Tom & Marci, 30 years
Marty & Janet, 38 years
Dorothy & Alan, 36 years
Jeff & Jenny, 14 years
Mike & Andrea, 7 years
Heidie & Chris, 13 years
Monday, November 16, 2009
Happy Birthday To You!
November
14: Brigam Moss
19: Emilie Hill
20: Krista Hanlon
21: Saera Hanlon
21: Brooke Moss
21: Oscr Roache
24: Jon Bosley
25: Brent Bosley
30: Aaron Lindgren
30: Ammon Gilbert
December
2: Hailey Morgan
8: AubriRose Lee
8: Madison Moss
15: Trevor Lindgren
17: Joshua Bosley
18: Lynnette Tomlinson
18: Casey Anderson
18: Jocelyn Lindgren
19: Robert Moss
20: Lindsey Lindgren
25: Daniel Tomlinson
27: Dorothy Tomlinson
27: Nathan Morgan
28: Penny Tomlinson
31: McKinley Morgan
14: Brigam Moss
19: Emilie Hill
20: Krista Hanlon
21: Saera Hanlon
21: Brooke Moss
21: Oscr Roache
24: Jon Bosley
25: Brent Bosley
30: Aaron Lindgren
30: Ammon Gilbert
December
2: Hailey Morgan
8: AubriRose Lee
8: Madison Moss
15: Trevor Lindgren
17: Joshua Bosley
18: Lynnette Tomlinson
18: Casey Anderson
18: Jocelyn Lindgren
19: Robert Moss
20: Lindsey Lindgren
25: Daniel Tomlinson
27: Dorothy Tomlinson
27: Nathan Morgan
28: Penny Tomlinson
31: McKinley Morgan
Grandma Martha
To my Great Big Family,
Its hard to believe that on Oct 2 I reached 84. I Thank Heavenly Father each day that I am able to see and walk. My memory is slowing down so if I forget to mention something... remember its still in one of my nine lives. It was somewhat shaking when Hellmut had his heart attack. Marty took me to see him at the Provo Hospital.. He felt pretty miserable but he was still joking around. We had a chance to visit with Doris, her husband and little girl. A few days after the surgery he was able to return to Manti. Barbara came out from Ohio to be with them... After 2 weeks, Meghan (Mats wife) stayed with them... and then Jo (David"S wife gave of her service... Hellmut says the therapist came out and gave them some instructions like walking a mile a day. I believe his recovery is going well.. he' s driving, and has gone to the Family History Center there where he is in charge.
Something new. I have a new front entrance ... Two new doors all installed, painted... I've recieved many compliments My thanks go to Rick, Mike, Chris and Reba... who spent days here. I'm blessed.
A little trouble with the gear shift on my car... but its ok now.. the part was under $20 and the labor twice that... Rick called the repair man to check everything else so Nellie rides again.
These past two months I've been learning the New Family Search. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks but I have now printed out the paper listing to take to the temple from my house instead of the center. Fifty of the cards are already being worked on in Bountiful. I've had a mentor who even came to the house twice to help me out.
So far the Clogging Grandmothers have seven gigs for the Christmas season... so we're pretty busy MOn and Thurs mornings.
Its nice to have a missionary out in the field... I'm proud of Penny in Calgary.
Jennifer and Lucy and family have returned... always a little let down Jennifer and I and Heather went to see Ariane in the high school production of South Pacific .. fun. Jennifer and I managed a puzzle and we also played Ticket To Ride with Heather and Nathan.... I won of course.
When Lucy and family came to town... they took me out to eat and later wanted to take a picture. so Rachel, Kristen and Nathan gathered round me and instead of saying Say CHeese they said Lucy's having a baby" that didn't sink in the first time, so I had to repeat it... What a surprise and how special.
Well, I've taxed my brain ... that's all for this time.... oops , thanks Rick for replacing the cartridge on the printer and for all you
Love to all of you.... Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma..
