HARBINGER OF SPRING....???

Hi all!!!  Guess what?  The snow is melting!!!!!  Just a wee bit, but, yet, it is melting!  When I walk around, my feet sink into the snow a little bit.  It is a happy sign of spring.  Of course, I’m sure, the loggers wish for another week or two of cold weather.  Thomas has been hauling logs out of the logging site like mad, slipping and sliding on the muddy road.  Craig and Brad have been going out every day to fell and stack piles of logs!  Oh, and Pat B has been running the dump truck loaded with cut firewood to the across the creek people before the roads around here get too messy. 

It looks like I will get to snow machine with the “hauling” guys tomorrow.  I’m so excited!!!! 

Last week, I sold both SJ's and mine aged iTouches. We got some nice 4th. gen. ones one from ebay, I think, and one from Apple refurdb…I love it, so much faster!

We sure enjoyed Bobby and Cathy Owens last weekend.  They both preached on Friday night and again on Sunday morning.  They had many good things to say, but the theme was recover, redeem, restore with text being from all over the place but I remember the example of Sampson in Judges.  Miss Cathy had a good word on dew which backed up Bro Bobby’s word because dew is refreshing and restorative.  (Gosh, Kelly helped me with my “notes” on my itouch and now all my most recent notes have disappeared! Which included my church notes.  L) 

Jim and Bonnie have gone to Maine for a couple weeks’ visit.  Wendy is caring for Grandma Irene. 

Pat, Gri, May, and Robin went to Anchorage/Palmer last weekend to see Pat Lou, Bethany, and the twins.  A couple of pictures are included of Gri and Stacey Casey with the babies.

Andrew, Kylin, and Landon were out for a couple of days earlier this week.  Nothing like the grandchildren (with their parents, of course) coming home to visit.  Erica was out for a few days’ visit this week, as well.

I heard that Paul Lawrence was in the area one night this week while conducting research for his work in Anchorage.  I didn’t see him so maybe that’s a rumor.  


PatLou is taking some leadership classes for his firecrew job in Palmer. He is in Fairbanks, so Bethy and the girls are on their own for the week. I hear they were doing poorly, earaches and such. Pray for the little family if you they come to mind. Am sure it is tough being on your own espec. with 2 little ones demanding attention at the same time! I know it was tough for me when mine were sick but I always had somebody in the community close by...Praying for a quick recovery for the little angels. God bless !

Seth, Jarred, and Garth are in Salcha, again, for a few days working on that house that needed to be finished. 

Kimberli has gone up to Fairbanks to help Seth get moved out of his apartment since Seth has now been able to find work locally again!  Yay!

Ann and Merlin took Micah to Fbks for his intensive three day therapy treatment.  They are home now. 

The greenhouse has been opened up.  Wendy and Kathy Casey are busy every spare minute planting the vegetables and flowers we will need for this spring.

I will be sending along a link to the Dry Creek/Land youth camp registration form.  Send it along to anyone who you know is interested in coming.  Thank you.

Oh, the temperature was as high as 47° today.  Nights are still dropping to 0°. 

Rob has had the last of his therapists visit right after coming back from Anchorage. Everybody is feverishly trying to fill in paperwork I guess to close off this quarter. Him and I have been invited to the REACH Academy (Tok School's correspondence branch from the Alaska Gateway School D.) yearly Spring Field trip - this time to Jueany the state Capitol -  so we are gonna do that. 2 -15 passenger vans with kids, parents, etc. The students are all correspondence (home schooled) not the regular kids that go to the Tok school. Last year we did a trip with the special ed. branch of the school. This one is a bit different in that Rob is the only sped student, so it's quite an honor to be invited. Should be fun - minus the van travel which I loath…but it's a pretty drive, very scenic. Will take a ton of pics and post them up after the fact.

