May 15, 2013

Mink Creek had some fierce winds for a couple of days.  They howled about the homes and could be heard in our chimneys.  There have been no reports of serious damage so we must have been adequately prepared.   Good things followed the gloom and noise.  A lovely gently spring rain fell for several hours and the earth drank it in.  With warmth and the rain we have greening galore and flowers.  Plum trees, wild and tame, have burst into bloom, joining the cherry blossoms.

Marie Aupperlee’s daughter, Sandy Wylie, brought her friend Tammy for a week’s visit in Mink Creek.  The drive up took them twenty hours from Sandy’s home in Chilton, TX.   It had been a while since their last reunion and the mother/daughter team enjoyed catching up on each other’s lives.

Joseph Seamons, son of Jeff and Jennifer Seamons, spoke in the LDS Ward prior to leaving for service in the Alpine, German-speaking, Mission.  Out-of-town family members came in abundance to wish him well:  Jeff’s siblings, Randolph, Morlyn, Rebecca and Dawnya; Jennifer’s sister, Mary, and fourteen of the Jarvis cousins.  Both sets of grandparents live here; Cathy and Scott Seamons and Kathy and Joe Jarvis.  Joseph has permission to let his violin be a constant companion on this two year adventure.  The Alpiine Mission is in for a treat with his abilities.

Elder Bridger Hall has come home from his two year mission to Columbia.  Amazingly, he was speaking fluent English within one day after being submerged in Spanish. His parents are Brett and Kristi Hall.

Ty Beardall, son of Kent and Tammy Beardall, was ordained to the office of a Teacher.  Besides his siblings living at home, Kyle, Heather, and Nicole, his married siblings were here to witness this event.  Shawn and Callie Beardall and their four children live in Spanish Fork, UT.  Michelle Wall and her two youngsters drove over with her mother-in-law, Candy Law,  from Grand Junction, CO. 

           Jim and Debbie Harrison zigzag between Mink Creek and St. George.  Recently they were found up here preparing their place for the coming of summer with mundane plans of plants and dirt, much like the rest of us.

Kayleen and Spencer Johnson spent a few days with her parents, Austin and Kathy Jones.  The Johnson pair is attending BYU in Provo.

It is garden time.  Time to get the plots ready, pick up the seeds, make decisions on the layout and make sure the water is available.  Also time to get ready for some aching muscles that have rested during the winter.  Our creeks are running, not as high as some years, but still making their way down to Mink Creek, which then empties into Bear River.  Their sound is music, especially in the cool of an evening when the daylight noises retreat.