The Baird and McCracken families
enjoyed one of those accidental reunions. Tamara Baird Taylor &
her children of Woods Cross, UT, and Maria Baird Flake, with
hhusband Devin Flake and son Jude, of Saratoga Springs, UT, dropped
in for a visit with Lana (Baird) and Ivan McCracken. At the same
time, the daughter of LaRon and Liesa Baird, Juliana & Blaine
Packer and their two children were here to spend some time with her
parents, LaRon being the son of Lana Baird. One of those nice
coincidences that put them all in Mink Creek on the same days.
The family of Jeff and Jennifer
Seamons took a trip to Cedar City, UT, to attend one of the tours for
the open house of the Cedar City LDS Temple. Joe and Kathy Jarvis,
Jennifer's parents accompanied them.This was a much awaited event for
them as they had lived in Cedar City for years prior to moving to
Mink Creek.
Women of the Relief Society enjoyed a
Quilting Service Day recently. They gathered at the LDS Meetinghouse
to assist in tying a quilt for Kristi Torfin Hall. A light luncheon
was served to those attending and applying their needle skills.
Men of the community showed up with
hammers and working gloves in hand to help in roofing the home of
Craig and Elaine Larsen. The home is located on the shores of Birch
Creek and the service project was well received with no injuries
reported.
Our local wildlife are totally
comfortable with our presence. The deer come close to the homes,
eating frozen garden tidbits and flowers. They are thorough pruners
often to the demise of the perennial plant or the breaking of
branches.
The Christmas tree parade goes right
down our main street. The mix of license plates is probably 75 %
Utah, 25% Idaho. No wonder the local providers claims they are all
out of permits to cut your own live tree. Vehicle after vehicle
drive by, with a chosen tree attached in some way. Many trees
ride, tied down to the top, others are hauled in the back of a
pickup or on a short trailer, all destined to be festooned with
lights and baubles before many days have passed.
Mink Creek had lots of guests over the
Thanksgiving weekend. College kids were home. Several residences
were bulging at the seams. From the sounds of things we all fared
fairly well, no injuries, no illnesses. We couldn't have asked for
a more perfect day as far as weather was concerned. The Salt Lake
news stated it was the warmest Thanksgiving day since 1907. That is
a lot of weather records to check out. Hope your day was all you
hoped for.
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