24 November 2019

 Dear everybody,

   We had the Bath Fitters come and install a walk in shower in the bathroom on Thursday.  They did it all in one day and we're very pleased with how it turned out. I'll include a picture.

   Yesterday, Dad got the snow tires put on the car.  I went to the Stake Center to help with handing out the Turkeys, Hams and Yams, to be prepared for the Community Thanksgiving dinner they have at the Junior High each year. Then Dad and I did some work in the yard, put some things away, got the snow blower out, and covered the trailer with a 20' by 30' tarp.  Dad's pretty clever with how he makes that happen.Then afterward, we went to Rexburg and saw Ford v Ferrari.  We both really enjoyed it and are grateful to Ben, Joseph, Sam, and Bradley, for recommending it. They had seen it earlier in the day. 

    After Sacrament meeting today, I went to work for 4 1/2 hours, working with the House Supervisors.  Then Dad and I went to Tithing Settlement. Gran will go another time; she hasn't felt well for a few days, but I think the worst is behind her. 

    Well, Thanksgiving is almost here and we hope everyone has a great day and safe travels. It would be so nice if we could all be together, but that's not possible. It makes us appreciate even more, the times we can be together.  

   Love to each of you,

   Mom/Johanna/Nana

 Hello All!

Sorry it's been so long. Ben I have loved reading about your travels! And Mom and Dad, the shower looks amazing!!!

Here is what I sent to Stephen, with just a couple of edits.

It seems we have a couple more new neighbors. I'm not super excited about them though...

I only got the one picture of both the mama and calf, but they were both there the whole time. We had just driven home from taking a walk at Idler's Rest and saw them in the Kleffner's yard so we drove up their driveway a little bit to get a better look. Then we came back to our driveway and the moose walked into Cook's yard, then into Mrs. Redinger's yard, then they stood in the middle of the triangle for a minute, then headed into the Staihar's back yard. 

They've been around for a couple of weeks now. But this was the closest they've been to our house yet.

Ok, so the rest of the week...

Noah, Ellen, and Naomi each missed at least one day of school this week. I don't know that it was totally necessary, they weren't super sick, but I let them stay home anyway. Noah and Naomi had a funny stomach bug. They pretty much had a stomach ache, gassy pains, and were a little more tired than usual. Oh, and a headache to go with it. No nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. I've heard that it's going around. Kind of weird! And Ellen had a cold that came and went pretty quickly, so that was good. 

It's getting cold again. We had a pretty heavy frost on Thursday morning. 

We've started remodeling the upstairs bathroom! James started out by cleaning all the hard water stains off of the tile around the bathtub. Here's a picture of halfway done. The picture doesn't look as amazing as it did in real life, but you can still see there is a difference. After he went to all the trouble to get it really clean, we might end up tearing out all the tile and putting in new tile that will go up higher, and out farther on the walls. It's going to be a long-ish project, but we'll get there. And I'll send pictures as things happen.

Also yesterday, Charlie Lamé got baptized! It was awesome!!! When his wife, Marilyn, got baptized a month ago, Charlie was not interested in getting baptized too. He had already been baptized in two other churches and didn't see the need. But I learned yesterday that the thing that got him to change his mind was the temple. He wants to be sealed to Marilyn! Isn't that just wonderful!! They are just an amazing couple. Charlie is in his early 80's and Marilyn will be 70 in just a few months. They have always been Christian, but haven't been active in any church for the last 15-20 years because they couldn't find one that they felt like taught from the scriptures and taught people to really study the scriptures. I had been a little worried about the Elders actually baptizing Charlie. I was picturing them both a little shorter than they are and Charlie a little taller. It went just fine though!  

L-R Brother Monte Walker, Elder Dallin, Charlie, Marilyn, Elder Alstin, Brother Ed Whitehead. 

Well, I guess that's everything for this week. We all love you all so much! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Love,

Aimee