Humphries Family History

  Hi everybody,    Good grief...it's almost June! I think most of you kids are out of school for the summer now? Any who aren't besides Maddie?     Steve, I hope you're feeling better now; I hope the pain is under control. Your Mom sent a picture of your elbow and one of you after having it put back in place; it didn't look like you were feeling any pain at the time, but I imagine it returned. I'll leave it up to you to share this with everyone.     Ben's and Sam's families; I'd like to hear more about your travel plans, dates, places and all. It would be fun to know where you will be and when, so we can enjoy the trip right along with you!     I've planted a small garden, a few tomatoes that aren't looking to good. Some carrots, for the second time; I think they didn't get enough water the first time. Some garlic...I've never planted it before. And some yellow crook-neck squash. I hope to get a couple of zucchini starts plante...

  Hi everybody!    First off, I forgot to include in my last letter that Dad, Grandma and I went to the Idaho Falls Temple open house on May 9th. It was so beautiful and what was even more wonderful was that they have kept all the murals and only updated the furnishings, colors, carpets, etc... After we finished, the three of us had lunch at Olive Garden. Then Dad headed to Boise for meetings and Grandma and I did some shopping on our way home. I had gotten a ticket for Gran but she decided against it at the last minute. I think she had been really stressed about how she would do getting around, even though I had offered to bring Grandpa's wheelchair. But as we got into and out of the bus, taking us to and from the Temple from the Stake Center across town, and at various other places, I think she would have felt very uncomfortable or self conscious and I feel that she made the right decision. She would rather miss something like that then have people making a big deal abo...

  Hello everyone,    Just a few quick thoughts... Aimee, how did your first RS lesson go a couple of weeks ago? I've meant to ask you. And Heidi, how did it go, speaking in Sacrament meeting today? I wish I could have been there for both of those.     Anne will be 15 this week!!! Oh sweet girl; we all love you so much and love watching your life unfold. You have so many wonderful times ahead...enjoy! :)    Ben, thanks so much for sharing those pictures (treasures) with us. Some great memories there. I remember at his funeral, you said that Uncle Alex had been such a good example to you of what an uncle should be...you've always lived up to that.     Sam, your summer sounds busy and memorable. I'll be looking forward to seeing pictures and hearing all about your travels. I'm so glad we're part of your plans!     Work is going well; we've had low census recently, but an unusual number of psych and/or attempted suicide p...

  Hi all,    Just a short letter tonight. I just got home from a few days in Boise. I attended the Qualis Patient Safety conference on Thursday and Friday. I spent Wednesday and Thursday nights at Weaver's and Friday and Saturday nights at Hessing's. Had a wonderful visit at both places. Thank you all for your hospitality and love. Stayed up too late talking with daughters and took lots of pictures of grandkids. All in all a great visit!     I got home this afternoon in time for the Stake Self Reliance kick off meeting. Now I'm home and glad to be here.     There were things from the conference that I may share in next weeks letter. Love you all, Mom/Johanna/Nana p.s. Aimee, how did it go with teaching your first Relief Society lesson at President?  Hi all, Mom, glad you had a nice trip.  I have lots of catching up to do on all our activities, but I wanted to share some stories from a while back while they are fresh in my mind. Lyns...

  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 ...