SNOW FER SURE...

Good morning All weekend, it tried to snow but the snow just spat at us from the sky, only sticking for a little while to the trees and grass before melting.  It just made things wet and messy and depressingly gray.  This morning, at 30 degrees, we do have a small everywhere layer of snow.  Just maybe it is here for good. I heard that the inside walls of the tack shed is now done.  Now, we need a crew to efficiently put up the tin on the outside of the tack shed. Jarred, Jennifer, and Seth arrived home on Saturday night.  It was a busy week shingling a steep roof for a customer.  Kimberli and the kids went into Fairbanks on the weekend to spend time with Seth. All the sick people seemed to be recovering in time for school this week – Kerri, Nic, Rachel T, Robin, and more. Ann is taking Micah into a three day therapy session this week.  Garth has been busy trying to find some suitable washing machines to replace some of our tired ones that are in our well house.  The search is not going well so far.  Merlin has been working on our Hobart ovens in the tabernacle.  That work isn’t going so well either.  Ben’s doctor said he’s doing really well for what the trauma he went through but now he has to start doing daily exercises to strengthen his core and muscles around his injured part of his back. Peter Casey was out last night to visit for a few hours.  Apparently he was working at Ft. Greely so he was able to skip out here to see his folks and us.  On Sunday Liz Baltrum Werhonig and her baby, Paul, came out to visit us for the day.  Liz went through Delta on her way here and picked up Esther Grapengetter (married to Dan Grapengetter) and brought Esther and her two youngest children (5 yrs and 2 yrs maybe) out with her.  I think the kids enjoyed the great outdoors and doing something different. Just a note aside, Nancy Baltrum, delivered a great many of the babies on the farm, including my 4. Anyway, it is now the second day into our school week.  The hay/straw operation is at a stand still till things dry out, if they ever do.  Tony says we have like two days of solid work to do out in the fields.  So… the high school kids are attending school this week so far.  You all have a good week,