THANKSGIVING?

Isn't this a sweet photo?  And since their parents posted this on Facebook, I don't think they will mind if we also post it.  Yes, we know all grandparents think their grandchildren are pretty special and we do, too!  We are thankful for our family and our wonderful grandchildren!  We were able to talk with some of our family who were able to get together at our oldest son's home on their Thanksgiving so we enjoyed that, too!

Isn't this display of fish a pretty picture?  This is at the Aeon Store which is a Japanese based company that has stores in Hong Kong.  They have a lot of sushi and other delicious items.  We actually went there looking for a curling iron as Carol's blew up.  They only have items with the three prong plugs that only work with the voltage here but it will be fine while we are here.

Here are some of the dear sisters who made our "Thanksgiving meal".  It was our family home evening night with the sisters who meet on Thursday and it was also their graduation from the the business self-reliance class so we enjoyed this very much.  They are very creative and all of the dishes were very artistic.

 Here's some of the "Thursday Family" with Elder and Sister Kendell.

Well, all of a sudden this post that I was editing turned into words and the pictures do not show up in the edit and only in the preview where I can't edit, so maybe we'll just make it short today and you can imagine what I was going to say about the photos that didn't get . We'll post again soon, dear friends and family. Have a good Holiday season!

Bird Garden, Flower market, and ladies market

We had a great time going to the bird garden and flower market and ladies market last Saturday.  Here are a few photos and little videos.

There were cages an cages and cages of birds to see.  They sell them, too.

They sold lots of live grasshoppers to feed to the birds, too!

We went with Elder and Sister Stevens who are a new couple who will be serving in the Hong Kong Temple.  Their home is in Springville, Utah, too.

Then we were off to go to the flower market.  (No that's not us!)

We always enjoy seeing Bonzai trees and wondering just how old they really are.

They also had a couple of Christmas stores there that we enjoyed walking through.

Aren't the roses gorgeous?

There were flowers everywhere but we just took a couple of photos.

We must have only gotten a little of the ladies outdoor market and no photos but it is just another outdoor market.

Aren't these beautiful flower vases, too?

Here are the flowers we brought home.  They are beautiful and very fragrant, too!

Some of the tall buildings have some beautiful Christmas lights on them now.

We thought we'd end the post with a little "taste of home."

If you read the print at the bottom of the carton, you will see that we came all the way to Hong Kong just to buy Gossner's milk from Logan, Utah.  Is that kind of ironic or what? We wonder if Gossners know their milk is sold in Hong Kong? Yes it is shelf milk and that is pretty much all that we buy to drink but our favorite is actually from Australia, though.

Here's a fun little video that you might have seen but it's worth seeing again, we think:
Good little Thanksgiving video
We hope you are all having enjoying some happy holidays these days, too!

Here's one more:
Thankful

Temple devotional, Christmas and cars

We have a new temple presidency so we attended a really nice devotional in the church across the street from the temple and were able to hear them speak, and afterwards we attended a dinner there. 

This year is also the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong Temple.

Monday we went to the World Trade center here in Hong Kong to get our flu shots and saw that they are already busy decorating around Hong Kong for Christmas.

We decided to walk back to our office and along the way we took a few photos of the cars in the car dealerships along Gloucester road.

 

This Lamborghini didn't even come to my waist so it might be a little hard to get in and out of. I don't think Elder Chandler (walking along there) would fit in the car even with a very large shoe horn to get him in.

Rolls Royce anyone?  You see these type of cars everywhere in Hong Kong.  There are no American cars, a few Japanese cars and lots of European cars.  The import tax is 100% on these cars so can imagine what people are paying for them.

 

Just a cheap Bentley.  I think Gary needs one of these.  Of course he would have to be the chauffeur rather than the passenger.

 

The Porsche dealership almost right next to the church and offices.  Not a very good picture--must have been a small earthquake when I took the picture.

Who would want a Mazda in Hong Kong?  Must be for the poor people.  Of course we would be happy with any car but on the other hand there is no place to park.

I think this is a Maserati--probably won't go over 200 MPH.  There are lots of the expensive Tesla models here as well.

 

For Lotus is only for small people who want to go fast.  Good color for Halloween but that's past.

"Lotus" all press on!  Have a great week everyone!
Here's a nice link about the Hong Kong Temple:
Hong Kong Temple