6 May 2018

 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, Stagecoach, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, etc. 

   At work things have been busy; I moved into a different office, so I can be more involved with patient education and discharge planning, especially with the high risk patients (high risk for readmission).  If that wasn't enough, my office mate, Jana, has had two family crises in the past few days and hasn't been able to work much.  Another co-worker, Doug, came home from a Hawaiian vacation with his wife, getting divorced and having decided to quit his job, because they both work at the same hospital. Our boss gave him a few days to be sure that's what he wanted to do, but by Thursday, he hadn't changed his mind. So now we're reshuffling the work load . . . again. I'm sure it will all work out. 

   We've been having nice weather recently; I think I'll get some of the garden planted soon. Tomorrow night, Dad, Gran, and I will be going to Beth's and Kerry's for a family dinner. Dad's family has been doing really well about getting together more often. I hope we continue it. I've invited my siblings and spouses to our house for a birthday dinner honoring my Dad, May 19th. We'll probably also do Annie's (John's wife's b-day the 18th), Janie's (12th), and Lisa's (9th). I'm hoping they'll all come. It's been harder to get them all together in the past few years. Wish me luck!  

   Well, Dad and I are off to visit one of our Ministering families. 

Love to you all; we hope to hear from some of you this week . . . no pressure! :)

Mom/Johanna/Nana  and  Dad/Len/Grandpa