Getting my Bavarian On!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just returned home from my HUGE class reunion in Washington State with the Charm Girl's- then we headed out to Leavenworth, Wa to spend the rest of the week in this fabulous Bavarian town nestled in Wa.'s beautiful mountains!  Oh, what fun we had!  I didn't get my fill of Bavarian food so when I got home, I hustled to the store to get the makings for Hungarian Goulash.  Recipe on the cooking blog.

 

 

 

Rodeo!!!

We just had our 3rd neighborhood rodeo last night at our arena/home and it was so fun.     We had Cowboy Mounted Shooting for the first time- and a equine lesson and then, of course, our team ropers! David has good roping buddies that come to entertain (I think they come for the food!)

Here is my favorite cowboy!

 

Mounted Shooters

 

 

David and Travis roping

 

Charlie, our neighbor, brought in the flag

None of our cowboys took the knee!

 

 

 We are pretty patriotic

 

 More roping

 
We honored our sweet neighbors Boyd and Arlene Summerhays as the Grand Marshalls.  Heather O., their daughter told all about Boyd's horses and cutting days and then said her mom typified  the song "Stand By Your Man.!" We love them!

 Nancy Tillotson sang the national anthem

 

 Here's one of the steers getting ready to play

 The tack trailer.  Photographer neighbor Kelly Price took wonderful pictures!!!!!

 Cheesecake berry trifle for dessert

 cutest picture of friends- Nick and Cari

 Nick and Cari Larsen brought their chuckwagon and had grilled ribs and chicken, baked beans, green salad and I enhanced the potato salad (added celery, eggs and onions to Costco potato salad.lol)

 

 

Pictures of the crowd-

 

Joshua- Letter 8

Mon 9/10/2018, 5:32 AM

Joshua Williams

I just was ready to say my prayers and crawl into bed (actually, I was listening to my scriptures-I haven't been steady this past week so I'm behind) (listening to Christ still talking to the Nephites/Lamanites in 3rd Nephi about going to talk to other sheep of his fold that had never heard of him.  I wonder where he visited and won't those records be awesome to read someday!)-anyways, almost hopping into bed and realized that I almost FORGOT my weekly letter!!!!!  (The weekly letter is "y"- Y has my life been so busy this week?  Many reasons but I won't go into that!)

But I wanted to send you a little funny (oh, I LOVED hearing about Tolkien's skunk adventures!  What a dog!)  (we haven't gotten the skunkinator out of the box yet....) (can't wait to hear about your new companion and all the happenings in Texas!)

little story about Grandpa (from my journal.)

You know you are an old cowboy....when you are at a roping and need to go do something at the office at the arena.  You could walk all the way around the arena or you could just high tail it over a pretty tall fence.    You know, in jeans and cowboy boots and all the hoopla.  Opps!  You drop your water bottle and it is retrieved by a 19-year-old cowboy.  "Thanks," you say.  And the kid replies, "Man, I hope I can scale a fence like you did when I'm old like you!!!!"

I think that was a compliment.    (and I must mention that he won over $1000.00 bucks in the roping and he always splits his earnings with me.....and again less in another roping this week!  Woot!  Woot!)


Love you, Cowboy Elder!  Have a wonderful week!!!!!!  Smooches!  Grandma

Joshua- Letter 7

Mon 9/3/2018, 1:17 AM

Joshua Williams

Hi Our Awesome Grandson!

The week flies by until it is Sunday and it seems like it is Sunday about every 4 days!  Today was our first Testimony meeting with our new Branch.  I was worried to death about what it would be like- the boys were awesome and bore some tender testimonies about hard life- and only one girl was off base.  But if I had her life, my thoughts would be off base as well.  We are loving our calling.  I taught the Jr. High boys this week and they were great- so much better than our last Primary class!!!

We decided that we are going to retire from our temple assignment.  It's been almost 3 years but we can be patrons and also get some family history center stuff done.  We will work for two more weeks.

Grandpa and I just went for a nice walk in the gulley.   It has been 11 months since I committed after last October Conference to not watch t.v. on Sundays....and I can't believe it is still so hard for me.  So, writing to you and now a Sunday walk are my sweet counters to my addiction.  (Not really an addiction but a nice quiet way to unwind.)

