Humphries Family History

Hi everybody,    Lynsey had her birthday a few days ago, I tried to call, but didn't get to talk to her...so Happy birthday, Lynsey!  We're so happy you're in our family!     Naomi sent us the most wonderful little package in the mail. It was full of Origami creations she has made. I've attached a picture of them, so you all can see. Thank you, Naomi; you do beautiful work!    I turned names in to the Bishop last Saturday, but it seems to be taking a while to get my counselors and secretary called. They let me know yesterday that it will be the Sunday after Conference before we are put in. I'm kind of eager to get started, but at the same time...I can wait!    We had a major dust storm yesterday. Fremont County had to close some roads. And during Gayle Rumsey's funeral procession to the cemetery, some of the cars couldn't see the cars in front of them, and got lost. They all made it in the end. I forgot to tell you that Gayle Ru...

Hi all,     Another busy week, which went by so quickly that I can't think of anything to tell you about it. I hope I think of something before this letter is finished.     I have some flowers, from bulbs I planted last fall, coming up right by the front porch; but something is eating them!  A mouse, a rabbit, ??? I've decided to sprinkle them with cayenne pepper, to see if that will discourage the little beastie.      Dante's team from Mountain Home went to State Debate tournament which was held in Rexburg. I had planned to go after work to watch it, but that didn't work out. Uncle Jim went over, and evidently his team did well.     I think you all know about Charley getting hit by a car Friday afternoon, but he is okay. He and some friends were crossing with the crossing guard, but somehow the driver didn't see them. He was hit, and knocked into his two friends, no one was run over, thank goodness. Ellen had a close call like t...

Hey you all!,     I had an interesting experience the other night.  I was trying to find my old HAM license, so I can apply to get the old call sign back, and while I was looking for it (never found it, by the way), I found a letter with some pictures of Gran, Aimee, Heidi, me, and my friend Mary Jo's daughter, Anne. They were taken in the fall of 1985. Mary Jo had died the day after Anne was born, so she was being raised by her father and grandparents in Ogden, Utah. We had gone down to visit for an afternoon. The letter and pictures were from Anne's grandmother. The letter is so sweet, and the pictures are priceless.  When I found Anne on Facebook a couple of years ago, she seemed happy to know someone who knew her mother, but she has been less than responsive to wanting to know more herself. So anyhow, I found these pictures and letter, and thought to myself...I wonder if I could get her to respond, so I can send these to her?  About 3 minutes la...

   Happy 4th birthday to Maddie!  Grandpa got to be there for her birthday, and was able to go to Church with them today. Now he's on his way home, and I'll be picking him up tonight about 11pm. It'll be great to have him home again.    Something I forgot to mention in my last letter. Dad spoke to the Third grade class at Parker-Egin Elementary a week or so ago. The teacher is Laurel Christensen (from our Ward). It must have been a great time, cause a couple days after he left for the D.C. trip, Laurel came by and brought a stack of thank you notes from each of the kids, and a Marie Callender's Peach Pie...it's in the freezer, awaiting his homecoming.  I must have married a comedian; several of the kids mentioned how funny he was. "You are a great Sheriff, a funny one too." Other comments were about their Grandparents, or parents having voted for him, and that they would like to vote for him too. I've included the pictu...

Hi all,     Nothing new that I can think of...  Dad is in D.C., they had bad weather, snow, rain, cold...but today he was able to take a walk, and it looks like a pretty day. I've sent a picture that he sent me today.  I'd love to be walking down that street with him.      Aunt Lynne has been posting a lot of old family pictures on facebook, from the 70's and 80's mostly. Check them out if you haven't seen them.     Uncle Jim's friend, Clark Myers, has finally moved to St. Anthony, from Colorado.  He has rented the apartment across the landing from Jim's apartment. The original plan was for them to share an apartment; that proved to be a bad idea, when Clark came for a visit a few months ago. Two nice guys...but they were going to drive each other crazy!     Grandpa is about the same. I stayed with him for a while on Friday afternoon, while Grandma went grocery shopping. He asked me to mak...

