Humphries Family History

  Dear all,    First off, tomorrow, Calvin will be 5 years old! Happy birthday, Calvin!  We hope you have a wonderful day and we look forward to seeing pictures of your cake and party!     A few weeks ago I included a picture of a Buzz Lightyear balloon that was being used in the kick off campaign for our new computer system at work. Within a week or so I noticed that he was gone and I wondered what might have happened to him. Well, a couple of days ago I had to go the to IT department for something and as I talked with one of the IT guys I noticed in the very next cubicle, there was Buzz, hard at work. I took a picture so you could see.    The Stake Preparedness Fair was a success. We had about 250 people come through; some stayed only for a little while, but others stayed all day. We had no idea how many people might come, so we had lots of baked potatoes left over, which we sent home with several families who probably had hash browns for l...

  Happy Easter day!    First off, thank you, Aimee, for the letter and pictures.  Anne, I love your haircut!! I think it really accentuates your pretty eyes.  Ellen, the bread and cake are amazing! When you visit next time, I'll turn you loose in our kitchen! Noah, your video is really great; I totally agree with all the reasons you gave for not wanting to be President. That being said...I can't think of a better man for the job than you! Our country would truly be blessed to have a good person like you as president. I'm going to pass along the geography question, to Gran; I'm sure she'll have it figured out in no time. :)  Today is Grandma Christensen's birthday! For those of you who didn't get the chance to know her, she was Grandma Fern Humphries mother. She was born in 1904 and passed away in November of 2004, so she was 100 years and 7 months old. I found some pictures and her obituary and have included them. She was just as spunky as that picture of h...

  Hello everybody!    Tomorrow is Heidi's birthday! We all love you and hope it's a great day, sweetie! I was so pleased to hear that your first semester of the Pathways program had gone so well, even though I know it was pretty tough at first. She might not tell everyone this, but she got 98.49% on her final exam!    Gran and I got to attend Penny Haeberle's baptism yesterday and her baby brother, Titus' blessing today. Penny's baptism went great, but Titus cried loudly through the whole blessing. I think Joseph kind of lost he train of thought a time or two, but did great!      Penny was one of 4 children being baptized at the Stake Baptism and the musical number was so neat; I wanted to tell you about it. Two young girls, probably sisters, about 10 and 12, played A Child's Prayer on violin and cello. You know how they usually have girls or kids sing the first verse, boys or adults sing the second verse and then both together on the third? These...

  Hey everybody,    Aimee, thanks so much for your email, pictures and video links. You said you didn't care for the picture of you at the end, but I think it's a wonderful shot! As it the shot of Noah at the basketball game!    Spencer, your birthday cake/volcano is really cool! And Noah, very nice poster! :)    Below I included a picture of an article in Gran's Post Register today. It tells all about the Geography Bee that Naomi will be in in just a couple of weeks. We're sure excited for you all to come and for the G-Bee!    At work, I'm in charge of two big monthly lunch meetings: The Care Transitions meeting with about 35-40 people representing our hospital, local Nursing homes, Home Health companies and Medical equipment companies is on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, then on the 3rd Thursday of each month we have the Patient and Family Advisory Council, 10-20 people. I get so stressed about them each month and I'm sure ...

  Hi everybody,    I'm not sure what happened last Sunday that I didn't write an email...let me think. Oh, we had company and I just didn't get it done.    Uncle Jim's friend/neighbor, Clark, suggested that we have a combined birthday get together for him, Gran and me; his birthday is March 3rd. It turned out very nicely; Jake and the kids came out and Grandma came over too.    Dad was home for one night; he got home Saturday night after 10 and left the next morning about 10. He had been in DC for several days and then got to spend some time in Apple Valley and attend a birthday party! Then Sunday morning, he headed for Reno and will be home on Friday afternoon. But I won't get to see him until Sunday night, because I'm headed for Boise/Meridian in the morning and will come home Sunday. I get to go to Kevin's POST graduation. I remember when Dad and I drove to Carson City for Zach's POST graduation. And of course I've been to two of them for Dad. The...

  Hey Mom - Happy Birthday!! Hope you are having a super day! Thanks for sending over the funeral program. I wanted to share with you the attached pic of Sherman's business card - he gave it to me back in the mid to late 90's sometime when he came and stayed with us at our place on Galapago. Sherman and I had a very long visit one of the nights he stayed there - just he and I sitting in the basement talking about life and it's challenges. I didn't realize it at the time, but I'm sure there was a decent probability that you may have informed him I was struggling with school and church among other things, so if you did, Mom - thank you.  Anyway, he gave me his card that night and told me to reach out to him if I ever needed advice or just wanted someone to talks things over with. I regretfully never took him up on his offer, but I thought about him occasionally and kept his card all these years just incase I decided to reach out. Anyway - he was a special guy and I...

  Hello to my family!    Last week as I was out taking a walk and listing to music (through my Bluetooth/hearing aids) on Spotify a song came on that I hadn't thought about in years and years. I started laughing and I'm sure that anyone watching me would have thought I had lost it! It's called the Tennessee Bird walk, by Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan...it's just silly, but it made me laugh when it first came out in 1970 and still does, I guess. It's much funnier if you listen to it.  Take away the trees and the birds All have to sit upon the ground, uum Take away their wings and The birds will have to walk to get around And take away the bird baths And dirty birds will soon be ev'rywhere Take away their feathers and The birds will walk around in underwear Take away their chirp and the Birds will have to whisper when they sing And take away their common sense and They'll be headed southward in the spring Oh remember my darling When spring is in the ai...

  Hi everybody!    Dad is pretty much over the flu now, but still coughing some. He taught a concealed carry class on Friday night and Saturday and he was pretty tired but made it through alright. The weather on Saturday was nice for them out on the range; I was really glad about that. I had been afraid if he spent a day out in wet, cold weather he would have a relapse, but it was in the 40's and sunny for the most part.    Our house well went dry on Friday, but as in other years we just hook up to the well next door which is much deeper and we have water! When the water is low before the well goes dry the washer pulls some gravel and gets plugged up and won't wash very well. But now with water again, all we have to do is clean out the filter on the back of the washer and we're up and running again!    Today we had our last two Ward Conferences for this year; we went to Parker 1st and 2nd Wards. I got to see Diane Davenport, Chris Brown, Anna...

  Dear all,    Another week gone quickly by! I hope it's been a good one for each of you. Dad was in Boise for meetings all week; he's the president of the Idaho Sheriff's Association and had to conduct lots of  meetings, some nights late into the evening. He got to see Heidi's and Dixie's families, but not as much as he would like to have. Then on his last day of meetings he realized he was getting sick and headed home. The flu (fever, body aches) is bad enough, but it's best to be home when you feel like that. I'm happy to report that he seems a bit better today; he actually has an appetite and hasn't fevered in several hours, that I know of.    I'm so glad that Ben was able to be there to support Riley in his new calling as Bishop of the Lakewood Ward. And it's so cool that Kevin's Dad, Alma, is one of his counselors.    A new president was announced at BYUI last week, President Henry J Eyring will take over in April. With all the ripple e...