Merry Christmas! It is hard to believe that it is the holiday season again. We hope that everyone is enjoying the fun of the season. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Jones buying us a Christmas tree tag, we already have our tree up and decorated. That is something extraordinary for our family. Let’s face it, it doesn’t take much to “keep up with [us] Joneses” as far as Christmas decorating goes.
We traveled to Idaho for Thanksgiving. We left at 9:15 in the morning and got there at 11:30 at night due to a million honey deliveries we had to make along the way. We are thankful to have sold the honey, but we need to find a better day to deliver it than the day before Thanksgiving. Thanks also to the stalwart driver who allowed his expecting wife, who is not so great with child, and his daughter to sleep the last two hours of the trip.
Mary is growing fast! She has sprouted three new teeth in the past month with two more on the way. She sure loves her Dad. She loves it when he comes home to play with her. When she hears the truck pull up in front of the house, she will run to the front door, crouch down and wait for the door to open. When the door opens, she yells “Boo, Dad!” Then he’ll run up and grab her and hug and tickle her until she laughs. It is really fun to watch.
Jim is currently moving the bees from Utah to California. He has enlisted the help of Grandpa Trauntvein. Jim drives the night shift, and Grandpa drives the day shift. They have a total of 10 trips to make. So far they have made four in the past four days. They should finish moving them by next week. Then, Jim has a few days down in sunny Cal. to feed the bees. After that, it’s leave them alone for a month until he gets them ready to go to Bakersfield for pollination.
The exciting thing that Jim is looking forward to this month is going to the Las Vegas Bowl to watch the Cougars. They are playing Cal State on Dec. 22. Jim is driving down with Grandpa Jones, two brothers, three sisters, and two brothers-in-law. If you get a chance to watch the game, they will be the ones in the crowd with red faces from cheering and yelling too loud.
Life for me is going well. I am a little less green than I have been in the last few months, and ready to be completely green free. Scouts is still scouts, and that is all I will say about that!
We now have a van. We just bought it on Saturday. Now Jim, when he drives to church, really looks like a family man. That is something he says he is happy about. To quote Jim, “We got a sweet deal!’
We love you all and wish you a wonderful Christmas season.
Love,
The Tres Nephites and Bun in the Oven
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