It Was the Least I Could Do: 2012

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Playing in the Irrigation Sept 29 2012

It has been a very warm and dry summer this year. Today was Sept 29, 2012 and it was over 80 degrees. It was warm enough that the boys had fun playing in what is probably the last irrigation turn for the year.

The Sports Fanatic

I don't know if PJ is the sports fanatic or if it is his parents, but he is playing flag football and soccer this fall. That means he has two games during the week and two on Saturday. Today for instance, he had football at 9 AM and soccer at 11 AM. He did score a touchdown in the football game today which was fun.

Parker's 1st Day of 1st Grade

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

What Did They Put In This Drink?

Today, I went over to the Maverik with Gary as we usually do. Only today I noticed this poster which has the breakfast burrito and the drink with a very strange ingredient. Ick.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Summer Flowers

Just so I'll remember in my old age what the flowers looked like, I'm posting this. JoAnn does the flowers while I work in the vegetable garden.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Garden June 1 and 8, 2012

This year I got the earliest start ever on the vegetable garden. Usually, I'm just getting started on June 1. However, this year being so dry, I had the garden tilled and the peas planted on St. Patrick's Day. From right to left: peas, carrots, onions, potatoes, beans, misc. flowers, peppers to the south and corn to the north, radishes to the south and corn to the north, and two rows of tomatoes. In the space to the far north, we have pumpkins, watermelons, sunflowers, and a couple of squash.

June 8, 2012

As you can see, I irrigated this morning. The snow peas are ready to pick, I've been pulling onions out for two weeks.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Kohan

Some photos I've taken of Kohan over the last couple months.

After a run-in with the ditch near the garden.

He's generally happy in the morning

This is an Easter egg mess he made while everyone was distracted

More mess

Helping to plant a tree

More help

PJ helping him swing

Kohan is a little nervous

School Photos for PJ

Since It has been over six months since I've posted anything, I have a backlog of photos I've taken of PJ in his kindergarten class. What do you think of his penguin poster? I helped him make it with the stuff his mom sent with him for the weekend.

PJ with his Puppy

PJ tells the penguin story

More penguin

Penguie

Last day of school

Congratulation (not graduation) day

Monday, March 26, 2012

Words of Comfort

A few weeks ago our youngest son and his wife and family stopped to see us. The first one out of the car was our two-year-old grandson. He came running to me with his arms outstretched, shouting, "Gwampa! Gwampa! Gwampa!"
He hugged my legs, and I looked down at that smiling face and those big, innocent eyes and thought, "What kind of a world awaits him?"
For a moment I had that feeling of anxiety, that fear of the future that so many parents express to us. Everywhere we go fathers and mothers worry about the future of their children in this very troubled world.
But then a feeling of assurance came over me. My fear of the future faded.
That guiding, comforting Spirit, with which we in the Church are so familiar, brought to my remembrance what I already knew. The fear of the future was gone. That bright-eyed, little two-year-old can have a good life—a very good life—and so can his children and his grandchildren, even though they will live in a world where there is much of wickedness.
They will see many events transpire in the course of their lifetime. Some of these shall tax their courage and extend their faith. But if they seek prayerfully for help and guidance, they shall be given power over adverse things. Such trials shall not be permitted to stand in the way of their progress, but instead shall act as stepping-stones to greater knowledge.

Boyd K. Packer,
General Conference Address
April 2004

It Was the Least I Could Do