Entertaining

I'm certainly no rising Martha Stewart, but I do love entertaining and setting a beautiful table and serving good food.  It started when I was the Stake RS President and has become a tradition.  I'm no longer the stake RS President but the tradition goes on.  This year I invited President and Sister Little (Mike and Jan Little - current Stake President), President and Sister Parry (Jay and Vicki Parry - past stake president), Keith and Zona Smith (past and current stake clerk), President and Sister Springman (John and Chris Springman - past counselor for both Stake Presidents) and Dave and Linda Knight.  Linda was my Secretary in the stake RS Presidency and we have best of friends ever since. 

For dinner we had a tender loin roast with bake potatoes, creamed Brussel sprouts, a spring salad with apples, pears, craisins, cheese and a special home made dressing.  For dessert we had rice pudding with whipped cream on top.  The dinner was delicious and the company wonderful.  After dinner we had John and Chris show us some slides about their trip through Spain.

 Below is the group in Hawaiian shirts.  Neal wore one and so did Pres. Springman, Keith Smith and David Knight.  So Neal ran upstairs and provided a shirt for Pres. Little and Pres. Parry.  That called for a picture.  From left to right:  President Mike Little, President Jay Parry, Keith Smith, President John Springman, Neal and David Knight.

 then we decided we needed to have a picture of all of us so Neal ran next door and asked Danielle if she would be willing to come over and take a picture of all of us. 
From left to right, Maxfields, Springmans, Knights, Parry's, Little's and Smiths. 

 Neal was happy that all his planters we planted and the patio all put together and looking like summer.