Traces of Time . . . Week of July 4-10, 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, {Update: 6th g-gc born on July 23, 2022} and posterity to come.         

THIS WEEK- 

 JULY 4-10, 2021

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2022                            Family is Everything ...                              Sunrise: 6:03 a.m. Sunset:  9:01 p.m. 

Grampa and I had many Uncles...and an Aunt who served in the armed services to keep our country free:

My Uncle David Huffaker,

Grama A's brother, 

age 24 in World War II,

was a bomber pilot

in the U.S. Air Force.

Uncle Don Huffaker, another brother,

was in the Marines. (I thought I had

a photo of him in his uniform, but

can't find it. Maybe his daughter,

Heather can send me one.)

Uncle Tom Albertson,

Grampa A's brother was in the Navy.

Uncle Jack Albertson, another brother

was in the army.

Walt's Aunt Tess Prescott Julian.

She is Grama Jane's sister.

who served in the Waves 

World War II.

Grampa A's Grampa Charles Albertson

served in the Union Army

in the Civil War at age 18.

And there are probably 

many more ancestors

who fought to make and keep

the United States of America free.

Steve and Carter returned

some things of John's this morning.

Our Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward had a neighborhood breakfast.

David South, 1C gave some insightful comments about the Founding Fathers and 

our part today to keep the freedoms they foresaw for our United States of America.

David had Ryan take a photo with me.

I think about 200 came.

 Ryan Williamson, the Elders' Quorum President, was in charge of this event.

John Peterson, 2C, also

helped, as he always does.

Julie and John

 Many ward families and neighbors

gathered together

The kids didn't decorated

their bikes but did ride

them around in a kids' parade.

In the afternoon John's sister,

Nicole, and her two daughters,

Jasmine and Jada,

and a granddaughter, Mia,

 came over for a BBQ.

We enjoyed seeing old photos

of them when they were little kids.

I watched a couple of great

Patriotic movies:

"1776" from 1972

and "Independence Day"

from 1996 which cost 

$75 million to make but

brought in $817.4 million~!

 I liked them both.

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Julie asked me if I wanted

to go over to Howells on Waterside

Drive to watch fireworks.

I didn't go out to see fireworks

tonight, but did see some

from my window.

TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2022

Family is Everything…

Today was a catch-up

day on the blog and washing clothes.                   WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2022

Ladies' Lunch was at

Gourmandise in American Fork.

Nine gals were able to come. 

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Carol, Eileen, Jennie,

Kaye, Linda H., MaryAnn,

Susan, and Kathie brought

her friend Marlene.

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   Our Wednesday night movie was:

"

"Young Mr. Lincoln" with

a young Henry Fonda from 1939.

The trial was based on a real

murder case that Mr. Lincoln

proved from an Almanac

that the moon was not

"bright" that night.

Gary, we forgot to get

our selfie...

I'm getting old and forgetful!

Here's from last week...

  

                 

THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2022

  

                       Family is Everything…

                        

                                                            

Happy 7-7

Should be a good day for our

family whose lucky # is 7~!

We didn't know how many 

children we could or should have.

When we had seven

that was heaven!

And we called it good!

Here's another "7" photo...

This was on 7-7-07 at

the Riverfront Park in

Burley, Idaho.

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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2022

                 

Family is Everything…

  

Tonight Steve and Natalie

took me to the new movie 

" E L V I S "

1954 July 24: Elvis Presley's first single

"That's All Right" is released.

It is amazing!!

Austin Butler, who plays

Elvis, did his own

singing as the young Elvis.

Then they used the real

Elvis' voice for when

he was older.

Budget	$85 million[3][4]
Box office	$126.6 million[5][6]

Box Office as of July 24, 2022, 

17 days later:

Box office	$210.2 million[5][6]

The box office is as of July 7,

just two full weeks after

it's release on June 24...

Even though I was not a big

Elvis fan when I was a teenager--

he became known in our

little home town of

Wendell, Idaho about 1955

when I was a junior in high school--

I found it so interesting in this

movie to learn about his full life.

Thank you, Steve and Natalie,

for letting me tag a long,

but never making me feel

like a "tag-a-long!"

I read all about it on

Wikipedia. So interesting

to see what the critics and

pubic are saying.

I hope Elvis has found 

peace and happiness in heaven.

SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2022

  

                    Family is Everything…

  

Today is a nice summer day...

96 degrees this afternoon.

SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2022 

                     

Family isEverything…

  

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

Sacrament was administered 

and passed by the 

Aaronic Priesthood.

The youth speakers were

Brinlee Buchanan

"Jesus wants me to follow

the Holy Spirit...He will

always be on my side."

 Ezra Oramas 

"How we can be an inspiration...

Alma 5 tells about how we

can make a mighty change...

We can all be saved."

 

Flute and Piano Duet by

Lisa Miller and Emily Slade

"My Country 'Tis of Thee/

America the Beautiful"

 

Speaker: Susan Allen

"A Mighty Change of Heart"

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Relief Society was taught by                 Camie Williams.                                              It was the talk by President                  Russell M. Nelson from the April 2022 General Conference: "The Power of Spiritual Momentum"

 

Camie was just asked to substitute

for the regular R,S. teacher 

yesterday afternoon.

She has a gift to personalize

the subject to each person, not

just re-telling the story.

Today she has several sisters 

blow up balloons, then keep

tossing them to and fro, and

up and down

with their hands--

to have momentum.

They soon tired on their own.

Then she brought out a helium

filled balloon from under the table...

(I should have suspected something

was hidden under there because

she usually doesn't have a

table cloth, especially not

one that comes down on all sides.)

She explained that we did something

more to help us maintain

SPIRUTUAL MOMENTUM --

J E S U S   C H R I S T  !

He is always there to help us

have Spiritual Momentum to

stay on the

Covenant Path !!

She then brought out more helium

balloons. {She said she ran out of

time to do what she really wanted to

do with all of them.  I need to ask her what it was.}

 

She is among the top three teachers

I have ever had. I would rank Joe

 Sagers, and Mark Beecher in that 

group of three.  

Actually, Camie is #1 in having 

us apply

the principle taught 

into our life immediately.

And also among my top ten teachers would

 be Walt, my eternal companion; Clyde

 Witham is excellent, too. 

That's my top five.  Let me think about

others.

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I know of our children--Janie, Steve, David,

 Julie, and Jen are great teachers.

I have not heard Gary nor Brian teach.

 Carter, Noah, and Madasta came to take

 me home from church.

Then Julie invited them to stay for dinner.

After Maddie gathered, they helped Riggy

 with his loading the dishes chore for the

 week.

I made sure they came and got a 

candy bar... 

...from the candy drawer.

John got home from Jackson Hole an hour before Julie and Maddie left for Rexburg.

I read my chapter from the Book of Mormon and got caught up on my blog.

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** *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 July 10th,

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

July 10, 2022