Ryan and Shantelle's New Home

One of the major reasons we decided to take this opportunity in Pennsylvania, was that we would be so close to Ryan and Shantelle. We decided that we would drive down every weekend, and spend time with them. This past weekend was our first trip. We left after work on Friday, and got there fairly late. We had such a great time, just hanging out with them. Since we got in so late on Friday, we decided to take it pretty easy on Saturday. We went to a local park and played around. It was so much fun! When we were pretty much exhausted, and Ryan had proved himself still king of the soccer field, and the jousting match we went home and had some really great white chili.
On Sunday we went to church with them. They have an amazing ward. In relief society they asked anyone who had spent some time living out of the United States to stand, and just say where they had lived, and what they did there. I would bet that 90% of the women stood. Of that 90%, all but a couple of them had served missions. Shantelle was the only one in the group who had served in South America. I was the only one who had served in Sweden. The vast majority of the women had served in Asia and Europe. You might think that it wasn't a very large group of women, but they actually meet in the cultural hall because the relief society room isn't large enough.
After church we went home and, keeping up your dad's tradition, Ryan fixed Sunday dinner. Let me tell you, he is a much better cook than your mom. When he comes home for Christmas I vote we have Ryan make his pineapple curry for Sunday dinner. Sadly, we had to eat and run because dad has to be out the door by 5:30 each morning.
That's all right, because in just a few days we'll be back for more fun!