As the title this week implies we have decided we are officially done with winter. As we were driving into the Homestead on Saturday in a snowstorm my mind wandered back to our first snowstorm of the winter which occurred on the weekend of November 8th over six months ago! There are supposedly 4 seasons in a year each lasting 3 months so for my calculations winter arrived way too early and it is staying way too late and we are giving notice that it's time to move on to spring or maybe even summer...but no more winter!
Monday we had preperation day so after cleaning and doing some maintenance on the motorhome we headed into Casper with Elder and Sister Stimpson and went to lunch at Sanfords and then went to see The Avengers movie. We enjoyed it very much. The non stop action kept us on the edge of our seats. After the movie we all went to Sam's Club and to Walmart to do some grocery shopping arriving home just in time for Family Home Evening.
The weather has been cold and rainy (moisture that is much needed) so that has slowed down the outside work. President Bushman has put the time to good use doing extra training. Tuesday evening he invited everyone to the Pavilion for a watermelon feed and game. It was fun to gather together and visit and the first watermelon of the season was great.
Friday afternoon Elder Lindsey and I went with Elder and Sister Smith in their jeep to try to find the road to Whiskey Gap. Between 1860 and 1863 about 3,000 Mormon Pioneers took this alternate route into the Salt Lake Valley. We got close but didn't make it through the gap and since the weather was getting worse we decided to save that trail for another day but we spent a fun couple of hours on some beautiful back roads.
Friday night was movie night. We watched Old Dogs in the Pavilion...a fun movie.
Ready for the movie!
Saturday we worked in the kitchen preparing for Sunday's potluck. Elder Lindsey baked three pies
and I made rolls.
At FHE Monday we all drew names to do something nice for someone this week. When we arrived home on Saturday this cute gift was on our porch. Yes that's snow on my poor little cactus.
This is our granddaughter Kendra, she got her mission call this week. She will enter the Provo MTC on September 9th and will serve in the Jamaica, Kingston Mission. We are so proud of her and know she will make a wonderful missionary.
As seems to be the Mothers Day tradition here at Martin's Cove this is what we woke to this morning and it is still coming down!
Today was a lovely Mothers Day. All of the husbands wrote letters to their wives and as we walked between them as they lined up in the back of the room they gave us our letters and a kiss. At the end of the line we each received a small bag of "rubies". It was very touching and there were many tears shed. I will treasure my letter forever. Because of the snow we met for church out at Missionary Village and held our potluck there also. After our tummies were full we had a special fireside with Jolene Allphin author of the book Tell My Story Too which we rely heavily on as we tell the stories of the handcart pioneers to Trekkers and guests at the Visitors Center. Jolene has the spirit of the Handcart pioneers in her heart and it is wonderful to listen to her experiences.
My letter and "rubies"
Sister Allphin and I
We have another busy week ahead and are hoping for warmer weather to accompany it! Our love and prayers continue to be with all of you.
Elder and Sister Lindsey
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