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THIS WEEK...
January 10-16, 2022
MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2022
Family is Everything…
A sunny day to start the second full
week of January 2022.
The tree is about to be taken out.
storage shed until next holiday season.
How have we needed to forgive someone.
Why should we forgive?
The Savior's Atonement is also for
...now you don't
need the photo
Thanks Julie and Riggy for undecorating it.
Thanks, John and Jackson for carrying it out
to the storage shed in the back yard.
Thanks, John, for bringing back
Grama A's Lazy Boy rocker.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2022
Family is Everything and so are Friends...
Institute was
The Parable of the
Unmerciful Servant.
Matthew 18: 21-
In Institute we are currently
learning about the Parables of Christ.
Today was on the
Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
Camie, as always, did a great job
of teaching us.
those who need to forgive.
Camie gave each one a slip of paper
to take home and write the name
of someone we need to forgive.
Institute is not just for
learning but also
applying what we learn.
Roberta took a selfie of her,
Heather and me.
I thing there were 16 or 17 in class today.
It was a chilly day. Maddie
brought in the trash cans.
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A photo from the past:
This is from familysearch.org...
Huffaker Family Thanksgiving
in November 1970 in
Boise at Earl and Eleanor's home.
Clockwise from lower left:
I don't know who this young girl
is. It looks like Heather to me,
but I don't see Don and Marcele
in the photo.
Then my Dad, Arnold, and Mom, Verna,
would have been by him,
but can only see her hair.
Next is Grama Huffaker, Ella.
At the head of the table is
Grampa Huffaker, Dave.
Standing is Earl,
then Morris, with Hazel but can
only see a part of her.
Ray, then Lorraine.
Eleanor is probably taking
the photo.
Now all them have graduated to
heaven, except the young girl
and my Aunt Eleanor.
I hope I cherished all my family
as much as I should have when
they were all with us.
Walt and I would have been in
Wendell that Thanksgiving with
Walt's Mom, Jane, and
his siblings, and their children,
and our four children: Janie, Gary.
Steve, and David. It would have been
the first Thanksgiving without Walt's
Dad, Grampa Ray who had graduated
to heaven Feb 17, 1970 of a heart
attack at age 62.
After 80, every year without a headstone is a milestone! — Sophia (Estelle Getty)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2022
Family is Everything…
Lunch Bunch was at R&R BBQ today
at Traverse Mountain Outlets
9 could come today:
Clockwise from left: Jennie, Sharon,
Sandi, Linda H, Tammy, LeAnn,
Carol, Kathie, Sue.
Thanks for having someone take a
photo, Kathie. I didn't go because
I was exposed to Covid.
I sure missed being there.
I started coughing and coughing
that morning, had a slight runny
nose, and thought my throat felt
a little scratchy. But after an hour,
no more coughing, no runny nose,
no scratch throat. Guess it's
"better safe than sorry!"
We always miss those who can't come.
xxx xxx xxx
For our Wednesday night movie...
My son Gary and I chose:
"All The President's Men
" a movie from 1976
Info from Wikipedia: Budget to make film $ 8.5 million Box Office: $70.6 million
"All the President's Men is a 1976 American biographical political drama-thriller film about the Watergate scandal that brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon. ...it is based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
The film stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Woodward and Bernstein, respectively...
The film was nominated in multiple Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA categories, and in 2010 was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
The movie's ending:
"On January 20, 1973, Bernstein and Woodward type the full story, while a television in the foreground shows Nixon taking the oath of office for his second term as president. A montage of Watergate-related teletype headlines from the following years is shown that ends with the report of Nixon's resignation and the inauguration of Gerald Ford on August 9, 1974.""...Afterwards, he [President Nixon] was issued a pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford. In 20 years of retirement, Nixon wrote his memoirs and nine other books and undertook many foreign trips, rehabilitating his image into that of an elder statesman and leading expert on foreign affairs. He suffered a debilitating stroke on April 18, 1994, and died four days later at age 81. Surveys of historians and political scientists have ranked Nixon as a below-average president.[2][3][4] Evaluations of him have proven complex, as the successes of his presidency have been contrasted with the circumstances of his departure from office."
