Cinco de P U

I don't know if we have ever worked this hard in one week, but it has been great!  It has continued to be rainy off and on but we were able to take the 4X4s out and drive a couple of the trails.  It is quite important for us to know the trails so we don't get lost and lead our treks astray.  Debra is having lots of fun buzzing around in the 4 wheelers.  It can get very bumpy at times especially if you happened to hit a badger hole!

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Debra's first drive

Bob's first drive of the side by sides

  Debra also learned to drive a riding lawnmower and mowed the lawns, and we both helped to disassemble a 4 foot satellite dish and haul it off.  Getting the port-a-jons in order has been another.big job as we had to turn the toilet paper holders over and make 44 plugs for the jons.  The plugs keep the "stuff" from sloshing out as they are moved from site to site. There are about 80 total jons.

a small sampling of the port-a-jons

We were given the assignment to help organize the "Skunk Shed".  It got its name due to the fact that skunks live under the shed and from time to time let us know who is boss. 

Painting the skunk shed

For Cinco de Mayo all the missionaries went into town and ate at Don Pedros (the only Mexican food in town).  They need a Mangos or Tia Rosa's to really know what Mexican food is about. We then attended the high school production of Oklahoma.  By the time we got home we were double exhausted.  We both have been sleeping really well since we got the leaks fixed and the noisy plastic off the trailer.  For mothers day the Elders did the dishes after our Sunday pot luck dinner. 

Mothers Day dinner Howrd, Peart, Cowan, Ekins, Higginson, Barton, Call, Walker

Elders at dish duty Walker, Howard, Higginson, Cowan, Ekins, Peart, and Bob

 It was great facetimeing with all our kids and then going into Evanston to stay at the Best Western and soaking in the tub (Debra) twice for 45 minutes (twice) and taking a 20 minute shower (Bob) and not running out of hot water.  We really have learned to take a 5 gallon shower quite well, but it was fun to not even think about how much hot water we were using.  We are loving our mission and grateful we get to keep the same companion the whole time.

Some of the beautiful country on the Ranch.