There was a little house in the middle of the woods.
A little old man (Bruce) the window stood. 
Saw his sweetheart (Jimae) walking by-
Trying not to slip, or fall.
Help me! Help me! Help me she said
For this path I need a sled.......

OK, OK - enough of the cutesy.
We are here, in the middle of the woods and it is a very little house.
There is a young deer that seems to be hanging around and even though there is NO snow yet, there is ice. As usual both of us are terrified of me slipping and falling.

We have kept busy trying to figure things out. The manager isn't really the boss. At our daily morning briefing, he throws out things that need to be done and then the elders decide amongst themselves what they will each do. The sisters have more defined duties. Two of them are in the office doing all sorts of customer service from reservations to calming down the 12 people that called to tell us there was a horse caught in the fence. (Apparently Zeke was on his back having a good roll around and his hoofs got tangled in the fence and couldn't get up.) The other sister is in charge of the Lodge and bunkhouses people are staying in, meeting their needs and then checking them out and determining if they get their deposit back. This is different than places we have stayed before in that the price is cheap - but you have to totally clean it before leaving. I am learning the office stuff and computer reservation system. 

We had a family reunion here since Thursday, and they had a great time. lots of little girls going around their arms around each other because they are best cousins!   

Bruce/Dad/Elder Kenney has had work that has been very physical - hopefully building up strength and stamina. The cold hasn't bothered him too much yet, even though he is mostly working outside. 

Church today was interesting - it's a Branch - most of the year and then huge in the summer. Right now there are 10 kids in the Primary, 1 young woman and "0" young men.
They asked for the Ensign Ranch missionaries to come to choir practice to sing one song next week for the Christmas program.  Let's just say that there were only 8 people in the choir. 

We are warm in our little house and Dad made sure we had a comfy bed. We are doing good, although starting to think about Christmas and missing you all.