****Walt & Eileen Petersen**: 2025

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Traces 0f Time . . . July 7-13, 2025

TRACES OF TIME . . .

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JULY 7-13, 2025

Stay on the Covenant Path
to reach the
Tree of Life

“Keep on the covenant path,”
“Gather Israel,”
“Let God prevail,”
“Build bridges of understanding,”
“Give thanks,”
“Increase your faith in Jesus Christ,” “Take charge of your testimony,”
and “Become a peacemaker.”
Russell M. Nelson
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A wise person once said,
"Every society will be judged by
how it treats the least fortunate."
"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...
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.
*All that I am or ever hope to be,
I not only owe to my**

angel mother and father,

...but my wonderful husband,
Walter Ray Petersen.

Walt called himself...
"The last of the old-time country doctors."

He delivered about 4,000 babies, among fixing broken hips, other surgeries, and even made house calls.As Janie said in his obituary:"He healed many hearts, heads, hands, and everything in-between."
In the 1950s you had to be 20 to serve a mission. This is Walt in August 1954, on the day he was set apart in Salt Lake City
to be a missionary.

One of Walt's happiest of happy places was as the pilot flying...
Our first plane was a piper Cherokee...
Then in a six-seater Cessna high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. Foxtrot 48--something was the call number {he owned with two partners).
We were blessed to serve 4 missions together--First:July 1995-July 1998
       Mission President and wife of the   Mexico Merida Mission - Yucatan* * * Mar 2005-Feb 2007Area Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama12 missions - 2,000 missionaries.* * Sep 2008-Mar 2010Area Medical Advisor - South America So.Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - 2300 missionaries * *
July 2014-Nov 2018Temple President and Temple MatronSan Salvador El Salvador Temple*** * This totaled 9 1/2 years out of theUnited States.Grampa Petersen told our grandchildren that the Prophet said: "If you love your grandchildrfen, serve a mission,"To which g-dau Ashley asked:"How many?"
* *Walt was also a carpenter at heart--like his carpenter father, Ray Petersen.

This blog is...Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen...
  ...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--8 spouses of G-C, and 8 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 71.
Week of
  JULY 7-13, 2025

MONDAY, JULY 7, 2025

Family is Everything….

Sunrise: 6: a.m. Sunset: 8: p.m.

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TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2025**

Family is Everything…

Today

Our Walt & Eileen Family

MOVIE NIGHT

The Classics... {16}
TREASURECISLAND - 1950 version

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2025

Family is Everything…
...and so are friends!
Lunch Bunch was at Taqueria
in Eagle Mountain...

18 were able to come...
Marcy, Kelley, Diane,
Barbara, MaryAnn, Lydia,
Kathie, Annette, Andrew,
Nadine, Sharon, Linda,
Faye, Jeanie, Kaye,
Shirlene, Carol, Eileen.
Lunch Bunch

Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch
Marcy, Shelley, Diane
Shirlene, Carol, Eileen
Barbara, MaryAnn, Lydia
Lunch Bunch
Faye, Jeanie, Kaye
Lydia, Kathie, Annette
Andrew, Nadine
Sharon, Linda
Five gals paid for the 5 chips 'n salsa
which are $4 each, not complimentary
like in most places...
Carne Asada Enchiladas
with beans 'n rice...
I think Diane got the Tacos of the Day
which were Cheese Steak...
It was fun to meet Shelley,
...who is Diane's walking partner
from when they were neighbors.
Lunch Bunch photo out
in the sunshine...
Nadine, Linda, Eileen, Shirlene
Andrew, Linda, Eileen, Shirlene
the
Nadine took this to get
the sign in. Thanks for
driving us four, Nadine.
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Bunco at MaryAnn's home...

Bunco - MaryAnn made her famous
cowboy cookies to serve.
Bunco - Kaye brought her yummy homemade chocolate chip cookies.
...Yvonne was a good sport about not getting one Binco.
Bunco
Bunco - 11 were able to come...
Faye, Jeanie, Kaye,
Jennie, Carol, MaryAnn,
Kathie, Yvonne. And in front:
Eileen, Laura. Diane taking photo.
Bunco
Diane in this photo on left.

