Potluck Dinners

Our first potluck dinner was held on Feb. 13, 2012.  Couple missionaries love potluck dinners!

DIGGING IN!!!!  Left to right; Marcia, J.D. Hancock, Ann Hancock, Owen Ose, LuAnn Ose, Pres. John Galbraith, Carol Galbraith.

At the head of the table Pres. and Sister Christensen.  Left to right around the table;  Brother and Sister Sherwood, Sister and Brother Ose, Sister and Brother Hancock, Marcia, Brother and Sister Callister, Sister and Pres. Ball, and Sister and President Galbraith.

From left to right:  Pres. & Sister Christensen, Elder & Sister Sherwood, Sister Vasil'eva, Pres. & Sister Galbraith, Brother Chistyakov & Sister Bodryashova, Sister and Pres. Ivanenko, Marcia & Jay.  Kneeling:  Elder Vasil'ev and Kirill Pokhilko (Temple Recorder).  Back Row:  Sister and Brother Hancock, Sister and Brother Callister, Sister & Brother Ose.

Jay with a pan of Jello.  Our assignment for the dinner.

It was a good dinner, our plates are clean.

From left to right;  Kay Black, Lynn Callister, Marsha Ball, Marcia Stuart, Tatiana Vasil'eva, Ilene Hendrick, Carol Galbraith.

Dick Callister, Jay, Brother that was Architect of Temple, Brother from Salt Lake, Mike Hendrick.

We were in charge of the September Dinner.  We had Chinese Sundaes, so you can see we decorated with flowers and fans.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the dinner.

The Vasil'evs and  the Shmatovs were in charge of the October Dinner.  As you can see it was an all Ukrainian Dinner.  It was great!!!

Sister and Brother Shmatov, with loaf of bread and salt.

Marcia dressed in her Ukrainian shirt with the Pokhilko family.  Kirill holding Arseni, and Nicka and Elena in front.

Arseni and Nicka Pokhilko.

Nicka always has her hair fixed so beautiful.  This is the November Thanksgiving Dinner.

We had a dinner just like at home.  Left to right around the table:  Sister Black, Sister and Brother Vasil'ev, Brother and Sister Shmatov, Sister & Pres. Terry, Elena and Kirill Pokhilko, Marcia.

Callisters, Galbraiths, Hendricks, Brother Black, Hansens and Balls.

Group Christmas Picture Dec. 2012:  Front, Pres. and Sister Ball, Pres. and Sister Galbraith, Pres. and Sister Terry.  Back, Elder and Sister Hendrick, Elder and Sister Shmatov, Elder and Sister Vasil'ev, Elder and Sister Ovsanyakov, Elder and Sister Hansen, Elder and Sister Stuart, Elder and Sister Black, and Elder and Sister Callister.

December Dinner:  Left to right:  Linda Terry, Carol Galbraith, Ruth Hansen, Ilene Hendrick, Ludmilla Ovsyannikova, Marcia, Tatiana Vasil'eva, Marsha Ball, Lynn Callister, Kay Black.

Marcia's birthday is in December, so she had to tell a little about herself.

Jay also wore his Ukrainian shirt for the December Party.  Looks like we were assigned Jello again.

Our new Christmas Eve attire.

January/New Years Eve Dinner.

Our dear Russian and Ukrainian Missionaries singing for us.

Sister Ball did our March Dinner.  As you can see by the table decorations, we celebrated St. Patrick's Day.

Brother and Sister Shmatov showing off their green.

Brother and Sister Vasil'ev also added a green touch.

We also dressed for the occasion.

Nicka Pokhilko looked darling as usual.

Sister Ovsyannikova, Sister Vasil'eva, Sister Shmatova, Sister Callister.

Callisters were in charge of our April Dinner.  Their theme was Tex Mex.

We were in charge of the May Dinner.  We decided to have a picnic.  Inside the baskets are juice box drinks, bag of potato chips, and croissant chicken salad sandwiches.

Sister Black, Sister Hansen, Marcia, Sister Galbraith, Sister Ball.

We had fun planning this party!

Along with what we had in each basket, we also had deviled eggs and veggie trays.

Everyone enjoyed our May Picnic