Robert writes home #15 5-3-86

5-3-86

Dear Mom and Pop,

I hope that you're getting along OK.

I have a new calling in the church..I am really excited about it. I'm the scout master in the ward. I was released from my high council responsibilities so I could take this job. I've been having trouble finding time to take Pete camping and on outings.  Also Janet has been hard pressed to take all of the kids and friends to church by herself on Sundays. This puts me back in the ward where I can share the load with her and gives me a reason to go with Pete on the outings and overnights. This job also carries with it the Deacon's adviser (teacher) responsibility.

Last weekend was the Mayday fair in Los Banos. They have the central California arm wrestling championship competition in conjunction with the fair. Heidi entered the women's division. She lost, but I was really pleased that she had the gumption to enter. Somehow or other the girls in her home Econ. class got started arm wrestling one day and she beat everyone in her class. Then she beat acouple of boys. Next she heard about the contest at the fair and she told me she wanted to enter. So I told her I would pay her entrance fee if she would do it...so she did.

Mary was home for a week. Now she's back at BYU for the summer.

Carrie won cheerleader again for next year. Heidi didn't try out again. She thinks she's had enough of that and wants to put her extra time in to some other areas next year. Heidi is really doing good on the piano and wants to put her time into some music activities and art classes.

Every one is getting along well. Dentistry is going well and those volunteer watermelons that came up the first of March look like they might make it. Some of the plants are out to about the third leaf and the weather is getting warm enough for them to take off.

My geese laid eggs but neither hens hatched. A varmint got the first one's eggs after she had been setting about a week. When the second one started to set I put an electric wire around her to keep the possums and skunks out but the goose got over the wire and wouldn't go back acrossed and abandoned her nest.

Well, that's about all of the news. Pop, I hope you have a Happy Birthday.

Love, Robert, Janet and Kids

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