Humphries Family History

  Hi all,     Dad's neck is quite a bit better. He has been going to Physical Therapy at the hospital, and they've been able to help him quite a bit. There will be things we can continue to do and hopefully the worst will be behind him.      This afternoon we visited with Grandma; she was sitting at the dining table with her roommate, Dolly. They both were pleasantly confused, but comfortable with each other and happy to see us. It was good to see her outside her room and bed. So often when we visit she is in bed, no matter the time of day. Then we stopped and visited with a ministering couple we go to, Marshall and Kathy Gardner, and had a nice visit.     The other day I got to hear an old Statler Brother's song, The Class of '57. I hadn't heard it in years, and it was especially meaningful since we had recently gone to Dad's 45th class reunion. I guess it doesn't matter when you graduated from High School, things don't really change.  ...

  Hi everyone!    Well, I'm officially out of the weekly email habit, but I'll try to get back to writing now and then. It's so hard to play catch up, so I won't go back much, and just move forward for the most part. But first, once again, thank you all for coming to see us, for your patience with close quarters, and for making it such a wonderful week. We missed Stephen, but being able to video chat with him on his 19th birthday was pretty cool.  Dad and I have both gotten lots of comments about our big family representation in the parade. You all made a great impression on the community. Thank you!    This week Dad put several pictures in the county Fair, and won a couple of ribbons. He also had a whole corner of the 4H building, filled with pictures, posters, etc. from his 4H shooting sports kids. It was awesome!    Dad's deputies have had a couple of rough weeks, and it just keeps coming. Some really sad and difficult things have happened. One...

  Hi everybody,    Dad/Grandpa got home from his trip this evening; he's been gone a whole week! But it sounds like he, Ben, and Joseph, did well and had a great time in New Mexico! I hope we'll hear more about it from one of them.     In Sacrament meeting today there were four speakers who had gone on the Stake Trek this week. It sounded like a difficult and wonderful experience.  I hope that Luke has written a journal about his Trek experience a few weeks ago; I'd love to hear about it too!    I am not too good at family history, especially the part of getting names ready to go to the Temple, but I had recently listened to a conference talk by President Nelson where he emphasized the blessings of Temple attendance and taking family names. I set a goal to get a family name ready and take it to the Temple by Friday. By Wednesday evening I was frustrated and grumpy about it, having not made time to do it and being pretty sure I wouldn't know h...

  Happy Independence Day, everyone!    Dad was in the Ashton Parade this morning; Gran and I went to the Ward Flag raising and breakfast. Other than that we've had a quiet 4th. Happy 9th birthday to Melanie on July 2nd! It was nice to talk with you on the phone.     Wow, it's July already and you will all (but Elder Mobley) be coming to visit soon! We're looking forward to spending time with you all and seeing the cousins together. That's always one of my favorite parts when we all get together.     Last Sunday, it was 5th Sunday, and our lesson was on money management, paying tithing, and getting out of debt, etc. Harvey and Harriet Wilford's son, Cameron, and his wife were visiting. He shared that they had recently been on the Dave Ramsey radio program and did their "We're Debt Free" scream. They had paid off $60,000 in debt. It was fun to know someone who had been on the show. I thought it was pretty cool.     Not much else ...

  Happy Father's Day to you all . . . well mainly to Len, Ben, Sam, James, Kevin, and Zach. :)  I hope you have each had a good day. Dad got to talk with all five kids today, so I know that made his day great.     Dad is extra busy, trying to keep up with his already busy schedule and now adding in Bishopric duties. But I think he's doing great with it all. I have been busy with work, RS, and the Interfaith group. Moose and I go for a 30 minute walk every morning about 6:30 and that's been good for both of us.     In case you didn't see my Facebook post, Bob and Rita Paige, and two of their kids (Morgan and Christian) came to dinner last week and it was a great visit. Morgan was still a little girl when we last saw her and now she's a returned missionary (a few years ago), and she went to the Santos Brazil mission! So we had a few brasilian dishes and she really enjoyed that. Christian wasn't even born yet when we last saw Paiges; he is about 17 n...

