Family life in rural Utah.
20
Apr
Our new neighbors asked Travis to feed their horse “Cowboy” while they were gone for the weekend judging high school rodeo in Emery County. Travis was thrilled to finally have a job all his own. He is sometimes jealous of Alyssa’s thriving egg business. He learned how to feed the proper amount of hay and […]
19
Apr
After getting beat by a narrow margin last year, Travis came up with a new design this year that was sure to win. He drew careful plans and even sketched out how he wanted to paint the car. We built it together out in the wood shop and had fun drilling out the bottom to […]
18
Apr
Jolynn outdid herself this year on Max’s birthday cake. She found the idea somewhere on the internet for the Tonka Truck Load of Cake. It seemed to be just the perfect thing for Max. He was thrilled with the idea but he kept wanting to dump the load of cake before the party. We had […]
17
Apr
Saturday the kids helped me get some potatoes in the ground. Alyssa cut the seed potato in half making sure to leave at least one eye on each piece. I dug the holes and spaced them evenly, while Hannah and her friends put the seeds into the holes. Max was in charge of pushing dirt […]
16
Apr
Jolynn spent all day Saturday at the Regional Women’s Conference “Joy in the Journey”. I didn’t get much done in the way of chores but we had a wonderful time playing together. We spent the morning playing with friends and then headed for McDonalds for lunch.
We ate our Happy Meal lunch in Richfield at the […]
15
Apr
We hooked up with Uncle Robert last week for the maiden voyage of 2008 in his tracker bass boat. Our smiles quickly faded when motoring across the lake the engine overheated and we had to turn back. Turned out that the impeller for the water pump was hamburger and the engine was not cooling at […]