Out like a lamb?, 2014

Eldon and  Danita Wilcox  and Royce and Lorraine Christensen took a family related road trip south.  First stop was Las Vegas, then on to Arizona where they spent time with LaMoyne (Danita’s sister) and Gary Jeppsen in Kingman.  Next was the Phoenix area to visit Royce and Lorraine’s son Kevin, and Eldon’s brother who also has a home there.  Heading west they traveled to San Diego, CA and met up with Omar Lopez, a former exchange student who stayed with the Wilcox family.

The Relief Society celebrated their March birthday with a party using a Hawaiian Cruise theme.  The decorations were tropical and there were leis for all, the food was Hawaiian haystacks and cupcakes.  A granddaughter of Tammy and Nelson Coleman, Baylee Cole,   provided the traditional hula dance and an Aloha game featured prizes for a night of fun.

The annual Blue and Gold Banquet was held for Cub Scouts and their families under the direction of  Cubmasters Marie Keller and Dawnell Greene.  Tables were decorated with  blue and gold covers and centerpieces of  miniature teepees and canoes. Placemats held a variety of scouting information that might interest those attending.  The menu was a taco salad with gel cups of assorted flavors for the choosing.  Cubs were presented awards they had earned recently.  Special entertainment from the Order of the Arrow was given by Max  Bartholomew, his son Craig, and James Baird, all three decked out in Indian attire and headdresses.  They performed an Indian dance, to the accompaniment of drums, beaten by four Cub volunteers.  All of the boys were invited to join in the dancing and drumming, providing lots of action and fun.

Cub Scout leaders are Liesa Baird and Elaine Larson, Ivan and Lana McCracken, Layne and Karen Erickson and James Baird.  The Primary presidency assisted in the banquet:  Sherrie Corbett, Julie Egley, Avery Gomez and Katie Hatch.

            Farm fields are being prepared. Machinery is in the shop, tuned up, repaired for the labors ahead. Tractors hauling equipment are disking, harrowing, hauling rocks.  Dust swirls around and rises into the sunlight.  Spring is an exciting, busy time in a farming community. The sound of the tractor motor is music.

          When this month started I indicated there were some lion tendencies in the weather.  On the whole it has been a very pleasant month in the weather department, with a bit of strong wind now and again.   We had one day and night of mild snow which was gone by the end of the following day.  Today was lovely, but the forecast for the next few days is talking rain and winds.  Hopefully we will let March go like a lamb, even if it is a lamb that is wet from the rain.