Traces of Time . . . October 28-November 3. 2024

 TRACES OF TIME . . .                           {Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} 

 "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.                               The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, 1982

"The magical, supernatural force 

that is with us every second is time.

We can't even comprehend it.

 It's such an illusion, 

it's such a strange thing."

— Anthony Hopkins 

 Note from Eileen: You will notice I call                              

my blog: "Traces of Time..."

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-- Shawn, Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--9 spouses of G-C, and 7 great-grandchildren, with one on the way in December--for a posterity of 70.

Week of

October 28-November 3, 2024

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2024

Family is Everything….

                           Sunrise: 7:33  a.m. 

    Sunset:  6:26 p.m.

Last day in the

60's for the Autumn...

Elder Ben Brewer is 

in Week 39 of his 

Honduras san Pedro 

Sula Mission

January 2024 to...

...October  2024.

Zone Conference with

Mission President and 

his wife -- now called

"Mission Leaders."

Elder Brewer and

his companion...

Doing great missionary

work in Honduras...

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General Conference...reminder:

"The Book of Mormon is not a book of history. The Book of Mormon is a book about the future. It describes episodes in the lives of people thousands of years ago, but the writers of the record and especially the compilers of the record were inspired by the Lord to include the things that we would need for the world in which we live today.”   — David A. Bednar

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Jayden came at 5:00

for home-health

physical therapy...

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Vickie Hacking- 2024 Oct 28 facebook post

What’s the one thing NOT to miss in Nashville??

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I like this topographical map of the US. Just look at those Rockies. -- Posted by Mary Ann Kearley - one of my Wendell High School Classmates...

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2024

Family is Everything

Institute 

Joseph Smith...

Lori Lyn is a great

Institute teacher...

Institute 

Joseph Smith...

Institute 

Joseph Smith...

I love learning at Institute.

Julie drives me to Institute.

Today she had

Jackson drive me...

...home from Institute.

Sure do appreciate it!

It's nice to have

a little rain.

Stew and corn bread time...

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2024

Family is Everything…

Elder Blake Harris is

in Week 3 of his Mission...

Week 1 in MTC in Mexico

 Lunch Bunch was at

Thanksgiving Point...

Harvest Restaurant 

Beautiful inside...

Warm loaf of bread...

Chicken Pot Pie not on

menu again until November...

...so I got Fish 'n Chips

Thanksgiving Point

12 were able to come...

Clockwise...

Kathie, Jeanie, Faye,

MaryAnn, Jennie, Kaye,

Eileen, Tammy, Carol,

Nadine, Linda, Sharon.

MaryAnn, Jennie, Kaye

Tammy, Carol, Nadine

Kathie, Jeanie, Faye

MaryAnn, Jennie, Kaye

Linda, Sharon

Jennie tells the other gals

goodbye before she heads

back to her counseling job.

Some got meatloaf, some 

soup 'n sandwich--French Dip.

Some said the tomato basil soup 

was the best they've ever had.

Tammy took a photo of

me by the murals...

As we came out, the

the Grim Reaper said:

"Thou shalt not pass..."

So we got a photo with him.

Took some crème brûlée 

home. Best dessert ever!

But not as good as the

crème brûlée from the

Strap Tank two weeks ago.

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   Our Wednesday night movie...

The Classics...  {9}  

 from the

Novel by Jolán Földes. 

Golden Earrings. Jolán Földes. ... It won the 1936

 All-nations Prize Novel Competition of the Pinter Publishing Ltd (London).

Film: Golden Earrings - 1947 version

Golden Earrings is a 1947 American romantic spy film made by Paramount Pictures and starring Ray Milland and Marlene Dietrich...based on a novel by Jolán Földes. 

Gary and I are loving these

old movies made from classic books.

Wednesday November 6, 2024

will be The Classics...  {10}

Little Women is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor, and starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, and Jean Parker. The screenplay, written by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman, is based on the 1868-1869 two-volume novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.

This is the third screen adaptation of the book. It follows two silent versions: the first released in 1917 with Minna Grey, and the second in 1918 with Dorothy Bernard. After this 1933 sound version came the 1949 Little Women, with June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Peter Lawford, the 1994 film Little Women, starring Winona Ryder, and the 2019 film Little Women, featuring Saoirse Ronan.

