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30 September 2017

  Hello everybody,    Sorry about that last email...I really thought I had sent it!      Joseph's 12th birthday was just the other day, and it looks like it was AMAZING!  We've enjoyed seeing the pictures, but would love to hear more about it!     Gran left yesterday with Jocie and Janie, on their big road trip.  They didn't leave until mid afternoon, but made it to Rock Springs for the night. They plan to be gone about 2 weeks.    Dad was home for about a day and a half...it was great!  He left early this morning for Ft. Myers, Florida, and will be home next Thursday.  We'll have a whole week alone!      I have been Sandy Wood's visiting teacher and friend for many years. She was a very sad person, living in depressing surroundings.  She had lost mobility a long time ago. I was really worried about what to say at her funeral, because although she had a testimony of the Gospel, she n...

17 September 2017

  Hello all you nice people!    We had a wonderful Stake Conference last weekend and got a new Stake Presidency: Brandon Moon (our former Bishop), Jed Stoddard, and Tom Erickson. Tom said he remembers the other two when they were high school kids, near his daughter's age. Jed was in Beth's class in school at Parker/Egin, and Brandon was just a year older. In fact he used to come visit Beth on occasion, when they were in high school. :)    One of my favorite singers EVER, passed away on September 8th. Don Williams, He had such an amazing voice. Jocie, Jane and I got to see him in concert many years ago. Living on Tulsa Time, I Believe in You, Some Broken Hearts Never Mend, Good Ole Boys Like Me...so many wonderful songs.      This past 9 days has been pretty hard on Egin Bench Ward. Sandy Wood passed away on the 8th. She and her husband, and son, Kelly, lived across the street from the church. I had been her visiting teacher and friend for many yea...