December 18, 2019

        Spencer Wilde and Paige Hilton were married that last part of November. There was a reception in Mink Creek on November 23. Paige is from Boonesboro, MD. Her mother, Cindy Hilton and a brother were here for the celebration. Spencer is the son of David and Judy Wilde. The couple will be living in Rigby, ID while Spencer finishes school at BYU/Idaho in Rexburg. Paige will graduate this month.

          Mary and Ron Norris travel to Herriman, UT , to spend Thanksgiving with their grandson. Now they have another grandson, Carson, visiting with them from Lone Peak,WY.

          Family members of Candy Longhurst gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving with their mother and sisters Emily and McKinley in Mink Creek. Tiffany and Spencer Wheeler and son Hudson came down from Parma, ID. Jake and Hollie Longhurst and little Alice were up from their place in Smithfield. Justin and Cynthia Longhurst are just yards away from the family headquarters.

           A family with a happy feeling about our snowy weather were Loren and Ken Nash and their son Shawn and Eliza Nash who were up from Sol Vang, CA for a two week winter holiday.

          Keenan Janke was presented his Eagle Scout award in a Court of Honor, while several members of his family were in Mink Creek for the holiday weekend.. Although he now resides in Richfield, UT, much of his scouting experiences took place here before his family moved. In addition to the family of Laural and Jody Janke visiting Bob and Claudia Erickson, there was the family of Jay and Kristin Collins of Lakeview, OR, and Carla and Mark Nielsen's family of American Fork, UT, plus Jared and Brynlee Mckague, Sage McKague and Claire Collins, students at BYU/I in Rexburg.

          We are happy that Stetson Ostler, son of Alona and Stuart, has been chosen to play at the Down Under football camp program this coming summer. Stetson's grandparents, Brent and Jody Sharp, owners of Western Dutch Oven Cooking, are having a fundraiser for him on Dec 20 with a take-out Dutch Oven dinner going for $8. They can be contacted in front of the Southfork Hardware that evening between the hours of 6 and 7 or food reserved by calling the business. Proceeds will go to Stetson to make this trip to Australia possible.

           The Relief Society celebrated the approach of Christmas with a festive dinner, complete with elegant table settings and centerpieces on each table. They were served by members of the Mink Creek Elders' Quorum. The evening's theme was “Helping to Educate Women Around the World Through the Pure Love of Christ."  Laurel Wilde and Jackie Olsen shared some of their own experiences with various sources that might be used to contribute to international charities that focus on assisting women worldwide. Brittnee Phillips favored the group with a violin solo, “What Child Is This.” This was a great start for the month of December and all that goes with the season.

           Blue skies yesterday, but not a degree of heat. No dripping from the eaves, no snow, just frigid air with animals needing winter care for the few of us who still have some measure of farming. We are happy to have a cleared highway that goes the length of the village—once we have the side roads plowed to reach that highway. Grateful for those state and county road crews that keep us on their radar in this sort of weather.