Saturday, May 5, 2012

We left for Chandler around 10am and said goodbye and "have fun" to Brian and Joe.  Of course we were hungry for green chili burros so we stopped at Burger House for lunch.  When we got home we began our fast.  This is our home in Chandler.

This evening I attended the Chandler Relief Society Centennial Celebration at the Chandler Center for the Arts with my sisters-in-law Cathi and Laura.  There was a reception in the lobby before the program where displays were set up.  My favorite display was a 50's kitchen done by a sister in our ward, Hillary Whalen.  The two refreshment tables were the most beautiful I've ever seen with all kinds of goodies including cake pops, mini cupcakes and sugar cookies.  Also there was a special punch receipe from Ada Jones's receipe file.  Ada has been gone for several years now but she is one of the great Relief Society sisters from Chandler.  The punch was called Ada Jones's Grapefruit Punch.  Ada was one of my first visiting teachers when we moved to Chandler.  As a former member of the General Relief Society board we always looked to her for counsel and advice.  A very wise woman indeed.  I suppose because I have served in Relief Society in Chandler for over 40 years they gave me a flower corsage and a Relief Society apron.  I was there with some of the great ones, Kathryn Ethington, Betty Bogle, Beverly Parris, Lora Willis, June Bueler, and Carolyn Schnepf just to name a few.  The program was written by my dear friend Karen Bland and it was wonderful with lots of singing and dancing and cute skits.  Sherri Holtey made a power point presentation with old pictures and they had one of me from the 80's with my "owl" glasses.  It was a wonderful evening and brought back lots of great memories.  I have made so many wonderful friends here in Chandler!!

This is the 50's kitchen display and a funny picture of Hillary and her family taken on Cinco de Mayo.