Pre-Thanksgiving, 2017

Happy get-ready-for-Thanksgiving Days, plural, because this day doesn't just happen overnight.  May it be a day to reflect on the many blessings in your lives, large and small.  Those small and simple things mean so much in our day to day living.         

           Kent and ReNae Egley spent several days on the east coast. This is not their first visit to this part of the nation and they were able to take in some of the spots that they have missed before. They enjoyed both tourist and historical sites of Virginia, particularly in Williamsburg and Jamestown, getting a feel of the early settlers that claimed those regions.

            The Robert Crosland family took themselves northward to Blackfoot, ID. They were there for the baptism of a grandson, Anthony Crosland, Giovanni and Kristine Crosland's eldest child.

            Lori Muldner is back with us after several weeks down south. She has been “on the road” seeing family and friends A son and a brother live in Arizona. In Texas her visits were scattered with a daughter and grandchildren in various communities: Monahan, Springtown, Azel, Waco, Goldthwaite. She shared memories with family and friends from her days as a cattle-truck driver in that area. For some it has been years of absence. Lori attended a Christian Conference in Ft. Worth and made new friends at that event. She moved on into Colorado with her youngest son living in the Denver area, before heading across Wyoming back to Idaho and Mink Creek.

          Ryan Egley, young son of Jared and Juli Egley was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the first part of this month. This rite took place at the Preston North Stakehouse in Preston and he was announced the newest member in the Mink Creek Ward the next day.

            Andy McKay, son of Paul and Terrie McKay, entered the Mission Training Center in Provo this week. He spoke in the Mink Creek LDS Ward, recalling a motorcycle accident at age 13 that nearly took his life. His siblings, Cody and Kevyn McKay and Morgan and Eli Curtis drove up from Logan, UT, for the occasion. Other out-of-town family gathering were: Connie and Adam Westenskow of Woods Cross, UT, Todd and Julie Kunz and children from Idaho Falls, Bryan and Shannon Erickson and sons of Wellsville, UT, Carla and Mark Nielsen and Aidan of American Fork, UT, River McKay of Logan, UT. Jay and Christen Curtis of Wellsville, UT.

           With the cessation of Daylight Savings Time there has been adjusting to the lighter mornings for children getting on the school buses and bread-winners heading out to jobs. It is harder to adjust to the earlier darkness and often it finds us with little time to take care of outside labor before it is too dark to do much.

           Everyone is gearing up for the Thanksgiving holiday and from occasional conversational tidbits overheard it seems that the population of Mink Creek will increase considerably over the next day or so. A temporary situation and many of those visiting are looking forward to being able to claim drinking rights to Mink Creek water. It is a popular beverage for anyone who has set up residency in their past.

            We have turkeys galore with the lower temperatures, not the variety for eating. These would make a rather tough chew on any Thanksgiving menu. In some fields there appears to be more than 500 critters, digging and scratching in the left over stubble.