39th Wedding Anniversary October 15th

Mark and Connie

What a wonderful surprise to have Connie and Mark with grownup Jessica visit us on our 39th wedding anniversary. The only celebration we had planned was a lunch the day before at Café Rio. We were so disappointed we could not visit Connie and Mark in Vernal but there wasn’t anything we could do to change the situation, we were stranded with a broken down 4Runner. However, Connie, Mark and Jessie traveled 3 hours and stayed the night in a hotel just so they could see us since we couldn’t visit them. Also impressive was the fact that Jessica had just made the trip to and from Salt Lake City already with her young women leaders and here she was willing to do it again the same day!

I just have to say few more words about Jessie. She is now a beautiful young woman of 5’ 2” and almost 16 years old. She is even driving her mom’s huge SUV.

Terrie and Jessie

A couple of days before the trip, Mark had an interesting time trying to get their crazy cow into a trailer to take to the vet. They needed to see if she was pregnant. They have a steer, a cow and a bull; however, the bull was supposed to be a steer when they bought it. Now that the pretend steer was really a bull they probably had a pregnant cow on their hands and they didn’t want to butcher the cow if she was pregnant. It was keystone cops time with Mark running behind the cow trying to herd her into the trailer and trying to stay out of the way when she did a 180. Herding with the 4 wheeler didn’t work either. I didn’t know the outcome until later. Connie called me and said, “You can congratulate me.” I was startled because I thought she was telling me she was pregnant. It was the cow, not her. Whew!

David and Terrie at the Pie Pizzeria

Connie, Mark and Jessica gave us the greatest gift for our anniversary; to talk and laugh with them face to face. The great pizza place for dinner they took us to and the ice cream to top off the evening just added to that wonderful day.

Terrie, Connie and Jessie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connie and Jessie

Mark and Connie