Thursday, June 18, 2009

Farms and Friends

Well here it is June, wow!!!! May brought Colby's Birthday and he turned 12, and Simon who turned 3. They both had different celebrations, but most of us got together for Memorial Day and celebrated all the events going on for that Day. It has been a family tradition to get together for breakfast and then make a tour of the cemeteries in Heber, Francis and Oakley, that enables us to visit 5 generations on both sides in Heber, and 3 generations in Francis and Oakley and see all the beautiful flowers and remember those who have sacrificed for our freedoms and this beautiful country we have. We should be so grateful to all of those who have gone before.

Then we begin to concentrate on the farms and the irrigation and fencing of the leased ground. The cutting and baling of the hay in Delta. The tritagala hay in Delta has really grown and was I think a very good effort on Eric and Jason's part. The picture of Eric out in the field shows how well it grew. I wanted to show you a picture of the "condo with spa" on the property in Delta, so when we burn this sucker down and get our 5th wheel on a pad and back in the trees surrounding the property you will be able to see the improvements we are making. The picture of Zac feeding the piglet is a classic. We went over to Annie and Tracy's farm, and their old sow had 6 piglets and then couldn't;t feed them, so Annie feed them on a bottle every three hours. She gave Zac a turn and he was so excited. We took Jordyn and Zac with us for a couple of days and we had a good time. We watched the old barn owl up in the tree and the pretty little canaries other birds, hunted for gophers (not hard to find I might add) , but mostly we played cards, ate, watched movies, ate, and worked puzzles and ate and then we slept. The rain kept us from doing much outside work. But we had fun. Delta loves the Averett's we always bring the rain with us. (they don't get much) But now they are wishing we would take it back, every one has hay down, including us.

In June we have Tony's Birthday {I can't believe he is 45} That's the age I think I am, just until I get up to walk or try to do alot in one day!!! And Tyler will turn 18, also unbelievable. He will graduate next year. He is such a good guy, he works as a lifeguard at the community pool and has a cute girlfriend, and runs with a good bunch of friends. Tyler you are so great!!!!

I had the opportunity to have my roommate from 43 years ago visit me from New Jersey. She married and moved back there and I had not seen her for at least 20 years. Sam (her name) came to live with Tony and I when we moved to Salt Lake. She was born and raised in Heber but I met her at the job I was at and we clicked and she loved Tony and we had so much fun the three of us, and she married and moved away, and even though we kept in touch, I didn't see her much. But we made up for lost time and visited the whole day and checked out all the places we had lived and visited some of our old friends. I was so proud to introduce her to my beautiful family. I am so very proud of all of my children and grandchildren and because Sam had not had children, I soon realized (not that I didn't know) how blessed I have been. She marveled at how beautiful the children and grandchildren were and how pretty the valley was and how lucky we were to have stayed here and made it work. She is right!!!! We are lucky and we are blessed. Thank you all for being such good kids and turning out so well. I know Heavenly Father must have had a hand in this. Eric and I just had good luck. But Thanks anyway.