Sunday, April 27, 2008

Dearest family: mom says it is my turn to write so here goes. The other day it finally quit snowing and blowing so I decided to go for a ride on my atv I just started down the lane and here came Kai and Joe no coats or shoes on so I picked them up and we got some clothes on them and I took them for a ride down west of Merlins to the old junk pile and we got off and walked around the old cars etc..  All of a sudden they disappeard and I looked around for them and they had decided to take off for home; so I just let them go and watched them for quite a few minutes.  When they were about 1/4 mile away the one little boy was quite a ways ahead of the other and the one behind kept looking back like he was tired,so, I got on my atv and went and picked them up and brought them on home.  The reason why I am telling this ,is this the best way you can turn them loose and they cant get into trouble, they cant get lost, and it gives them a feeling of freedom that they can do what they want to.  I remember years ago we used to haul them up the canyon then tell them " ok, now run home" and the kids would take off and the older ones would leave the younger ones behind.  Mom and I are gradually feeling a little better and we went to church for the first ime in almost 3 weeks.  Today was Stake conference and we  had a hook up with church head quarters and 74 stakes in south eastern Idaho. pretty impressive.  We are kind of waiting to see how things shake out now but the plans are that we are not going to spend another winter in this house so we have all summer to prepare for another place to live but that is the big question, where to go and what to do and how much remoldeling on grandmas how that would make it comfortable for us to live in.  We cant be grateful enough for all the kindness that has been given to us by our family, far more than we have earned, and every day keep hoping that it wont end.   May the Lord Bless you all and thank you again for all your love and kindness and prayers inour behalf.  With Love Mom and Dad Clegg