Happy July!
For over a decade, my mother would write a monthly Rabbit Rabbit letter which she would send to family and friends the first day of the month. Gratefully I have saved many of these, and below are two.
Rabbit, rabbit - happy
July 1, 2014, we are into summer full swing. Sure is beautiful here!
Happy birthday this month to Marissa - 1, Sheri - 3, Dakota - 6, Keegan - 8, Olivia - 10, Mark - 18, Avra - 19, Scott Walker and Aunt Joyce Marriott - 22, Kimberly Brook - 23 and Elder James R. Gibb - 27! And to any I may have missed, seems like the months keep getting more birthdays!
We had a great drive to Idaho and on to Billings, MT mid-month spending several days with family in both places. What a perfect time of year to travel, summer put on a great show for us. Loved being in less traffic & having time to look about a bit. We drove to Dillon, MT and cut across through Twin Bridges, hooking back on to 90 by Three Forks and on to Billings, traveling through gorgeous scenery. Many fishing spots thru the Twin Bridges area, quiet, green, lots of history here - well traveled by the Indians and early settlers - many buried there because of conflicts. Many signs posted telling of the early, early animals that inhabited the area - a history book in just a small area. There was still some snow on the tops of higher mountains, lush green trees and waving green fields. Oh my!
Loved our time in
Billings - helped the Birkeland family move into a larger home with a great
view of the "Rim". Billings is so much bigger than I expected,
seeing some business from the oil industry east in North Dakota. The old
town remains lovely - old homes, one way streets and the new businesses and
homes somewhat circle around this. If you visit for the first time, be
sure you have a GPS or cell phone because it is tricky!!
It was great being with
family, busy, happy people! Loved our visit with Clyde's family in Idaho
- stayed over to see the annual Rigby parade, you get your year's supply of
candy from the participants!! One man rode a camel and trailed two
smaller camels - couldn't figure this entry out, I think he had a veterinary
clinic in the area - keep that in mind if your camels need help!
Saw an interesting sign posted on a church in Billings - "Don't go thru life standing at a complaint counter." Makes sense.
As for a recipe this month - just a little addition to one of the recipes I've given you previously - we had a delicious cookie that I'm sure is the real thing. Cowboy chocolate chip cookies - made with oats, chocolate chips, brown sugar, etc., but had coconut and pecans added. Pecans are a little softer than walnuts, good. Try this, I think you will like them for a change.
Have a happy Fourth of July! Other holidays to observe are National anti-boredom month, National hot dog month and National ice cream month. Do your best to observe those important events! We live in a beautiful country.
Stay healthy, enjoy your families, try Tillamook Oregon hazelnut and salted caramel ice cream, how about sauerkraut on your hot dogs? Have a picnic or two and enjoy your family reunions!
Love and sparklers, Alice JW
July 1, 2007
Rabbit, rabbit – Happy Fourth of July! And a happy birthday this month to Sheri –
3rd, Dakota – 6, Olivia – 10, Mark – 18, Avra – 19, Scott – 22, Kimberly – 23
and James – 27. I remember when we went
to Redfish Lake one year on Sheri’s birthday and made her a birthday cake on
the campstove. She thought we were
always camping somewhere on her birthday!
Clyde was working the night I went into labor with Sheri so Mother came
with me to the Rigby Maternity Home and stayed until she was born. It was Mom & Dad’s 25th wedding
anniversary and I felt pretty special that they would do this.
I spent a girl vacation driving to Great Falls with three cuties, met up with Vicki and her three girls and had a great giggling, silly time there enjoying their home, hospitality and the beautiful surroundings – it is about two blocks from their front door to the Missouri River. We walked down one morning, the kids had fun seeing how close they could get to the current before I would scream and throwing sticks into the River so Major could swim out and bring them back. I looked for Lewis & Clark but they must have already gone on their way. I found out how many colors you can paint fingernails and toenails and how many ways there are to fix your hair. And how many songs Carrie Underwood sings. But Vicki can fix you up with the best country music CD’s if you want some.
This is the month we honor our pioneers and hopefully we think of them more often than just July. I drove from Great Falls to Orem in about 9 hours – air conditioning, no wind, no mosquitoes, whatever food we wanted, bridges across the rivers, listened to crop reports, cattle reports, the above mentioned music, so different from a wagon train, horses, mules, oxen or a handcart and four ounces of flour. We have so much to be grateful for – remember this when you pick the wrong line at the grocery store!
A quote “Take stock in the future, you will spend the rest of your life there.”
And a nice, cool picnic cake recipe:
(you may have this already)
Jello refrigerator cake
Dissolve one 3 oz. pkg. jello in ¾ cup boiling
water. Add ½ cup cold water, set aside.
Mix a white or yellow cake mix, bake in 9x13 pan, cool 20
min. Poke holes in with a fork, pour
jello mixture over. Refrigerate.
When ready to serve, spread Cool Whip on top of
cake. Mix and match flavors of jello and
cake – it’s good!
Have a safe, happy July 4th, read a few histories of your ancestors, write some more on your own life story, be glad you don’t have to churn your own butter, make red, white & blue jello, read the scriptures and continue to count your blessings.
Lots of love & sunbonnets, Mom
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