9 January 2022

 Hi everyone!

   Moose and I just got home from a little walk; it's 20 degrees and mostly snow and ice covered, but with my snow cleats I have no problem. Dad's officers have been super busy recently. The other night there was a 40 car pileup in Island Park due to LOW visibility. One of his guys was hurt when his vehicle was hit, and another one was run over by the Island Park ambulance! Luckily neither one was hurt badly. 

   For you kids of age to do Temple baptisms, I have two male names and 3 female names who need baptism and confirmation, please. They are the two brothers of my step-grandfather (Curtis Haines) and their wives, and Curtis's first wife, Mary. If any of you know a fews days ahead of time that you will be going, please let me know so I can arrange to get the names transferred to your or your parents church account so you can print them in time to take them to your Temple. They don't have to be done as a group. Stephen and Anne, I will probably need your help with the Endowments and Sealings, but I can give you the papers in person! 

   Love to each one of you. Please write when you can!

Mom/Johanna/Nana

Hello Everyone!

I've been thinking I should write to you all again, so thanks for your email, Mom, to get me going! That pileup sounds a bit scary! I'm glad it wasn't too serious.

Our house is a little quieter with Annie gone back to Rexburg. Not that she is very loud, we just definitely notice a difference with one less person. It was also a lot quieter since the kids were back in school after Christmas break! That didn't last too long though. We had snow days on Thursday and Friday. We already had about 18 inches of snow in the yard and got almost 10 more overnight Wednesday night and into Thursday. James somehow made it to work in our little Toyota Corolla. He said once he got off our street the main roads in Moscow had been plowed and weren't too bad even though the snow was still coming down pretty good. But when he crossed the state line into WA, it looked like the highway hadn't been touched. That was the worst part of his drive. The kids and I started shoveling snow around 10am. Before we finished our driveway the falling snow turned into rain. Shoveling 9.5 inches of snow in the pouring rain is an unusual experience. After ours, we did our next door neighbor's driveway. Noah had agreed to take care of another driveway and small parking lot (which was basically a big driveway) for some friends in the ward while they were out of town, so Ellen and I helped him with those. It was too much for one person. That soaking wet snow was heavy! We all got a good workout that day. The only picture I have is of the jeep. You can't really tell how deep the snow is around it, but it had been driven and parked there just the night before. Luckily it had no problems getting out. 

Ellen's passport came in the mail yesterday. She still doesn't know for sure where she'll be going next fall, but she sure is excited. Hopefully she'll find out soon.

We've had a nice relaxing Sunday. We watched Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, a Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O'Hara movie from 1962. It's a good one.

That's it from us. Love you all!

Aimee