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18 December 2016

Hello everybody!    Next Sunday will be Christmas Day!! Aimee, James and the kids will be here!! Today is Heidi's and Kevin's anniversary!! Happy anniversary, you two!    Dad and I had a nice anniversary weekend. Driving down to SLC on the 17th, it was fun to remember making the same drive 39 years ago, the day after we were married. We spent our first night in Idaho Falls at the ???, I can't remember the name...it's still there, but it's no longer the nicest, or the newest hotel, like it was then. In Salt Lake, we stayed at the Travel Lodge for one night, but the place smelled bad and we found a place with some cute little cabins and were very happy with there. We didn't realize it at the time, but we left Dad's bathrobe on the back of the bathroom door at the hotel in Idaho Falls. By the time we realized it and contacted them, they had given it to charity. Several years later, I think about 1982, Gran and I were shopping at the Idaho F...

6 December 2016

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Hi guys,  I have been wanting to find pictures to share with you all of the finished building we worked on in France. (almost 2 years ago now)  The link below is for a French website but your browser should give you an option to translate. Scroll down to the slide show. Fun to see something that I was able to be a part of.  http://www.loom.archi/projets/ culture/projets_culture/laigne -en-belin.html Wow, it's so beautiful! Even more than what I remember from the pictures you took. And the translation is cool! Is that you in one of the pictures...#6 I think? It kind of looks like you...walking away. Thanks so much for sharing this! Mom

4 December 2016

Hello all you nice people!    I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Some had to work and some weren't where they had originally planned to be, but hopefully we were all able to feel grateful for how very fortunate we are.    Thank you, Ben and Aimee, for your letters this week! Aimee, I'm so glad you're feeling better and I'm grateful you have good neighbors and friends to do things I'd like to be able to do for you. Your family has been so busy...it's nice to here some of what goes on! It sounds like you will be a big support to the rest of the Primary presidency; it is kind of nice to have had some experience though.    Ben, we will all be living vicariously through you once again as you go on this next work trip. We will be thinking of and praying for you. What a neat opportunity and responsibility!    Had a nice long talk with Sam and Maddie yesterday...thanks for the call! :)    Just a day by day synopsis of Gran's ...

22 November 2016

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Hello all!    Aimee, thank you so much for the email and pictures!  It is so wonderful to see and hear what the kids are up to. I'm so glad that the Atkinson's are still in your ward. Steven's parents, David and Cody Atkinson are leaving this week for a mission in Carlsbad, California. They will be working with the Seminary and Institute programs for two years. They seem so excited to go! David and I have known each other since we were kids; his grandmother was my neighbor in Rexburg and it was fun for us when her grandkids would come to play. Now my own grandkids know and love their family. Isn't it wonderful what a small world it is...especially in the Church!    Ben, you and I had been talking about Milton and LaRue Nelson when I was visiting a couple of weeks ago. We haven't heard from her in many years, not since soon after Milton passed away. Just a few days after you and I talked, I answered the phone and it was her! I just visited with her briefly a...

13 November 2016

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Hi all!,    Well, happy birthday to my Sweetie! We've had a nice weekend; we talked about going to a movie the other night, but ended up popping popcorn and watching TV instead. It was really nice to have a quiet evening at home! I need to thank Lynsey for helping me find a successful birthday gift for him. When I was in Denver last week, Lynsey took me to Dad's favorite camera store and I was able to get a 5 in 1 reflector accessory. He really likes it and has been experimenting with it several times. I love finding a gift for him that he'll really like!     I spent last weekend, Friday to Monday at Ben's and Lynsey's house. It was a great weekend! My first night there they took me to Columbine High School's stage version of It's A Wonderful Life, which was just terrific! Thank you so much for taking me; that was so thoughtful! On Saturday we got to watch a tough soccer game for Joseph's team. We went for walks on two different days. Lynsey, Karen, Jo...