Hawaii is a favorite place for lots of
people. Recently several Mink Creek residents have enjoyed some of
that Pacific sunshine and the relaxed atmosphere that somehow goes
with the islands.
Jonia Carlson has just returned from
some grandmother time with her son's family in the islands. The
family of Kerry and Melinda Jepsen have gathered together in that
warmth, even the older children. Kim and Wally Christensen are the
most recent couple doing a round-trip ticket that lasted for several
days.
Karen and Layne Erickson with their
daughter Terrie McKay, drove to Idaho Falls to participate in a
family gathering when their grandson Kreighton Kunz, was ordained to
the office of a deacon in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Kreighton is the son of Julie and Todd Kunz. The family of
Bryan and Shannon Erickson, of Wellsville, UT, joined them for the
occasion.
Jacob Stansworth, a son of Kaci Avery,
was ordained to the office of a teacher in the Mink Creek LDS Ward.
David Seamons, son of Jeff and
Jennifer Seamons, is part of the varsity wrestling team for Preston
High. He currently weighs in at 152 pounds. The wrestling season
keeps him and the family on the go, recently he has been in
tournaments in Boise and Farmington, UT.
Mink Creek's young men enjoyed an
official snowmobile ride. Their leaders were Brett Rasmussen, Lin
McKay, Stuart Ostler, and Bishop Paul McKay. Our community is right
in the middle of snowmobile country so it was no big challenge to
locate a spot for a good ride. This one took place at Copenhagen
Basin and they traveled to the warming hut, with lots of fresh snow
to make things exciting. Having a pro snowmobile man, Brett
Rasmussen, made it possible to provide not only the sleds for the
trip but good avalanche safety training for the entire group. For
some of the group it was a first time experience. Some of the major
learning situations were when riders became stuck in the snow and it
took organized teamwork to get back on the ride. Those involved were
Stetson Ostler, Ty Jepsen, Dallon Baird, David Seamons, and the
Iverson brothers, Andrew and Charles.
The days are getting longer, it is
amazing how quickly that starts to turn around. Pictures of spring
flowers are filling people's heads and there is great anticipation
for the arrival of the spring seed catalogs to appear in the mail.
We have had a couple of days that
resembled a January thaw. Not really a chinook, but enough to do
some melting with drips coming from anything reaching out into the
air. Cleared sidewalks actually melting down to the cement. We are
needing some days like this to give encouragement that spring is more
than a date on the calendar
February is just a few days away. For
those who are farmers February is income tax month. There is much
organizing of records kept, receipts, loans, oh, so many things for
tax preparation. But when April arrives it is a good feeling to have
it all 'over and done with.'
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