August Storm 2009

Fun Times at the Rodeo

Darren and I at the rodeo this last August.




Amber and her friends at the rodeo.


Sunset at the rodeo.


Sunset at the rodeo.

Summer Fishing at Bilby Ranch

Our New Addition...

After the death of our dear friend...the red minivan... we went without a vehicle for a couple of weeks and started shopping around for a replacement. We found this truck to replace the red van. It is a 1999 dodge 4x4 extended cab truck.

I love it. Last night we went out to the beehives and tried the 4 wheeled drive and it works great. Our blue van got stuck a couple of times. The red van was good but it needed to grow up to become a truck for our use. ;)

Our Flood

The night of May 15th I could hear water running. I thought how nice someone started the washer and was helping me out. The only thing is that the water wouldn't stop. So I went downstairs and found the ice maker tubing had snapped in two. Water was gushing all over. It had been running for quite a while. So at midnight I went upstairs and got my husband up to turn off the water. I couldn't reach the small connection to turn it off. Darren finally got it turned off and we spent the next several hours cleaning up. The totes that had cracks in the lids were all FULL of water. The contents were swimming. There was an inch of water on the floor. I had a box of patterns, they were all wet. We dropped into bed at 4:30 am and slept for a couple of hours then went back to work cleaning. Darren had a bright idea to try to save all my patterns. He decided to line dry them, then we separated the patterns and dried them in pieces. We were able to rescue about 70 out 80-90 patterns. Anyone who sews know how expensive patterns are. We are still going through the last of the boxes. Totes are great. Most everything was protected. Some were swimming because of cracks in the lids.

But everything turned out OK. Below are a few pictures for you to see.

It's Canning Season Again!

It's that time of the year. Canning season! It has started out with 15 quarts of spinach. That is a whole lot of spinach to wash.

She's Gone Country...

LOL!

Mom sent me some pictures of me when I was younger. I saw this one and thought how funny. I wore boots when I was little and I wear them now.

Then 1969...



Now 2009...

Elder P update

In Elder P's emails this last two weeks he said that he is staying in Coaldale. This is great because the first 6 months of his mission he was transferred every 6 weeks. That was tough on him.

He is enjoying the area. He said that it is a lot like Maryville.

Fishing!



Catching some ZZZs more than fish.



Amber and her BFF fishing.



Darren tilling the potatoes at the farm.






My poor mini van I take it off-off road. I sure do miss my trucks!

Memorial Day May 25, 2009

Today I went out to take care of my apiary. The bees are doing alright considering that we had a really cold snap right after I installed them.