20 April 2014

Hi everybody,

   Just a little note to let you know that I think of you OFTEN.  If it's okay, I think I'll send emails to you all, but mostly they'll just be my journal for the week.

   Dad has been extra busy teaching classes this past 2 weeks. Mon, Tue, Wed's, he taught Hunter Safety, and then Thursday's he's had 4H shooting sports. Then yesterday he taught an all day Enhanced Conceal Carry class.  He's trying to get a lot of classes out of the way so he will be a little more free this summer when you are here.

    I don't really teach classes, but I have started doing some training with the Same Day Surgery nurses, working with them on their charting.  I had been really nervous about it; but so far it's going better than I expected. And I also got one more nurse (4 total) trained to do my patient follow up calls, when I'm out of town or sick. 

    Yesterday I had a whole Saturday without anything I had to do...it was so wonderful.  I cleaned the house...20 minutes in each room. It's amazing how much I can get done in 20 minutes!  I also made a Bonnie Butter cake to have strawberry shortcake for Easter.  I did some reading and even took a little nap. I love days like that.

    Tuesday evening I went to the Idaho Art Lab, and painted a rock!  Jocie had posted something about the class. She often posts about their classes; but this was the first one that seemed like something I'd even try. And I really want to do things with my sisters sometimes. The rock was a yellowish sandstone, with spots of lichen; it was so pretty that I kind of hated to paint it. But it turned out okay. I know I'm not an artist...but we had fun.

    I want to share with you a couple of hymns that have really stuck with me recently.  I love to look at the bottom of the page in the hymnbook to see who wrote the music and the lyrics. Hymn 141, Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee, was one we sang last week.  What caught my eye was that the writer of the text lived from 1091-1153. That just fascinated me, to think of someone that long ago putting such amazing thoughts together so beautifully, and it still having such meaning to me today. From the third verse: "To those who fall, how kind thou art! How good to those who seek!"

   And then this phrase from "The Lord My Pasture Will Prepare," just seems to pop into my head sometimes, and I'd like for you to know that it means a lot to me. From verse 1: "My noonday walks he will attend And all my silent midnight hours defend."

    Well, I hope you've all had a wonderful Easter day. We did. And the bishop announced that we'll be getting a new bishopric next Sunday. So watch for my email next week to tell you all about it.

   Love you all so much!  Mom/Johanna/Nana

Mom-

Thanks for the note…I won’t speak for everyone else, but it’s perfectly fine with me if you send emails. However, I will speak for everyone and say; you owe us all a picture of your “yellowish sandstone rock”!  

Thanks for all the news and your thoughts.

Love you.

Sam

Mom, I love your notes!  I love hearing how life is going for you and Dad.  And I would like to see your rock.  :)

Thanks for your thoughts on the hymns.  Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee has been one of my favorites for a long time, but somehow I never noticed the date!  And I don't recognize The Lord My Pasture Will Prepare.  I'll go read it.  

Thanks again, Mom.  Lots of love to you and Dad.  And everyone else getting this email!!!

Aimee

Mom,
    I made a Bonnie butter cake for Easter too! For strawberry shortcake!
    I LOVE the idea of you writing to us regularly, as a journal of sorts. And I too want to see the rock you painted. Thanks so much, Ma! Love you!

~Heidi~

Mom,

         So I’m realizing I don’t have all of these important peoples email addresses without access to our Comcast address book.  Could you forward this message to your list from your original email, and ask them to reply to me so I’ll have their addresses? I do have Lynsey, and Sam.

Thanks!

Hi Mom,  and everyone.

              Sorry about the email troubles. I don’t know yet if we will have the Comcast address in the future.   This is my work email, and you are all welcome to send to it anytime.  Also my other personal address is calcmonkey1980@gmail.com (It’s silly I know, I’ve had it since I was working at Aztec).  I have both of those synced to my phone so I’ll see emails to them right away. 

              Thanks very much for sharing your journal with us. It’s nice to have all the details of what you guys are up to.

        Love,

    Ben