AUTUMN BEAUTY

Dear Family,

Autumn is here and fast moving on. It has been a beautiful fall the trees were golden brown and the sun was always shining. This is a view from the front our house towards the mountains and towards the city at night. You can see the lights of the It when all the leaves have fallen. This picture was taken by Kristin G.

As fall nears its end, University of Utah football games at home have also come to an end. We have enjoyed the season. We were invited to box seats on the fifth level which gives a wonderful view of the game and marching band. I took Doug as Mom was busy with the house in preparation for the Thanksgiving feast. She completely painted the downstairs, took all the pictures off the wall, put them up again, rearranged furniture and worked to get ready for Rickand Gemina and Rob and Eva's visit for Thanksgiving. We had help with the painting and picture hanging.

Doug enjoyed the game. There was a catered feast before the game; he slipped down with Paul H. and kids to their seats in the stadium. This is always a big event and there are all sorts of people that we meet every time from all over.

The grankids, Cheryl and Paul's kids come fully dressed for the occasion. The girls are in Cheer leading outfits and Paul Jr. comes decked out in red and we sing the fight song, "I am a Utah Man sir and I live across the Green" with Gusto. Mom and I of course graduated from the"U" and Mom was elected to a student body office. Even though we have 18 BYU degrees among the kids, we root for the "U".

Here is Olivia and Emily Eva ready for the game. Olivia found she could drink her hot chocolate better with six straws.

The University of Utah won its game and next week will face BYU in Provo for one of those arch rival games. The grankids do not understand why Mom and I root for the"U"

Fall is gradually coming to a close and there is snow in the mountains.

Alles Gute und alles Liebe,

Opa