Traces of Time . . . Week of January 11-17, 2021

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THIS WEEK 

JANUARY 11, 2021 
TO

JANUARY 17, 2021

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MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021                      

Family is Everything...    Today

Daily Scripture: Behold, it is my will, that all they who call on my name, and worship me according to mine everlasting gospel, should gather together, and stand in holy places. - Doctrine and Covenants 101:22

Daily Quote: In holy places and in sacred space we find spiritual refuge, renewal, hope, and peace. Are these not worth every necessary personal sacrifice? My brethren and sisters, may each of us revere and respect the holy and sacred in our lives. - Dennis B. Neuenschwander

Sunset is at 5:23

The days are getting longer...

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

Goodbye Christmas tree

for another year...

I actually got to have the tree up

for 56 days, but I was gone 24

of those days (12 days in

Rochester, Minnesota Nov 29-Dec 10...

and 12 days in Rexburg, Idaho

Dec 22-Jan 2). 

So I got to see

my tree 32 days.

Thank you to Jackson for

helping your Mom take this

beautiful tree out to the

storage shed for safe keeping

until next November. I liked

having it up early!

A new tradition has begun!

Julie, both put my Christmas decorations up

and then took them down. It is so appreciated!

I used to wonder why my Grampa 'n Grama Huffaker

said: "We don't think we'll put a tree up this Christmas."

(My Mom and Dad and siblings would come and do it

for them.)  Grampa 'n Grama were in their late 80's. 

Now I realize that they just didn't have the energy 

or physical ability to do it, and

I'm only in my early 80's.

Here's back on November 23 with

Natalie after she drove me to get a Covid test.

My Christmas tree had been up almost a week.

Actually here's how it happened back on Nov. 17:

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 

Family is Everything...

                                        I had a fun serendipity today. 

                                            Julie took out the rocking chair 

                                                    that goes here...

                                                               

And now there is my Christmas tree that Jackson and Julie

brought in from the storage shed...

                                                            Riggy helped put on some

of the ornaments that had fallen off. We store it still decorated.

Now it's up and lit. So exciting to have it up. Normally we've never

put a Christmas tree up before Thanksgiving, but as Julie

says: "These are not normal times."

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

 The Ladies' Lunch was

at Cubby's in Am. Fork

The five able to come are:

Eileen, Jennie, Sandi,

Linda, and Judy

Here's a closer view of Jennie, Sandi, Linda, and Judy.

Gary was able to come for movie night.

We have chosen films about our Nation's 

government for January...

tonight we watched "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"

with Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur from 1939.

Don't know why they make the poster in color 

when it's a black and white movie?

This was one Senator who was true and honest.

I'm so glad Gary could come.

He took a selfie of us.

Next week we're going to watch "The Candidate."

He said it was required to watch in his freshman

American History class at BYU.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2021                      

 Family is Everything... 

Today is the 101st Birthday Remembrance

of my Mother - 

Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson

14 Jan 1920 to 26 Jul 2013

Today is my Mom's

 101st Birthday Remembrance...

Here are Verna's Father and Mother....

a photo that Connie, my cousin Lucy's daughter sent me:

1944 when they were both age 44. 

They were both born in 1891.

Ella is standing two steps above Dave. 

She was just barely 5' and he was 6'3" or taller.

Here they are in the 1960s at age 70-something:

101stYear Remembrance of

my Mother - 

Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson

January 14, 1920 to

January 14, 2021

Verna, age 7 waiting for the school

bus with her brothers,

 David 9, Morris 11.

Verna - age 16 in 1936

Photo she gave her boyfriend,

Arnold Albertson, whom she

later married.

Verna - age 17 in 1937 

with Arnold Albertson at

the Jerome County Fair.

They eloped on

September 29, 1937 and

married in Hailey, Idaho.

Verna - age 23 in 1943

in Long Beach, California

with Arnold and Eileen, age 4.

Verna's brother, David Huffaker, would get to

come stay with them a few times when

on leave when he was stationed close

to them in Long Beach, California

during his training as a pilot

during World War II.

Verna with her Dad, Mother, and siblings

in Sept 1945 at end of World War II,

gathered at Dave and Ella's farm home

in Wendell, Idaho.

Front L-R: Eleanor 15, Lorraine 20,

Ella 54, Verna 25.

Back: Morris 29, David 27,

Dave 54, Don, 17. 

Verna - age 26 in 1946

just after World War II

Verna - age 37 in 1957

taking Eileen to business college

in Salt Lake City

 

Verna - age 37 in 1957 in front of

her home in Wendell, Idaho

with Arnold, Eileen, Janice

Verna - age 40s in 1960s

Verna - age 41 in 1961

Verna and Arnold sealed in

the Salt Lake Temple

June 14, 1961

Janice and I were

sealed to our

Mom and Dad.

