memories

Time is? Time is the memories that we make. For the young time drags on for the older time fly's by. Looking ahead when we were young it seemed that Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day, Summer Vacation would never come. As we neared the middle part of our lives. It was Opening Day of what ever, kids graduation, their marriage, the arrival of grandkids, and all the things we were excited about. Then time came we had to say goodbye to friends, relatives, and those that we hold most dear. Time contracts as we review those memories that we have and wonder where did the time go, for we were only young yesterday.
Take time, Make memories, for the times we sit by the camp fire and share our "time" with others, for the memories will fade and soon be forgotten.

Life in the fast lane

Silver City is built for the fast life morning traffic lasts for a couple hours, with very polite drivers, and very seldom do we hear a car honk their horn. Noon comes with lots of people out getting lunch and doing some shopping. while the afternoon creates most of the congestion around five to six pm. after that travel is very easy and by eight pm most everyone is home. It is my kind of place.
When we have to go on the interstate I get reminded the speed limit is above forty five so get going!
Last Sat. we had the opportunity to go to the Snowflake Temple. It is a beautiful building and has a very special spirit about it. It is located on a hill with a golf course right next to it. The town of Snowflake is I think about 6000 feet in elevation. The High desert it is, and with all the snow and rain we have received we are being told that the wild flowers and cactus will be in full bloom this spring. We are looking forward to that.
We were grateful for all the kind letters and thoughts people write to us and we are looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Larry

almost a year

Here it is Jan. of 2010 what a ride it has been. We have been here almost a year and we have had an interesting time. We have seen older students leave and new ones come, we have some getting married and some dating. Activities are interesting, from camping in a place so dark you can see tomorrow coming two hours before time.
Learning to cook here, or eat here has been fun and a challenge. I think we have gotten a good dutch oven potato dish down, the kids at the college seem to like them. The peppers and chili's are a different story, red or green chili, mexibell peppers, green, red, orange bell peppers, and a host of others I don't know how to spell. Bean's, rice and bean's, true corn bread, brisket of beef, and some make real pecan pie just like my grandma did.
Oh and the fresh home made salsa, hang on to your hat if your from the north with those bland taste buds, it is a real kick. Learning what to have served on the side and what you can take in full dose is a trick when I don't even know what the menu list on it.
Learning that rock squirrel's love tomato's, deer will leave your corn alone, and potato's don't grow well here, chili's do.
We have meet some of the most wonderful people here, people on the track where we walk, in the stores, streets, college suppers, at church, and on hikes in the mountains.
We would have missed it all if we wouldn't have walked out the door with a faith that it could be done.
We have truly been blessed. We have love all the letter's we have received, phone calls, and visit's by family.
We will be home in a minute.
Love Larry

Christmas

We thought that we would also like to share a little bit of Christmas with you so here is to the wonderful children we have and to the great extended family that we call ours.

Here it is 2010. We have been gone eleven months now and only seven more to go it hardly seems like it has been that long. Marsha and Brian came down for Christmas hopping to have some warmer weather, It snowed the Tuesday before and was not warm while they were here. Today it is going to the forty's and so far a lite wind.
Yesterday we went exploring and took a dirt road just out of town to the west and headed up the mountain. Wow you would not believe the houses that were up there. It is kind of like that in this area one only knows that there are house's over the hill by the mail box's that are out by the road.
We did have fun with Marsha and Brian taking them to the old down town area and a taste of the local ambiance, art stores, antique shops, door fronts, and the inhabitants of the down town area. We also got to show them the deer that have been around the yard all year. The deer came with in a few feet of the back door and browsed on some of the bushes that were there. I don't mind that as long as they leave the garden alone in the summer.
It was great to talk to so many of you over the Christmas holidays and to receive so many cards and letters. We missed each of you but know this is where we should be for the time being.
We talked to Josh and it was great to hear his voice he will be home soon, if we could just find out the date of his release.
We will seen you soon
Love Dad.

Well we just got the computer back thanks to Gavin taking the time to making it work again. Thanks Sara and Cordell for taking it home and to our student Kim for bringing it back.
Last Sat. Mom and I got the chance to see our niece Kim we haven't seen her for ten years or so.
We got to go to the white sands national monument, those sands are very white. Mom and I made sand angles they looked ok but not quite like snow angles.
We have also been to Los Cruces, El Paso, White Sands, and a few places around here over the last month.
We have had a drop of snow, cold, it did get down to twenty one night, most of the days have been very nice, just seems like a late fall day, we love it.
The branch has grown alittle with a RM. but we will be losing some as they are getting ready to go on a mission and others, will be going to other colleges next Jan. We take it as it comes and enjoy the kids when they are here.
I hardly know what to write as one day seems to melt into another any more. Here some pictures, otherwise.
This is a somewhat large Yacca plant we found.
Love dad

Well it is Oct. now we have some of the leaves changing the weather is turning football is being played, clouds have been red, life is great.
We harvested our garden this last week. One plastic bag of potato's, some peppers, squash, tomato's, onion, and carrots. Won't grow underground stuff it doesn't grow and what does has lots of bugs.
We have lots of cactus on the place so I decided to just cut it down and skin it. it's pretty dangerous and easy to stalk except when the wind is blowing the limps start to jump around and I have to be quick to keep from getting stuck, lot's of fun though.
I got to talk to a man yesterday that had at the age of sixteen joined the army to fight in WW II he had a lot of good stories to tell of how they had to melt out the enemy as they were in the great white north. He was from Kansas I think I had been through his town when we used to visit my grandparents in KC MO. He also fought in the Korean conflict said it was colder there than Alaska I don't know.
As I got ready to leave he looked at me and said he was Mormon too joined in 58 hadn't been active for along time. I asked him if he would like some one to stop by and talk about that and he said yes he would.
Ya never know who, or where you might meet someone so it is best to be good and not have to say your sorry for not being good.
Love Dad