Morning Moos

Morning Moos:  The farm has put itself to bed for the winter.  The crops are all harvested, the pivots are drained of their water and the employees are settling down for their winter work; cleaning and storing equipment and getting things ready for Spring.  Only the milkers continue their daily hum of activity at the dairy; herding cows into the barn, cleaning off udders, applying the machines and sending them out of the parlor when they're done.  The feed trucks mix their daily rations of corn, hay, grain and minerals feeding off the hard earned summer crops to the milk producing cows..  

 

Here at home the garden sits idle with tokens of pumpkins, beans and beets left.  The landscape out the kitchen window has turned from vibrant green to sudden shades of brown as the harvestors pull out of the fields with their booty in tow.  And so the fall has gone.  

 

Today, we pack for California.  Hayden and Madeleine will be married in three days.  I wish you were all going.    "Are you nervous?" I ask from the speaker of a cell phone.  "Yes" he answers across the airwaves.  They will fly out to Costa Rica for their honey moon for 2 weeks before coming to Idaho for the Open House Dec. 3. 

 

Larsen also counts down to a major change in his life.  It's less than a week before he flies out to Oaxaca, Mexico to complete his mission.  He's enjoyed his time as  zone leader and student of the gospel but he says,  "My companion and I have gotten up at 5:30 for the last few days as we have been checking districts out in the mornings and sending them off on the mystical bus to the airport.  I have to admit, i get pretty tired here."

 

And may we announce our third grandchild arriving in May, 2012?  It's Kendrick and Megan. We're excited as the baby will come just after Kendrick graduates from U of I in Moscow.  

 

Jessica has been doing double duty in Texas while supporting Clayton in Iraq.  Two young mothers delivered their first babies while their husbands are deployed.  Not having family around Jessica is the nucleus for these two little families.  Almost daily they come to enjoy dinner, visit and support one another while learning the art of motherhood. 

 

My latest article is on a Drug Free Pro that travels around the country giving demonstrations. http://southernidaholiving.com/our_people/keith-adams-the-drug-free-pro/    I can't imagine someone having the time to do all the sports he does but it's a way he chooses to keep himself busy. 

 

Hope this news letter finds you doing well.  I so enjoyed the Pumpkin Party this year.  Thank you again for coming.  Love Paula