In March, I posted about our branch's Relief Society Auction of homemade goodies and services to each other. I had the amazing good fortune to win the bid for dinner at the "House of Wing." We just enjoyed that dinner with the Wings in their home on May 19. Myrna and Howie Wing have lived in our branch for a couple of years. He is a psychiatrist, son of an Olympic gold medal cyclist from China (Howie has a pic of his dad receiving his medal with Hitler present!) and a Dutch Caucasian mother, and he is an amazing convert to the Church, serving as our High Priest Group Leader. His father also became a member of the Church before he died. Myrna is from the Philippines, they met in Canada in the lab and joined the Church together. They are a very interesting couple. Howie is quite an accomplished guitarist and we spent such a fun musical evening. He remembers lots of great folk songs.
Myrna prepared an amazing dinner which included food of her and Howie's heritage - lumpia, Chinese shrimp noodles, a Dutch cucumber dish and wonderful fresh mango ice cream. It was sooo delicious!
Truly a highlight of May was the Keynote Spring Concert in the Tabernacle. Kay selects the theme, all of the music, and teaches and directs it at all of their rehearsals. After each concert we go to, I think, "Well, Kay has outdone herself this time. It just couldn't get any better!" And then, the next one comes, and we say, "Well, this is just the best one yet!" But we say that every single time!
The theme was "Home" and we heard gorgeous harmony, blend and sweet sentiments. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing, super-talented sister!
The next day, we headed to Las Vegas for our one-to-one lessons and had lunch (on the Lettuce Entertain You card) at Mon Ami Gabi French sidewalk cafe in The Paris. It's our second favorite place (I don't think anything can beat Joe's Stone Crab) and we shared a delicious salmon salad and a lobster roll. It was a perfect day to eat outside, but those days are over already in hot Las Vegas!
Roger and I have kind of made it a custom to go for little day trips on summer holidays to see the marvelous beauty all around us. We hadn't yet seen Kolob Canyon, so on Memorial Day, we headed about 40 minutes up I-15, then turned off to enter into the park. Roger took some gorgeous pics of the red cliffs and there was so much lush green this time of year.
At home that evening, we cooked steaks out on the grill and wished we could be enjoying them with family. We don't cook steaks very often, and, of course they were not as yummy as Stratford beef (those were the days when we had our freezer full of Roger's Dad's beef he raised)!
I thought I would end with a precious pic Mindy sent of little Charlie!
He classes up this post a lot, don't you think?
It is so fun to have friends from other cultures and your dinner with the Wings looks delicious! One of these times I want to come to St. George to hear Kay's group perform - I hear so many wonderful things about them and Kay's inspired programs. Kolob Canyon is beautiful - looks like a fun daytrip! There are so many awesome places to eat in Las Vegas and you and Roger know all the best ones! Nothing sweeter than a new baby and that little Charlie is so cute!
ReplyDeleteWow! We made the May highlight reel? I feel so honored. I love the beautiful pictures of Kolob. There's a nice hike up there that Ken loves.
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