Fall is in the air

The first week in September brought some very comfortable, beautiful weather.  We watered, weeded, and cut grass, just as we'd been doing, but some things were different.  The biggest thing for me was we changed to starting work at 7:00 A.M. instead of 6.  While other sisters liked the early time,  I really struggled with the 6 A.M. time.  It was better on the really hot days, but once it started cooling off, I wanted to join the sun and get up later. 
       
The week started with a very uplifting  Sunday afternoon concert by the Young Sister Missionaries.  They will be going home this month or out-bound by next month, so it was our last time to see them all together.  And the week ended with a visit on Saturday morning by Elder Bruce Hafen and his wife.  I've loved the books he wrote that I've read, and he met expectations with his presentation.

I didn't take a lot of photos, but here are a few.

The Young Sister Missionaries concert. 

More FM missionaries went home.

The Craners

Elder Dallin, a service missionary

Richard and Sister Keeton display the watermelon grown in Lyon Drug garden.


 


                       

Watering, mowing, weeding

Mowing Sarah Granger Kimball's grass.

Before at Heber C. Kimball's home. 

After the weeds are removed. Good work sisters. 

What I learned on my mission:

Our trailer, perfectly centered dump at the burn pile, by me, first try..  And this wasn't easy to learn!

Every morning and evening there are 3 - 7 deer in our yard, including two new bambis. 

Elder Hafen's gave a presentation from his book, Faith is NOT Blind.  His children have created a website where people can discuss questions of faith. This talk is also on Youtube if you'd like to hear it. 

It was our district's turn to clean the grove, and then we took a bike ride over to the Lyon Drug garden to see what was happening now that September has arrived.

These tomatoes looked like miniture pumpkins. 

The gourd arch

Snake Gourds

Castor plant - like castor oil.