We are home - yay! We do love travelling and Dad loves teaching, but sometimes we just long to be home. Dad's course this week went very well - he had 12 students, three of which were QAC instructors. He was teaching a course on an engine and it was a relaxing week compared to the previous two weeks in Melbourne and the previous course in Montreal. Dad said he was a bit tired at the end of this third week and he is looking forward to a little break.
I kept myself busy this week with joining a card making class at the local library - I learned how to make some Christmas cards - very basic, but I wanted to get an idea of how it's done as the first Relief Society activity in January is going to be card making. I thought I did a pretty good job considering that I am not terribly creative. :-) I also returned to the knitting group at the other library - the lady in charge of the group helped me to understand how I was supposed to sew up the reindeer I am knitting for a friend of mine. I just couldn't seem to understand the written instructions - once she explained it to me, it seemed so obvious.
We flew home yesterday with a stop at the airport in Brisbane. Melinda, one of Dad's bosses, met us there to collect the course paperwork from Dad and also to give us a lovely Christmas giftbasket. It was full of delicious treats such as Christmas puddings, coconut ice, mixed nuts, figs, etc. It was so nice of them to show Dad their appreciation for all his hard work. When we got to HB, our 'chauffeur' was waiting for us at the airport - we are so glad that Rob and Bernie have the airport shuttle business - it's great knowing that we can count on them to shuttle us back and forth every time we fly in / fly out of Hervey Bay. Everything was in place when we got home which is always nice to see.
Everyone welcomed us back at church today - the members were all happy that we were actually going to be home for more than just a few days.
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