...MaryAnn served the birthday cake that her dau-in-law, Sharon, had baked for her.

She had made a big one for the
Sunday Family Dinner and sent
this small one home with MaryAnn.

Kathie drove Carol and me
in the new vehicle that Bryant
just got for his 75th birthday...
They call it their
"Batmobile."
2025 Tesla Cybertruck
Pickup truck Electric Vehicle (EV) Definition. An EV is defined as a vehicle that can be powered by an electric motor that draws electricity from a battery and is capable of being charged from an external source.

aka Cyybertruck Beast

Kathie showed us how it can go from 0 mph to 60 mph in 3 seconds...It took our breath away!

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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2025
Family is Everything…

Day

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Summer triple digits...

The record was 34 days in 2022.

FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2025

Family is Everything…

Tragedy in Mini-Cassia counties

happened on Tuesday, July 8:

From the face book post of a Burley resident:

"No one is immune to feeling the effects of the tragedies in our community. Everyone here either knew them, lived in close proximity, saw the man who killed, knew him…

It’s rattled us to our core. Whether or not we want to believe this could happen here, the fact is, now in an alarming horror, it has. Everyone wants to know the gruesome details. In a world of instant gratification, there are things, especially in the justice system, that cannot be shared to protect victim and the man in custody’s rights. Whether or not you agree doesn’t change that.

As the loving and supportive community I know us to be, the best thing we can do is lift up these families, pray over them, stand with them, and take the necessary precautions to keep our families safe."
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From the face book post of another Burley resident:
"Long gone are the days where you could leave your doors unlocked and trust everyone. Too many opportunists are out there looking for selfish gain.
I feel so deeply for the victims, Kelly and Donna Jenks, Angelica Medina, and the other unknown name and their families. I can’t imagine the horror they experienced before they were murdered. I also feel for the family of the man in custody. They have to live out this horror every day now too.
No one can excuse the man’s actions. If he’s dealing with schizophrenia like has been reported, that’s a whole level of hell in someone’s mind that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. For every action, there are consequences. He will have his days in court with a judge. Will it be enough justice for the families? Although when it comes to justice, is there really anything that will ever make it right?
This is a call to action for our community. The lack of mental health resources is glaringly obvious. Let’s band together and get a facility here that can do more for our community: people living under anxiety with crippling fear that need a place to turn to, people with schizophrenia, people with severe depression, people who need educated on how to help others in a mental crisis….
This is a call to be a light Mini-Cassia. Share love and light and not live in fear. I refuse to allow fear to control our community. Let us step forward together. We are Mini-Cassia strong."
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A Burley man is in jail
accused of killing four people
Ben Naylor, a 56-year-old resident of Burley, is currently in police custody following his arrest for the alleged murder of four individuals across two counties in the Mini-Cassia area on Tuesday, July 8.

Authorities have initiated a thorough investigation into these tragic events, and neighbors are shaken by the tragedy.
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SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2025**

Family is Everything…

Saratoga

SUNDAY, JULY 13 , 2025


Family is Everything…

The Twelve Apostles - today

Say what you will about these men of God. But I've never seen a group of men so committed to their Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. So committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They gave up everything to commit their lives to serving Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and their fellow man. Give them some credit.
“When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God,” and God will repay your kindness generously. The joy you give to others will return to you in “good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.”
May we all seek and find the higher joy that comes from devoting our lives to our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son. This is my earnest prayer and blessing in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen."
Elder Uchtdorf

Sunday

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

This afternoon...

**** 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 13th,
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.

“An omnicompetent God leaves all mortals free to choose, but how grateful we should be that God chose long, long ago to rescue and to resurrect all His children through the Atonement of His Son. Nevertheless, some reject and many are indifferent to these and other divine beckonings, mostly because they are too caught up in the cares of the world. They are strangers to the Savior, who is far from the thoughts and intents of their hearts.”
Neal A Maxwell
How Choice a Seer!

    Revelation 19:16: -- "And he hath on his vesture and on
his thigh a name written,
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS".

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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."

