Getting ready to play Bunco in the cultural hall after dinner

KP duty

John Michael and Shawn doing KP duty in the church kitchen after dinner.

The Book Club ladies

In October our Book Club, the Best Book Buddies, read Jack London's book, The Sea Wolf. We planned a trip to Jack London's Square in Oakland to celebrate and learn more of J.L. It was a brisk and lovely day to walk along the Estuary and breathe in that ocean breeze. We ate at Scott's Sea Food Restaurant. It was a lots of fun. The ladies in our club are: Anne Kelsch, Betty Kelsey, Cheryl Baxter, Mildred Stout, Pauline Hillisheim, Vanet Greenspan and yours truly.

Book Club visit to Jack London Square

The Oakland Estuary

Sibling Reunion September 29 and 30th, 2010

We turned the corner and there was Margaret and Jay's beautiful home ready for us to enjoy our Crook Sibling reunion. Lynn and I flew in the day before from California. Fred, Elizabeth, Mary and Mel picked us up at Sally's home in Roy. We missed Nancy, Richard and Joyce and Brent, who were not able to come. Alice and John met us at the house and we settled in for a wonderful time. It was good to be together and visit. With Fred and Elizabeth leaving for their mission to China in a few short weeks, it was very nice for a chance for us to be together.

After a delicious lunch on the Hicken's front porch, we car pooled over to the River Walk in Logan and enjoyed the beautiful foliage and river scenes as we walked along. We had a passerby take a picture of us at the entrance of the Walk.

Sibling reunion September 29 and 30th, 2010

Much of our time was spent in visiting and relaxing in Margaret and Jay's inviting living room. We sat around a card table to see if we could draw a floor plan of our first home on the ranch in Fallon. It took all of us to reconstruct the walls and put the doors and windows in the right places!!