Cold Dec 11, 2013

Holiday time is company time.  Karen and Layne Erickson had all four of their children home for Thanksgiving.  Julie Kunz and her two children, Kamry and Kreighton, drove from Idaho Falls, Bryan and Shannon Erickson and their boys were up from Woodland Hills, UT.  Connie Erickson and her friend Adam Westenskow only needed to come from Logan.  Paul and Terrie McKay, plus Morgan and Andy, just live on Station Creek Road, in Mink Creek. It was a great day for all of them.

Johnny and Jeannine Iverson managed have only ten at their table.  From Highland, UT, came Gregory and Vicky Iverson and Kade and Juel along with banana cream pie and a tasty dressing.  Michael and Susan Iverson and their son Jared and his wife Kim came from Brigham City, UT.  Kurt and Margret Iverson and family, who live in Mink Creek full time, drove over the hill to Cub River to join Margret’s family, Walter and Sharon Knapp.

Eldon and Danita Wilcox hosted Brigham and Jennifer Wilcox and children, Brig is now going to school at Idaho State University.  Ami and Tom Fenton and their family were up from Utah.  Brittany and Matt Durrant and their little one drove from Salt Lake City to join in the fun.

Jerry and Ramona Hatchett enjoyed time with her daughter, Teresa Gray, in West Jordan, UT.  With grandson and friends they had about 20 people for the festivities.  They went to Salt Lake City to attend the presentation of the Dead Sea Scrolls.  So much learning to take place in such a small amount of time.

Mink Creek LDS Ward has stirred up parts of their organization. The new Primary Presidency  is: Sherrie Corbett, President, Julie Egley, 1^st counselor and Avery Gomez, 2^nd counselor, with Kristi Hall as Nursery Director.  The Young Women now have Candy Longhurst as President, Liz Hawkes and Terrie McKay her counselors and Wendy Westerberg, secretary. 

Sharon Moran did the holiday weekend with her mother in Pocatello, a break  from her life  on the Mink Creek hillside.  She doesn’t have much garden work these cold days, but it won’t be long before the snow shoveling becomes a regular task.

We do have snow, but not in much quantity.  Our temperatures the last few nights have been below zero, daytime it warms a  teensy bit, this afternoon it was 2 degrees at one  point.  The winter sunsets are gorgeous, streaks of iridescent orange across clouds of purple and blue just above those west side mountains.  Yep, breathtaking!

The season is bringing out some extra wildlife.  Cotton tail rabbits are coming into the yard.  The pesky raccoons with their innocent little faces are up to tricks.  We have had a busy beaver.  Of course there is the usual fox, deer, pheasant, turkeys always checking out us humans.  There seems to be quite a few eagles populating our skies this cold weather, and they are seen snacking on the road-kill deer carcasses.