To stretch out the holidays another week, we decided to invite our Frankfurt Mission friends over for dinner to celebrate the New Year. There are quite a few couples who live in Utah who were able to come. We are happy for any excuse to get together!
Yesterday I made 3 big pots of my favorite soups. You can find the recipes in the links:
Chicken vegetable, Sweet Garden Chili and Hearty Hodgepodge.
Our guests arrived this Sunday evening at 5:00 and stayed through the evening. They brought side dishes, salads, breads and desserts. We had a delicious spread of food!
There was even a birthday cake to celebrate my birthday tomorrow!
After dinner we brought out the bell chimes and taught them how to make some fun music! We did an arrangement of We Three Kings.
Then we introduced our friends to “Crisp Musk Hair Oils,” one of our favorite ways to sing Christmas Carols.
Described by Amazon: Crisp Musk Hair Oils, The “Anguish Languish” Christmas Classic, is a collection of carols presented in a very non-traditional way. It is based on a “language” in which all original words are replaced by other real English words-or combinations-that sound similar but vary in meaning. This completely original work- together with whimsical illustrations-has resulted in humorous readings and a truly amusing book for personal enjoyment and group-singing at Christmas parties. The songs include “Oak Wrist Mystery,” “Rude Alf-Dread No Strained Ear,” “Gin Gulp Bills,” and numerous other hilarious renditions to help make the holidays jolly. Also included is the familiar tale “Twist Denied Beef Fork Crisp Mess”! Crisp Musk Hair Oils was designed to be the perfect Christmas stocking stuffer for anyone who appreciates good humor and having fun with the English language.
You can purchase this hilarious book of carols here.
Next we had a hilarious original poem/song recited by Sis. Geri Conlin, with her husband backing her up:
Here are the words to Geri’s song:
The Twelve Years of Aging
At the first year of aging my doctor said to me: another follow up in 6 months.
On the second year of aging, my doctor said to me: colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the third year of aging, my doctor said to me: bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the fourth year of aging, my doctor said to me: high triglycerides, bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the fifth day of aging, my doctor said to me: for-get-ful-ness, high triglycerides, bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the sixth year of aging, my doctor said to me: two hearing aids, for-get-ful-ness, high triglycerides, bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the seventh year of aging, my doctor said to me: hypertension, two hearing aids, for-get-ful-ness, high triglycerides, bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the eighth year of aging, my doctor said to me: arthritis, hypertension, two hearing aids, for-get-ful-ness, high triglycerides, bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the ninth year of aging, my doctor said to me: bad cholesterol, arthritis, hypertension, two hearing aids, for-get-ful-ness, high triglycerides, bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the tenth year of aging, my doctor said to me: update your will, bad cholesterol, arthritis, hypertension, two hearing aids, for-get-ful-ness, high triglycerides, bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the eleventh year of aging, my doctor said to me: hip replacement, update your will, bad cholesterol, arthritis, hypertension, two hearing aids, for-get-ful-ness, high triglycerides, bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
On the twelfth year of aging, my doctor said to me: depends come in your size, hip replacement, update your will, bad cholesterol, arthritis, hypertension, two hearing aids, high triglycerides, bifocals, colonoscopy and another follow up in 6 months.
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We topped off the evening by introducing our friends to my very favorite Christmas Carol, “Carol of Joy,” by Dan Forrest.
We all had such a lovely evening, surrounded by memories of our time in Germany. Our home and Christmas tree are decorated with treasures from Germany. German carols played while we ate. We talked about our time together and remembered what’s most important during this special holiday season. We didn’t want our time together to end.
