Finding Boxelder Burl in Utah

Papa Ray was recently in Utah for business to attend a meeting of the USDA Agricultural Air Quality Taskforce. While there he visited Grandma Knighton in Logan several times. She recently underwent back surgery and is recovering slowly. He also played golf several times with his brother Gary. Papa also got to be a part of Ella's birthday celebration.

Papa Ray loves to do woodworking and found a source of Boxelder Burl in Logan. The Burl is becoming increasingly rare. It was fun getting this 18 lb piece home in his luggage. He has another 65 lb piece stored at Hilary's house.Let him know what kind of project you think this burl could become.

The annual garden is also coming along. Everything is planted and we have been eating asparagus, spinach and lettuce for awhile. Today we had our first picking of strawberries--about a half gallon. We immediately made some into "strawberries Romanoff" and we had "Yuccy salad" with fresh strawberries for dinner.

Nana and Papa are blogging now!

Papa Ray and Nana have decided to join in on the blogging fun. We have enjoyed keeping up with our children and grandchildren through their blogs. We have 5 children and 4 (almost 5) grandchildren and recently celebrated 31 years of marriage. On his 22nd birthday, Halloween, Papa Ray proposed to Nana. The ring was in the "punkin".