SATURDAY

It’s been a looooong week.

We had alternating sunny and rainy weather.  We needed both kinds so that was all fine.  We had sun on the lawn mowing days, then Tony spread fertilizer on all our lawns after having done his fields, and then the soft rains and wild winds began.  Perfect, really.
   
We have some comings and goings in the next week or so. Seth, Kevin and Chris Williams are returning from their trip to Montana this week. Rob will be happy for that since he likes to spend time with those particular guys. Sarah Jepsen's sister Debbi and her 2 kids are coming to visit for a month. Ali Squires and her 3 children are leaving for 6 weeks to visit Jon at the Paramedic Clinic in TX and then spending time with family.

Garth, Kim, and Kelly are in Lubbock so Kelly can attend the youth retreat there.  I think Garth is ministering in nearby areas while Kelly’s at camp.  Kimberli and Seth and children made it home late last week.  Kimberli said the kids were sad to be coming home because they thought that when they got home that summer would be over and that we’d be going into school and wintertime already.   They were pleasantly surprised!

Rob has been riding around with Bradie and some of the other kids, on the water wagon and doing chores around the farm. His Dad has had him quite busy, finishing off our winter supply of wood, stacking and such. They made a running pen for our guinea pig to get some exercise outside on sunny days. He was pretty proud of himself!

Also Rob has started his summer riding lessons, and is doing very well. We go in a couple of times a week. There's a small riding stable in Delta that I found by googling it! the owner/instructor is pretty low key with her operation, thus keeping costs low, which is nice. She gets donations from around the area for various things including some of the horses. She does an excellent job with distressed animals and brings them back to working order. Rob enjoys his time there, although he only wants to ride for about 30', hoping to get him to go longer.

I have been working off and on in the garden. May, works every day out there. It is nice to be outside and I can take Robin to work with me, although that is not his favorite thing to do! :(

All our family, except for May, are going to attend a disabilities summer camp in Fairbanks. We are going to be gone for about a week, sightseeing and visiting points of interest in Fairbanks. As well as putting in a day at the Chena Hot Srings resort. Since we have never gone that will be an interesting things for us to do. Pat will try and get some piano work for a day, and we are also fitting in many of Rob's and Flo's medicals, as well as a check up for myself. So the trip will be a full one! Floan is also coming since she is officially Robin's respite care provider (he goes there for his granny days), I think she is looking forward to all this adventure!


PatL has some days off from firefighting outside of Delta. Not sure if he will have time to come out to the farm or not. He will probably be assigned a new fire job shortly. Alaska is ablaze and there are many large fires in the L478 as well, so he will be kept plenty busy, which is good! Pray for his safety!

Oh, now, it has been decided that Bonnie’s mom, Irene, is suffering from arthritic pain.  Her meds have been rearranged to accommodate her needs.  Irene’s grandson and great grandson are here visiting for two weeks.  It looks like the grandson and Robin have made fast friends; they ride bikes everywhere together. 

We’ve been waiting all spring to remove the old canes from the raspberry patch.  We should’ve done it early May, but we missed our chance.  Then it got to dry.  Every time we wanted to work on the canes, the wind would come up or it would be too dry.  Finally this week, we did it anyway and just loaded them all on the hay wagons.  I guess they were hauled to the dump for burning at a later date.

Ben left today to spend a week in Vacouver with his folks and other siblings.  All his siblings, at some point, will be at his folks house.
  
May and Bill Casey were in the garden the other day after lunch when Bill started having some chest pains.  To make a long story short, Bill had a heart attack.  Allyson took care of him and convinced him to stop in to see Dr. A.  From there, Bill’s son’s in law, the Warbelows, flew Bill and Kathy to Anchorage where they are now.  After some tests, it was found that one of Bill’s arteries leading to the heart was completely blocked.  A stent and a balloon were put in.  Now, he is recovering.  They are in the Regional Hospital in Anchorage.  Here’s their email address if you’d like to send them a note:  bkcaseygang@gmail.com


Our little orphan filly Zee (for her zebra stripes) is doing great! Thanks to Kath Nerbonne who feeds her every 4 hours. round the clock. Here are some cute pics of Zee.!

… I better go.  Have a great weekend.