Hi all,
I realize that I left out a lot of news the other day so I’m trying to write more. Today Jeni and I are taking the cousins+ to Fairbanks to the fair. We’ll meet up with Jake, Phanta, and Zay there. Thomas will be flying in tonight so he’ll come home with us; Zay will come home with us too for a few days. Thomas flew to Medford, CA, and was picked up by my folks. After staying with them for a few days, my folks drove Tom to Eugene, OR, where he picked up a semi truck to drive home. Thomas arrived home with the “new to us” semi truck just in time to hop on a plane to meet Tim in Jacksonville, FL. There Tom and Tim sailed on the Tiger Cruise to Norfolk, VA. Tom was able to spend a few days with Tim and his family before coming home.
- This past week Kylin, Andrew, and Landon came out to visit Bill and Kathy Casey. Actually, they’ve come out twice in the past two or three weeks. Such good children! Vanessa (Jewel’s daughter) is out now spending a few days with her grandparents.
- Speaking of grandchildren, I do miss Ella and Essie. Wish they lived closer...such a bummer. I see other grammas cuddling theirs..oh well. Pat was called back down to Boise for fires with his crew...so Beth is home alone with the girls in Palmer. Such a trooper...not sure I could've done that alone and with 2 at that! Hope they can come for Thanksgiving.
- Sarah Rogers (Jennifer’s Milliron's sister) and her two girls plus Beth’s girl have come to visit for a month. We sure are being overrun with girls!!!! Someone better start bringing the boys home! Oh wait, we did have some boys visit. On Sunday night, Charity Baltrum Timm with her two boys surprised us with a short visit.
- Rachel and Sarah Jane Trotter have gone to Anchorage for the weekend to see Becky. The latest reports on Becky are very encouraging – she’s doing better each day even though the pain is quite intense at times.
- Jon Squires is down in the Pebble Mine area working as an EMT for a three week stretch. That way, when September rolls around, he can take his boys hunting. Hunting is so sacred around here!
- Michael Squires and Benj VanderHart spent five days at a little fishing camp or school last week. They had a blast, of course.
- Ann and Micah have had to go to town a couple of times this summer for a few days of intensive therapy for Micah. That seems profitable.
- Garth & Jarred have had a lot of work to get done this summer – they are working long hours trying to get things buttoned up before winter. Nathan, Craig, Seth, and John are their crew.
- Miss JoAn is recovering nicely, as far as I know, while spending time with her daughters in Wasilla/Anchorage area.
- My brother in law Don Burgess, is not doing so well. We are praying for a miracle and complete healing even though the doctors do not offer much hope...we pray also for strength for both him and my sister Alejandra, that their faith fail them not in this time of trial.
Hmmmm…. What else?
- We did finish getting in our hay in good time. The kids are mowing still or again – I’m not sure. Emy and I went out and got MORE pictures of them.
- David Underhill and some of his offspring (J) came out last week end to put up a head stone for Miss Jay. The graveyard seems to be shaping up nicely, mostly due to Sis Margaret’s efforts.
- I noticed that the road behind Trotter's cabin and near the graveyard is badly eroded from the creek. This week, Tony went down there since then and rearranged rocks and dirt – very impressive work. I took some photos of that.
- Cody ordered ducks this year; they are growing nicely. They are in a pen down at the end of the garden; I can hear them quacking often. Cody dug and lined them a little pond in their pen. Quite cute.
- Jordan was out picking raspberries and got stung by a yellow jacket four times. When I told him he was a brave boy, he said, “I know”.
- BTW May also got stung by a yellow-jacket when she was cleaning out the bushes in the raspberry patch...ouch! I am amazed they nasty things did not get me since I was out there for a bit last week...
- The new greenhouse is coming along nicely, thanks to Steve, Andy, John, and anybody else who i recruited. It will be used for flowers to decongest our tomato/pepper greenhouse. Sadly the tomatoes did not do as well as was expected, not sure why. We are coming to the end of the season...it was nice to have all those goodies while they lasted! Now we are looking forward to our new potatoes, freshly dug out of the ground...yummmy...
- My brother Gavin who lives in northern Argentina in the province of Salta, is working for a Canadian company and is therefore, closer to Alaska. We are hoping that he can come up from Calgary to Alaska for a short visit before he has to fly back to South America. Waiting on the visa, hummm...I haven't seen him since '94, so that would be nice...my children have barely met any of my relatives from Argentina...hope he can make it...fingers crossed..
- Ani sold one of her necklaces at a local store yesterday, she was pretty happy about that!
- Pat took us fishing and we actually got about 5 trout, which were promptly make into a delicious supper!! I love floating on water...Rob enjoyed himself although he left the fishing to us and preferred eating his sister's snacks., while keeping up a running commentary and scaring the fish away..ha!
Tomorrow is my Sunday cook day and we are making Chef Salad, with frozen yogurt and our own strawberries on top! Should be good. Visiting ministry for this week end are Janet Meyers and the Jahle's.
Okay, I better quit for now. Have a great weekend!
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