* * * * *
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.
“Keep on the covenant path,” “Gather Israel,” “Let God prevail,” “Build bridges of understanding,” “Give thanks,” “Increase your faith in Jesus Christ,” “Take charge of your testimony,” and “Become a peacemaker.”
Russell M. Nelson
* * *  * * *
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. Because of the restored Priesthood Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

* * *
Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
July 13, 2025


Next week
July 14-20, 2025**

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TRACES OF TIME . . .
{Last week: Scroll to end click "Older Posts" at bottom right.}
JULY 14-20, 2025

Stay on the Covenant Path
to reach the
Tree of Life

A wise person once said,
"Every society will be judged by
how it treats the least fortunate."
"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...
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.
*All that I am or ever hope to be,
I not only owe to my

angel mother and father,

...but my wonderful husband,
Walter Ray Petersen.

Walt called himself...
"The last of the old-time country doctors."

He delivered about 4,000 babies, among fixing broken hips, other surgeries, and even made house calls.As Janie said in his obituary:"He healed many hearts, heads, hands, and everything in-between."
In the 1950s you had to be 20 to serve a mission. This is Walt in August 1954, on the day he was set apart in Salt Lake City
to be a missionary.

One of Walt's happiest of happy places was as the pilot flying...
Our first plane was a piper Cherokee...
Then in a six-seater Cessna high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. Foxtrot 48--something was the call number {he owned with two partners).
We were blessed to serve 4 missions together--First:July 1995-July 1998
       Mission President and wife of the   Mexico Merida Mission - Yucatan* * * Mar 2005-Feb 2007Area Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama12 missions - 2,000 missionaries.* * Sep 2008-Mar 2010Area Medical Advisor - South America So.Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - 2300 missionaries * *
July 2014-Nov 2018Temple President and Temple MatronSan Salvador El Salvador Temple*** * This totaled 9 1/2 years out of theUnited States.Grampa Petersen told our grandchildren that the Prophet said: "If you love your grandchildrfen, serve a mission,"To which g-dau Ashley asked:"How many?"
* *Walt was also a carpenter at heart--like his carpenter father, Ray Petersen.

This blog is...Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen...
  ...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--8 spouses of G-C, and 8 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 71.
Week of
  JULY 7-13, 2025

MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025

Family is Everything….

Sunrise: 6: a.m. Sunset: 8: p.m.

* * *
TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2025**

Family is Everything…

Today

Our Walt & Eileen Family

MOVIE NIGHT

The Classics... {16}
TREASURECISLAND - 1935 version

* * ***

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025

Family is Everything…
...and so are friends!
Day

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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2025
Family is Everything…

Day

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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2025**

Family is Everything…

Happy

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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2025**

Family is Everything…

Saratoga

SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2025


Family is Everything…

Sunday

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

This afternoon...

**** 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 20th,
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.

“An omnicompetent God leaves all mortals free to choose, but how grateful we should be that God chose long, long ago to rescue and to resurrect all His children through the Atonement of His Son. Nevertheless, some reject and many are indifferent to these and other divine beckonings, mostly because they are too caught up in the cares of the world. They are strangers to the Savior, who is far from the thoughts and intents of their hearts.”
Neal A Maxwell
How Choice a Seer!

    Revelation 19:16: -- "And he hath on his vesture and on
his thigh a name written,
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS".

* * *
* * *
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."

* * * * *
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.
“Keep on the covenant path,”                                        “Gather Israel,”                                                                    “Let God prevail,”                                                                “Build bridges of understanding,”                                “Give thanks,”                                                            “Increase your faith in Jesus Christ,”                                “Take charge of your testimony,”                                        and “Become a peacemaker.”
Russell M. Nelson
* * *  * * *
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. Because of the restored Priesthood Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

* * *
Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
July 20, 2025


Next week ...
Jul**y 21-27, 2025...

"We honor our pioneer members across the world not because they were perfect but because they overcame hardships, made sacrifices, aspired to be Christlike, and were striving to build faith and be one with the Savior. Their oneness with the Savior made them one with each other. This principle is true for you and me today.
The clarion call to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is to strive to be a Zion people who are of one heart and one mind and dwell in righteousness."
Quentin L. Cook

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LAST YEAR JUNE 25, 2024

Family - PAST REUNIONS

WEPR - 2019

Gary & Isaac planned

a really fun reunion...

"Around the World"

Family is Everything...

...and so are friends!

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