Can't believe it is already the 15th!

Dearest Family!!!

Can't believe it is already the 15th!   My time does fly!  It has been a busy one with  4 different Zoom trainings! So thankful for technology when it works!  Mainly we are working with High Councilors over Temple & Family History & a new Stake lead couple. We have also helped several who came to our home & over the phone.

It was great to go back to the Living Center!  They were quarantined for quite some tinme this winter, not fun for them.  Then one of the people we help has been having lots of eye problems - had catarat surgery & now is better than ever!  We have two brethen there who really enjoy doing it!  One is just getting used to the new program.  Both do an amazing job & feel they can fill their time with something productive & it is helping others - it is great for them.

It was so great to go to Worland last Wednesday - Ira received the Aaronic Priesthood & was ordained a Deacon.  Blessed to be a part of it!  Enjoyed several hours with some of the kids, a great birthday dinner, also!  And everyone is finally over the flu bug which they had.

Dad & Rob witnessed the mother owl swoop off of the nest into the field to the south.  She chased down a snake & brought it back to the nest for her little ones. (we don't know how many there are)  Dad has also watched her leave the next several mornings  for just a few minutes.She will fly up to the pole where the yard light is, & stretch & exercise her wings then return back to the nest.

Ira went to the temple for the first time on Saturday with his Mom and Dad while the other kids stayed with Darece. They had a wonderful spiritual experience together with deceased family members! Today was the first track meet this spring not canceled by bad weather. It was held in Cowley so we went and joined Darece and family to watch Talon and Mattis do their events! It was 30 when we got there with a slight wind CHILLY then the sun warmed it up some. Mom, Darece and the Croft kids spent time in the car to keep warm. The rest were out moving around watching. We came home about 11am to warm up and do other things to get ready for Sunday. Dad sprayed weeds in driveway and the corral. The Tansy Mustard and Cheetgrass is already 3 to 4 inches tall. Then this evening we had supper for Al and Ambers bunch on their way home.

Today we left early for Red Lodge, weather was good but windy!  We enjoyed the Saints there!  But today was a day with technology problems, sure adds stress to the situation!  Their chapel has very little internet & even with lots of people using their phone plans we still had problems. Even one of our videos had no volume,  & others worked just fine. We have discovered this morning that that video has a problem & doesn't have any volume at home either!   Not an internet problem ! 

 A nice drive home! We stopped at the site of the Bear Creek coal mines near Bear Creek MT to read the historical sign and share memories of when Dad's family went there to get coal each fall for the winter. This coal burned hotter than any in the area so the families really liked to get it. There were also coal mines just north of Garland Wyo (coal mine hill mines) that they got coal from too but it was of poor quality.  

We love you all!   Have a great week!    Mom  &  Dad