What a busy day! St. Patty's day is a BIG day in our lives! Brittany's birthday is the same day! I had visiting in the morning, then we all went up to the office and brought pizza. Brittany made lunch ALL green. Green salad with green ranch dressing. It was classic. Then after that I was off to another visiting teaching appointment, then to the church. My mom is in charge of the new Relief Society meetings, formally known as Enrichment, or Home making. ;) So we decorated the cultural hall. We had a garden "T" party "From MorTaliTy to ETerniTy." It was really cute.

In Missouri g-sales, craft shows, flea markets, antique shops, and expos are HUGE here!!! They are EVERYWHERE!! So my mom has decided to clean her life out... and she has ALOT to clean out. She rented a booth for one of the biggest combined g-sales in Springfield. It is a large venue rented out to people every year and there are like over 100 booths. We rented 2 and still needed room... hehe... My mom, Sisters, Danielle and Brittany, My Aunt Karla, My grandma Rose, and Great Aunt Evie put stuff in this g-sale. These pictures do not even do justice with how much crap we had!

While I was serving in the California San Francisco Mission I met so many amazing people and I was introduced to so many different cultures. One of the many was the Tongan culture! I served in the Tongan program too!! I loved it! I love THEM and miss them too!! (thank goodness for facebook ;) ) anyway... My brother in law, Josh, served in Bernadino, California (way before me) ;)  in a Tongan program there. So, my piont. We now have a Sister serving in our ward who is from Tonga. So Josh decided to make a Tongan dinner and some Otai!!! I had forgotten how much I MISSED this food and the culture. Sorry, to her pālangi, meaning "white person," companion. I even made the boiled bananas!! Josh made Lu Pulu... but we didn't have tarro leaves so we used banana leaves and spinach. I MISS CALIFORNIA!!