Can't wait to hear how things went this week with you and each week I put your and Elder Peterson's name on the prayer roll along with all those you are teaching. (actually I put "and Josh's prayer roll!")

So, I'm going to include a journal entry I recently made:

David surprised me with an awesome present yesterday.  I've been buggin him for about two years now.

 

Doesn't every wife ask for a Skunkinator?????

 

 

 

We are getting a plethora of skunks.  And the skunks are having baby skunks that are growing up and having more baby skunks.  They look kind of cute trailing behind the Momma Skunk acting like they own the place.

 

But it's like neighbor Tom Gwilliam used to say when I would get baby hungry- "Marilyn, kittens grow up to be cats!"  That usually got me off my cloud.

 

 

The trap is low so they can't raise their tail.  David asked me what I was going to do when they were trapped.  I said that I thought he would take them somewhere in the mountains and untrap them.  He said that it was my present and that I would have to deal with it on my own.

 

 

Ohhhh, a present with a darkside.

 

 

I'm hoping animal control with deal with it for me but maybe I should call first just to make sure.

 

 

I love that the nights are turning chilly.  I love that sweet, crisp air while sleeping. I LOVE sleeping with the window open.  Last night in the middle of the night, another skunk tooted.  It's so horrible it wakes me up.

 

I TOTALLY could think of some unsavory ways to do away with them!!!!

 

Sometime in the past month, David and his fellas were down at our arena roping.  David's brother was here roping and backed a tractor over a  baby skunk.  For some reason, it didn't smell.  David, of course, always being one for a prank- put the dead skunk in son Travis's truck the next time he was here.  Travis about lost it when he opened his door and found that skunk in there!!!!! And it was smelling!

 

Travis was mad.  I think he was mad because he didn't find the skunk first....so he could have (and would have) put it in his dad's truck first!

Present With A Dark Side

David surprised me with an awesome present yesterday.  I've been buggin him about wanting it for about two years now.

 

Doesn't every wife ask for a Skunkinator?????

 

 

 

We are getting a plethora of skunks.  And the skunks are having baby skunks that are growing up and having more baby skunks.  They look kind of cute trailing behind the Momma Skunk acting like they own the place.

 

It's like neighbor Tom Gwilliam used to say when I would get baby hungry- "Marilyn, kittens grow up to be cats!"  That usually got me off my cloud.

 

 

The trap is low so they can't raise their tail.  David asked me what I was going to do when they were trapped.  I said that I thought he would take them somewhere in the mountains and untrap them.  He said that it was my present and that I would have to deal with it.

 

 

Ohhhh, a present with a darkside.

 

 

I'm hoping animal control will deal with it for me but maybe I should call first just to make sure.

 

 

I love that the nights are turning chilly.  I love that sweet, crisp air while sleeping. I LOVE sleeping with the window open.  Last night in the middle of the night, another skunk tooted.

 

I TOTALLY could think of some unsavory ways to do away with them!!!!

 

Sometime in the past month, David and his fellas were down at our arena roping.  David's brother was here roping and backed a tractor over a skunk.  For some reason, it didn't smell.  David, of course, always being one for a prank- put the dead skunk in son Travis's truck the next time he was here.  Travis about lost it when he opened his door and found that skunk in there!!!!! And it was smelling!

 

Travis was mad.  I think he was mad because he didn't find the skunk first....so he could have (and would have) put it in his dad's truck first!

Closer to One Hundred Than One

You know you are an old cowboy....when you are at a roping and need to go do something at the office at the arena.  You could walk all the way around the arena or you could just high tail it over a pretty tall fence.    You know, in jeans and cowboy boots and all the hoopla.  Opps!  You drop your water bottle and it is retrieved by a 19-year-old cowboy.  "Thanks," you say.  And the kid replies, "Man, I hope I can scale a fence like you did when I'm old like you!!!!"

I think that was a compliment.  Good thing my hubby dropped all those butters!  (HE DIDN'T!  Just the water bottle! lol)  (and I must mention that he won over $1000.00 bucks in the roping and he always splits his earnings with me.....and again less in another roping this week!  Woot!  Woot!)