Its hard to believe that on Oct 2 I reached 84. I Thank Heavenly Father each day that I am able to see and walk. My memory is slowing down so if I forget to mention something... remember its still in one of my nine lives. It was somewhat shaking when Hellmut had his heart attack. Marty took me to see him at the Provo Hospital.. He felt pretty miserable but he was still joking around. We had a chance to visit with Doris, her husband and little girl. A few days after the surgery he was able to return to Manti. Barbara came out from Ohio to be with them... After 2 weeks, Meghan (Mats wife) stayed with them... and then Jo (David"S wife gave of her service... Hellmut says the therapist came out and gave them some instructions like walking a mile a day. I believe his recovery is going well.. he' s driving, and has gone to the Family History Center there where he is in charge.
Something new. I have a new front entrance ... Two new doors all installed, painted... I've recieved many compliments My thanks go to Rick, Mike, Chris and Reba... who spent days here. I'm blessed.
A little trouble with the gear shift on my car... but its ok now.. the part was under $20 and the labor twice that... Rick called the repair man to check everything else so Nellie rides again.
These past two months I've been learning the New Family Search. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks but I have now printed out the paper listing to take to the temple from my house instead of the center. Fifty of the cards are already being worked on in Bountiful. I've had a mentor who even came to the house twice to help me out.
So far the Clogging Grandmothers have seven gigs for the Christmas season... so we're pretty busy MOn and Thurs mornings.
Its nice to have a missionary out in the field... I'm proud of Penny in Calgary.
Jennifer and Lucy and family have returned... always a little let down Jennifer and I and Heather went to see Ariane in the high school production of South Pacific .. fun. Jennifer and I managed a puzzle and we also played Ticket To Ride with Heather and Nathan.... I won of course.
When Lucy and family came to town... they took me out to eat and later wanted to take a picture. so Rachel, Kristen and Nathan gathered round me and instead of saying Say CHeese they said Lucy's having a baby" that didn't sink in the first time, so I had to repeat it... What a surprise and how special.
Well, I've taxed my brain ... that's all for this time.... oops , thanks Rick for replacing the cartridge on the printer and for all you
Love to all of you.... Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma..
Dorothy
November 9, 2009
Dear Family,
Always something going on around here…
As you know, Penny entered the MTC on September 16th and after 2 ½ weeks of missionary training, arrived in Calgary on October 6th. Her new companion is from the Cottonwood Heights area (Sister Jackson) and is a head taller than Penny. They are serving in the Young Single Adults Ward in Calgary. They are working with the members to get them to give them referrals. They are also very good to feed the missionaries at least 4 nights a week. Penny says the guys are better at signing up to serve them meals than the girls. She has a few investigators they are working with. She says the elders in her zone are crazy but a lot of fun. She seems to really be enjoying her mission.
It’s been nice to be able to attend our new temple, the beautiful Oquirrh Mountain Temple, since it opened the end of August. It takes us just less than 20 minutes to get there. One day I saw cousin Diane Ceslak there and we gave each other a hug. She is also in this temple district.
During October Becky directed the play “Wait Until Dark” at the Barn Community Theater. She does a good job. The play was very well done.
Daniel was also in an appropriate play for the Halloween season. He played the part of Simon Stride in the musical, “Jekyll and Hyde” in Lehi. It was also very well done, a PG 13 type show that I normally wouldn’t go see, but seeing as how my son was in it, I did and I’m glad… glad I was sitting on the 3rd row and had some of the stabbing blocked from my view.
The biggest news for us is that after 5 years and 10 months, Alan was released as bishop of our ward. That is the longest any bishop has served in our ward since it was established in 1988. None of the former bishops live in our ward now, they’ve all moved! We don’t plan on following the trend. We plan on staying here… for the rest of our days, unless some unusual opportunity comes our way. Alan was sustained the same day as a member of the high council, so we’re glad they’re keeping him busy.
Now that he has a bit more free time, Alan is considering the idea of joining a choir. He really misses leading a good choir… he also can’t decide on which one. So last week he tried out the one Heather goes to, “The Sterling Singers” which didn’t help his decision. He said it was a huge choir (couple hundred) but it was a lot of fun with a lot of really good singers. Next time he’ll try his former choir (Mountain West Chorale) again.
