Happy Memorial Day!

I know some of you may have seen this Memorial Day Post on Facebook, but for those who didn’t I’m going to share here.  Craig’s father (on the right) was a Master Sergeant in WWII.  My Dad was a career officer and served during three wars.  And I have a son in Australia and son-in-law in Germany serving in the Air Force.  I realized after posting on FB that I should have included Craig’s grandson who is in the AF Academy! Dang!  A few years ago while looking for ancestor tombstones with two of my sisters in Vermont, I found a Lyman ancestor (Amasa’s grandfather) whose tombstone said he had fought in the Revolutionary War!  No good person wants war, but as my sister always quotes, “Blood is the price we pay for freedom.”  How grateful we are to all who have fought and died to keep us free.  We hope this Memorial Day you will pause and consider what that means for you personally. 

Besides being grateful for our freedoms, we are grateful to have a repaired car!  One of the rocks on the many gravel roads we travel made a hole in the condenser and we have been without AC in our car for a month.  We’ve had only a few days in the 80s, but since we have no garage our car is toasty when we get in it, and would never cool off.  We had to wait for the dealership in Klamath Falls to get the part, and since we were there waiting for five hours we walked the two miles for a doctor appt for me.  We both remember the days before a car had AC, and realize we have just been spoiled by the conveniences we enjoy every day.  But it has been nice these last few days to arrive at appointments without being dusty, windblown and sweaty!

Because we are in the car so much we listen to podcasts or books as we travel.  We just finished listening to In the Hands of the Lord, the Life of Dallin H. Oaks.  What an amazing man.  After listening to all he’s accomplished in his life, and his constant dedication, we stand in even more awe and appreciation of him.  We highly recommend the book.  We are blessed to have such remarkable men lead us!

The sun sets farther north and our view isn't as good, but the sunsets are still amazing.