Tiny Olivia

This little beauty is Olivia Joy, my newest little grand daughter who was born this morning 4 1/2 weeks early.    She is doing great … everything works … and we are all thrilled. You’d think because she is the 17th grandchild maybe this would be old hat but not so.    Each new life is such [...]

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Bits of This & That

It’s the girls and I again … up by ourselves while everyone else sleeps.  They actually take a lot of little naps while I stay up on the computer and watch a movie late at night but they never abandon me.    We’re as close as three friends can be in the wee hours of the [...]

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State of Utah Work Week

Lynn started his 10 hour work days today.  He works for the State of Utah and our governor has decided to close state offices on Fridays to save energy.    State employees now work four 10 hour days a week instead of five 8 hour days.      Lynn’s job is working on the computer and network systems [...]

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Monday Nights Aren’t For Wimps

In Relief Society today we talked about Family Home Evenings.     I couldn’t help thinking back to the home evenings of my life.    When I was a young girl Monday nights were for families but it was a lot more informal than it has come to be since.    Our family had a big round oak kitchen [...]

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The Cup Is Full Tonight

The older I get the more I realize I will probably not leave this life as sweetly as my mother did.   When she raised us kids and when she and dad were in pretty good health, patience wasn’t exactly her virtue.  I mean she was a great woman and mother but if you were to [...]

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