Trip to Bozeman

Roy and I made a trip to Bozeman this week. A little business and a little pleasure. We took a restored boat up there for Robert to sell. It's "harvest" time right now in the drift boat business.... all the fishermen see that spring and summer are a sure thing now. We will be building a few boats here in Bancroft as well, to help out with the spring rush.

Little Silas turned 2 on the 27th. He shares a birthday with his great-great grandfather Silas Spaulding. A fun coincidence.

Seth also had a birthday. We celebrated both birthdays with a fun party at Robert and Jane's house.

The calendar says it's spring, but.....

I was chatting with Brenda today, and she told me how beautiful it is right now in Mesa....her favorite time of the year. Well...Spring in this part of Idaho has got to be my least favorite time of the year. The snow is still here, and its not pretty and white anymore, just brown and ugly. And there's always plenty of mud, and it seems to find its way into my house. I finally took down all my snowmen and Winter decorations today, and put up some Spring stuff. It's hard to get in the mood, though, when you look outside. On the brighter side, however, spring does bring with it the promise of warm days to come! No more complaining from me. I'll take spring...

Quilts and more quilts

I have a quilt on at my house right now. It is for my sister-in-law, Claire. My sister, Karen, got wind of it and came on Saturday to take a few stitches. She loves to quilt, too. John, Kayla, Trevor, and Alesha came too, to hang out and see everybody. Maxene and Macy had been talking about coming to Lava Hot Springs, so they brought friends and came the same day. After eating perch that Roy cooked up, and some quilting, we all rewarded ourselves with a soak in the hot pools. Fun day!

Quilting is one of favorite things. Here are a few of my latest.

A fun-filled weekend

This past weekend, Roy and I went to Driggs and hit several birds with one stone. We stayed with the Williams grand-daughters while their parents went to Boise to the high school state boys basketball tournament. It was so fun to be able to watch Sicilee and Haddi play in their first junior jazz basketball games of the season. They did great....each making 2 baskets in their games. (And me, without my camera.) They are destined to make their dad proud as future lady redskins!

Another highlight was watching River wrestle in his first freestyle wrestling tournament, held at Bonneville High School. He, also, is destined for greatness! He won all four matches, even pinning his man on the championship match. He was so proud to bring home a gold medal.

Sunday, March 2 was little Simon's blessing day. Faren did a great job, and Simon was a good boy for the whole blessing. We had a great dinner at Lataun's house after church with lots of Hawkes' and Eddins'.

Ryann, age 3, is an uninhibited story teller, using big words like "actually" and "meanwhile."

All ten of the grandkids were there in one place, so I decided it was a "kodak moment." Unfortunately the all the kids didn't necessarily agree with me! They sure are a cute little bunch, though!