   Well we started out the week thinking that we were losing Grandpa, but it turned out to be a false alarm. Now I think we're in for a much longer goodbye. He seems comfortable, for the most part, and has his sense of humor, still intact. They have had lots of company this week, which has helped, I think.    Gran had a procedure on her back last week, that didn't seem to help at first, but today, she went to all three meetings at Church...first time, in a long time, she's been able to do that. So perhaps it was more helpful than we thought!    Work is good, I'm feeling really good about the Monday - Friday girl who is taking over medication reconciliation for me. Now it's time to start training the two weekend people. And my boss, Mikel, is being wonderful about the situation with Grandpa. She is fine with me going home to help Grandma when I need to,  and even suggested that I work from home sometimes.    Aimee, Ben, Sam, Heidi, I wanted...

Dear Aimee, I've been collecting these birds and pictures for quite a while. Dad finished the bathroom a few weeks ago. The small framed drawings are from an Audubon calendar I got at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Love you and miss you. Mom

Hello all!     Each week is busy and eventful. Ben is on his way home...might even be there!  We've all enjoyed this trip with you!  Loved the pictures and comments, and look forward to hearing more.     Dad got home from Boise on Thursday night, and I think he had a good week. Conducting meetings with 300 or 400 people doesn't make him nervous, and he knows what he's talking about, and is always prepared. One of the head guys said they wish they could keep him president of the IAC for more than just one year.      At work, I've been training the full time person who will take over Medication Reconciliation for me. She's catching on so well; I'm really pleased. By the middle of next week, I'll be training the two who will each be working two weekends a month. That way we'll have someone there 7 days a week who can do med/rec. This is what I've been working for, for so long. I do the best I can; but with the other parts o...

Dear everyone,      Well, Ben is in France now, and we all look forward to more pictures, and are loving the ones he's already posted.  Living vicariously through you Benjin!  It's all been very exciting so far, the A380, Notre Dame, La Mans...    Yesterday I took my Technician and General class tests for Amateur Radio licensing, and I passed them both!  I won't tell you how many times I took the practice tests online; but for me it was the best way to get through them. I learned a lot, even though it was mostly memorization of the right answers. And now I look forward to learning more as I use my new privileges.     Our friends, Bruce and Holly Forbush, from Sugar City, lost their son Brigham (35). He is married and has 3 daughters. He had been told that he had to have heart surgery or he would die. So he had the surgery, and then a few days after going home, he had a tear in his aorta and passed away anyway. I thi...

Dear everybody,     Last time I wrote, our trip to New York was just a few days away, and now it's over a week in the past. Except for the cold weather, it was a perfect trip. We met lots of wonderful, and interesting people, and saw things I've always wanted to see...including two Broadway shows!  I won't bore you with it any longer, but if you have any questions about it, please ask...I never get tired of reminiscing!     Today I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting, about using music to invite the Holy Spirit; I think it went pretty well. I'm always so happy to get an assignment like that behind me though. Then after church, we had Uncle Jim, Uncle John, and Aunt Annie, over for lunch. Then we looked at some of our pictures from our trip, and pictures of Uncle Jim's trip to Autumn's house at Christmas time.     Things at work are busy, but we're keeping up. Doug will be off for quite a few weeks for radiation treatme...

We moved to a different hotel, because the group rate ended and it was going to double. Our new hotel is in the garment district...you wouldn't believe all the trims, ribbons, etc...

Dad and I just got seated in the Longacre Theater; we got half price, matinee tickets to see James Earl Jones, Richard Thomas, and Anna Chlumsky, in You Can't Take It With You.

We're on a tour today...

Walking through Times Square

Wow, it's been over a month since I wrote to you all!  I wish I didn't let that happen; then it's so hard to catch up.  I think the two most important things I'll go back for are that Dad and I got to fly to Minnesota the day after Thanksgiving, and spend the weekend with Sam, Natalie, and the kids. We got to meet Alida, and be at her blessing. She turned one month old while we were there. How wonderful to be able to travel so easily!  We had a great time...it just went by too quickly.      And the other thing is that Estella was born on December 2nd, and all went well. We went to visit Dixie, Zach, and the kids, this week. We drove down Christmas Eve, and stayed until midday the 26th. We even got to see Heidi for a little while!  It was fun to be with children on Christmas morning...it's been a long time since we've done that.      When we left home the 24th, we had just a little snow on the...