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 years and they asked me if I would speak at her funeral. I'll include a copy of the program. 
   Next, Ruth Orr passed away on the 13th. She married Marshall, over 20 years ago. It was a second marriage for them both and they were so very happy together. Her step-children are taking this just as hard as her own kids. The whole Ward loved her. I think she was working on campus when Aimee was at Ricks...is that right?
   Then this morning in Sacrament meeting, Brother Johnson announced that they had just received word that Wayne Swensen had passed away, last night or this morning, and they were notified just a few minutes before the meeting started. He was our Bishop when we first got married. He and Catherine had a young family at the time. Their youngest, Tate, was just 3 or 4 years old. I remember one Sunday, when I was first expecting Aimee, a General Authority came to rededicate the Egin Ward building after it had been added on to. I was feeling sick and Dad and I sneaked into the brand new Relief Society room (now the Primary room), so I could eat some saltines and get my nausea under control. We were sitting there in the dark, me eating crackers, when Bishop Swensen opens the door and flips on the light to show the visiting GA the new RS room. I'm not sure who was more embarrassed! :)
   Dad is in New Mexico this week for police marksmanship competition. Then he'll be home for a couple of days before leaving for Florida for meetings.  Gran, Jocie, and Janie will be leaving on their big trip on Sept 29.  
   Grandma has started a Memory Care program through Home Health. It will be just once a week for now. A therapist will come to her house on Friday's. Beth plans to be there with her the first few times, until Grandma feels comfortable with him. 
   I can't say for sure...but I don't think I ever sent this email. It was still in my Drafts.  I'll be alright! :)
Love you all!  Mom/Johanna/Nana

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

5 April 2015

Happy Easter Sunday to you all!     Conference has been wonderful, as usual. I hope that you will have the chance to watch or read the talks, if you didn't get to hear them today. I often find myself thinking of many of you as I listen to the talks. Today was no different. And especially you, Ben, when Bishop Causse, told that his family hadn't been to the Eiffel Tower, even after living near it for 20 years!  What things do we live near, that others would travel far to see? And more to his point, what blessings or opportunities do we have, that others only dream of?    Yesterday, Grandpa told us about a dream he had...at least I think it was a dream. He sometimes seems confused, but when I mentioned that he might feel confused, he said "I feel like I'm in a daze." Anyhow, he said that he was "greeting the men, as they came into the coffee shop." Then the next thing he knew, he was telling them that it was time for conference, and that "we all ...
Read more

26 June 2016

Image
Dear everybody,    First of all...Happy birthday, Ellen!  Grandpa and I were camping in Island Park, and didn't get you called!  We hope you had a wonderful day.  12 years old!  Oh, my goodness, that's hard to believe!    It seems that many of you are away from home right now, or just were, or are about to be... :) I haven't kept track of everyones plans, but I look forward to hearing all about this weeks activities!     Dad and I had planned to leave for our camping trip on Thursday afternoon, but a couple of other things made us put it off until Friday morning. Dad went to the debriefing meeting for the Emergency Communications drill we were involved in last Saturday. It was at the Stake Center about a mile east of the Rexburg Temple.  And I went to a viewing for Imelda Vargas. Below is a picture of her and her mother, Rosa, which was taken several years ago. Imelda was 40, and had an aneurysm in her brain, quite unexpecte...
Read more

4 August 2018

Image
  Hello everyone!    Well, 10% of our family had a birthday on Thursday, so that's a pretty big deal, I think! Ben, Bradley, and Leona, we hope that each one of you had a wonderful birthday!     We enjoyed having Shelby here so much, but the week went by too quickly. Grandpa, Gran and I each enjoyed our time with her.  On Saturday (a week ago), she and I went to a matinee and then had lunch with Beth and Hannah and did some shopping. Then Sunday afternoon, Shelby and I met her folks and Lucas in Twin Falls so she could go home. Grandpa wasn't able to come with us as he had planned because of the big fire in Fremont and Clark Counties. But it's finally out now.     A follow-up on my letter from a couple of weeks ago; Grandpa, Shelby, and I had started watching White Fang, but it was pretty upsetting in a few places and we decided to turn it off. Just a warning for more sensitive viewers.      LaRue Hunter Nelson (Dr. Milton...
Read more