Good Evening from Webb Basin Dairy here in Raft River, Idaho. The current temperature is 21 degrees above zero. Our home is pleasantly littered with the remnants of Hayden and Madeleine's wedding reception; 4 lit up Christmas trees grace the corners of various rooms and the mantle of the fireplace is covered with greenery, candles and red berries. We were surprised and awed at how wonderful the evening went. Especially were we grateful for Peter, Amy, Ben and Janet and family, Don and Greshen and family and Kent and family who traveled here to enjoy the evening with us. We missed all of you who couldn't make it and wanted to come. Our love goes out to all of you.
Highlights in our lives here at Raft River are:
1. Foremost, Jessica will be meeting Clayton at the El Paso Texas airport Friday Dec. 9th (tomorrow) at 4:45 pm. His tour of duty in Iraq completed for now. Pres.Obama made a power decision to send all troops home before the end of the year thus cutting Clayton's time there short. Jessica noted yesterday that her calendar indicated he originally had over 200 days left. We consider it a miracle he will be home for Christmas.
2. The wedding and subsequent reception of Hayden and Madeleine in Los Angeles have been a grand adventure for us. An especial highlight at the wedding was Aunt Eloise gracing us with her presence. She looked beautiful and brought a sense of calm to us as she sat in for the Grandmother on Hayden's side. She knows her way around the Los Angeles Temple very well and helped us out. Virginia and I, Kayla and Paisley were also privileged to attend the bridal shower of Mike Shuffert's fiancee, Linden. She's a beautiful young woman and it was fun to see Shannon and Caroline as well as all Aunt Eloise's friends we've heard about through the years.
Getting back to reality, Hayden and Madeleine moved into their new little apartment in Rexburg this Monday. Gordon, Boston and I helped move them in and they treated us to their first supper of homemade pizza by Hayden. We've had a wonderful time meeting Madeleine's family and showing them around the farm.
3. Larsen is doing well in Oaxaca, Mexico. Already, 1/8 of his mission has passed. He takes showers with a bucket and dipper as well as washes his clothes by hand. He maybe able to Skype for Christmas. Yahooo!!!
4. I am the proud owner of my very first laptop. I am writing this letter on Peter's laptop he sold to me (a MacBook Pro). How lucky can I get? So now I'm just like all you people who sit around and stare at their computer where ever they are. How do you people do this...sit and write with it on your lap? My head and shoulders feel all cramped over.
5. Jason Lugo, owner and publisher of Southern Idaho Living magazine called and asked me to edit the magazine. I consider it a privilege as I think it's such a good, wholesome magazine. I've written several articles for it but this past issue was fun to read as I edited all the articles. You can see this month's issue (edited by me) at http://southernidaholiving.com/. Feel free to make comments on any of the articles. I also learned the art of .sig (creating an automatic signature at the end of each email), hence the "Writer/Publishing" at the end of the letter.
6. Out of 600 cows that needed to be sold because of the staff infection, the dairy is down to its last 60 needing to go to market. It's been a long haul (to the market) but the elimination process has gone well. Beet harvest was exceptional as well as grain harvest. There are a lot of good things happening and we are thankful.
It's quiet now as there is only Boston, Gordon and I. Stuart comes and goes daily from Pocatello to work here on the farm. Other than that we are now a little, little family.
And that's it for the latest update of the Evening Moos here on the farm.
--
Paula Webb
Writer/Publishing
Highlights in our lives here at Raft River are:
1. Foremost, Jessica will be meeting Clayton at the El Paso Texas airport Friday Dec. 9th (tomorrow) at 4:45 pm. His tour of duty in Iraq completed for now. Pres.Obama made a power decision to send all troops home before the end of the year thus cutting Clayton's time there short. Jessica noted yesterday that her calendar indicated he originally had over 200 days left. We consider it a miracle he will be home for Christmas.
2. The wedding and subsequent reception of Hayden and Madeleine in Los Angeles have been a grand adventure for us. An especial highlight at the wedding was Aunt Eloise gracing us with her presence. She looked beautiful and brought a sense of calm to us as she sat in for the Grandmother on Hayden's side. She knows her way around the Los Angeles Temple very well and helped us out. Virginia and I, Kayla and Paisley were also privileged to attend the bridal shower of Mike Shuffert's fiancee, Linden. She's a beautiful young woman and it was fun to see Shannon and Caroline as well as all Aunt Eloise's friends we've heard about through the years.
Getting back to reality, Hayden and Madeleine moved into their new little apartment in Rexburg this Monday. Gordon, Boston and I helped move them in and they treated us to their first supper of homemade pizza by Hayden. We've had a wonderful time meeting Madeleine's family and showing them around the farm.
3. Larsen is doing well in Oaxaca, Mexico. Already, 1/8 of his mission has passed. He takes showers with a bucket and dipper as well as washes his clothes by hand. He maybe able to Skype for Christmas. Yahooo!!!
4. I am the proud owner of my very first laptop. I am writing this letter on Peter's laptop he sold to me (a MacBook Pro). How lucky can I get? So now I'm just like all you people who sit around and stare at their computer where ever they are. How do you people do this...sit and write with it on your lap? My head and shoulders feel all cramped over.
5. Jason Lugo, owner and publisher of Southern Idaho Living magazine called and asked me to edit the magazine. I consider it a privilege as I think it's such a good, wholesome magazine. I've written several articles for it but this past issue was fun to read as I edited all the articles. You can see this month's issue (edited by me) at http://southernidaholiving.com/. Feel free to make comments on any of the articles. I also learned the art of .sig (creating an automatic signature at the end of each email), hence the "Writer/Publishing" at the end of the letter.
6. Out of 600 cows that needed to be sold because of the staff infection, the dairy is down to its last 60 needing to go to market. It's been a long haul (to the market) but the elimination process has gone well. Beet harvest was exceptional as well as grain harvest. There are a lot of good things happening and we are thankful.
It's quiet now as there is only Boston, Gordon and I. Stuart comes and goes daily from Pocatello to work here on the farm. Other than that we are now a little, little family.
And that's it for the latest update of the Evening Moos here on the farm.
--
Paula Webb
Writer/Publishing
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