog's owner; although I was all for bringing him home with me.
We had a dinner with a bunch of our friends. We had Hatian beans and rice and had some rounds of Resistance, a game in which you're trying to determine who the dirty lying spy is, then we tried a popular French trick-taking card game called Tarot.
Our ward (congregation) has been designated as the gathering place of the French speaker in the Phoenix area so we have a several French speaking missionaries in our ward. Thankfully nobody was effected by the attacks in Paris, although statistically speaking that would have been highly improbable.
This part may be a little confusing so I want you to pay very close attention.
Emily started training a new person to replace her who they found out didn't know computers very well but she was working really hard so they thought it may work out. Until....
one of the guys she was working for decided he was moving to work for some investment company (which manages a couple billion dollars of assets) and make lots of money (pffffff lame). This meant that replacement chick would have to go part time instead of full time, which she didn't want to do so she said SAYONARA SUCKERS. Anyway, Emily was offered an amazing raise AND the ability to work from home. So now Emily codes for most of the day and does financial planning stuff a little too.
My co-worker didn't show up for work for an entire week. They put him on probation. He didn't show up the following monday. He no longer works there. I'm going to be involved in interviewing the new person to make sure they know how to program computers (or something?).
Yeah, yeah, but what did we do for Thanksgiving? Millions of you are asking.
Well, we flew to Utah, because why not? And Emily's family lives there.
We found a skeleton (fake) and snuck them in people's beds and closets and various locations!
We played many a game. This is Tragedy Looper - a game of time traveling and solving mysteries!
We gave thanks and ate food! Salivate over pictures of this delicious meal.
We annoyed Morgan the dog!
We also took family pictures in the snow. We don't have pictures of the picture taking or the actual pictures. It was cold.
We were excited to come back to some warmness, but the Phoenix area was going through some kind of cold spell. Our heater doesn't operate correctly. It warms you right up but then it doesn't stop, it just keeps going. Instead of trying to fix it, we piled on the blankets and waited for it to get warm. A couples days later, the weather is back to it's normal self. Crisis averted.
I have a feeling things are going to happen in December.