Ariane performed in her high school’s “South Pacific” musical the first weekend in November. She did a great job singing and dancing and enjoyed this first experience in a musical. It was fun to see it the same night with Mom, Jennifer, Heather, Casey, Jason, Becky, Kevin, Alan, and I and Becky’s family. Daniel and Marcus saw it the night before. Daniel was in this same musical at the same high school when he was a senior 11 years ago!
Last week we replaced our nearly 23 year old water heater, the one that was new when our house was built! Water just started dripping out the bottom one day and continued until there were a lot of drops of rusty water going down the drain. So we called our plumber and got a new one installed before it got any worse. They say water heaters nowadays are expected to last only 9 years. Why don’t they make them like they used to??
It was a lot of fun to have a “sisters reunion” (including Priscilla over the phone since she couldn’t come up and go to lunch with us) when Jennifer and Lucy happened to come into town the same weekend. It was especially fun with the added surprise of Lucy’s (very clever way of announcing their) very happy family news. Congratulations to the Dave & Lucy Yorgason family. We are so excited for you!!
May everyone enjoy this season of thanksgiving as we all have much to be thankful for!
Love, Dorothy and family
Dear Family,
Always something going on around here…
As you know, Penny entered the MTC on September 16th and after 2 ½ weeks of missionary training, arrived in Calgary on October 6th. Her new companion is from the Cottonwood Heights area (Sister Jackson) and is a head taller than Penny. They are serving in the Young Single Adults Ward in Calgary. They are working with the members to get them to give them referrals. They are also very good to feed the missionaries at least 4 nights a week. Penny says the guys are better at signing up to serve them meals than the girls. She has a few investigators they are working with. She says the elders in her zone are crazy but a lot of fun. She seems to really be enjoying her mission.
It’s been nice to be able to attend our new temple, the beautiful Oquirrh Mountain Temple, since it opened the end of August. It takes us just less than 20 minutes to get there. One day I saw cousin Diane Ceslak there and we gave each other a hug. She is also in this temple district.
During October Becky directed the play “Wait Until Dark” at the Barn Community Theater. She does a good job. The play was very well done.
Daniel was also in an appropriate play for the Halloween season. He played the part of Simon Stride in the musical, “Jekyll and Hyde” in Lehi. It was also very well done, a PG 13 type show that I normally wouldn’t go see, but seeing as how my son was in it, I did and I’m glad… glad I was sitting on the 3rd row and had some of the stabbing blocked from my view.
The biggest news for us is that after 5 years and 10 months, Alan was released as bishop of our ward. That is the longest any bishop has served in our ward since it was established in 1988. None of the former bishops live in our ward now, they’ve all moved! We don’t plan on following the trend. We plan on staying here… for the rest of our days, unless some unusual opportunity comes our way. Alan was sustained the same day as a member of the high council, so we’re glad they’re keeping him busy.
Now that he has a bit more free time, Alan is considering the idea of joining a choir. He really misses leading a good choir… he also can’t decide on which one. So last week he tried out the one Heather goes to, “The Sterling Singers” which didn’t help his decision. He said it was a huge choir (couple hundred) but it was a lot of fun with a lot of really good singers. Next time he’ll try his former choir (Mountain West Chorale) again.
Ariane performed in her high school’s “South Pacific” musical the first weekend in November. She did a great job singing and dancing and enjoyed this first experience in a musical. It was fun to see it the same night with Mom, Jennifer, Heather, Casey, Jason, Becky, Kevin, Alan, and I and Becky’s family. Daniel and Marcus saw it the night before. Daniel was in this same musical at the same high school when he was a senior 11 years ago!
Last week we replaced our nearly 23 year old water heater, the one that was new when our house was built! Water just started dripping out the bottom one day and continued until there were a lot of drops of rusty water going down the drain. So we called our plumber and got a new one installed before it got any worse. They say water heaters nowadays are expected to last only 9 years. Why don’t they make them like they used to??
It was a lot of fun to have a “sisters reunion” (including Priscilla over the phone since she couldn’t come up and go to lunch with us) when Jennifer and Lucy happened to come into town the same weekend. It was especially fun with the added surprise of Lucy’s (very clever way of announcing their) very happy family news. Congratulations to the Dave & Lucy Yorgason family. We are so excited for you!!
