Last week in June!!!

Mom's week off is now ended. She was called sunday afternoon, then again on Saturday. The one on saterday was only from 7pm-midnight as the woman who was supposed to be there didn't get it on her schedule, and then by the time they had gotten hold of her she had had some alcohol so she couldn't come in. Mom only had to wait until anther nurse who was prepared to work the night came in to replace her. Dad started swathing this past weekend. See Memorie's blog for details on her swather duty for the weekend. Ben has been moving six lines of pipe. Lucky for him they haven't all been running at the same time. Jake and Zac are tag teaming on Larks and Docs. Jake likes to say that Zac is moving Larks, but I haven't seen Zac really commit to that.

On another note. I didn't ever mention it but about five weeks ago Two-Two had kittens. Three white ones and one black one. In the past two weeks Two-Two adopted another three orphaned kittens from the barnyard. When the boys finally brought them to the house so Two-Two would stop sneaking out to the shed to feed them Dad discovered that they all had eye infections. There were actually four kittens from the shed, but Dad said the one wouldn't make it, so the boys took it back to the shed. The other three were separated from the rest and placed on the floor with the original four in a box to prevent the infection from spreading. Eventually their eye infections cleared up and now we have seven kittens. Four white, two black and one greyish. Some have names, like the two black ones and the grey one, and one of the white ones, others are still referred to as one of the white kittens. There is one tiny little one Hence his name is tiny. He's one of the black ones. The other black one is called Toes, 'cause he has little white toes on his hind legs. The grey one is called smoke or something like that.

This is Two-Two and all her kittens.

This is Tiny, and that is Memorie's hand.

So sunday was the begining of mom's week off, she was called in the afternoon to ask her if she would like to pick up a shift. She jokingly said she was going to keep track to see how often she gets called on her week off. Dad thinks he'll be harvesting this weekend and has requested all available hands to be on deck, so this weekend Mem will head home and help harvest. That means she has to work really hard to get all her homework done before the weekend.

Memorie has her own blog. Now that is not to say she won't keep updating on the family, but more details on her life can be found at http://www.memallen.blogspot.com/.
Ben ran 4 miles, it was one of the events that they had at the marathon. A 16 mile relay. Josh, James, and Bryce all ran with him. I don't remember what 4-H the boys are doing. Hmmmm out door cooking? I forget.

Alright, well happy father's day. A really quick update for you, Mom is looking at decreasing her responsabilities at work, of course she'd still do the schedule but she wouldn't be in charge of the ER. That would let her stick with her 24 hours a week on he floor and no more. Dad has plans to start pipe monday. As of saturday there was no sprinkler pipe running. He spent much of saturday fixing the system to get the pressure up. Friday was the first day we yet this summer without moisture of some kind. This week's weather forcast says lots of sun, which is of course very exciting, but also means the snow in the mountains will melt bringing unexpected high water for all down stream. Mem is still in school and every so often she has time to have some fun. Saturday Ben ran in the Teton Dam Marathon. He and his team, the snowmen, ran a relay. They each ran 4 miles. :P Jake and Zac came back from 4-H camp, where it rained on them all week. They came home with very dirty socks and extraordinarily wet shoes, but they had fun.

Well it's been a while. And now for the family update. Mom found a whole lot of mushrooms this last week and of course she is thrilled, Dad got his crops in just before it started to rain, he still hadn't rolled a couple of the fields, and he might not get to if the grain sprouts before the field is dry enough to roll. Mem is trucking away at school with all her homework, and of course she is having some fun. Ben spent the week in Boise at Boy's State. Jake and Zac are out of school and loving it. They are planning to go to 4-H camp next week(I think). June birthdays are coming, today, Happy birthday Lac. Tomorrow, Happy birthday Hal, and next week Happy birthday to Mom, David, and Dani, and of course don't forget father's day.