Sometimes variety is the spice of life!

Dearest Family,

    Happy Birthday next Sunday to Dak & Tchae!   Have a great day!

    Sometimes variety is the spice of life!   We have had our normal activities + lots of others!  We enjoyed Skyping with the Fikes! A trip to the temple! Dad did a nature hike around the field with 8 - 11 year old Scouts ( I don’t understand why these always happen on the coldest evenings!)  We watched Kaitlyn & Mila in the State Dance competitions – the Hip-Hop dance placed third!  Also watched some of the Lovell basketball games on TV at state Tournament in Casper! We spent a wonderful Friday with Gaye & Marlene visiting here at the house and doing family history! I attended a Ward RS birthday party – & Dad served in the Family History Center that evening!

     One evening I went to Cowley to help a ward consultant with several people. A 12 year old so wanted to find names for a temple trip the next day!  He had several FS accounts & no LDS Account!  After getting help from SLC we got that problem solved!   Y-e-s-s  was he excited.  The ward consultant was helping his mother!  Dad was here at home climbing around in his tree – & discovered a place where there were names to add!  With inspiration, & all working together, he had a successful experience & was able to find names of his own ancestors to take on his first trip to the temple!    He is so excited about FH!  He had had an experience in Cub Scouts several years ago & really enjoyed it then also.  Even before we found the names he commented, “Do you think I could support a family doing this?  I really love to do this!”

     Dad separated all the quail pairs into their own pens so they can get into nesting this spring. A wild male came into the area looking for a mate too and it sits on top of the pens and eats in the flower beds by the house. The tomatoes in the greenhouse are really producing right now, oh so good! We even have a few deer at the house everyday - haven't seen many for months.  Trapped the first coon in six months, not many around presently. Such a warm dry spring, no moisture for the month of Feb and the snow on the mtns is melted up to 7500' already. We had some 70' days this week, that's too warm for early March?! Dad fly fished at the pond catching several sizes of fish, so they over wintered okay!

       Today we did our first visits in Cody, there are 4 wards there & we attended 2 of them, Cody 1 and 3, Sacrament mtg & SS in both.   It is great to teach HP lders and FH consultants about the new FS processes & they are excited to learn.  We will be doing more training this Thur evening. We returned home in time to attend our home ward at 3:00 p.m. Kaitlyn gave a great talk in Sacrament mtg & then we stayed for SS & RS/Priesthood.   Sure was nice!   So great to see all of our ward family!  Then this evening we enjoyed a visit from Bo, McKenzea & Athena!   We loved it! Also had calls from several of you this week which we appreciate and enjoy! ! ! 

      Our Love & CTR   Mom & Dad