December 1983
We brought the year to a close with plenty of snow in our neck of the woods.
Onward to a new year.
Merry Christmas
Christmas 1983
Mom and Aylin share a Christmas Eve birthday. So, it was a tradition in our house to open Christmas gifts on December 24. After Mui and I got married and moved to the US, that tradition continued.
Yes, we went a bit crazy with the gift giving. After all, we weren’t together for our first Christmas in the US; Mui was at Air Force Basic Training, and I was in Wichita with my brother. In our defense, many of the gifts were from friends, and we bought “household” stuff as joint gifts for each other.
Music box from the Pinskis.
Duck decoy lint brush from the Rapps.
Pair of “Christmas Love” mugs from Mui.
Six chocolate “Kisses” from me.
Gloves from Mui.
Wool sweater from me.
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I opened the practical “house” gifts; Mui used them.
Left: Thin Slicer; Right: Pressure Cooker
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Left: Brass Planter; Right: Turkish Rummikub
That's what I call a microwave!
Mom made the Christmas stockings for us.
And here we are on Christmas Day …
Merry Christmas!
It was a great first Christmas together since starting our married life.
Temple Square: Festival of Lights
17 December 1983
During the Christmas holiday season, Salt Lake City’s Temple Square is transformed into a magical world of twinkling lights — 215,000 lights to be precise. Bundled up against the nighttime cold, we went to check out the festival of lights. Our Saturday night visit included a concert performed by the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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It was a memorable evening.
Company Christmas Party at La Caille
14 December 1983
The Petrolex Christmas party started out with cocktails at the Maxfield residence and then continued with dinner at La Caille, located in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
With Sandy and Andrew.
The Petrolex Gang with their spouses.
(L to R: Dave & Joan Dallof; Robyn & Burke Maxfield; Andrew & Sandy Parker;
the little boy on the far left – Taylor Maxfield.)
This wasn’t our first time to La Caille — we’d had dinner there in July. (Click here for that post, and photos of the grounds and interior.) The atmosphere was much more festive on this occasion. A good time was had by all.
By the way, the red dress I wore for the occasion was the evening gown I had custom-sewn for my high school graduation ball. I got more wear out of what could have been a one-time-wear dress after I had it shortened to cocktail-length.
Happy 2nd Anniversary
26 November 1983
On our first wedding anniversary in ‘82 Mui left to begin Basic Training in the Air Force, so we didn’t celebrate the occasion. We made up for that in 1983.
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Until we stopped decorating the house for the holidays a few years ago, we always set up our Christmas tree after Thanksgiving dinner. In 1983, we made an exception since we had guests for Thanksgiving. Instead we set up the tree after our anniversary celebration. By the end of the evening, not only was our tree decorated, but all the gifts were under it ... well OK; the gifts were around it. Yeah, we did go a bit overboard with the gift exchange, but it was our first year celebrating Christmas together since Mui was gone for the holidays in 1982.
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The big gift box in the back … that was our first microwave. Do you remember how big those first models were? It served us well and was still in working order when we finally donated it in 2006.
Happy Thanksgiving
24 November 1983
We invited our friends Sandy and Andrew to celebrate our first Thanksgiving in Utah with us.
Jaycees Parade
19 November 1983
I’m not a parade person. Sure, I like the colorful floats, but the crowds — ugh! Somehow Sandy and Andrew convinced us to join them, so off we went to Salt Lake City to watch the Jaycees Parade come down Main Street.
yes, that float is sponsored by Donny and Marie's studio.
I don’t remember if Marie was at the parade, but the woman
standing at the front of the float sure looks like her.
(the osmonds are utahns.)
Note: The United States Junior Chamber (Jaycees) gives young people between the ages of 18 and 40 the tools they need to build the bridges of success for themselves in the areas of business development, management skills, individual training, community service, and international connections.)
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