FAMILY & FRIENDS IN THE US, ARGENTINA, SPAIN, UK, CHINA and wherever else you may be.
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Last I wrote we were in the middle of hunting season. We shot five moose - Cody, Tommy, Thomas, Seth, and Benjamin with Benjamin winning the largest moose rack prize for our area. Later in the month, Whitestone gave us two more moose so we will have more than ample meat for our next year. The hunters had breakfast in October to tell their stories and talk hunting.
School started at the end of September - it had a rocky start with some of the kids having appointments in town after the busy fall season and with some of the kids on a road trip. This year’s graduates will be Chloe Mason and Michael Squires. Michael will be going into the Army to start his military careers as a Ranger. I know we will all miss him, especially Robin since they've been BB since they were quite young.
At the beginning of our winter season, some of the kids took a week-long EMT/ETT class.
Nicholas VanderHart moved to Fbks this fall to begin class at the University. He lives on campus. The few times he has come home to visit, he has been very pleased to see everyone. I heard Benjamin will attend the University next fall.
About a month ago, in the middle of the night, Bill and Kathy Casey’s house burned down completely. Valiant efforts to save the house were made, and when that looked like it wasn’t possible, the valiancy was turned on getting as much out of the house as possible. A lot was saved, but a lot was not saved. They were able to fix up Seth and Ammy’s home to their taste and reside there till they can figure out any next steps. Seth and Ammy moved to Whitestone at the beginning of November. We will miss them. We begrudgingly hand them over to Whitestone to enjoy.
We had a small Thanksgiving gathering this year as many of us young grandparents went to where our children were having dinner whether it be Delta, Fairbanks, or Homer. Jeni and May did an excellent job corralling the youth to put out a wonderful meal.
Sis Margaret had successful surgeries on her left eye and now can see as well as any youthful person with that eye!
Bro Andy is still doing well with his treatment plan which still includes regular trips to Fairbanks and to Delta.
Bro Rus and Sis Millie are doing the same as usual which means they are doing very well. Each day one of five women perform two hours of therapy with Sis Millie.
Bro Buddy and Dorothy Cobb both passed away quite close to each other. What a loss to our church family worldwide, I have such fond memories of driving them to the airport when I lived in Spain. Those times were good to just chat uninterrupted with the FM, and I always made the most of that.
We all have cherished memories of these two sweet people.
My sister Karenza Hanson who was caring for the Cobbs is now free to continue with her plans of moving to Salta, Argentina to be a part of what God is doing there with the small church of saints. We wish her well and thank her for her continued service and much-needed ministry in caring for our aged loved ones.
with Bro Dan pre convention
PatL and his dog Odin
Christmas, New Years and Convention time have come and gone, and that marks the end of significant events for the Dry Creek community. Now its just sliding along until we hit Spring break-up, graduation and summer planting.
So many things, so much to do. So MUCH to be thankful for!
We've had many comings and goings. For us The Buongiornes this means we had both PatLou and Annie come to visit, PL came earlier in December and then hit the road with a friend on their way to commercial crabbing in Bellingham WA. We've heard they are keeping busy and bringing in the Dungeness crab by the boatload. Annie came for UNT's spring break and stayed for 3 weeks. It was nice having her here with us for Christmas as well as the New Years celebration in the community, where we all stay up until midnight, eating, dancing and playing games and then go out into the snow and shoot fireworks bringing in the New Year with a BANG!
Presently we have a young lady from Colombia visiting and staying until the summer.
The newest piece of news is that Dry Creek Community at THE LAND will be hosting the DCYC III (Dry Creek Youth Camp III). Young folks are super hyped about all this. Planning is mainly in their hands this time since so many other big projects are in the works (new heating system, upgrading buildings, etc.) that the guys who usually do the organizing are not as available as they usually are. We have an excellent group of young adults who are very capable, and I'm proud of the way they're stepping up to the plate. Awesome! This will be such a good camp, I just feel it in my bones...lol
This has been an unusually snowy winter, and I am enjoying hitting the slopes whenever I can. I finally bit the bullet and purchased a pair of very nice ATLAS Tactical snowshoes. The whole bottom is serrated, so I've been able to climb some of the lower hills that surround us and cross frozen patches of glare ice to reach the trails. Rob came out one of the times because he said he was going to protect me from the wolves and lynx...funny boy.
Well, I can't think of any more news that would be of interest. I will post some photos and attach them to this blog for your enjoyment.
I hope you are all having a GREAT start to 2018!!! It's February already...yikes!
May made some ice candles for convention...so pretty
Me and my BB
Ani and her Grams Floan
Two sad things that happened to me this year of 2018 is that I lost both my Welsh mom and my Argentine step-mom. They were 92 and 89 respectively. They lived full lives, hopefully without regrets. So now I'm officially an "orphan"...or...something like that. Ok said that...now on to happier things...
celebrating her 80th.