Little Women - 1933 version

with Katherine Hepburn as Jo

Wednesday November 13, 2024

will be The Classics....  {11}

Little Women - 1949 version

with June Allyson as Jo

Wednesday November 20, 2024

will be The Classics...  {12}

Little Women - 1994 version

with Winona Ryder

Wednesday November 27, 2024

will be

Happy Thanksgiving Eve

in Rexburg 

Wednesday December 4, 2024

will be The Classics...  {13}

 

a cHRISTMAS cAROL - 1938 VERSION

Reginald Owen as Scrooge

Wednesday December 11, 2024

will be The Classics...  {14}

a cHRISTMAS cAROL - 1984 VERSION

Geroge C. Scott as Scrooge

Wednesday December 18, 2024

will be The Classics...  {15}

a cHRISTMAS cAROL - 1999 VERSION

Sir Patrick Stewart as Scrooge

Wednesday December 25, 2024

will be

Christmas...

Merry Christmas in Rexburg

Wednesday JANUARY 1, 2025

will be 

Happy New Year

Wednesday JANUARY 8, 2025

movie night will resume....

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2024

                       Family is Everything…

                        

                                                            Happy Halloween 

  Happy Halloween

First we watched

Riggy in his school

Halloween costume parade...

Lots of parents 'n 

grandparents came...

Then Julie was in charge

of Riggy's fun 

4th grade class

Halloween Party...

Then Gary drove me

to my

 appointment for

my every 4-month

check of my wet

macular degeneration...

Leslie did the eye scans,

alphabet test, eye pressure,

eye dilation, and

all preliminaries...

Dr. Goff, the Retinologist

at Rocky Mtn. Eye Care 

in Murray

said I'm good for

another 4 months

without an eye injection,

unless I srart seeing 

wavy lines of a 

a straight image.

I've been in remission since

Sept 2023 of not needing

to have an eye injection.

Dr. Goff said this could go

3-5 years, but the chances 

of needing eye injections

after that is 80%.

There is no cure for

WMD, just eye injectiions

to keep you from

going blind.

It caused my Grampa Huffakerd. 

to go blind, and also his

son, my Uncle Don to

be blind at age 96.

Thank you for driving

me, Gary.

 Then it was time for...

Costume time...

This one didn't make

the final cut...

The Grim Reaper is what 

Riggy chose to be.

Maddie and Jacee were pixie fairies...

 

Maddie with friends...

Jackson on his way to a

Halloween party with college

friends...

Jacee - a pixie fairy...

Jacee whispering to the witch...

                                                                           Ready to deep fry 278 scones...

Trick or Treat...

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This was a fun surprise for... 

...Gary to come by in his

mummy costume...

...before going to his older

single adults' costume

Halloween dance.

He also was a pirate, and then

Indiana Jones at other October

Halloween line dances...

And then the scones were...

...all gone at 8:01 P.M.

Riggy's haul - Let the

sorting begin...

Before we put Halloween back 

in it's grave till 2025, let's look

at some Tom Holmoe costumes:

Holmoe took over the BYU department on March 1, 2005, which makes him the third longest-serving FBS athletics director in the country. He oversees a nationally recognized program with 21 intercollegiate sports, involving more than 600 student-athletes and a 220-person staff.

BYU athletic director--since 2005--Tom Holmoe unveiled his Halloween Costume for 2024.                                        (Isaac Hale, Deseret News)

Tom Holmoe Unveils Disney-Inspired Halloween Costume For 2024 - Jafar from Aladdin...                                     “Genie, for our third wish, we wish to have the most iconic director of athletics—in the world!”

 KSL Sports

This isn’t the first time Holmoe dressed as a character from Aladdin. In 2019, he dressed as the “Genie.”

The Jafar costume joins the ranks of impressive costumes by BYU’s veteran athletic director.

Halloween Costumes for BYU AD Tom Holmoe over the years

Here’s a breakdown of Holmoe’s costumes over the years.

Abraham Lincoln (2013)

This costume started linking Holmoe to the moniker “Mr. Halloween.” It’s a great tribute to an American icon. In the words of Lincoln himself, “Whatever you are, be a good one.” Holmoe was a good “Honest Abe.”

