April 6, 2021

 

Spring is always welcome, but usually brings some craziness with it. So true for the current season. After getting some Nursery catalogs in the mail and seeing pictures of the greenery in other areas on our internet, people are in the mood for digging in the dirt and all that goes with it. The weather does not move along as quickly as our inclinations. We have had snow, we have had rain, wind, just not inviting to be putting those plants or seeds in the ground. But, the sunny days in between the squalls let us know it shouldn’t be too long before there can be some outdoor action.

Brad and RaOne Stuart of Bountiful, UT, Gary and LaMoyne Jeppson of Provo, Vance and Connie Christensen of Vernal, all spent some time together in Mink Creek at the home of Eldon and Danita Wilcox. It was a sibling reunion for the children of Carl and Lenna Christensen. Gary and LaMoyne will soon be leaving for Pittsburgh, PA, to serve a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Lin and Sharla McKay held a wedding celebration for their daughter River and Hunter Morgan. The Morgans were married during the days of the COVID-19 shut down and this is the first opportunity that friends and neighbors have been able to gather to extend best wishes. The event was held at the Old NorthStar Building in Preston. Hunter is the son of Jubel and Shannon Morgan of Layton, UT.

Candy Longhurst has a new grandson, born to Jake and Hollie Longhurst of Smithfield. Not-so-big sister Alice is excited to have a baby brother.

Kristin and Jay Collins dropped down from Lakeview, OR, during the school spring break of that state to spend the week in Mink Creek with her parents, Bob and Claudia Erickson. Kristin teaches English in Lakeview High and was needing the break as much as the students. Their daughter, Claire Collins, attends BYU/Idaho in Rexburg and was able to come hang out for part of that week. There are some advantages of online classes and this was one of them.

The appearance of some green grass in the orchard of the Roy Smith place has the turkeys and the deer sharing the space , deer with the greens and any dried fruit that might still be available, turkeys with the dormant insects and worms that are responding to the warmer weather.