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2022
Family is Everything…
All of a sudden it's evening
and I wonder what I've done all day?
Had lot's of e-mails...
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022
Family is Everything…
Today is the 102nd
Birthday Remembrance
of my Mother - Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson14 Jan 1920 to 26 Jul 2013Today is my Mom's 102nd 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:
102ndYear Remembrance ofmy Mother - Verna Beth Huffaker AlbertsonLived: January 14, 1920 to July 26, 2013
Today is: January 14, 2022
Verna, age 7 waiting for the schoolbus in Wendell, Idaho with her brothers, David 9, Morris 11.
Verna - age 16 in 1936Photo she gave her boyfriend,Arnold Albertson, whom shelater married.
Verna - age 17 in 1937 with Arnold Albertson atthe Jerome County Fair.They eloped onSeptember 29, 1937 andmarried in Hailey, Idaho.
Verna - age 23 in 1943in Long Beach, Californiawith Arnold and Eileen, age 4.
Verna's brother, David Huffaker, would get tocome stay with them a few times whenon leave when he was stationed closeto them in Long Beach, Californiaduring his training as a pilotduring World War II.
Verna with her Dad, Mother, and siblingsin Sept 1945 at end of World War II,gathered at Dave and Ella's farm homein 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 1946just after World War II
Verna - age 37 in 1957taking Eileen to business collegein Salt Lake City 
Verna - age 37 in 1957 in front ofher home in Wendell, Idahowith Arnold, Eileen, Janice
Verna - age 40s in 1960s
Verna - age 41 in 1961Verna and Arnold sealed inthe Salt Lake TempleJune 14, 1961Janice and I weresealed to ourMom and Dad.
Verna - age 41 in June 1961
Verna - age 41 in June 1961at our wedding reception inGooding, Idaho
Verna - age 42 in June 1962with Arnold, Eileen, Janice
Verna - age 42 in September 196225th Wedding Anniversary
Verna - age 46 in July 1966 atthe funeral of Arnold's mother,Blanche Ilene Hartwell Albertson,in Hagerman, 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 1970sat 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 1980with 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 photoof Mom in the 1990s?)Verna - age 80 in 2000
Verna - Age 90 in 2010with her sisters Lorraine and Eleanor
Verna - age 90 with siblingsLorraine, Don, and Eleanor(Her brothers Morris and David hadpassed away.)
Here is a photo of her brother,Morris Huffaker, and his wife Hazelin 1987.
Verna - age 91 in June 2011 Our whole familyfor our 50th Wedding Anniversary.Grama A is on my right.
Verna - age 92 - in 2012with her two daughters, Eileen and Janice
Verna - 93rd birthday - January 14, 2013She passed away on July 26 2013My sister, Janice, took great care ofMom when we were out of the countryfor our first three missions -for 6 1/2 years.
During our fourth mission,Julie volunteered tohave Grama A live withher and John and theirfamily. They took suchgreat care of herfrom June 2011 toJuly 2013 while we werein San Salvador El Salvadorserving in the temple there.*** *** ***Here areJulie and John,Jacee, Jackson, and Maddieby her casket at the Wendell Idaho Cemetery,July 31, 2013.Thank you for taking suchgood care of Grama A.
Verna is buried beside hereternal sweetheart--husband,Arnold G. Albertson at theWendell Idaho Cemetery.
Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson...Spiritual Daughter of God, Mortal daughter of Dave and Ella Huffaker,Wife of Arnold Albertson,Mother ofEileen Marie Albertson PetersenandJanice Lynn Albertson Robertson Grandmother of 11Great-Grandmother of 54Great-great Grandmother of 5with 3 more due in 2022.We look forward to being withyou again on Resurrection Day.We honor your life and memory on your 102nd Birthday Remembrancethis January 14, 2022You are truly anElect Lady.We love you!Love from your posterity.*** *** *** *** ***A little hazy today, can't see the mountains.
