Rasmania 101: Election week, charity dinner, and a funeral

This has been an interesting week. Is there anyone reading this who could have predicted the outcome of the election? We were not presented with the best options this time around, but if Donald Trump can choose the right people to be around him, we might be okay for the next four years. Hopefully some of the bad things that Obama did can be set right, and some good things can happen for our country.

Thursday evening Roy and I had an opportunity to meet Crista and Matt in Logan and attend a charity dinner that Malouf (Matt's company) was hosting at their beautiful, new building. I have to say, I have never sat on a heated toilet seat before, and it was delightful :) I even heard a lady say, "I'm going to go sit on that hot toilet seat again." We had a great time--mostly because of the company, but the dinner was absolutely fabulous. Especially the appetizers: bacon wrapped shrimp, dates stuffed with blue cheese and wrapped with bacon, loaded baked potato fritters, mushrooms-tempura style, all sorts of cheeses, fruit, etc. It would have been easy to enjoy the evening if nothing further had been offered.

Salad with butternut squash

Roy and Crista had the trout

This was my beef dish--with leek, mushrooms and
pureed califlower

This was a tomato soup with burnt orange peel and
sun-dried tomatoes and buttermilk. It was good
but maybe a little too strong flavored.

Saturday was Alan's funeral. It was a fitting tribute to a good man who left us too early. These types of events often bring loved ones together and Saturday was no different. Bruce and Barb were there with all of their kids; Glenn and Rosilene, Jed and kids, Emily, Taylor and Ila; Dave's entire family, of course, minus only John Norton and two of Jenny's kids; Nan and Bruce, and John, Sierra, Eve and Lilly, Rachel, Walker, Benton, and Laura (and Rob), Roy and I and Dan and Family, and all of Christine's family (minus Jacob). I am sure grandpa and grandma and other loved ones were in attendance.
The speakers were: Kellie Nelson, Adam Cook, Alan's brother, Cynthia, and the Stake President--I may be missing one. Here is Alan's obituary
My pictures at the funeral weren't very good.

Family news:
Nick had surgery on Thursday and is still recovering.
Caitlyn had her staples removed.
Catharine practiced for the Christmas Ice Skating Show with Gunnar, Ollie, Hyeji, Doyeon and Yuna. Hopefully we can pull it off.
Ollie informed me I was old.
Roy's chickens are getting bigger--almost outgrowing the bin in the garage.

More pics from the funeral, taken by Nan Oblad and Jenny Norton