May everyone enjoy this season of thanksgiving as we all have much to be thankful for!
Love, Dorothy and family
Heather
Happy Thanksgiving season! I'm still happy and busy, as usual. I'm not quite as stressed about my new responsibilities at work any more. Teaching math and reading still takes too much time out of being a librarian, but I'm more used to it, now... the math program we use at Mountainville Academy (Saxon Math) is really good - it's a lot of fun to teach, and very appropriate for 1st graders. I would enjoy it a lot more, if that's what I’d been hired to do in the beginning...
The PE teacher at school invited the staff to take the 'presidential challenge' to have 30 minutes of physical activity, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks. I decided to take her up on it, and I've been doing pretty good. Luckily, we have 8 weeks to do it (that adds up to 30 days of exercise within those 8 weeks.) So, I don't have to give up after only 4 days of exercise for this week... To help me keep my goal, I decided to sign up for a Zumba class held at Butler Middle School one evening a week. If you don't know what Zumba is, picture the aerobic dance class craze of the 80s, and add Latin music and dance steps (move those hips!). Oh, and pronounce it "Zoomba." It has been a lot of fun! I think I'll look into the cost of the community rec center next to the school, so I can go to Zumba two nights a week. Hopefully by the end of this community class, I won't look too foolish next to those who really can move their hips. (I do NOT have Latin hips...) I still try to go Big Band Swing dancing Friday nights, so that has helped with my goal, too. I just have to be sure to dance at least 9 songs to get the 30 minutes in (I figure the songs average 3-4 minutes...)
I have a computer of my own to use, now! Thanks, Jennifer, for giving Grandma your old one... The set up (windows xp) is too different to what Grandma is used to (windows 98, I think), so Grandma offered it to me. Thanks to Grandma (for clearing the desk in her computer room, buying a new power strip, continuing to ask if I got everything needed, and helping me get it!), Uncle Rick (for changing the 2-prong outlet to a 3-prong), John Anderson (for ordering a router, getting me a copy of Office, and getting his nephew to help get it all running), I am all set up! THANK YOU!!!! Now I can fulfill my calling as editor of the Ward newsletter from home, instead of staying later at work, stopping at the library, or driving out to borrow Mom's computer.
Hurray for the upcoming season! I love Thanksgiving and Christmas - lots of family time, and lots of focus on things that REALLY matter in life: appreciating the bounty we have, passing that bounty on to others through service, celebrating the birth of Christ, spending time with family, and just being happy. I love this time of year!! (and now to face the challenge of maintaining this positive feeling through the stress that can also come this time of year...) I look forward to seeing some of you sometime in the next several weeks.
Enjoy the season! Love, Heather
The PE teacher at school invited the staff to take the 'presidential challenge' to have 30 minutes of physical activity, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks. I decided to take her up on it, and I've been doing pretty good. Luckily, we have 8 weeks to do it (that adds up to 30 days of exercise within those 8 weeks.) So, I don't have to give up after only 4 days of exercise for this week... To help me keep my goal, I decided to sign up for a Zumba class held at Butler Middle School one evening a week. If you don't know what Zumba is, picture the aerobic dance class craze of the 80s, and add Latin music and dance steps (move those hips!). Oh, and pronounce it "Zoomba." It has been a lot of fun! I think I'll look into the cost of the community rec center next to the school, so I can go to Zumba two nights a week. Hopefully by the end of this community class, I won't look too foolish next to those who really can move their hips. (I do NOT have Latin hips...) I still try to go Big Band Swing dancing Friday nights, so that has helped with my goal, too. I just have to be sure to dance at least 9 songs to get the 30 minutes in (I figure the songs average 3-4 minutes...)
I have a computer of my own to use, now! Thanks, Jennifer, for giving Grandma your old one... The set up (windows xp) is too different to what Grandma is used to (windows 98, I think), so Grandma offered it to me. Thanks to Grandma (for clearing the desk in her computer room, buying a new power strip, continuing to ask if I got everything needed, and helping me get it!), Uncle Rick (for changing the 2-prong outlet to a 3-prong), John Anderson (for ordering a router, getting me a copy of Office, and getting his nephew to help get it all running), I am all set up! THANK YOU!!!! Now I can fulfill my calling as editor of the Ward newsletter from home, instead of staying later at work, stopping at the library, or driving out to borrow Mom's computer.