Julie, Jackson, Maddie, Riggygot Covid tests today. Riggyis practicing for the nose swab.They were all negative.
I was just one point over normaltoday for my blood sugar test.Normal is 70-110.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2022 Family is Everything… Maddie worked on this puzzlefor several days...but notvery long each day. She'sfast at putting puzzles together!
Today is sunny again but cold...36 degrees at 3:00 in the afternoon.
I'm working on my talk for Church tomorrow. I've been assigned to talk on Elder Ronald A. Rasband's GeneralConference talk from Oct. 2021"The Things of My Soul."It is a marvelous talk!I hope I can do it justice.
of my Mother -
Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson
14 Jan 1920 to 26 Jul 2013
Today is my Mom's
102nd 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:
102ndYear Remembrance of
my Mother -
Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson
Lived: January 14, 1920 to
July 26, 2013
Today is: January 14, 2022
Verna, age 7 waiting for the school
bus in Wendell, Idaho 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 Hagerman, 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
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.
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
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
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.
show Verna better.
on a cold Memorial Day planting petunias.
(Steve was on his mission in Boston.)
(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 5
with 3 more due in 2022.
We look forward to being with
you again on Resurrection Day.
We honor your life and memory on
your 102nd Birthday Remembrance
this January 14, 2022
You are truly an
Elect Lady.
We love you!
Love from your posterity.
*** *** *** *** ***
A little hazy today, can't
see the mountains.
got Covid tests today. Riggy
is practicing for the nose swab.
They were all negative.
I was just one point over normal
today for my blood sugar test.
Normal is 70-110.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2022
Family is Everything…
Maddie worked on this puzzle
for several days...but not
very long each day. She's
fast at putting puzzles together!
Today is sunny again but cold...
36 degrees at 3:00 in the afternoon.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband's General
Conference talk from Oct. 2021
"The Things of My Soul."
It is a marvelous talk!
I hope I can do it justice.
Family is Everything…
SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2022 Family is Everything…
*** *** ***Gospel Doctrine class was great, as always!The Fall, The Redemption, and Zion.
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
Effectgs of The Fall
The Redemption
Old Testament History Moves On...
Old Testament History Moves On...
Who was Enoch?
What is Zion? Moses 7:18
What Happens to Zion?
How Can We Become One in Zion?
Jesus Christ Will Come AgainMoses 7:59-67
Thank you, Jodi, for taking my photo.
Another delicious roast beefSunday dinner...Thanks John and Julie.
I like when the time matches:1:11; 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, 5:55,11:11.
This photo was taken exactly at sunset 5:26.
for
*** I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvationand the Atonement of Jesus Christthat makes this Great Plan operational.
At the end of this January 16th,I pray you have had arestful , peaceful, and spiritualSabbath 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 PetersenSaratoga Springs, Utah, U.S.A.January 16, 2022
Family is Everything… |
SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2022
Family is Everything…
Today I spoke in Church. John had asked
me last Tuesday evening when one of
the speakers he had lined up
had gotten Covid.
The bishopric chose the talk by
Elder Ronald A. Rasband entitled
"The Things of My Soul" that
he gave at General Conference
in October 2021.
He gave these seven:
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Gospel Doctrine class was great, as always!
The Fall, The Redemption, and Zion.
Jesus Christ Will Come Again
Moses 7:59-67
Thank you, Jodi, for taking my photo.
Another delicious roast beef
Sunday dinner...
Thanks John and Julie.
1:11; 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, 5:55,
11:11.
This photo was taken
exactly at sunset 5:26.
for
***
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 16th,
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 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
Saratoga Springs, Utah, U.S.A.
January 16, 2022
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