WHEN I WOKE THIS A.M. ANDRA HAD QUIETLY HEADED UP TO REXBURG FOR HER CLASS. HAVING HER HERE HAS BEEN SUCH A GOOD THING FOR ME. SHE HAS BEEN SO KIND TO ME IN SO MANY WAYS. HOW I LOVE HER AND HER SWEETNESS.
YESTERDAY THE BIG CHANGE SUNDAY IN OUR CHURCH AREA WENT WELL FOR OUR WARD. THE HENNRIANNA FOLKS CAME IN LARGE NUMBERS AND ABOUT DOUBLED OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL AND RELIEF SOCIETY. I'M SURE IT ADDED SEVERAL TO THE PRIESTHOOD ALSO. THERE ARE MORE WIDOWS THAN COUPLES AND A COUPLE OF YOUNG COUPLES WITH SMALL BABIES. THAT IS THE BIG CHANGE FOR OUR WARD.
THE STAKE BOUNDRIES CHANGED DRAMATICLY HOWEVER AND WE AQUIRED A WARD BY JUMPING OVER TO HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL AND ACROSS SUNNYSIDE AND PICKING UP THE STONEHAVEN WARD. PRES. NELSON WAS THERE AND EXPLAINED SOME OF THE CHANGE SAID WE NEED A NEW HIGH COUNCILMAN AS RICHARD JUASSI WAS CALLED INTO ONE OF THE STAKE PRESIDENCY'S. HE SAID IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO MAKE TWO STAKES OUT OF ONE, OR BEING LESS OFTEN THREE STAKES OUT OF TWO BUT NOT HARDLY HEARD OF TO MAKE FOUR STAKES OUT OF TWO SO WE SORTA MADE HISTORY YESTERDAY. I'M SURE MORE CHANGES WILL TAKE PLACE AS THE NEW STAKES MAKE THEIR CALLS THIS WEEK. MOST OF WHICH WON'T EFFECT US. HOPE THESE CHANGES WORK WELL FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. OUR BISHOP HAS INHERITED MANY ELDERLY FOLKS. I PRAY ALL OF US ELDERS STAY HALF WAY HEALTHY FOR HIM.
WHEN I GOT HOME YESTERDAY FROM CHURCH I HAD A CALL FROM ANGIE ABOUT MY HAIR. ONE FROM LANIE FOR ANDRA AND ONE FROM DENISSE. OH IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR HER SWEET VOICE. I CALLED BACK AND TALKED WITH SCOTT FOR A LONG WHILE. HE IS SO ENTHUSED ABOUT HIS SCHOOL AND THE THINGS HE'S DOING ALREADY. GOOD WORK SCOTT!!! DENISSE I LOVED YOUR LATEST BLOG AND THE PICS. OF THOSE CUTE CHILDREN. THEY ARE GETTING GROWN UP TOO FAST.
ANDRA HAD SOME SACRED MUSIC ON FOR AWHILE WHEN I GOT HOME FROM CHURCH WAS SO NEAT TO HEAR. IT PUT ME IN THE MOOD TO WATCH BYU STATION AND I LISTENED TO SOME GREAT TALKS TILL NEWS TIME THEN I WATCHED THE TEN OCLOCK NEWS AND COULD'NT FIND ANYTHING GREAT TO WATCH SO I TURNED OFF THE T.V. TRIED TO SLEEP BUT THE SAND MAN HAD A HARD TIME CATCHING ME FOR SOME REASON. I DO HAVE NIGHTS LIKE THAT NOW AND THEN ESPECIALLY SINCE GRANDPA LEFT ME. I PROBABLY GOT INTO THAT PATTERN WHEN HE WAS HERE AND I KEPT LISTENING FOR HIS EVERY MOVE OR SOUND. THANKS ANDRA FOR YOUR QUIET WAYS THIS A.M.
THANKSGIVING IS FAST APPROACHING AND I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE CJ'S FAMILY AND PENNY AND TO BE WITH FAMILY THAT DAY. RYAN AND KARA WILL BE WITH US ALSO AND IT IS FUN TO BE WITH THEM AND THEIR BOY'S. I THINK ABOUT THE THANKSGIVING'S PAST WHEN WE WENT TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA FARRIMONDS WITH OUR CHILDREN AND MOM HAD A FEAST ALMOST READY FOR US ALL WHO COULD BE THERE, TO PARTAKE OF HER GOOD COOKING. PENNY OFTEN REMINDS ME OF ALL THE HOME MADE PIES SHE HAD LINED UP IN THE BACK PORCH ON A TABLE AND HOW THE KIDS WERE SO ANXIOUS TO EAT THEIR FAVORITE PIE. EVEN GROWING UP MOM MANAGED MOST THANKSGIVINGS TO HAVE A TURKEY AND THE TRIMMINGS. HER HOME COOKING WAS TO MY MIND THE VERY BEST. I THINK MAYBE WE HAD CHICKEN ROASTED A FEW TIMES WHEN THE [GREAT] DEPRESSION WAS ON AS SHE RAISED HER OWN CHICKENS AND WE HAD THAT IN THE YARD. MAYBE DARLEEN REMEMBERS MORE THAN I DO SINCE SHE WAS OLDEST.
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My mom would have enjoyed Thanksgiving during the depression, then. She likes chicken but doesn't care for turkey. :)
It sounds like you're happy with the changes, and it should be good for the new stakes and wards!
We miss you and love you.
Thank you for all of your posts. We enjoy reading them. We look forward to Thanksgiving! We love you!
We are looking forward to being up in Idaho with more family soon. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday--and not just because of all the yummy food.
;-D I love your memories of the pies. It's a tradition in my family to have more pies than needed so we can eat pie for breakfast the next morning. I'm trying to institute it in our younger family. Pies have fruit; that's healthy...
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