Another week, and this one hotter than the last.  I am getting used to it though, and I find at the end of the day, I appreciate the little things way more these days.  A breeze, a cloud, ice water, all of these things make life enjoyable.  The other day, I woke up to clouds, and I seriously got so excited.  I loved having a break in the dry heat.
     We have been squashing bugs in the mornings, and then the kids bottle feed the calves.  My girls have also plowed fields, and helped haul hay.  Oak has been busy helping Grandpa fix water lines on the mountain.  All of these experiences we wouldn't be having if we would have just stayed in Cedar.
     We had to go to Cedar for a few things.  I believe that I mentioned Chlo's pet moth "Feathers," anyhow, her pet moth was not in her jar.  This upset Chlo immensly.  I am not sure if the moth was ever really in the jar.  All I ever saw was grass...anyhow, Chlo was convinced that we had had a break in.  Yep, someone broke in, and took nothing besides Chlo's beloved pet moth.  This crime was about more than Chlo could deal with.  She wanted me to deal harshly with the guilty culprits.  I tried to convince Chlo that Feathers was loosely flying free, rather than captive to some evil moth thief.  Poor Chlo gets so attached to her pets.
     We attended a baptism on Fridee night.  This was a gal that Arden. And I gave a Book of Mormon to, back at stand off time.  I was so excited that she had met good friends and sought out the missionaries.  She looked like a new woman.  The spirit totally transforms people.  She was beautiful before, but the spirit had enhanced her beauty, and she looked all lit up.  It was an incredible experience.  Unfortunately, the kids didn't cooperate too well.
      First of all, I would like to say that this building that she got baptized in was awesome.  It was two stories and elegant in every way.  It was a new institute building.  Anyhow, the little kids were intrigued with exploring all of it's exciting possibilities.  Mo was creating all kinds of fear within himself.  Part of the building was dark and he was wanting to warn all within the sound of his voice about all of the possible monster possibilities.  He was shouting to his dad about the monsters because I am sure he wanted his dad to come and rid the place of the monsters.  Needless to say, it was not very reverent.
     It was also apparent that Chlo had been rolling around in the grass somewhere.  She was looking a little haggard at best.  I finally let them just roam around so that I could listen a little to the baptism.  I just checked on them frequently.  At one point, they were rolling around under the tables in the foyer. Naughty aughty to say the least.  In spite of them, I was so thrilled at the light and beauty that had overcome this young woman.  To be involved in her baptism, even in a tiny way was such a blessing, and made me so happy.  We have had so many blessings as a family lately.
     We have also had some people that produce "Sister Wives" interested in possibly doing a reality show.  They came to a dinner with the family the other night.  I don't know what they thought, but a few funny things happened that evening.  Bailey's baby jumped in a pot of water and tipped it over.  Katie's baby guy fell off of the teeter totter airplane, and split his head open.  It was sad.  Cliven glued his head back together.  That would have worked out fine and good, but he rubbed the glue, and then his eye.  Yep, he glued his eye shut.  Not good.  It was fixed, but we were all pretty nervous about him for a minute.  Another sad tale; one of the new puppies got his head stuck in a mason jar.  This took some work to save the pup.  Luckily, Stetsy is great at that stuff.  Also, Jazz was ticking one of the bulls off and he was pawing around ready to charge.  Luckily Stetsy once again came to the rescue.  This happened while they were bottle feeding calves.  Yep, interesting evening as always.  Yep, another busy week at the ranch.