Oct 2, 2013

The youth and leaders had a very wet fall highway cleanup.  In a downpour, thunder rolling around our mountains, towards the end they needed car lights to find the trash. The occasional sheet lightning was not sufficient.  Refreshment were more than deserved.

Warren & Colleen Wilde have returned from a five day trip to Sacramento, CA, attending the Lewis Family Reunion.  Colleen’s brother Ben Lewis and his wife Julie are the Mission President and Mother of the Sacramento Mission and since they couldn’t be elsewhere the family took the reunion to them.  All the siblings and spouses were able to be there:  Lynn and Steve Cherrington were already there, serving a mission,  Beth and Bud Alford came from Idaho Falls, Bob and ReNae Lewis from Denver and Ann Stephenson and her son from Los Angeles.

Lorraine Christensen is home after a much extended stay of two months in Lafayette, IN.  She was there to give help and support to their daughter Carrie and Ken Melton with their expected baby arrived in June, well ahead of his September schedule.  He weighed 3 #, 4 oz and  dropped to 2 #, 7 oz, but is now about 9 pounds.  He will be named Thomas Henry Melton.  Big brother Kenny enjoyed a trip to the zoo with Grandma and helped pick blueberries.  A canning session went on with Carrie and Lorraine, yielding raspberries, apples, peaches, tomatoes and salsa. 

Tyson Hall, son of Kristi and Brett Hall, has received his call for an LDS mission to the Chile, Antofagasta, Mission.  He will be entering the Mission Training Center in Mexico in January, 2014.

Mary Jean Rasmussen and son, Kim Rasmussen, have been down in Centerville, UT, with her daughter Terry and Hayes Carr and family.  Grandson Kenneth Carr is soon leaving for his mission to Riverside, CA and extended family members gathered around for the occasion.

            The dampness of fall continues, the lawn keeps growing and the need for mowing hasn’t lessened one bit.  No hard freeze yet, although there are a few spots  up and down the village that show some frost damage.

            We have had some snow in our upper elevations, but it isn’t the sticking variety.  Forecasts this week sound like some of that might arrive in a few days.

            River McKay, daughter of Lin and Sharla is playing on the PHS girls volleyball team this year.  So far it has been a pretty successful season.