Hurray for the upcoming season! I love Thanksgiving and Christmas - lots of family time, and lots of focus on things that REALLY matter in life: appreciating the bounty we have, passing that bounty on to others through service, celebrating the birth of Christ, spending time with family, and just being happy. I love this time of year!! (and now to face the challenge of maintaining this positive feeling through the stress that can also come this time of year...) I look forward to seeing some of you sometime in the next several weeks.
Enjoy the season! Love, Heather
Wendy
Hi ya Lingoers,
Happy Thanksgiving! The Hill clan of Georgia are doing well. We drove up to Raleigh and visited Ryan and Cheyney in October and had a great time. Our kids are in a new elementary school this year, and we're really liking it. Emilie is about to turn 11 and is getting her ears pierced, and she's beyond herself with excitement! She loves doing science experiments. Elisabeth is on a basketball team with a local Baptist church and is excited. She is enjoying the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. Alexander just loves life. He is constantly sneaking Christmas decorations and lights out of the basement and into his room. Of course, he does that all year so it's nothing new. He's already decorated our porch with Christmas lights. Benjamin is a terrible, lovable two who has us all wrapped around his finger. Justin is enjoying work and teaching early morning seminary. I teach his same kids on Sundays as their Sunday School teacher, so they probably get an overdose on Hills. We're excited for Christmas. We're going to Sea World and Discovery Cove in Orlando during the holidays, where it will be nice and sunny (we hope). I am SO excited for Lucy! Yeah yeah!
Love, Wendy
Happy Thanksgiving! The Hill clan of Georgia are doing well. We drove up to Raleigh and visited Ryan and Cheyney in October and had a great time. Our kids are in a new elementary school this year, and we're really liking it. Emilie is about to turn 11 and is getting her ears pierced, and she's beyond herself with excitement! She loves doing science experiments. Elisabeth is on a basketball team with a local Baptist church and is excited. She is enjoying the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. Alexander just loves life. He is constantly sneaking Christmas decorations and lights out of the basement and into his room. Of course, he does that all year so it's nothing new. He's already decorated our porch with Christmas lights. Benjamin is a terrible, lovable two who has us all wrapped around his finger. Justin is enjoying work and teaching early morning seminary. I teach his same kids on Sundays as their Sunday School teacher, so they probably get an overdose on Hills. We're excited for Christmas. We're going to Sea World and Discovery Cove in Orlando during the holidays, where it will be nice and sunny (we hope). I am SO excited for Lucy! Yeah yeah!
Love, Wendy
Jennifer
Dear Family,
Yep, Finn is a terrific two-year old and he loves Superman (hmmmm, just like daddy); he told me so on the phone the other day when he happened to hit my speed dial number. We were talking for quite some time when Ammon realized that Finn was actually talking to somebody on the other end of the phone. Kids sure start young with technology these days.
We bought a lot in Castlebury West Estates in Eagle, Idaho (see pictures above). It’s mostly dirt and weeds right now, but it has potential! We hope to move there within two years, depending on the economy. We are looking forward to being neighbors of the Yorgasons.
We spent a few days in Seattle in early October celebrating Finn’s second birthday. Angela did a great job with the decorating – a train theme. It was held at a community center. I think most of the moms there were pregnant with their second babies. The next day we went to a pumpkin patch and selected a few. That was fun. Finn discovered earthworms.
Steve and I have been playing Farmville on Facebook – it’s a lot of fun, and addictive. Steve took over for me while I was in Utah, and now he’s hooked and had to get his own farm. Anybody interested in farming, let me be your farming neighbor!
I had a nice few days visiting in Utah. Glad Lucy and family came down to give us her news in person! Congratulations again – it’s really awesome. Went out for lunch with Mom, Lucy, Emily, Dorothy, and Rachel. And went swimming and hot tubbing at the Marriott where Lucy and fam were staying. Ariane’s high school South Pacific (yay Ariane!) was fun – the students worked hard to put on that production. I haven’t been to a high school play since, well, since I was in high school. We played some games, did some puzzling, visiting, and I even enjoyed raking leaves. Fall is in the air!