  Hello everybody!    It's been a busy, but extra good week. Extra good because while Kevin, Luke, and Shelby were all away from home, we got to have Heidi with us for a few days. She was wonderful company and lots of help too! We did some yard work, helped a family down the road move in, went to a movie, and she even had an X-files night with Jocie and Janie. Thank you, sweetie, for spending so much of your free time with us!    Last night, Gran and I went to a convert baptism. Hurst Harames (18) moved into our Ward a few years ago. His Dad and Step-mom were not active in the church and he had never been baptized. His mother wouldn't allow him to join the Church, so he had to wait until he was 18. His Dad and Step-mom have both quit smoking in the last few months and his Dad was able to baptize him. He had a huge turn-out from the Ward, and lots of extended family came too. Howard's youngest daughter, Elli (17), played her harp for the musical number and did a ...

  Hi all,    Last Sunday I didn't get an email sent; we had company! Brad and his Mom came for dinner and then we got to keep him overnight. The next day he and Grandpa went to the range, and later we got in a few games of checkers, both Chinese and regular. Then we took him to Jackson that evening. It was only about 24 hours, but it meant so much to us to have him here. We hear that Naomi is in Idaho Falls for 3 weeks with cousins and we hope to come get her for a day or two as well!  With you kids all living so far away, we'll take every opportunity to see you.     The Fisherman's Breakfast was cold, but it didn't rain much at all. Our Interfaith women's group had a lot of success with our booth. We gave out about 1000 cards for the Jasonfoundation app, A Friend Asks. We gave out over 30 raffle prizes and I think we might have found a name for our group. A man in a booth next to us asked what we were doing and who we were. This was before 5 am, when ...

  Dear everybody,    Today would have been my Daddy's 91st birthday. This evening, a group of us met at the Parker cemetery, left flowers, and visited for a bit before it started raining.       This week, instead of a living off the land type of book, I'm reading Man's Search For Meaning, by Viktor E Frankl. I often avoid studying holocaust history, but this was recommended by a friend at work and I really am enjoying it and learning a lot. Much of what he tells about the effects of prison camp life has helped me understand a character in the Children of the Promise series, and how he survived the prison camp in Korea.     Cody Atkinson passed away on Thursday.  She and her husband, David, were friends of ours in St. Anthony 2nd Ward, and our families knew each other for many years before that. She and David had returned from a mission just a few months ago, then it was learned she had Leukemia.     The Interfaith Wom...

  Hey Everyone-   Summer is quickly approaching - wanted to drop a quick note to each of you outlining our plans the week we will be in Idaho this coming July. We are VERY much looking forward to seeing everyone and spending as much time as possible with each of you! However, with a group the size of ours – we realize that not everyone’s schedules will line up perfectly with each other’s. And that’s OK. Communicating our plans to each of you is most of all an FYI, but can also serve as a way that we can potentially line up our plans to maximize our time together as a group. Some things are set in stone, and some things we can be flexible with.   Saturday July 20 th : We will be arriving in the Egin area sometime in the afternoon, as we will be making the short drive up from SLC.   Sunday: Attend church at Egin Bench and then prepare to leave for Kilgore in the afternoon to set up camp.   Monday: Camping in Kilgore   Tuesday: Camping in Kilgore. We will play...

  Hi Everybody,   Anne will be 17 next Saturday! Good grief . . . where have those years gone!? I can picture you, Anne, a tiny baby at Ben's and Lynsey's wedding. And now I hear your prom date is on your birthday! I'll be looking forward to seeing pictures next week.    I had a wonderful Mother's Day, and I hope you all did too. I got to talk with all of my kids, except Aimee, and I plan to call you back, Aimee, later today. Dad made a wonderful lunch, we had company (John, Janie, Jocie); we celebrated Janie's birthday and Mother's Day and enjoyed salmon, shrimp, mashed potatoes, etc. Jake stopped by later in the evening. Jim was not feeling well, but called to wish Gran a good day. I must admit that he and Jake weren't invited to our lunch. I allowed my worries about who gets along with who to cloud my judgement. I would normally invite all my siblings, but I was trying to be too careful and in the process may have hurt the feelings of some. I hope to do b...