Lost my umph!

Sorry gang that I haven't posted much lately. I seem to have lost my umph for putting new posts up, although I do have a few pictures I will share when it returns to me:) I've decided that, except for Jenny, we are all a bunch of slaggards with our posts. It gets disappointing, doesn't it? Thanks Jen, for keeping us posted with your babies and all of your activities. It does make things seem closer. I miss hearing about the rest of you and your activities, etc. But I can't nag you or I would be a hypocrite.

In the meantime, I'll be trying to get out of the dumps and start being more prolific.
Love you.

Autumn at the Pehrson

We are in the midst of our Autumn activities....Carl's garden is great! We are just beginning to reap all of the goodies. So far we have put up a few peaches, beans, bread & butter pickles, tomato soup, and jalapeno jelly (very interesting flavor!)

We have two huge cherry tomato plants that are yielding more every day....there are going to be hundreds of them!!! Whoo Hoo! They are as tall as the corn stalks! Our corn isn't on yet, but will be soon. We have a great crop of pumpkins....about 20 with some that are already oranging up. A mess of beans, a few carrots and cucumbers. Lots and lots of zucchini -both green and yellow- and winter squash.

Our sunflowers are gigantic! Just take a peek....

Our animals are enjoying all of the good weather and good eatings, too.

Of course, there is the porch gang and our sweet little Olivia, trying to catch bubbles! Love her to pieces!!!!

Most of all, Scott is enjoying being outside again...I tried to get a close up of his cute little smiling face as he sat outside after getting home from the hospital. Gotta love this country life!!!

Pehrson Camp Out-August 2009

The Pehrson Family held their annual Campout & Bear Lake Outing this month on the 14th & 15th. As it turned out, not the greatest choice of weekends, the weather didn't cooperate too much! But, it all turned out good in the end.

There were 36 of us there! The food was great (corn on the cob, Bar-B-Q sandwiches, salad, beans, and 3 different kinds of cobblers...yum, yum, yum! Grandpa brought slides for a slide show at dark; games & s'mores around the campfire; rain through the night. Woke up to freezing weather... Brrrr! Most everyone chickened out for going to Bear Lake so different groups went hiking at Old Limber Pine, Ice Caves and repelling , and then those that could met at Janice's for lunch in Logan. Here are a few pictures of clan!

He's Back!

After a looooooooong siege in the hospital with our Scottie boy, he is back home and doing well....except for somewhere along the way he learned to fine tune his whining! He is happy-except when he is whining-and looking good after losing 17 pounds! (What a way to lose weight, Buddy.)

We'll omit all of the gruesome details here in the blog . Just know that we had a close call with Scott, but Heavenly Father decided that we still needed to learn some things from Him. We are so grateful that he is still with us, and grateful for the powerful prayers that were said in his behalf. It has helped us to see just how precious he is to us and to appreciate being with him each and every day. Carl & I truly feel blessed to have him in our lives, and though he presents challenges to us and sacrifices on our part, he brings so much happiness and purpose into our lives. Couldn't love you more, Bud!

We owe a lot of thanks to family and friends for all of their support and caring for Scott and for us during this time. Especially to Michele do we owe so much...her constant care and support of Scott and her concern for our needs, too. She would not leave his side and said many prayers in his behalf. We love you, Michele! And we know that Anna and Jenny also said many prayers in his behalf. We know that you wanted to be here, girls, but we felt of your presence and support.

So, now we go forward with grateful hearts and a determination to enjoy our times together even more and to be thankful for the opportunity we have to be an eternal family.

Got Any Goat Names?

We have a new goat to help Chase out with the weeds! But, we are having a tough time naming him and we need some help.

We've thought of Houdini, because he can get out of the fence we put him in; our neighbor girl thought of Stripes, because he is gray and white striped;

Carl likes initials....so how about GG (Gray Goat)?; we both like Max, for Maxwell Smart. When he grows up he is going to have a long white beard! He likes to bully our little Goober lamb and get his horns underneath him and try and lift him up. Hmmmm. There might be some names for him!

Let us know what you think....do you have another name for us to try? Or do you like one of the ones we thought of? Take a look at ??????????

I guess the next best thing to going on a trip, is having someone make you their trip! Thanks for coming to visit with us, Mom and Linda! They traveled up through Montana--Lolo Pass & Glacier National Park-- ; North & South Dakota,--Mt. Rushmore & Crazy Horse Memorial & a tornado!--; and then across Wyoming to Yellowstone National Park and Jackson Hole and the Tetons; and down to Utah--US!

They saw some beautiful sights and Linda drove many miles---no accidents or troubles except for a tornado lit down 30 miles from them and they were hit with hailstones the size of marbles. We had a great time here, visiting and shopping, eating kabobs & sweet pork burritos, going on a Casper run for Hot Fudge Sundaes (Mom's weakness!) , and playing a good game of Outburst!

It was great to have Michele, Wayne & Olivia over. Olivia finally warmed up to her great grandmother and Linda. Wayne got beat, yet again, by Grandma (better practice up, Wayne!) We got in a few family pictures. Enjoy!

Write in Stone

Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument. One friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but, without saying anything, wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me in the face.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend save him.

After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved my life

The friend who had slapped and saved his bests friend asked him, After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now you write on a stone. Why?

The friend replied: When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand, where winds of forgiveness can erase it away.

But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.

May we learn to write your hurts in the sand and carve our kindnesses in stone.