Albert Einstein (2015)

Simple. Classy. But one of these costumes had to take the last spot. Einstein lands here.

Lord Voldemort (2016)

I don’t claim to be the biggest Harry Potter fan in the world. But I can respect a good Halloween costume when I see one.

Mad Hatter (2017)

The Mad Hatter costume was wild. The makeup, creativity, and accessories were all top-notch. I thought I was looking into the eyes of Johnny Depp himself.

Coco’s “Ernesto De La Cruz” (2018)

This costume was Holmoe’s best. Imagine being his co-worker and seeing him show up to the office in this. Pretty impressive. Anything Disney is a big win, and this one hit it out of the park and made a cartoon character come to life. Very cool.

Aladdin’s “Genie” (2019)

What would your three wishes from Holmoe be? To think this costume is this low on the list speaks to the quality of costumes that Holmoe is putting out.

Phantom of the Opera (2020)

Holmoe didn’t stop Halloween festivities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It feels like this is too low. The simplicity is top-notch, but then he removes the mask, and it’s a work of art. It’s just hard to find a spot in the top three.

One can only imagine how many hours Holmoe spent in the chair of makeup artist Jennine Hollingshaus for this great costume.

Rafiki from Lion King (2021)

Just wow. What’s even more impressive is that Holmoe walked around the third floor of the BYU Student Athlete Building in the Rafiki stature.

Yoda (2022)

The Jedi master of Halloween.

Dumbledore (2023)

That Wizard cape is an elite fit.

Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSLsports.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU in the Big 12 Conference on X: @Mitch_Harpe

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Till next year - Halloween - Rest in Peace

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2024

                 

Family is Everything…

Today

Such exciting news to have

the Temple President and

Temple Matron for the new

Burley Idaho Temple

announced...

Learn about the new Burley Idaho Temple president and matron.

They will begin their service when the temple is dedicated.

                   Nadine Tateoka and Paul Tateoka 

The new temple president and matron have been called to serve by the First Presidency. 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Paul Kenji Tateoka and Nadine Lani Tsutae Saito Tateoka, Emerson 1st Ward, Paul Idaho Stake, called as president and matron of the Burley Idaho Temple. President Tateoka is a temple ordinance worker and a former Oregon Salem Mission president, stake president, bishop and missionary in the Japan Okayama Mission. He was born in Salt Lake City to Jim Suetaka Tateoka and Ko Tateoka.

Sister Tateoka is a temple ordinance worker and a former mission president companion, stake Relief Society presidency counselor, stake Primary presidency counselor, ward Relief Society president, ward Young Women president, seminary teacher and missionary in the Uruguay Montevideo Mission. She was born in Provo, Utah, to George Goro Saito and Clara Yoshie Kuramoto Saito.

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Today is the

"Day of the Dead"

Moroni Pineda - one of yhe

Assistants to the President

when Walt was the

Mission President

of the

Mexico Merida Mission

July 1995-July 1995

This is Moroni's total display...

The back left...

...is Walt's photo.

Eileen Petersen's comment:

How kind of you to honor and remember your mission presidente--Walter R. Petersen. Con mucho amor, Hna. Petersen.

Moroni Pineda's reply"

Eileen Petersen President Petersen and you are always in our hearts. Abrazo! 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2024

  

                    Family is Everything…

   Happy 15th Birthday to

our granddaughter 

Elizabeth Jane Brewer

in Minnesota...

"Liz"

...in front in pink...

on Jen's lap...

in

in

in

in

I've asked Jen for some

current photos of Liz...

  A chilly November day...

Fun time Saturday...

Steve took me to eat supper

at JDawgs...

then the Tom Hanks movie

"Here"

It was a different take

on a movie, but we both

liked it.

It made us both nostalgic--

remembering the home we

grew up in.

Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch, cousins from Monroe, Michigan, invented the La-Z-Boy recliner in 1927: 

Another reason we liked it...

Tom Hanks...and the gal who was

the bride in "Princess Bride"

from 1987--Robin Wright--was

also interesting to see.

Thanks for a great evening, Stever.