Verna - age 41 in June 1961

Verna - age 41 in June 1961

at our wedding reception in

Gooding, Idaho

Verna - age 42 in June 1962

with Arnold, Eileen, Janice

Verna - age 42 in September 1962

25th Wedding Anniversary

Verna - age 46 in July 1966 at

the funeral of Arnold's mother,

Blanche Ilene Hartwell Albertson,

in Pocatello, Idaho.

Blanche is buried in Hagerman,

Idaho where she raised her family.

Verna - age 46 in 1966 

Verna - age 47 in Jan 1967
Blessing day for Steven, our third child, 
first one born in Burley, Idaho.
Grampa Ray and Grama Jane
on left, Gary, almost 2;
Mary Jane "Janie" 3 1/2.
Walt must have taken the photo,
and Grampa A parking the car.

Verna - age 50-something in 1970s

at Eileen's home in Burley, Idaho

Verna - age 53 in May 1973 at
60th Wedding Celebration in
Wendell, Idaho, for her 
Dad and Mother,
Dave and Ella Huffaker and
their six children, 26 grandchildren,
and many great-grandchildren.
Verna is second from right in front.

Verna - age 60 in 1980

with Eileen at Shoshone Falls, Idaho

Verna - age 66 in 1986 at our
25th Wedding Anniversary
Celebration - with Grama A,
her two daughters, and their families:
On left: Janice and Don, Scott, Vickie,
Sarah, and Michael.
On right: Eileen and Walt, Janie, Gary,
Steve, David, Julie, Brian, and Jen.
This is the only photo I know of with
Verna and all her posterity together.

Larger view of above photo, to
show Verna better.

At Grama A's home Gooding, Idaho, 1987
on a cold Memorial Day planting petunias.
(Steve was on his mission in Boston.)

Verna - age 70 in 1990

(Janice, do you have any photo

of Mom in the 1990s?)

Verna - age 80 in 2000

 Verna  - Age 90 in 2010

with her sisters Lorraine and Eleanor

Verna - age 90 with siblings

Lorraine, Don, and Eleanor

(Her brothers Morris and David had

passed away.)

Here is a photo of her brother,

Morris Huffaker, and his wife Hazel

in 1987.

Verna - age 91 in June 2011 

Our whole family

for our 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Grama A is on my right.

Verna - age 92 - in 2012

with her two daughters, Eileen and Janice

Verna - 93rd birthday - January 14, 2013

She passed away on July 26 2013

My sister, Janice, took great care of

Mom when we were out of the country

for our first three missions -

for 6 1/2 years.

During our fourth mission,

Julie volunteered to

have Grama A live with

her and John and their

family. They took such

great care of her

from June 2011 to

July 2013 while we were

in San Salvador El Salvador

serving in the temple there.

*** *** ***

Here are

Julie and John,

Jacee, Jackson, and Maddie

by her casket at the 

Wendell Idaho Cemetery,

July 31, 2013.

Thank you for taking such

good care of Grama A.

Verna is buried beside her

eternal sweetheart--husband,

Arnold G. Albertson at the

Wendell Idaho Cemetery.

Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson...

Spiritual Daughter of God, 

Mortal daughter of 

Dave and Ella Huffaker,

Wife of Arnold Albertson,

Mother of

Eileen Marie Albertson Petersen

and

Janice Lynn Albertson Robertson 

Grandmother of 11

Great-Grandmother of 54

Great-great Grandmother of 4

We look forward to being with

you again on Resurrection Day.

We honor your life and memory on 

your 100th Birthday Remembrance

January 14, 2020

You are truly an

Elect Lady.

We love you!

Love from your posterity.

*** *** *** *** ***

Now to BYU basketball...

BYU played Saint Mary's Gaels

at Mara_____ in California.

They've only won one time there.

They were down 5 at half time,

and trailed most of the game.

Then the Gaels went cold, and

BYU had a 19-2 run in the last

10 minutes. With 2:52 minutes

left they went up 53-50 and never

trailed again, winning 62-52.

Mark Pope has not had back to back

losses in his two years coaching at BYU.

Way to go, Cougars!

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

Today

Daily Scripture: Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. - Psalm 143:10

Daily Quote: Very few people give enough thought to eternal life. Yet it is something each of us should keep uppermost in our minds and hearts. As children of God, we cannot afford to forget our origin and destiny if we desire the realms of celestial glory. - Delbert L. Stapley

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

Today I proofread two chapters 

of the book Steve is writing...