There's always a hitch to the silver lining, soooo…mine is that I am COOKING A COMMUNITY CURRY ( 80 hungry folks at least) pretty much right off the bat on the Sunday after we get back to the farm from our Juneau trip on Sat. so not much time to regroup the energy levels…but, oh well…can't be helped. Fortunately I knew about all this beforehand and have pretty much got all my meat cut up and chunked. I have been promised the special ingredients so hopefully all will be here when the day comes. Coconut, cashews, golden raisins, dates, pineapple, apples, mangoes and a nice salad of lettuce and tomatoes….hopefully! We will also make crescent rolls and have iced tea.

I better get to school.  Have a good weekend.  

Here's the link to the youth camp at The Land. It's a fillable PDF registration form.

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Pat and May had not seen each other for a while...Esther being intrigued by her aunty May...

Lellie (Ellanor or Ella) enjoying some time with grampi Pat.

MARCH MADNESS...

Many events during this month so far. Just a quick note to say hello and send a couple of things. 

The temperature has been nice throughout the day, but it has still been dropping down to -15 degrees at night.

A crew is going to Fish Lake again today to haul in supplies for hunting time.  Tony has invited me to go on Friday!  I’m so excited.  I hope it works out that I can go. 

We had a good time at the ice park last week. May very kindly offered to take Rob and chaperone him, so he had a grand time with all the high school kids.  I’m including one today, but hopefully, I’ll have more later.  We had an excellent time at Whitestone, as well, on Saturday.  I didn’t take too many pictures while there since I was too busy playing. 

I’m including a link of the Northern Lights.  It’s a short piece put together by Jon Bailey and Jeremy Austin from Whitestone.  I think it’s rather great!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVwA1UKBzA&feature=colike

Pat, May Rob and self went down to Palmer to visit PatL, Beth and the girls. Very short but sweet! Here is a link to the photo album. It was nice to be back home on Sunday its a rather long drive from Anchorage but uneventful. NIce weather, the pass was a bit foggy and looked rather choppy at first, but soon cleared and our fearless driver got us home safe and sound. Thanks Pat F Buongiorne! LOvely time time with Bethany Buongiorne, Patrick Buongiorne, and the girlies. Lovely scenic Alaska mountains!

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Hi all. Sorry that it has been a few days.  And…. Looking back, it has been QUITE a few days.  Where do the days go?

We’ve been having some definite March weather – cold at night, warmer in the day.  The night weather has been between 0° and -30°; the day time weather has been between 0° and 30° above zero.  The last week was supposed to be a good week for photographing the aurora borealis but we had nothing but clouds; it snowed several inches on Friday night and Friday.  I saw a lot of beautiful pictures from theAnchorage area.  Oh well.  There will be more chances. 

Tommy’s beef cows have started having babies, usually at night, it seems.  Tommy, Seth, and Kevin have a night schedule to keep an eye on the cow.  If they need help “pulling” out a cow (or two), they phone the others to come help.  We had twins early one morning, but one twin has since died due to pneumonia. 

I feel short of news and I know that’s not true so I’ll have to think and write more later. 

Amaris has been here a week, staying with Garth and Kim but visiting Seth when he’s around (meals, etc).  She’ll be here at least another week.

Ohhhh…. Pat and Beth married since they are now in the US.  Peter and Stacey were their witnesses.  One baby was asleep and the other was awake for the wedding.  I will get some pics off facebook to send you all.  They look like they were taken with a phone, but still really cute. Our family is hoping to make the 8 hr. trip down to Palmer, AK to visit them for a few day. They probably will not be coming to the farm any time soon, so this is our chance to see the girls before they get any bigger! Already teething and crawling and pulling themselves up, pretty soon they will be walking!

Some of the kids have been sick with colds, but it seems that they are getting better. 

Spring play is coming up this week. I think it is Namaan. Rob has a part as usual. May has been busy making backdrops with some help from Cody and Annie. 

Trying to get in my snowshoeing quota before the snow goes away, although there is still plenty of it.

Well, I better get myself to church.  More later