It's not as warm in Idaho Falls

A few weeks ago, we flew up to Idaho Falls to celebrate Grandpa Call's birthday and Easter, and to help put in their spring garden.  As an added bonus, Camille, Bryan and Tytan, and Michelle and Josh drove up to join in the work and the fun!

As we were flying in we were amazed to see snow all over the place.  However, there was a precise line across one of the farms where the snow stopped and the brown earth began.  It was amazing.  I had never seen such a clean line before, but this one went on for at least a mile.  Mom and Dad picked us up early Friday afternoon and we were worried that we might not be able to do anything because of the snow. It had snowed two inches the night before!  Camille and Bryan arrived a short time later and Michelle and Josh came later that evening. 

Bryan is studying for the GMAT.  He bravely set up his laptop at the hub of the action and somehow managed to divide his attention between GMAT sample problems and what was happening around him.  His multi-tasking and concentration abilities are impressive!



Bryan hits the GMAT books

 By Saturday morning, the snow had mostly melted, but the soil still needed to dry out a bit, so we took advantage of the time to see the fascinating "Bodies" exhibit at the Museum of Idaho (see details about the exhibit at http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/.  It is hard to see how anyone can suppose that the intricacies of the human body were somehow an accident of nature rather than part of a grand Divine design.

         It is hard to tell if we were coming or going.  But I am sure it was one or the other.  (I think.)

    Josh jumped in and finished the tilling.  His big smile is proof of his superb acting ability.  He even made it look easy.

When you get two architects together you can be sure that everything will line up in every direction.  We did have a bit of frustration with those rapsberries.  They just would not stay pumb and straight.

When we saw how successful Josh was at looking happy, we had to try our best to do the same.  It looks like we were able to pull of a pretty convincing bluff.

The help from Bryan and Josh was absolutely tremendous.  We would not have been able to complete everything without them.  Camille and Michelle have certainly got good taste.

It is impossible to do anything in this family without others pitching in.  It was great.

When the tilling was done, Bryan leveled the playing field phylosophically as well as actually.  It was the best looking garden ever.

Michelle and Camille did their job looking stunning as usual. 

Tytan and Bryan on the hunt.

Oooh!  Look what I found. 

Hey, Grandpa, you are not going to get these eggs away from me.  You will never catch me!

I remember cramming in College before a test.  I was able to get a whole year of study into just a few hours.  I used those cramming skills to plant the garden, but was surprised to learn that we couldn't plant in the morning and harvest in the afternoon.  You can see I was all dressed for the occasion.  Hmm.  Maybe a little water will help.

Boy oh boy.  Mom certainly makes good strawberry shortcake.

It was a Happy Birthday and a Happy Easter.  We all had a great time.  We have the best family ever!