Sheep can be very frustrating to work. In 1970 we went from running a 3000 cow ranch in the coulee to a farm in Deer Park with a herd of…

We also had a ¼ Shetland pony named Silverbell.  She was bigger than Smokey by a ways.  She was the most barn soured horse (meaning on every ride she would…

Remember playing fox and geese in the snow, or “No Bears are Out Tonight” How about the cliff climbing in the Coulee, then we’d play on the plateau on top.

Remember how dad used to pull us kids around on a sleigh hooked up to the back of his horse.  Then when we no longer had horses he would take…

While living in the red house in Block 89, we raised several animals.  Fred who must have been about 4 years old wanted to pet one of the bulls while…

Fred and Alane were early entrepreneurs.  One of their first money making efforts that netted them 100% profit was making cookies and selling them to Grandma Sybil.  Fred, Alane, and…

Remember when daddy put a stink bug down mom’s shirt at the family reunion?

Alane drove to seminary down the mountain road on early winter mornings and ended up in the ditch many times!

When we lived in the red house on Block 89, Charlie Tusome "the Gruesome" came to live with us.  We all thought he was so grown up because we were…

Uncle Garth stayed weekdays with us while we lived in the coulee.  One evening when no adults were home, Fred and Alane entertained themselves by telling the younger children scary…