The Mission Call!!!

Golden Delicious got her mission call!!!!

There was much drama involved.  First she was getting her call that week, and then she wasn't, and then miraculously, Mr. Bechtel and I came to Provo for his work and she called screaming, "It's here!!  It came!!"

We gathered with her friends and cronies in her apartment to open her call....

Japan, Tokyo mission!!!!

Now, why didn't we think of that!

She is, after all, still her daddy's little girl.

She heads off to the land of the rising sun (via the MTC) at the end of February.

Mr. Bechtel's Pictures-

Mr. Bechtel downloaded all his pictures from the year and I was reminded again of how wonderful pictures are.

We think we'll remember everything, but we just don't.

It started raining on us while we were floating.  It didn't get very bad.

But then Nova passed us in his canoe, and I figured he was ready for whatever the weather threw at him. 

The water at Big Springs was perfect as usual - such crystal clear perfection!

Andy Dent Schedules a Demonstration

The Spy Twins went down and helped Dave Hicken in Heber City for a week before the Ricky Quinn clinic.  John and Amy were nice enough to let them stay at their house.

Andy Dent arranged a demonstration for Ricky with an un started colt.  John brought his kids, Daniel and Jayne.

This was Braeburn's first chance to meet Ricky.  He didn't know what to think.  Prairie Spy talked him through everything.

Hey Ricky - 

And then here we are at Kneaders.  We ate there 3 times in 2 days and personally, I will be pleased if we never go there again. (at least for a year :))

NaNoWriMo

Golden Delicious and I had such great expectations to do an epic month of writing... But it did not happen!!

I am just chronicling that 2014 was not a good year for novels or creative writing.

We will try again.

Sunlight

Granny is making a levi quilt.  He took a break to paint something on the easel.

Nova Spy reading "Eagle of the Ninth" by Rosemary Sutcliff.  It was a good book.

All in all, a mellow homeschool day.

Annette's Download From Jackson

I don't have a smart phone, and Annette does, and she took millions of pictures while we were in Jackson, and I had to save a few to remind me of all the great ideas I had while I was there:

Moda Fabric has adorable western table cloths.  I want them all - and then a ranch house to put them in :)

This was just super cute.

I love the idea of wall papering a wall with pages from a favorite book.

Being a chicken farmer, I thought this was hilarious.  Plus!  cod liver oil!!

Cannot remember this artists name, but we thought his geometric cows were great.

I just liked this one.

Since Annette's a teacher (I guess I am too :)) she bought a lot of educational posters.  This is the one I wanted, but it was out of stock.

I had the idea that this sea foam green and gray color set up would look great at Crabapple Farm.

I want to make my own of these, with my own favorites on it.

I found this old quilt at an antique store and was going to buy it for JoAnne's bed.  Annette, who is a professional quilter, freaked out and said it was waaaaay tooooo old to do that.  She ended up with it.  But she's going to make me a couple of throw pillows with the stars.  This quilt was amazing.

Pinterest Chef

Miss Golden Delicious came home for the weekend and decided to make something yummy for us.  

The cake was super cute.  But still not as cute as she is.

xoxoxox

We LOVE having GD come home!!  So fun!!