Traces of Time . . . June 13-19, 2022

 TRACES OF TIME . . .                   {Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} On this blog I share with family and friends my daily thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020.

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, 1 on the way, and posterity to come.

THIS WEEK

 JUNE 13-19,  2022

MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2022                            Family is Everything                               Sunrise: 5: a.m. Sunset:  8: p.m. 

Daily Scripture: And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. - Ruth 1:16

Daily Quote: As the Lord promises all his children, once a test is fully met, the blessings are then bestowed, whether in this life or the next. Hannah was likewise blessed once the commitment to her vow had been fully tested. - Linda M. Campbell

I had my eye injection today for macular degeneration. The exam showed that my eye has some improvement, so I get to go 12 weeks, instead of 10 weeks between injections.  Thanks, Gary, for driving me to Dr. Goff's office at 4400 So 700 East in Murray at the Rocky Mountain 

Retina Consultants.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2021

Family is Everything…

(I'm going to use lavender print now which was the color for our wedding. My favorite color still. 

It is blue and red mixed together.)

Today is the remembrance of our

61st wedding anniversary.

June 14, 1961

The happiest day of our lives 

on this earth and for any 

other earth we may get to live on.

Eileen Marie Albertson becomes

Mrs. Walter Ray Petersen.

Our parents were always

a great support to us...

My Dad, Arnold G. Albertson

was age 48.

My Mom, Verna Huffaker Albertson

was age 41.

Walt's Dad, Ray O. Petersen

was age 53.

Walt's Mom, Jane Prescott Petersen

was age 50.

My maternal grandparents came, whom I called "Grampa 'n Grama Huffaker."

They were both age 70. Walt's maternal widowed grandmother, Maria (pronounced Mariah) Prescott, age 78.

We called her "Grama Rie."  

After the wonderful wedding luncheon given by

Aunt Tess and Uncle Austin Julian at

their home at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden,

we got in our painted 

"Just Married" studebaker

and headed back to Salt Lake City for a

2-day honeymoon there... 

           ...before returning to Idaho for our Wedding Reception on Saturday evening at the Gooding L.D.S. Church on June 17.    

With our parents...

Verna and Arnold Albertson,

Ray and Jane Petersen...

 

Wedding Line...

Janice, Sonja, Isabelle, Lucile, Ramona, us, Ted, Gene, Jimmy.

My favorite photo from our reception...

Our colors were lavender and white,

so we toasted with grape juice...

 For time and all eternity . . .     

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022

Family is Everything…

Our new generation continues

     

          to come forth --

A new great-grandchild was

         born today...Scottie Marie.

Love the name.

        For privacy I'm not

              sharing more info for now.               

 

     Ladies' Lunch was at Chuck-A-Rama.

Linda H, Judy, 

Mary Ann, Faye.

We were all so excited to

have Judy Dunston here

from St. George for a

few days!

These 8 could come.

Clockwise from bottom left:

Linda H, Judy, Mary Ann

Faye, Eileen, Jeanie,

Sharon, and Jennie.

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 Our Wednesday night movie

was

"Gunfight at O.K. Corral"

from 1957 with

Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas

 

                 

THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2022

  

                       Family is Everything…

                        

                                                            

Our Family Book Club's book

this month is 

"A Brilliant Night of 

Stars and Ice"

It was my turn to choose

this month. It is 21 hours of audio.

I just started it a few days ago.

It is so fascinating, that I haven't

been able to stop listening.

I am almost finished. 

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When the cleaning gals come

every other Thursday, Julie

and I go to lunch. Today

Riggy came with us. He

suggested Denny's...

We all order breakfast...

It was fun to have Riggy come.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2022

                      

Family is Everything…

Today is Seth and Sarah's birthday:

Seth is serving in the

Brazil Recife Mission.

Week 40 - March 25, 2022 in Recife, Brazil

Sarah is serving in the

Argentina Buenos Aires Central Mission

Week 35 - Feb 28, 2022 in country side

near Buenos Aires, Argentina

hAPPY bIRTHDAY,

eLDER bREWER

Y Hermana Brewer.

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I was saving more photos

from some Julie has scanned.

This is my darling Huffaker cousin,

Barbara Harmon Youngstrom,

who came from Boise

to Walt's burial at the

 Wendell Idaho Cemetery

on August 29, 2020.

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And a photo of Huffaker cousins

on Christmas Eve in 1949

at Grampa 'n Grama Huffaker's

farm home in the McBurney district,

abt 5 miles west, 2 miles north

of Wendell, Idaho.

Eileen, 11; Lucy 6,

Linda 5, Louise 4,

Lenore 3, Rodney 2.

'

Huffaker grandchildren not pictured:

Sharon -- about 4

Janice, 6 mos. 

I think Elaine may have

been a baby.

