2010!

Well, here we are in 2010 and it's already March - nearly spring! We've had a wonderful winter! Easy to do when we spend 2 days a week skiing and every Tuesday at the Temple. Retirement is truly great. Now that spring is here we must spend more time working outside; we have a 'to do' list a mile long. So we'll ski a little less and work a little more for the next couple of weeks until ski season is over. Life is good and we're happy and healthy. We can't ask for anything more than that!

We spent the last week of October in Kansas City, Missouri. The first day there we spent driving to several prominent church history sites: Independence, Liberty Jail, and the site of Adam-Ondi-Ahman. It was a wonderful day and the perfect start of our trip. I was surprised at how beautiful Missouri looked at this time of year! The fall colors were everywhere and we thoroughly enjoyed them!

The rest of the week was all about cattle. We attended the Lowline auction & show- but w/o our stock trailer we were "just looking", not buying. We learned a lot at a beef showmanship clinic. And we also spent time looking at Charolais - a French breed of cattle - all white, and quite large - to cross breed with our Lowlines for beef production. Kansas City is famous for BBQ - so we enjoyed several fabulous meals. KC is also famous for fountains - they are everywhere! Many quite fabulous and beautiful. We enjoyed walking around the new Country Plaza district in the evenings, even though it was really cold! Kansas City is clean and quite beautiful!

A week in Missouri

A week in Missouri

Our new dock!

We are looking forward to fun times picnicing by our lake in the coming weeks! Our new dock is in! We're in the process of removing pond weeds and clearing up the water so we can use it before the summer's end. We have several BBQs planned for family and ward members in September - should be fun!