Kim Christensen , her daughters, plus
one son-in-law, and her mother enjoyed a “girls'vacation” in
sunny California and had ample time at Disneyland. They picked a
location in Anaheim just across the street from the famed amusement
park and spent 4 lovely days. Kim's mother, Shirley Keller of
Cleveland, ID, loved the warmer weather. Angelie Winwardof Garland,
UT, and Rebekah and James Juhasz felt like they were kids again.
Lana and Ivan McCracken were up in
Rexburg, ID, to attend the wedding of a granddaughter. Elizabeth
Lana Baird is the daughter of Daniel and Heather Baird, and married a
young man, Josiah Coates, from Sugar-Salem, ID. Maria and Devin
Flake and family drove there for the same occasion from Saratoga
Springs, UT, then spent the rest of the weekend with Maria's family
here in Mink Creek. Other family members at the wedding were Annette
Batchelor of Rio Ranco, NM, Nathan Baird and LaRon and Liesa Bairld
with all of their family from Mink Creek.
The community enjoyed a Valentine
Dinner on the very day, February 14th , in the recreation
hall of the LDS meetinghouse. There was a sumptuous menu of mashed
potatoes and gravy, chicken, beef, green beans & bacon, a green
salad, rolls with butter, all followed by homemade ice cream
“snowballs” in a waffle bowl,with topping to fit anyone's fancy.
The organizing committee was a frequent chef, Clare Christensen,
Glade Larsen, Mike Jepsen, and Kent Beardall and they had the young
men set the tables up, all ready for the decorating ladies to arrive.
Sherry York was the director of this group with ample help from
Linda Christensen, Tammy Beardall, Patti Christensen, Dixie
Rasmussen, Mary Ann Jepsen, Kim Christensen, Corinne Larsen, Maureen
Moosman and Anna Beth Olson. The rec hall became the “Mink Creek
Bistro” with twinkling lights, beautiful Valentine runners, floral
bouquets in the colors of the day, a bit of love poetry and bite of
chocolate at each place mat. There was a drawing for each
centerpiece, that is 8 table's worth, made of a wooden vase of
flowers. Entertainment was in the form of sharing conversation. A
lovely day, for a lovely night.
February is also the month for Blue
and Gold Banquets with the Cub Scout set. This year's event was a big
birthday party, with a menu that appealed to the scouts: pizza,
green salad, cake and ice cream. Decorations were confetti and Happy
Birthday balloons. Lana McCracken presented a video that featured the
history of Cub Scouts. The Webelo boys, with leaders Margret Iverson
and Liesa Baird, had games to play for all ages. The attendance
tallied up to around 40, including families, boys and leaders. Sharla McKay is our esteemed Cubmaster---er Cubmistress?
The weather has been cold, and
holding, with occasional snow skirmishes. Probably tiring to read frequent
weather comments but this year's winter has been so strange that it
is uppermost in our minds. Keeping it cold enough to discourage
trees, flowers from bursting into bloom and leaf too early and then
getting hit again with a killing freeze. Every so often this sort of
thing happens and if it gets two years in a row---well, we don't want
the fruit shelves in this community (that still preserves fruit), to
be bare.
It is rather nice to look out and see
the lawns and our mountains still covered with snow. The snowmobile bunch are wearing smiles on their faces. Of course, we
will still welcome spring, but would like it in its proper place and
time.
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