96TH BIRTHDAY!

Dad celebrated his 96th birthday with several events: a birthday cake with Mavis and Julie on the evening of March 1; lunch out at the South 40 in Sidney on March 2, with Mavis, Ron, and others; cake and party at the church on Sunday; and birthday cake with Bill Dobias at the Lodge (where Bill D. lives) in Sidney. He said he had a pretty good time for an "old" man! He is getting tired of the snow and is ready for some green scenery! Lana was there giving him a haircut.

The calves are beginning to arrive, but 18 inches of snow is making it difficult for the calving crew! It is hard to get around with the pickups, so snomobiles are used as alternate transportation. It has been very foggy and dreary.

Shawn and Tracy have purchased a 42 foot motorhome with four slide-outs, and plan to use it partly for an traveling office related to Shawn's job--since he does a huge amount of traveling.

Another oil well has been identified for drilling about two miles east of Ron & Mavis' house in the cattle reserve.

Mavis and Ron are going to change their phone system to Alltel, which should give them a better wireless Internet connection, so they can read the Blog easier, and send us all more e-mails!

Cheers,

Bill & Marie