Earl & Eleanor would have

just been married that November

(if I remember right)

and Barbara was born a

year later....That gave

Grampa 'n Grama Huffaker

10 grandchildren.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2022

  

                    Family is Everything…

  

Today is a catch-up day for blog.

And reading the 

Come, Follow Me

Old Testament chapters

in Judges

I also watched part of the

movie "My Girl" that

came on BYU Channel.

I've seen it before...sad at the end.

SUNDAY, June 19, 2022  

                    

Family is Everything…

I've not seen this quote before,

but I understand why it is true:

Here's the Father's Day

blog post from 3 years ago.

I've added a few updated photos.

SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 

Family is Everything…

 H A P P Y   F A T H E R ' S   D A Y

to Walt and our sons and sons-in-law

who are great fathers. 

Walt, Gary, Steve, David, Brian,

Shawn, John, and Jerry.

Walt and Eileen with our seven children...

In age order from left to right:

Janie, Gary, Steve, David,

Julie, Brian, and Jen, July 2018.

 Walt and Eileen with 28 of 

our 39 grandchildren.

And one great grandchild 

in our family. 

Janie and Shawn, and 

their 7 children in Nov. 2010

just after Aimee returned home

from her Oklahoma Tulsa Mission.

Added: Now - April 17, 2022

at Umi's blessing.

Gary with his four children in Dec 2005

 Gary with his four children.

If the date is correct on the camera was

correcrt it was 2007, but I think Isaac

looks older than 2....so it might be in

2009 when Isaac would have been 4.

Gary with two of his four children.

Steve and Natalie, 

their four children.

Steve and Natalie family in 2005

Steve  and Natalie wilh some of their

family in 2022

David and Julie,

and their four children.

David and Julie, and their four children

with Grampa Petersen in 

David and Julie, and their four children

visiting us in December 2021 just

after Anna got home from her

mission in Finland.

Julie and John 

and their four children 2018.

John's daughter, Mikayla

Julie and John  - Dec 2021 -

and their four children at Disneyland.

Brian and Jennifer

and their eight children.

Brian and Jennifer with some

of their family at family reunion in 2018.

Jen and Jerry

and their seven children.

 Jen, please send us the

latest regular family photo you have.

Thanks.

{Can't believe your twins

turned 20 this month in 2022.}

xxx

We also pay tribute to our 

wonderful fathers...

Arnold G. Albertson

My Dad, Age 50

Dad, Mom, Janice, and me

in June 1962

and Walt's Dad,

Raymond O. Petersen 

 Ray, Age 50.

 Ray and Jane and family

...page from Grama Rie's
Book of Remembrance.

Ray with family 1940

Ray by their home in Wendell

1957 - Age 49. Walt just

home from his 2 1/2 year mission

to Uruguay/Paraguay.

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Walt with Gary

 From 2019:

 I had an appointment this morning
before our block, for my
temple recommend interview.

Gary and Walt

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Walt became a father in June 1963

two weeks after receiving

his M.D. degree.

Janie was born on the same

day Walt began his internship

at Minneapolis General Hospital.

The bassinet our friends gave us at

a baby shower in St. Louis.

Walt when he returned from

his duty as Chief Sr. Surgeon

on the Coast Guard Cutter

"The Chataqua" in the

Pacific Ocean.

We rendezvoused with him

in Hawaii in Nov 1963.

Walt -- 1965 becomes

the father of two children.

Gary, our second child,

joined us in Talihina, Oklahoma,

where Walt was doing his 

military duty in the

United States Public Health Service,

at an Indian Hospital.

Walt -- 1966 becomes

the father of three children.

Walt when he was the

father of three children - 1967

Janie 4, Gary 2, Steve 6 mos.

Walt -- 1967 - becomes a pilot.

Walt with four children

David joined us in 1969.

The blessing of David Byrum Petersen

November 1969

Walt with four children

David, Steve, Gary, Mary Jane

Walt with David

 Is this Steve or David?

Walt became a father

of five children in 1971

 

 when  Julie joined

our family.

Walt -- 1973 becomes

the father of six children

when Brian is born.

Walt -- 1974 becomes

the father of seven children

when Jennifer is born.

Seven is heaven and

we called it good.

Walt with Gary 1974

Raising his family...

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Daily Scripture: Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? - Malachi 2:10

Daily Quote: We believe in fathers. We believe that far from being superfluous, fathers are unique and irreplaceable. - D. Todd Christofferson

* *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 June 19th,

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.

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

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I am thankful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost as the third member of the Godhead. 

Walt said to me once: "I look forward to thanking the Holy Ghost in person when I get to Heaven. I don't think we give Him enough credit for all He does."

Daily Scripture: And blessed are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost. - 3 Nephi 12:6

Daily Quote: We have been promised the constant companionship of the third member of the Godhead and hence the privilege of receiving revelation for our own lives. - Sheri L. Dew

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

Eileen Petersen

June 19, 2022