Posts

Showing posts from October, 2025

Town

Image
  Hello everybody! I hope that you are doing well. It's been getting pretty cold here in Spring Valley. It seems like fall has come in just these last two weeks. We're still doing handlines though and usually can't move them until noon because of the cold. We should be done soon. I've picked quite a bit of rock this week. Nothing much else has been consistent. I've helped dig out a culvert. It was so deep in the ground and clogged up. It came up in pieces. I'm glad we used the backhoe for that. We've gone to town just about every Saturday for the past three weeks, and will be going next time. Busy days. Part of that is because today we went to some meetings for Stake Conference. It was good to see my uncle Tabor and Sister Kesler. Along with President and Sister Saxton. Please pray for the Burcham and Stevenson family. They are friends and family from my home ward. There was a terrible accident this last week. Please pray for them. I feel as if I've seen...

OOOOH! I'M DYING! OOOOOOOOH I'M DYING AGAIN!!!

Image
  The title for this email comes from a couple moments in Looney Tunes with Bugs Bunny that have been stuck in my head this week. This week has had lots of things happen. We've been doing pregnancy checks, which was awful with the heifers, but with the older cows it's been so much easier. They're a lot easier to deal with and are mostly very calm. But some days, even with those cows, are harder than others. As fun as it is, I'm tired of having manure thrown at me by cows throughout the entirety of the day. It has been raining on and off here. The other day we woke up to pouring rain and lots of lightning, but it has almost entirely cleared up by noon. The weather has been getting colder here, especially when we've gotten up extra early for squeeze shoot work. There has been lots of terrible news this last week; from three shootings in one day, including at one of our own chapels, to the death of our Prophet President Nelson. The world is not getting any calmer. But ...