Humphries Family History

 Dear everybody,    I know that some of you are on the road . . . quite a few of you, in fact. It's kind of fun to think of the places you're going and what you're seeing. We love the updates and pictures.        Yesterday, June 23rd, was my Nana's birthday. She passed away in about 1978, so none of you knew her. If she had lived a long time though, you might have had the chance; she and Grandma Christensen were born the same year, 1904. I wish I had known her better, myself. She lived in West Virginia, so I only got to see her every 2 or three years, and when I did it was very difficult to carry on a conversation; her hearing loss was much worse than mine. Anyhow, her name was Margot Frances Walker Haeberle Haines; she was Granddaddy's mother. She had two sons, my dad, and my uncle, Herman. Her husband passed away when her boys were only 1 and 3. She lived with her in-laws for several years, so they could help with the boys while she worked. Late...

  Happy Father's Day to all you dads! What would we do without you? We're grateful for each of your examples, leadership, and service. I hope you're each having a great day.    Last Sunday, Gran, Naomi, and I were heading back from Moscow, and Stephen's graduation and party. We had a wonderful trip and want to thank the Hessing's, Mobley's, and Weaver's for their hospitality. Gran and I stayed at Hessing's Thursday night on the way, Friday and Saturday nights at Mobley's, and then Sunday night at Weavers. Monday we stopped in Twin Falls and had lunch with John and Annie, then took Jennifer's dog from their house, home to Rexburg. Poor pup wasn't happy about the trip, but Naomi was very patient and good with him.     During our drive time, we listened to a book by David McCullough, The Great Bridge, (read by Edward Herrmann) about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. Now I want to go back to NYC and spend some time there. When we were there, w...

  Dear ones,    Busy day today. Dad left early this morning for San Diego. I got to substitute teach the 10/11 year old primary class this morning. Gran and I just went next door for Spencer's daughter, Oaklynn's (4th) birthday party, and in a few minutes we'll go in to Jake's and Lisa's for a family get together in honor of Emma being home for 2 weeks from New York.     At Oaklynn's party there were lots of family and all said hello to you all. Quite a few from Shalisa's (Spencer's wife) side of the family. And from our side, there was: Grandma, Reneta, her granddaughter, Cheyenne (3 next week), Venae, Brett, Megan and kids, Cydnee, Nick and Dawson, Beth and Hannah, Uncle Todd and his mother, Florence Bowman. They had the party in the back yard next door and it was very nice.     At Jake's and Lisa's a smaller group, Gran, Jim, Jocie, Janie, Jake's family, and me. We had a nice visit.    In Sacrament meeting today, the opening and ...