Hello all,
This will be short in the hopes that I will write a sequel today/tonight.
We’ve had simply gorgeous sunny weather for days and days. The green leaves started budding last week. While we’ve watched this week, the leaves have expanded to almost their full size. The grasses are turning green. Everything is simply beautiful!!!! Except it’s real dusty. We had a smattering of rain yesterday, but all it did was matt down the dust for a little while.
Today is our last day of school work in school. EVERYONE is very excited! Tomorrow we’re going to the Johnson River for our school picnic. Fun is in the air!
Bro John Jeffreys is in the area so he stopped in and spent the afternoon with us and preached last night. He preached on turning our ears to hear the voice of God. He used the example of Monty someone who “broke” horses. The example centered on the one horse, Shy Boy.
Ok, more later,
The promised sequel…
Today was a hot day. It sure felt like a June day at nearly 77* at some point during the day. While the sun was shining, which it did till 10:30 pm or so, the temp remained in the high 70’s. Tomorrow promises to be just as nice. I’m hoping to get some sun tomorrow while on the school picnic with the school kids. We’ll see.
Many things have occurred since I last wrote. Kenny and Stacey took Bethany home (they drove) after taking Beth to the airport. There were emotional and tearful goodbyes between Bethany and all her friends. I collage a picture of her going away party for you all. Peter flew to Connecticut to start his internship (like Jon). Stacey drove to Eagle River where she will stay with siblings while Peter is gone. I heard that she was staying with Paul. Judy and Steve have come home. All the Millirons have taken off to attend Joel’s wedding in Phoenix, AZ. They will be gone for most of the summer. Chris Toby, Seth and Kev are leaving sometime in June to visit family/friends in Montana.
Tony and the boys, have been busy planting the ATR fields. They come home every night looking very dirty – the only obviously visible parts of them are the whites of their eyes and their teeth, if they happen to grin through all their tiredness.
The green house ladies with Bro Rus have been being very diligent with our vegetables and our flower plants. Yesterday the greenhouse crew gave out beautiful baskets, like seven each, of flowers plus a bunch of little four inch pots of other flowers. They really nice. On Sunday they will give us each piles of little six packs of flowers. Its nice to have a gardener in the family, May who is now taking up many of the large garden responsibilities and learning the ropes, takes care of my plants and doctors them when needs be. She just brought in a transplanted Lilac bush and it is flourishing...so glad! Finally my own lilac in the backyard!! THANKS MAY!
Last Friday night, Liz Baltrum Werhonig and her little boy, Paul Garrett, came out to visit us for a couple of nights. On Saturday night, Rebekah came bringing her dog and the dog’s four puppies. We had quite the menagerie at our house that night.
Jo got her new set of bees and has set up two hives down near the sawmill. Today I saw her getting more frames so apparently the bees are very happy and busy making the honeycomb. I heard she got two different kinds this year – Russians and ?
Last Sunday the Lupos invited us and who ever wanted to go to their place for a BBQ. I was on Sunday cook so Liz convinced her dad to take her and some of her friends. Rich ended up taking a 15 passenger van full of kids – all girls except for him, Seth, and Kevin. Ann took her two older boys and Michael Squires. Anyway, the kids had a great time at the bbq, but what they esp enjoyed was visiting with all the Lupo’s dogs and cats and puppies. The girls were awed at the bigness of the place I guess....all built by themselves, a very do it yourself kind of family.
I heard that we have forest fires pretty close to us on either side of us, but so far we have not encountered any adverse effects. One somewhere out on Cummings Rd and one at mile 1368. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. Pat's back from one of them for a few days, sounded tired on the phone but happy to be back in civilization again. I guess he keeps in touch with Beth via phonecall to the UK, whenever he can. Poor kids! Seems a hard separation. I was separated from Big Pat during my courtship, and it seemed for ever during 2 summers...
Beth and the babes are down well but tired of waiting (she is anywayz!), not sure of the dates yet, sometimes early June. Not certain when they will all be coming. August or later. So its the waiting game.
I’m enjoying the warm, nights and hot days. I hope I can maintain my high spirit even if the weather wasn’t so great.
We celebrated Annies 18th. with about 30 folks coming over to the cabin...mostly young people. Fun time! Amazing how much these kids can pack in, I thot I had made too much...but it was mostly gone...here is a pic of the cakes...which was not the only thing to eat...ha! Thanks Carolyn for helping with the deco...
Prins will be here on Sunday to preach and talk about
his latest trip to India.
Attaching that picture of Bethany’s going away party.
Have a great weekend
Rob was there too but I think he left when this pic was taken...probably had had enough to eat and went looking for more adventure!
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