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SUNDAY, November 3, 2024

                     

Family is Everything…

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward 

Bishop Roger Cheney, presiding

Brandon Howell, conducting

Opening Hymn: 95 Now

Opening Prayer: Jason Johnson

Sacrament Hymn:

 "As Now We Take the Sacrament"

 Sacrament blessed

and passed by the

Aaronic and

Melchizedek Priesthood

Blessing on the Bread

"O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen."

Blessing on the Water

"O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this water to the souls of all those who drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy Son, which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may have his Spirit to be with them. Amen."

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

9 Testimonies were

shared...TESTIFYING...

HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES US,

 JESUS CHRIST IS 

OUR SAVIOR AND REDEEMER, 

GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY GHOST,

JOSEPH SMITH PROPHET

OF THE RESTORATION,

OUR PROPHET NOW--

PRESIDENT RUSSELL M. NELSON,

THE CHURCH IS TRUE...

AND THE GOODNESS OF

OUR BISHOPRIC AND

THE WARD MEMBERS.

1. Brandon Howell

2. Joann Gifford

3. Rebecca Sterrett

4. Jennie Andersen

5. Ken Mallett

6. Micharl Burton

7. Cynthia Vaillancourt

8. LeAnn Hunt

9. Chloe Sorenson

Closing Hymn - from new hymns

#1004 

Brother Howell thanked the chorister,

Cynthia Vaillancourt, and the organist.

Dean Fletcher.

Closing Prayer: Ellise Johnson

 

SUNDAY, November 3, 2024

Gospel Doctrine class...

Camie invited class members to

answer "Who are you?" as we

entered class.

4 Nephi "There Could Not

Be a Happier People"

and Mormon 1-6 "I Would

That I Could Persuade All...

To Repent"

Know the truth about who you are...

1. A CHILD OF GOD

2. A CHILD OF THE COVENANT

3. A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST

Camie had three ward members

represent three different ages

of Mormon...

Rigdon as an age 10 Mormon...

Sawyer as an age 15 Mormon...

Ben as a 25+ year old Mormon...

"Who are you?" 

"I know that I shall be

lifted up at the last day."

"...your mortal must put on immortality."

 "Behold, I am a disciple

of Jesus Christ."

"Who are you?" 

Know the truth about who you are...

1. A CHILD OF GOD

2. A CHILD OF THE COVENANT

3. A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST

 We will remember who we are!

Camie, thank you for

another inspiring lesson.

Camie with her son, Sawyer, who is

a handsome 15 y-o, portraying

Mormon at that age.

Congratulations, Brandon, on your

being called as the second counselor

in the Bishoporic last week.

            It's always good to talk

with each other.

Madeleine and Stephanie

Nelson and Paul

Shirlene and Carol

Dottie and Paul...

I have to remember that

"Thayn" does not have

an "e" on the end.

Alan & Jennie, and Amelene

Thank you, David, for taking my 

Sunday photo with these darling girls--

Adele, Anja, and Lily.

Then I did my tithing declaration

with Bishop Cheney.

Last year I was the last one.

This year the first...

Sunday dinner time...

...is family time.

Thanks, John, for delicious

roast beef, mashed potatoes

'n gravy, corn...

Julie added grapes, and hot

rolls came out of the oven

a little later.

...an impromptu ♪♪♫♪"Wicked" performance

by Jacee...♪♪♫♪

... ♪♪♫♪Maddie, and Julie♪♪♫♪

...the finale -- ♪♪♫♪ by Jacee and...

♪♪♫♪...pop out

by Maddie and Julie♪♪♫♪

** *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 

November 3rd,

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.

Daily Scripture: Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. - Psalm 150:6

Daily Quote: I think the Latter-day Saints have a great obligation pressing in upon them to rejoice in the Lord, to praise him for his goodness and grace, to ponder his eternal truths in their hearts, and to set their hearts on righteousness. - Bruce R. McConkie

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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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Daily Scripture: This life became a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God; a time to prepare for that endless state which has been spoken of by us, which is after the resurrection of the dead. - Alma 12:24

Daily Quote: I invite you to diligently learn about and appreciate the eternal importance of temple covenants, temple ordinances, and temple worship as you strive to come unto the Savior. - David A. Bednar

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.  Because of the restored Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

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

Eileen Petersen

November 3, 2024

Next week November 4-10, 2024

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