15 March 2015

Hi all,

    Another busy week, which went by so quickly that I can't think of anything to tell you about it. I hope I think of something before this letter is finished.

    I have some flowers, from bulbs I planted last fall, coming up right by the front porch; but something is eating them!  A mouse, a rabbit, ??? I've decided to sprinkle them with cayenne pepper, to see if that will discourage the little beastie. 

    Dante's team from Mountain Home went to State Debate tournament which was held in Rexburg. I had planned to go after work to watch it, but that didn't work out. Uncle Jim went over, and evidently his team did well.

    I think you all know about Charley getting hit by a car Friday afternoon, but he is okay. He and some friends were crossing with the crossing guard, but somehow the driver didn't see them. He was hit, and knocked into his two friends, no one was run over, thank goodness. Ellen had a close call like that a couple of years ago...when was that, Aimee?

    This afternoon I finished scanning the pictures and letters for Brannon Laveder, and got them emailed to him. I hope he is able to find some info on Anne's mother's family, from Maine. When I scanned the letters Mary Jo had sent to Gran and Granddad, I included the envelopes, with the return addresses, so just in case, someday, Anne ever get's the chance to go to Maine, or to Italy, she can find places where her mother lived. 

     Aunt Venae has had a cyst or tumor growing in her chest for several years, but it seems to have grown a lot in the past year. So her doctor here is sending her to U of U to a cardialogist and a neurosurgeon. Turns out she has two tumors, one around her aorta, and the other attached to her spinal cord, and she will likely have to have surgery. I'll let you know more, as we learn more. 

    I am using Instagram a lot more now; I had started quite a while ago, but didn't stick with it, and couldn't remember how to do it. I called Heidi the other day, for a tutorial. 

   We had Ward Conference today, and it was great. Lots of great talks. The one thing that stuck with me, was a quote from President Kimball about sacrifices that we make. It went something like this, "and in the end we learn it was no sacrifice at all."  I believe that we grow, and gain wisdom, from so many opportunites, that we might not have chosen.

    Well there was more to tell that I thought!  Love you all!  Mom/Johanna/Nana