Baby Lambs

Mr. Bechtel gave each of the boys some "seed money" for them to invest and make grow.  Granny Smith decided to use his to buy some bummer lambs from the sheep experiment station.  I thought we were too late in the year, but I called anyway and the next day Annette called me back and said they had 4 and did we want them?

We did.  We drove up and got them.  Once again I fell in love with the Sheep Experiment Station.  It is a little oasis of white houses and neat green lawns in the middle of a sagebrush wilderness.

This is Granny with his, "you'd better eat this Baby-Baby" look.  Actually, I think he's holding Marvin right now.

Here's Nova with Baby-Baby.  She is tiny, did not want to eat, and we thought we were going to lose her.  But then Golden Delicious came home from BYU for the weekend, and with her expert touch "Baby-Baby Honey" decided to pull through after all.

Sheep are adorable.  Sheep are stupid, too.  You have to convince them that life is good and food is a key part of that life. As you can see, Nova is looking determined.

Marvin is an exception... He is smart.  We call him S. Marvin Foghorn Leghorn Sheep.  "Starvin' Marvin" is always good to go.  See, he has now come over to finish Prairie Spy's bottle.  He likes to eat everyone else's food too.  And then moans because he's about to pop.

Prairie is trying to feed "Dorcas".  She was older when we got her.  Her mom died of pneumonia and training her to the bottle was difficult.  She knew we were just cheap imitators.  Prairie is our chief vet.  When the lambs need a shot or extra help, he is our go to guy.  Granny Smith finally sold Dorcas to a friend who has more experience with problem sheep than we do.

"Targhee" is watching all the drama.  We all love the Targhee breed.  They are mellow, easy and hardy.  Our last one thought he was a dog and chased cars with Jack and Pete.  We'll see what this Targhee does.  

Grow Lambies Grow!

Random Elder Braeburn Photos

Elder Braeburn is doing marvelously (as they say in England...)

I will not try to interpret these photos, I will just post them...

Granny Smith Turns 12

Happy Birthday Granny Smith!

Granny wanted to go swimming for his birthday, so we invited the cousins (who happened to be visiting from Sandpoint over their Spring Break) and Grandpa and Grandma and went to Green Canyon.

Then we ate a yummy dinner of Sloppy Joe's that Grandma made.  Everything tastes better when you've been swimming - why is that?  And then came home and had chocolate cake and ice cream.

Much Love to the Young Man!!!

Burning Ditch

Grandpa and Grandma came out for dinner while Mr. Bechtel was in Japan.  It was a beautiful evening, so they decided to burn the ditch after dinner.

Grandpa is something of a pyromaniac.  He went around dumping diesel fuel on everything.  Grandpa says he wants to be a flame thrower at the time of the second coming.  He will be well qualified :)

Good Job guys.  Thank you.

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!