Happy Easter

Resting now after conference just ended. We greatly appreciated this weekend where we actually had Saturday  and Sunday, two days in a row to rest up and regenerate. This past week on Thursday, our P-day, we decided to take an excursion in to the Seattle Temple. It brought back memories of when we picked up Alex there after his mission.

On Tuesday when we went shopping we bought two huge storage containers to stow away our winter gear and make our little space in the middle of the woods more livable.

Last week I bought a fishing rod and bubble and have tried to catch something in these ponds on the property - but with no luck - even after they just planted it with 400 trout!

Our dynamics change this week with the arrival of two new Senior Couples. I have some apprehension now that we understand how closely we need to not only work together, but live together too. One of them is bringing an RV and their designated space is right next to us which will impact our feeling of spaciousness and the great outdoors that I have loved.

Mom's Garden

Last week I took some time to build Mom a little two foot square planter box where she can plant some flowers. Personally, I don't give the project too much hope because there are all kinds of critters around here that will probably eat them. But, knowing her she will just keep buying and planting more just to feed the critters. It is still too early to really leave them outside overnight, so I take them in and out on a baking tray so they can get some sun and she can pretend she is growing flowers.

We have had two times we've seen spectacular rainbows, which we tried to capture in pictures but found it Impossible to do it justice.

This past week the boss gave me a new project of some simple remodeling of the six family cabins to make them look a little nicer. (Just to clarify, these are supposed to be one step above a tent - but I know for a fact that there are some pretty nice tents out there that are several steps above these.) I was excited to get going on it, as well as just being glad to have my own project. However, My enthusiasm was tempered when I realized that we had to first of all purchase materials which costs money and possibly new tools, such as a nail gun to accommodate the 4 full cases of nails we have - but no nail gun - anyway why knows when I'll actually get it started---AAAGGGHH!

Looking forward to warmer weather and green grass (in small spots anyway) Hope you all had a good Easter today and enjoyed your families.

Love-Dad