Humphries Family History

  Dear everybody,    I hope you all got the chance to see the video I sent the other day, with Dad making pancakes at the Fisherman's Breakfast on Friday. They interviewed him briefly, but then while they interviewed someone else, you could see him in the background, super busy! The city invested in a new grill which he says was very nice. He had half of it and could make 18 pancakes at a time. It was nice weather, for a change too, so they had a great turn out. Since then we've had a lot of rain, but it's been nice.    I want to express a big thank you to Zach and Dixie, for giving Uncle Jim and his friend, Clark Myers, a place to stay, a good breakfast, and great hospitality. Jim and Clark had gone to Dante's high school graduation on Friday, in Mt. Home. Then they spent the night at Hessing's and drove home the next day. They are two special and lonely people. I am grateful for your patience and all you did for them.     Tomorrow, Gran and I wi...

  Hey everybody,    Grandpa's famous pancakes made the news!   63rd Annual Fisherman's Breakfast kicks-off with surprisingly good weather - Local News 8

  Hello everybody!    Well, first off, Anne was 16 on Friday! It was so nice to talk with you on the phone, sweetie. You grow more mature and lovely each year. We hope you had a wonderful birthday.     The next day would have been Granddad's 90th birthday. We had all my brothers and sisters over for dinner and then we went to the cemetery and took pictures. We had a really nice time. We had pulled pork sandwiches, corn on the cob, deviled eggs, chips, cheese cake and Bonnie Butter cake with chocolate frosting.  During dinner, Jake played some of Daddy's old recordings from his Big Band programs. The music was nice, but hearing his voice was very touching. It was a really great evening.     Mother's Day was really great this year, and also very different! I got to spend 3 days with my three girls. We hope to do something like this again, but probably not on Mother's Day, next time. We did many of the things we'd planned, and some we didn'...

  Dear everybody,    Dad was in Twin Falls for a meeting on Thursday, but was only gone one night. The night he was away, Gran and I watched an old movie called  Drums Along the Mohawk (1939),  with Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert. It tells about settlers in New York, near the time of the Revolution. The Native Americans were trying to drive them out, with the help of the Tories. Anyhow, the reason Gran wanted to watch it was because of the people it was based on. Many of the names were ancestors of ours. It was really interesting. I'm borrowing a book from her about them, called,  Early Families of Herkimer County New York.  In one scene, Henry Fonda's character, Gil, mentioned several of the soldiers he had served with and many of them were family names.     It just occurred to me, man, there were a lot of good movies put out it 1939: The one I just mentioned, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Stagec...