2 November 2014

Alida is here!  So happy she is here and doing well, and her Mama too!  We're sure looking forward to meeting her, the night after Thanksgiving. Now, we're just waiting on the little one in Elko to arrive.

Something I forgot to tell you about the funeral I went to last Saturday. They had some of Mr.Trupp's grandchildren share memories about their grandfather. One of them was a young woman in her twenties. She had her little boy in her arms...probably about 2 years old. She was struggling to keep from crying as she told the story, and with trying to keep him away from the microphone. The little boy suddenly noticed that his mother was crying, and reached for her face, and right into the mic said, "Mama, you got a owie?" Well the whole place erupted with laughter, as well as tears. 

Last night Dad and I helped at the school carnival (the night after Halloween). We manned the bake food sale table; we had a lot of fun, and met a lot of people. We also sold every cupcake, cookie, and popcorn ball! 

Tonight, Joseph, and Mary, and their kids, came to visit.  It was so nice. Dad made popcorn, and it was a big hit...especially with Josie; I think it is her favorite food! Simon is 6 months old, and weighs about 20 pounds. He's not very tall, but what a chunk! Dallin is in the eighth grade now, and is taller than his mother. 

We were short handed at work this week, so I ended up working 10 or 11 hours each day. My boss came to my office on Friday, and said how much she appreciated what I had done, and said I should take a day off this coming week.  I just might do it!

Dad will be going to Washington D.C. in January for meetings, and then will take amtrak to NYC. I'll fly in to JFK and meet him there. We'll be there from Friday evening through Wednesday morning. We'll be going to a Broadway musical with some of the others, and the one that has been chosen by the group is "Beautiful." It's one of the three I had been hoping we'd get to choose from. We should have Tuesday to ourselves, and we plan to go to a session in the Manhattan Temple! I'm not a bit excited!!!

I love you all, and miss you.  I think about you more than you know. Mom/Johanna