8 March 2017
Hi everybody,
I'm not sure what happened last Sunday that I didn't write an email...let me think. Oh, we had company and I just didn't get it done.
Uncle Jim's friend/neighbor, Clark, suggested that we have a combined birthday get together for him, Gran and me; his birthday is March 3rd. It turned out very nicely; Jake and the kids came out and Grandma came over too.
Dad was home for one night; he got home Saturday night after 10 and left the next morning about 10. He had been in DC for several days and then got to spend some time in Apple Valley and attend a birthday party! Then Sunday morning, he headed for Reno and will be home on Friday afternoon. But I won't get to see him until Sunday night, because I'm headed for Boise/Meridian in the morning and will come home Sunday. I get to go to Kevin's POST graduation. I remember when Dad and I drove to Carson City for Zach's POST graduation. And of course I've been to two of them for Dad. They are always just wonderful; I'm really looking forward to it.
Tonight, Grandma went with me to the Twin Groves 1st Ward RS enrichment night. I spoke about the 175th anniversary of Relief Society. Sister Sally Nichols is in the RS presidency and had asked me to speak. I really didn't feel prepared, although I had spent a lot of time studying, praying, etc... But I think it turned out alright. The musical number for the evening was a song by Kathy Hathaway and her three daughters: Stephanie, Amanda and Emily. They sang, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing and of course that really helped me feel the spirit and set the tone. I told them why it is so special to me. What beautiful voices they have too, especially Emily. Each of the girls said they know some of you kids; I think Ben, Heidi and Dixie were the ones they knew. Stephanie remembered Ben from back before we moved to Denver; I got the feeling he had been her Junior High crush.
Spencer and James had birthdays this week; we hope they were wonderful. Spencer told me that he got a ukulele! So cool!
Aimee, I loved seeing the two pictures of you and Cecily at the half-marathon. Are there other pictures? I'd love to see them.
I've been trying to attend the Temple once a month and have been doing pretty well. About the end of February I realized that the month was almost gone, but it turned out that the last day, the 28th was on my day off, so I was able to go. I missed the session I had planned to attend, but I got to help with some sealings and that was really neat.
The night after my birthday, Jocie took me to concert in Idaho Falls; we saw Michael Martin Murphy. It really was great. His youngest son, Brennan, tours with him and plays the Celtic Harp. I enjoyed so many songs I've always loved, like "Long Line of Love" and "Cowboy Logic." But there were a couple of new songs that were really neat too; I'll be trying to find them.
Stake Conference this weekend was wonderful, especially the Saturday night session. Brother and Sister Vickery, from the IF mission presidency and from Emmett, spoke and were so great. Also, Jared and Sasha Brague spoke. They and their kids will be sealed in the Rexburg Temple this Saturday. They are living in the Willfords house while Willfords are on their mission in Nebraska and the Bragues are building a house next to his folks in Parker. Sasha told their story about how she had never heard of Mormon's, was right out of high school and had just joined the Air Force and met a cute bartender who turned out to be an inactive member of the LDS church. They had quite a journey to where they are now and it had everyone laughing and crying...very moving.
Good night; I love you all!
Mom/Johanna/Nana
Hi Guys!
Kevin, congratulations on graduating from POST! Very awesome!
It feels like I have a ton of things to tell you about....but am kind of drawing a blank. Maybe if I just start it will all come rushing back to me.
First, I have to tell you about the half marathon. Mom, I only have one other picture - me crossing the finish line. It's not my favorite picture, but it was at the end, so I can't expect too much I suppose. Here's a link to a short video showing the start of the race: https://vimeo.com/207111582. You can't see me in it, but you can see how many people there were and what the area looked like. It was really pretty. And here is another video, it's kind of long - just over 10 minutes, but you can see everyone pass the camera. If you really want to find me, I pass at 6:55-ish wearing a blue jacket and running pretty much in the middle of the road. https://vimeo.com/207230535. I was pretty sore after running, but I'm still really glad I did it. It was raining the whole time, and even had some snow around the halfway point. Miles 8-10 were the hardest for me. I was getting tired and felt like I still had so far to go. But I started feeling better around mile 11 and picked up my pace a little. James was waiting for me at the finish line and it was SO nice to see his face. I finished in 2 hours and 19 minutes. I was thinking it would take me around 2 hours and 45 minutes, so that was a nice surprise.
Spencer and James had very nice birthdays. Spencer tells everyone that he is 5 now. He had a volcano birthday cake. James had his traditional cheesecake.
Noah had his last basketball game last week. I'll include a picture of him keeping the ball from going out. Right in front of us! I'm also going to include a picture of a poster the cub scout leaders made for the Blue and Gold Banquet a couple of weeks ago. They made one of each of the boys. The week before the banquet they took the boys pictures but didn't tell them what it was for. I'm not sure why Noah made the face he did, but I think it's pretty hilarious in the poster.
You got Naomi's email all about the state geography bee. She is so excited and has been studying most days after school. But she doesn't seem nervous about it, which is really good. I think she'll be able to go and just have a good time. I hope so, anyway. I'm sure excited to go!
We have spring break this week and the kids are all very happy about that. Annie and Ellen both have jobs taking care of people's cats while they are gone for the week. Most of our neighborhood will be gone.
On Thursday, I got to go to our Stake Women's Conference and it was amazing! The Stake Relief Society President and the Stake President both gave short talks, less than 10 minutes each, about the theme of the conference: Me + Christ = Enough. They both referenced this video. https://www.lds.org/media-
Love you guys so much!!!
Aimee
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