Elder and Sister Vann

My Birthday Balloons.  My favorite is the smiling one - almost looks like he's laughing Monday turned out to be a better day that anticipated.  It would have been Michelle’s 37th birthday.  I was really missing her on Sunday, but  Monday turned Ok.  I seemed to be able to focus on the positive things.  I did put out a tribute to her on FaceBook and really appreciated all of you that put some memories about her in response.  She is a pretty amazing woman.  We feel honored to be her parents. We’ve been having trouble with our tire in the rear being super loud.  We finally decided to have someone look at it on Monday.  It was a bad wheel baring.  So we got that fixed on Tuesday morning.  We worked on lessons, visited Renee in the hospital, and got things ready for the week.  It seems to go by so fast. Tuesday, was the car repair, another visit with Renee and a lesson afterwards.  Our lesson was on the ...

The cowboys off to round up cows with the sunrise Sorry - it’s a really late week getting this out.   Hopefully the title this week has intrigued you.   We have to admit being a senior missionary couple in this part of Wyoming is adventurous, even when doing missionary work.   Monday was get things done kind of day - preparing lessons, scripture study, laundry, bills, etc.  I guess that is one thing the young elders are relieved of - is finances.  They aren’t quite in the stage of life with bills and financial responsibilities to keep up with on their mission.  Thank goodness for the internet and on-line bill paying.  We also had plans to spend the night at the Bishop’s ranch so we would be there already when the early day started.  It’s time to get the calves ready for shipping.  Tuesday would be the start of weaning the calves and getting their approximate weight on record.   In the end, we decided to just stay in our own ...