The Big Chicken is a KFC restaurant which features a 56-foot-tall steel-sided structure designed in the appearance of a chicken rising up from the top of the building. It is located at the city's biggest intersection of Cobb Parkway and Roswell Road and is a well-known landmark in the area. (All these details are courtesy of Wikipedia.)
Constructed in 1956, it was built over a restaurant as a method of advertising. The owner later sold it to his brother and it became a franchise of KFC. In 1993, storm winds damaged the structure and rather than tear it down, KFC was forced by public outcry to re-erect the building. We were living in Georgia at this time and I remember the public outcry. By then we were pretty fond of the landmark ourselves.
Among those who complained about the Big Chicken being torn down were pilots who used the building as a reference point when approaching Atlanta and Dobbins Air Reserve Base. The new Big Chicken includes the original design of beak and eyes which move.
The Big Chicken is commonly used as a landmark for driving directions. When Glen was on the high council and was on the committee for ward boundary changes, he wanted to name one of the new wards the Five Miles North of The Big Chicken Ward. Ha ha!! Instead he named our new ward the Allatoona Ward. As if that was any better...?!?!??
Glen is in heaven now that the missionary department has changed zone conferences from every quarter to having them every transfer cycle. As excited as he was to be able to be with and instruct the missionaries more often, the stake Relief Society sisters who feed us were probably just as unexcited to know they will be asked to feed us twice as much.
Our first day of zone conferences in January were with the Escondido, San Marcos and Del Mar zones. I have been telling the sisters that we are used to using plain church tables with no tablecloths or decorations on them, but they generally like to do some decorating.
These "fishers of men" edible centerpieces were so clever and adorable!
They served us a Mexican salad meal. The women love it when the missionaries sing "Called to Serve." You can always tell who has a missionary out because they are the ones who are crying.
The assistants love it when I take their picture.
Day two of zone conferences was with the Carlsbad, Vista and Fallbrook zones held at the church close to our house. The aprons say "Called to Serve." We are sure glad they were happy to serve us!
It was another Mexican salad kind of meal. It works great for the missionaries who have special dietary needs (like me) who can pick or choose what to add to their salad to make it tummy friendly for each individual.
Day three of zone conferences was up north with the Temecula and Murrieta zones. Inspirational quotes were displayed on each table.
These sisters asked the missionaries what they would like to eat for lunch and they were told they wanted breakfast for lunch. They said they never eat a substantial breakfast and it would be a real treat to have a waffle breakfast for lunch. Complete with fruity toppings and bacon, sausage and cantaloupe.
They were even so sweet as to make gluten/dairy-free waffles for the special eaters. AHHH! So nice of them!
Ben and Haley had arrived in town the week of zone conferences and we pretty much ignored them. They went to the temple one day and were so kind as to pick up their sisters at the airport really late the next night.
We had left early enough in the morning that we hadn't even seen our daughters until that evening. What a welcome sight!
The four of them had a great time during the day playing lazer tag, going to a movie, eating pizza and playing games in our absence.
We had planned to grill chicken that evening. Sarah insisted we eat dinner outside on our patio. After all, she had come from freezing cold, snowy Utah and wanted to take full advantage of our warm, sunny California weather.
Except for the fact it was cold and it was rainy and no sun was shining at all. We turned on the heaters and strategically placed the table to avoid the water drips coming from the roof which should have been water-proof, but we learned it doesn't stay completely dry under there.
Yummy dinner and great conversation and playing Qwirkle was a great way to end the day.
Our first day of zone conferences in January were with the Escondido, San Marcos and Del Mar zones. I have been telling the sisters that we are used to using plain church tables with no tablecloths or decorations on them, but they generally like to do some decorating.
These "fishers of men" edible centerpieces were so clever and adorable!
They were even so sweet as to make gluten/dairy-free waffles for the special eaters. AHHH! So nice of them!
We had left early enough in the morning that we hadn't even seen our daughters until that evening. What a welcome sight!
Except for the fact it was cold and it was rainy and no sun was shining at all. We turned on the heaters and strategically placed the table to avoid the water drips coming from the roof which should have been water-proof, but we learned it doesn't stay completely dry under there.
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