27 April 2014

Hi everybody,

    Another busy week for us...I'm sure for you too. Dad just got home from Boise; he'd been gone for several days. He had two days of meetings with the IAC (Idaho Association of County's), and then he went to a HAM convention for a couple of days. It's good to have him home again.

   Today is Macy's 2nd birthday!  Time is going by so quickly; she shouldn't be this old already.

   We got a new bishopric today: LaVar Hunter is the new bishop, Brett Johnson (Tiffany Poulson's husband) is first counselor, and Nathan Cardon is second counselor (he and his family bought Alvin and Clara Davidson's old house). As I've thought about it since this morning, I feel that LaVar will be a great bishop. There aren't many problems that a ward member could have that he hasn't been through himself. War, drugs, inactivity, divorce, widowed, loss of a child...and more than I'm aware of, I'm sure.

   On Thursday, I went to the 2:15 session at the Temple. Randy Rumsey's step-daughter, Aubry, received her endowments; she is going on a mission to NYNY Spanish speaking. Then at 5pm I was invited to go to her mom (Melinda) and step-dad's sealing. I am one of Melinda's visiting teachers. I thought it was awfully nice of her to invite me. I went through for a non-family name: Lizzie E Hopkins, 8 Jan, 1895, Aurora, Illinois.

   At work, one of my office mates is Doug; he's a year or two older than me. He just found out that he has prostate cancer. He goes to SLC tomorrow for testing. He's a great guy. I hope that they can catch it before it has spread very far.

   My other office mate is Misty. She's about a year older than Aimee. I've been sending home old movies with her, to share with her kids (5). They are loving them, and it's fun for me to share things I love. So far their favorites have been, The Russians Are Coming!, National Velvet, Easter Parade, and Hatari!  They had never seen any of them before! 

   Yesterday, Gran, Jocie, and I went to Idaho Falls for the funeral of Alfred Anderson.  I think that some of you kids might remember him and his wife, Sadie. They lived in Monteview for years before moving to IF. He and Sadie adopted my cousin Laurie's son, Andy. And came to the big reunion 3 years ago. There had been some hurt feelings between Al, Sadie, and Gran and Grandad, many years ago. Mama was pretty nervous about going to the funeral...but they couldn't have been sweeter, and seemed happy that we came. 

   Just fyi: Heidi had a bad reaction to the medication, Celexa, this week. She is much better now. You can ask her for more details. And several years ago, Dixie had a bad reaction to the medication, Doxycycline. You might want to keep that in mind, if ever a doctor wants to prescribe either of those to any of you (or your children) who are blood relatives of those two.

   Well, I'd better get ready to go home teaching with Dad.

   Sorry, another long note!  Love you all so much!  Mom/Johanna