Friday, February 8, 2008

Banner Dinner Day

The title pretty much describes it. There are two young women living upstairs. Above is Bonnie Corbett. Bonnie is a traveling nurse trying to pay off her student loans, so, she's living upstairs. She's from Canada. I met her when she attended an institute class, liked her immediately and when she explained her plight, it was pretty easy to invite her to move in up stairs. Ann Marie was already up there so what's one more. She's been living here since about October and will probably live here until the summer. You may have noticed her in some of the Christmas pictures.
Of course, this is Ann Marie McDonald. I can't even remember how many years Ann's been here - 2, 3. Anyway, she's part of the family at this point. She is the Stake YSA rep and teaches RS in the ward to rave reviews! She completed her masters degree last fall, teaches at Penn State Harrisburg and is applying to doctorate programs. Ann Marie served a mission in Brazil and we came to know Ann Marie through Jeanne's brother Bill, who was the bishop in her parent's ward in Seattle (where her father is now bishop). Ann's car was having problems and Bill told her parents that I liked to find cars for people and the rest is history. She wound up finding her own car but moving into our house.
So, here's the big deal. Tonight (February 7th) Ann Marie and Bonnie made dinner!! It was swell. Jeanne was at Stake Young Women's meetings and didn't come home until about 9p so it was perfect that they made dinner - inspired! It was a nice chicken in sauce and pasta dinner with gourmet green salad. Bonnie had no interest in having her picture taken. I try to convince people they would prefer to have attractive pictures show up on the internet, but to no avail with Bonnie. Thanks for dinner girls!

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