Best of luck to Emily and John as they enter into the adventure of building their new home.
Love, Jennifer & Steve
Emily
Hi Family,
Well, this will just be a quick note. It's finally happening!! Demolition should be taking place this Thursday the 19th! We'll take pictures, and hopefully send them out with the next lingo (along with pics from our fun Disney/Sea World trip last month). We'll be staying with John's dad at 5241 South 2100 East., but anything you send (like Christmas cards ) should get to us by using our same Scottish Drive address, and all of our calls will just be automatically sent to my cell phone.
Wish us luck with packing! Love, Emily and Family
p. s. CONGRATS YORGASONS!
Well, this will just be a quick note. It's finally happening!! Demolition should be taking place this Thursday the 19th! We'll take pictures, and hopefully send them out with the next lingo (along with pics from our fun Disney/Sea World trip last month). We'll be staying with John's dad at 5241 South 2100 East., but anything you send (like Christmas cards ) should get to us by using our same Scottish Drive address, and all of our calls will just be automatically sent to my cell phone.
Wish us luck with packing! Love, Emily and Family
p. s. CONGRATS YORGASONS!
Surprise!
I knew the Lingo was coming up so we told a few and then wanted to make this announcement...
We are having a baby boy March 1st, 2010
So here is the story... Last June I felt extra dizzy working in the Garden. In July I was so tired I thought I had adrenal fatigue, which I have had before and overcame. So when my Sis-in Law said she thought I had pregnancy symptoms I laughed at her because we had tried for so long to have another child and I resolved years ago that we had the children we would have. However I took a pregnancy test just to prove to her she was wrong...I was wrong we were pregnant, 8 weeks actually. I never told my sis-in-law. Dave and I decided to keep it just between the two of us for a while. We had our list of reasons and then we were enjoying the secret so much we decided to wait as long as we could to tell our kids and anyone else. Once I started showing and my walking partner asked Dave if I was pregnant, we knew we had to tell. So the video is how we chose to tell family. First our kids then my Mom (who couldn't believe it, Grandchild #48). We told my sisters when Jennifer happened to be in town and then Dave's family back in Boise. This has been like Christmas for our kids. They are so excited and so happy not to have to wait a whole nine months. We are due March 1st. We have had a few ultra sounds and we have a healthy baby boy on his way. I have felt great. My pregnancies have always been somewhat easy. Getting pregnant was always the issue for us. We are excited and we find it quite ironic that we gave away our crib and car seat in June... The very month we got pregnant. Our family loves the quote, "Come what may and love it" from Elder Wirthlin's mother. I made a vinyl and wood sign and put it up on our wall last spring. My car license plate says "wrthew8" I truly believe what is worth having is worth waiting for. Thanks for sharing in our excitement. We really believe in miracles around here.
We seem to be busy with the same things, cheer for Rachel, Scouts and sports for Nathan and School and art and piano and play friends for Kristen. The housing market makes Dave's business challenging but he handles it well. I am the busy mom still digesting that I will be changing diapers again and staying up late.
I can't believe Emily's house or Grandpa's old house is coming down this week. Take lots of pics and good-luck with all of that!
We wish you all the very best Holiday Season. May feelings of gratitude and appreciation for the relationships you cherish most flourish in your hearts. Love Lucy
Priscilla
Dear Family,
Loved hearing Lucy’s big news. Can’t believe Sarah is going to be 25 and I’ll be 50 next birthday. Hanlon Family is enjoying Autumn in Snowflake. Soccer season has ended, we’ve had a little snow and fired up the wood stove.
We just enjoyed a fantastic Stake Conference with Elder Robbins. Love and miss you all.
Love, Priscilla
Loved hearing Lucy’s big news. Can’t believe Sarah is going to be 25 and I’ll be 50 next birthday. Hanlon Family is enjoying Autumn in Snowflake. Soccer season has ended, we’ve had a little snow and fired up the wood stove.
We just enjoyed a fantastic Stake Conference with Elder Robbins. Love and miss you all.
Love, Priscilla
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