Happy New Year, everyone!!  We hope that 2012 holds many wonderful blessings for you.  Since this is the big holiday here, this week has been light at work with everyone having Thursday and Friday off.  But we did do some fun activities.

 On Friday evening we attended the RM Ball for returned missionaries.  This was the lovely banner that hung at one end of the hall.

 This is two returned missionaries that we know.  Bolorsaikhan served her mission in Washington DC, and Tsolmon served his mission here in Mongolia.  They are a lovely young couple that are dating.

 Batsengel was dressed festive for the evening.  She is a sweet young lady who works in the office downstairs near ours.  She served her mission in Mesa AZ.

 The dance was more of a show with singers, musicians, dancers, and a magician.  Here is Soyolmaa singing a song with her husband, Enkhbold.  She is the head of the service center at the mission office and he is bishop of the Sansar branch.

 Then there was some time for dancing.  These were some of the married couples.

 And then there were the singles dancing with each other.  It was an enjoyable evening but of course the senior couples went home before it was over.  Those that had planned this evening put in a lot of time and it turned out great.

 On Saturday the senior couples went to a steak house we had never been to before for lunch.  It was pretty good and they gave you lots of food.  I had to bring half of mine home to eat for dinner.  After lunch we all went to see the ice sculptures in the plaza.  They were beautiful.  And here we have the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State building.

Then last night four of us couples got together to play games as we welcomed the New Year.  And there were fireworks going off all around the city til long after midnight.