Humphries Family History

  Hi everyone,    I know there is a lot of sickness going around; more than half of our patients at the hospital recently have been influenza and primarily RSV. Normally, the most common age of our patients is over 70 years old, but now it's been less than one year old! I hope you all are doing well and that if sickness comes, it passes quickly!    Also, I'm hearing that some of you (Minnesota) are having some extreme cold! Our winter, so far, hasn't been too severe. Please stay safe and warm!    Recently, over Marco Polo, I told Aimee how I feel that Stephen's mission will be a blessing to our whole family. Today I went to the Spanish Branch's Ward Conference. President Moon told about his son Bubba (Branson), who is in the Arkansas, Bentonville, mission. President Moon told about his younger sister, who isn't a member of the church, is married to a guy from St. Anthony, who isn't a member either. He said his younger sister was the roughest, toug...

  Hello everyone,    Happy birthday to Sam, this Friday! I hope it will be a good one!     The other day, Dr. Gary Lovell passed away. He was the doctor who delivered Heidi and Dixie. I got to thinking about the doctor who delivered Aimee, Ben, and  almost,  Sam. Dr. Orson Mabey, and his brother, Dr. Rex Mabey, had been our doctors for many years. The day Sam was born, I hadn't been making much progress, so the nurse hadn't called for the doctor yet; he lived just across the street from the hospital, so there was no rush. But suddenly, Sam was on his way and the doctor wasn't there. The nurse had Dad help her and all went well. Sam was the only one of you kids who came before their due date . . . even though it was just 3 days.     Today I spoke in Relief Society for the Egin Bench Ward Conference. Denise Rydalch, the Ward RS president, spoke first, then me, then President Jed Stoddard, the 1st Counselor in the Stake Presidency. Our...

  I was looking at the Playmill website recently and saw that they are doing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat this summer. My kids know the music, but have never seen the play so I'm planning to take them! The only night it is playing, that we are available to go, is Friday night. I know James and Noah, and possibly some of the other guys are going up to Darby Canyon on Saturday. So I'm thinking the earlier show would be better, if they want to go at all. They aren't going through the whole cave, not even close, but will probably be gone a good part of the day. It's a pretty good hike just to get up to the cave and then back. Anyway, here is a link to the website,  http://www.playmill.com/ . I think I'm going to go ahead and buy tickets for our family in the next couple of weeks. There are still lots of seats available right now, I just don't want to wait too long. Ticket prices have gone up since last time I was there, 5 years ago or so, so please d...

  Oh my . . . the year is almost over! It seems like our visit with all of you in Meridian last New Year was really just a few months ago, at most!  And think of all that has happened since then, in our family, and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I imagine 2019 will be a blur too. But I'm looking forward to it.       I'm especially looking forward to the camp out, the parade, etc., next July. We've made arrangements to use Stella Dunn's old house for overflow guests during that time. The people who bought it don't plan to live there year round and were happy to have us use it for a few nights. Extra bedrooms, an extra kitchen, and at least one extra bathroom . . . right down the road!!     Luke's and Kevin's birthdays are coming up next weekend! Looking forward to hearing about your celebrations.     Dad and I had a wonderful Christmas with the Weavers and the Hessings. We especially enjoyed sharing Christma...

  Merry Christmas Everyone! (Elder Mobley, this is just going to be about all the things you said in your call to us today, so feel free to skip over this one for now. Later, after your mission, you might like to read it.) Stephen called us about 1:45 today. He said it was later than the planned time of 12:30 because they had a special devotional that was broadcast from Salt Lake that ended up being an hour later than they thought it would be. We still got to talk for half an hour though, and it was SO nice. He sounds really good! Today for Christmas dinner they had the most American meal he's had yet: hot dogs! He said they were pretty good hot dogs too. They spent the morning playing basketball and volleyball. Then had the devotional with Elder and Sister Bednar, which he said was really good. He said today didn't feel much like Christmas, but that it had been a good day. They eat a lot of rice and beans. He loves the bananas, says they are way better than American bananas. H...

 Hello everyone. Nana asked that I send out the weekly email message today as she is busy and was not sure when she would be able to.  Pretty busy week for us.  I flew to Washington DC on Monday, attended a meeting on Tuesday and then flew back to Boise on Wednesday to finish off attending some sheriff's meetings that finished up on Thursday. On the way home on Wednesday I had the opportunity to visit with three missionaries who had finished serving and were on their way home.  Two from the Washington DC South mission who were both headed to Arizona and one from the Minnesota Mission who was from Meridian.  It was great to visit with them and learn about their missions.   Yesterday Johanna and I went to Idaho Falls and attended a session at the temple and then went to Smitty's Pancake House, the same restaurant that we went to after we were married.  Food was great and the inside of the restaurant was just the same as it was 41 years ago.  We fini...

  Dear everybody,    Wow, the year is coming to a close so quickly. Natalie's birthday is tomorrow! Happy birthday, Natalie . . . we love you!     Steve, I imagine you've had a busy day. How did everything go?  I'm sending this email to both of your addresses, just in case; I don't know if you've switched from one to the other for sure.     Today in our Sacrament meeting, Bubba (Branson) Moon, gave his mission farewell talk and Curtis Cardon gave his mission report. It was a great meeting. Then Grandpa taught the lesson in Gospel Doctrine class. It's always good, but today seemed extra special. Then after church he drove to Boise. He just called from his motel, and leaves on a flight for DC very early in the morning. He'll be back Friday, after returning to Boise for other meetings. He's not actually going to DC, but to Fairfax, Virginia, just for a couple of days. Yesterday he was the official photographer for Shop with a Cop, at t...

  Dear all,    Last week was Noah's birthday, now today it's Stella's! Happy birthday to you both! It's so nice to be able to talk on the phone with each of you when your birthdays come. Many years ago, if we lived as far apart as we do, we wouldn't have been able to do that. We're so lucky, aren't we?    Yesterday afternoon, I went to a party for Cheryl (Bean) Bills. It was put on by some sisters in her Ward. She has terminal cancer and will last only 2 or three more months. It was very nice, lots of people came. I'll include a picture of Brother Richard Law, reading a story to her. He read 3 books, one I especially liked, called A Gift of Nothing.     I got to visit with Cheryl's daughter, Suzanne; it was good to see her after so many years.     This Tuesday evening, Gran and I will be going to a play in Rexburg, at the Junior High. They're doing Newsies; I've never seen it, but have wanted to. Kali Brown and Andrew Haeberle are b...