Humphries Family History

Dear everybody,    Monday night, Jocie invited us to go to the Walmart sneak peek for families of Walmart associates, two days prior to the opening.  Dad, Gran, Janie, and I went and were able to see the presentations and got to take a tour.  The old store was about 90 thousand square feet, and had been doing the volume of a much bigger store.  This new one is 188 thousand square feet. It's out in the area north of Rexburg, almost all by itself...but I'm sure it won't be long until a lot of other businesses will start filling in the area.  Jocie has worked so hard to prepare for this; I hope she will get a day off sometime soon!      Thursday night, Dad and I took Brett and Carrie Mackert out to dinner.  Brett had been the president of the Search and Rescue group for over 20 years, and was recently replaced.  We took them to the Pineapple Grill, and had a really nice time together.      Then last night we...

Hi everybody,    Yes, I know, it's really the 25th...but I didn't get my letter written last night!  Went home teaching with Dad, then visited with Grandpa and Grandma, then came home and Trissa Howard was here visiting with Gran, so I visited with her too.  Next thing I knew, it was time for bed.  Then this morning I realize that I hadn't written. But I did get a wonderful note from Joseph. Thank you so much, Joseph!  He recommends the book Wonder...so that's two of us.  He also is readiing another book by the same author; it's called Auggie and Me.  I plan to get it soon.     Last week for FHE, Gran practiced her talk for us, then gave it at Sacrament meeting yesterday.  She told about their early married life and how they felt they had been prepared to accept the message the missionaries brought when they came to their home in 1959, in Franklin Tennessee, when I was just 1 year old.  Dad recorded it on his phone yeste...

Dear all,    We've had lots of snow the past couple of days; I'm glad about that...seems like we haven't had enough snow for several years.  It makes for messy and sometimes difficult driving, but that's okay.    At the hospital we had an inmate from the Madison County jail for a few days.  He had come to the ER to have some lacerations stitched up, and was then being transported back to the jail, when somehow he found a 223 rifle round and swallowed it!  It passed through his intestines without problem for a while, but then became lodged and he started having bleeding. So the doc had to go in after it.  He's recovered now and is back in the jail. Just when you think you've seen everything... :)     Last week Beth and Hannah loaned me a book that they had really enjoyed.  It is called Wonder, and it is by Raquel J. Palacio. It is about a 10 year old boy who has had a deformed face since birth, and he is going to regular scho...