Construction IQ - Chapters 6 and 7.

It is so well written~

There are 10 Chapters. I'm learning a

lot about Construction Superintendents.

*** *** ***

I watched an old TCM movie from 1948:

"Rachel and the Stranger," starring

Loretta Young, Wm Holden,

and Robert Mitchum.

I've always liked Loretta Young.

It was in black 'n white.

My favorite movie with Loretta Young

is "The Bishop's Wife"

with Cary Grant, David Niven.

More BYU basketball...

Today BYU Cougars vs the

San Francisco Dons

BYU 72 - S/F 63

What's a Don?
"Don" is an acronym for De Origen Noble, which translates to "of noble origin" and is a Spanish title given only to a noble person of political, social or official distinction. The name references the early history of California and San Francisco, which was marked by the exploits of the adventuresome and swashbuckling Spanish Dons. All USF students and alumni are of noble origin who share in the long passion for learning in order to better understand the past, clarify the present and anticipate the future. 

Thus, we are proud to call ourselves the Dons.
 
USF's mascot is named Don Francisco, in honor of Don Francisco de Haro, the first mayor of San Francisco.

BYU Cougars

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

We had Sacrament Meeting at 10:30

for Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward.

Paige Howell and

Yvonne Rodabough were the

speakers on Elder Cook's talk

on "Righteousness."

Jackson blessed the Sacrament today

and did a great job.

I'm thankful for sitting by 

Julie and John and family 

in Church.

We are having sunny weather

for January.

Sisters sat together on

the 2-minute ride home.

Good view of Mt. Timp...

 Riggy changed clothes fast...

Max waits--not so patiently--

while we're gone.

Jacee

...is back to dancing after her knee surgery last January.

Steve and Natalie came this

afternoon to take me for a walk.

It was great. Thank you so much.

Sunday dinner is ready...

Thanks, John, for another delicious roast beef dinner.

Come, Follow Me

...for Jan 11-17:

"I SAW A PILLAR OF LIGHT"

Joseph Smith History 1:1-26

Painting of Joseph Smith's First Vision

Another painting of The First Vision...

I have a testimony that Joseph saw what he said he saw.

God did have a calling and work for him.

However, God also has a calling for you and for me.

Here's what our living Prophet of today says: 

"God has a work for you to do... “Ask your Heavenly Father, in the

name of Jesus Christ, how He feels about you and your mission

here on earth. If you ask with real intent, over time the Spirit will

whisper the life-changing truth to you… I promise you that when

you begin to catch even a glimpse of how your Heavenly Father

sees you and what He is counting on you to do for Him, your life

will never be the same!”

-Russell M. Nelson

*I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of  Jesus Christ that makes this Great Plan operational.

At the end of this January 17th,

I pray you have had a

restful , peaceful, and spiritual

Sabbath Day...

I share these truths as my testimony to you...

Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.  He loves us just as we are at this very moment.

*** *** ***

Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all. 

*** *** ***

Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration.  He is the Restorer of all things.

*** *** ***

President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 

*** *** ***

The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

*** *** ***

The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.

*** *** ***

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.  

*** *** ***

Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Eileen Petersen

   January 17, 2021

FOR NEXT WEEK JAN 18-24    

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JANUARY 18, 2021 
TO

JANUARY 24, 2021

MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021                      

Family is Everything...

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

This is as true today as when Dr. King

said it before he was assassinated

in April 1968.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

I had an appointment to

get my teeth cleaned.

My dentist, Dr. Brandon Greenwood,

also checked to see how soon

he can put my new bridge in.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

The Ladies' Lunch was at 

The "Field of Flags" covers the grounds on the National Mall. 

Approximately 191,500 flags will cover part of the 

National Mall and will represent the American people 

who are unable to travel to Washington, for the inauguration.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

 Today

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

Today 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

 Today

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2021                      

Family is Everything... 

Come, Follow Me

...for Jan 24:

"My Work Shall Go Forth"

Doctrine and Covenants 3-5

** *I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of  Jesus Christ that makes this Great Plan operational.

At the end of this January 24th,

I pray you have had a

restful , peaceful, and spiritual

Sabbath Day...

I share these truths as my testimony to you...

Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.  He loves us just as we are at this very moment.

*** *** ***

Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all. 

*** *** ***

Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration.  He is the Restorer of all things.

*** *** ***

President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 

*** *** ***

The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

*** *** ***

The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.

*** *** ***

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.  

*** *** ***

Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Eileen Petersen

January 24, 2021