We’ve been needing to clean up his eye sore for a very long time, and tonight it finally happened–the old trailer house was burned down.  The Thayne Fire Department came and used it as a training exercise.  It was fun watching and drew a lot of attention as people watched it burn.

Tonight I came to rexburg to see my sister and pick up Ksenia. I couldn’t help but go up and see the Rexburg Idaho Temple!

Sorry for the extremely long delay in posting. I guess time kind of just slipped by… More to cone soon though!

This is a quick photo I took with my phone this evening on my grandparents front yard.

Last Friday my dad was branding some of his remaining cattle.   Although a few of the photos here look a little bloody, it doesn’t hurt the cows any–it’s about like us getting our nails trimmed.

My Grandmothers have always spent much time working on their flower beds and gardens. Spring is always such a beautiful time of year, and as such I thought I’d pay a little tribute to my grandmother.

Farming seasons are always such a busy time of year for us. I understand that most of you have never been on a tractor nor had the opportunity to smell the freshly turned dirt. Because it is such a huge part of our life here, I enjoy sharing part of it with you.

One of the things I love the most about this area is how much recreational fun you can have. I was riding around with some friends and some relatives, and of course I had to get a few shots.

My ancestors settled in Star Valley (Freedom to be exact) in the late 1800′s.  Samuel Weber was a swiss immigrant, who came to the United States after being converted to the LDS church.  Since so many people came to the valley from Switzerland, dairy farming was the source of the local economy.  Since Star Valley also highly resembles Switzerland it quickly earned the nickname “Little Swiss” or “Little Switzerland”.  The Weber’s have been farming and running a Diary in Freedom ever since.  That changed today, however, as the cows were sold and headed down the road in a semi truck headed for Utah.  With the current economy and lack of labor and management, it was no longer feasible to have the cows.  Though they may be gone, we’ll never forget the hard labor of those that have came before us to give us what we now have.

On a side note, I’ve also posted a few random shots that I took today.  I flew home from my mission on April the 14th (same as today), and that year we didn’t have any snow left.  Today there is still quite a bit of snow, but it’s been pretty warm (except for today) so it should melt off pretty quickly.