TRACES OF TIME . . .
{for Last week: Scroll to end click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} june 23-29, 2025
A wise person once said, "Every society will be judged byhow 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
TIME...
angel mother and father,
...but my wonderful husband,Walter Ray Petersen.
Walt called himself...
"The last of the old-time country doctors."
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. 4824 Foxtrot was the call number {we 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 SOUTHArgentina, 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, including Ingrid Ray born December 4, 2024--for a posterity of 71.
Week of
...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--8 spouses of G-C, and 8 great-grandchildren, including Ingrid Ray born December 4, 2024--for a posterity of 71.
june 23-29, 2025
june 23-29, 2025
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025
Family is Everything….Sunrise: 5:58 a.m. Sunset: 9:01 p.m.
Family is Everything….
Happy Birthday, Kelly...your last few days inDayton, Ohio....remember your 20th birthday inSan Salvador
Happy Birthday, Kelly...
Happy Birthday, Kelly...
Happy Birthday, Kelly...
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Empty Nesters...Host and Hostess...Steve & Jeanie Larsen
17 were able to be there
Empty Nesters...Larsens have a beautifulback yard...
Empty Nesters...Linda, Diane
Empty Nesters...Eileen, Sharon, Howard
Empty Nesters...Linda, Diane, Bryant...SuzAnne.Kathie had dashed home to get jackets.
Empty Nesters...Allen, Jennie, Carol.
Empty Nesters...Mark, Tammy, Nadine.
Empty Nesters...Steve welcomed everyone,
Empty Nesters...Jeanie apologized for... 
Empty Nesters......the cool, windy weather.
Empty Nesters...She wondered if anyonewould come when theweathern dropped.
Empty Nesters...Thanks to allo for theyummy food.
Empty Nesters...The sloppy Joes were sodelicious. Jeanie said she simmered them all day.
Empty Nesters...They reminded of theold-fashioned ones thatBarrusses served at ourWendell Ward picnics in the 1950s.
Empty Nesters...Kathie, Bryant.
Empty Nesters...Nadine, Linda, Diane.
Empty Nesters...Nelson...
Empty Nesters...After the fun game with M&M's...we moved inside forthe final game...
Empty Nesters......Summer Bingo.
Empty Nesters...Linda, Kathie, Sharon, Howard, Nelson.
Empty Nesters...Jeanie and Stevecalled out the itemsfor Summer Bingo...
Empty Nesters...SuzAnne, Allen, Jennie, Bryant.
Empty Nesters... Nelson got the first Bingo!He chose a back scratcherfor his prize.
Empty Nesters...Eileen got the next Bingo!She chose a prettynotebook and pen.I think Kathie, Jennie,and Allen got the lastthree Bingos!
Empty Nesters...Jeanie took the firstgroup photo:
Empty Nesters...
Empty Nesters...
As I was leaving, I wasfasinated with Jeanie'sshoe rack...
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Empty Nesters...
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025
Family is Everything…
Happy Birthday, Janie...
Today is Janie's birthday...
She was born with red hairlike her Aunt Phyllis
Janie's birthday...At about 3 months her hair cameout. When it grew back in,it was blond.
Age 1 and one half shegot to go to Hawaii andmeet her Dad's Coast Guard ship "Chatauqua" come in.
Janie's birthday...Ages 2 and 3 she livedin Talihina, Oklahoma.
Janie's birthday...Age 3 she moved toBurley, Idaho.
Janie's birthday...Age 4 still in Burley
Janie's birthday...Age 6, still in Burley.
Janie's birthday...Age 18, still in Burley.Burley High SchoolClass of 1981
She was at BYU 1981-82,Sophomore 1982-83.That summer she did astudy-abroad semesterin England, ending in Paris.BYU Junior 1983-1984.Mission Argentina RosarioAugust 1984-February 1986.Winter Semester BYU 1986Married Shawn Fisher Oct 1986
Both students at BYUGraduated BYU in 1988.They moved to Champaign, Illinois,in Sept 1991.Moved to Rexburg, Idaho Aug 1996.They have lived in Rexburg for27 years. Along the way she has hadseven wonderful children...
Aimee, Daniel, Katie, Heidi,Sam, Ashley, Michael.
...and now 5 great spouses oftheir children - Michael, Kelly, Parker,Pono, Sara...
Michael & Aimee - 2011
Michael & Aimeewith Fishers and Mechams
Kelly & Daniel - 2013
Reception in Bostonwith Bakers and Fishers
Parker & Katie - 2014
With 8 grandparents -Andersons, Nebekers,Fishers, Petersens.
Pono & Heidi - 2020
Sara & Sam - 2020
Family - 2019
Grandchildren,precious grandchildren...Taitum - 1st g-c - 2016
Diesel - 2nd g-c - 2018and new sister,Scottie Marie, 4th g-c June 2022.
Umi - 20223rd g-c
Umi's Blessing Day in Rexburg,April 17, 2022
Maeve - 20225th g-c
Ohi'a - 20246th g-c
...and grandchild #7 wasborn in December 2024.Ingrid.She is the little sisterto Maeve.
Grandchild #8 is duein Sep 2025.*** *** ***Janie & ShawnPosterity...Aimee & MichaelDaniel & Kelly,Maeve and IngridKatie & Parker, Taitum, Diesel, Scottie,and baby boy, Bo,due in Sep 2025.Ashley & