Happy, Happy Birthday Golden Delicious, Dear!

Rewinding to January.... Golden Delicious is now 18!  An adult!  She came home from BYU for the weekend to celebrate with us.  Her floor mates gave her a lovely birthday down at school, complete with a princess crown, floating lights, breakfast in bed, a lovely cake, and nice notes.

We made her strawberry shortcake (her personal dish... in fact I could probably just call her Strawberry).  But, as per Wadsworth tradition, we were out of candles so she had to use one large candle instead :)

Then, we decided we should also have chocolate cake with real candles.... so we did!

Happy Birthday Darling!  I hope this is a wonderful year for you!

Gwin Springs Ranch

This is the latest, greatest ranch.

We had a lot of fun driving over to look at it.  The Spy Twins drove their own vehicle and we saw some beautiful new country.  We all agree that the volcanic rock pillars are a great sanctuary, and an excellent hideout location.

Imagine!  A valley all to yourself!

That brings a Louis quote to mind, "Isn't that what we're all searching for?  A green valley somewhere?"

Definitely!

Great Grandma Ricks

I used these pictures in my Relief Society lesson several weeks ago.  I wanted an example of a normal person who was also radiant, happy, and full of the love of Christ.

That would be Grandma Ricks.

Here she is in her high school graduation photo.  The story is that Great Grandpa Ricks was visiting Sugar City and found a year book.  He was flipping through it and saw Grandma and decided right then that she was the girl for him.... It still took him awhile to convince her, though.

She was a nurse in World War 2.  "Cherry Ames, student nurse!!"  Any soldier who was lucky enough to come under her care, probably thought that he had died and gone to heaven.  

She sent this picture to Grandpa Ricks while they were dating.  We didn't find it until after she died.  No one had ever seen it before.  She is adorable!