Currant Pie

Great-Grandma R. has been promising Mr. Bechtel a currant pie for a long time (I don't know how he got that lucky). Here she is with the Spy Twins. We were lucky and he shared with all of us. Yum.

Saturday Work

The Sunday before General Conference was beautiful and we got lots done. My brother, Winesap, sent up raspberry starts and trees and old shower doors to use as cold frame lids. We tucked them all in their places.

And Golden Delicous planted 50 strawberry starts. Now if we could just keep Jack out of the garden, and if it will stop snowing, we'll press on with spring.

The Run for the Vice-Presidency

Braeburn threw his hat in the political ring last week and ran for senior vice-president. He made it to the finals and then lost to Miss Bonneville. I don't think he was too devastated and it gave us several hilarious posters to look at after the race ended.

He had all sorts of posters carefully calculated for the audience he was appealing to. Sports shots for under the drinking fountains, Joseph Stalin for outside the history classes (Golden Delicious and I tried to stop that one), Citizen Kane outside the film class, and a few others. This was my favorite. They were on the junior and senior lockers. I like the lumberjack/pirate theme.

After Joe Biden's gaffe with heath care... what can I say? It's difficult to find role models in this area. I assure you Braeburn would be a much better choice than Mr. Biden.

A Little Vanity

I've been looking for a bureau for Golden Delicious for a long time. I went to all the regular furniture stores and about died when I saw how expensive everything was. Finally I thought of the antique store. They had this darling little vanity from the 1930's. I fell in love and brought it home.

I also bought a few vintage table linens. They are so adorable. I couldn't resist.

As Mr. Bechtel was hauling it to her room he told us this funny little story. (Names have been omitted to protect the innocent... or guilty...)

One of Mr. Bechtel's clients built a lovely new building and the executives were giving tours. They went through the hall ways and meeting rooms and ended up in a nice office. The executive pointed to the corner bureau and said, "and here's a little vanity." One of the people in the tour group piped up and said, "Oh, there's more than a little vanity here."

I'm sure no one was able to laugh. Business is so dreadfully dull. And the man no longer works there. I wonder why? And that's the story of The Little Vanity.

Happy Late Easter

More Milestones

The Spy Twins attended Priesthood Session for the first time this weekend. I thought the boys all looked very sharp. Of course both Nova and Prairie Spy wanted to be as tall as possible and were on their tip toes the whole time. But Braeburn still has them by a bit.

Happy Birthday Granny Smith

Happy birthday Granny Smith!

We love You!!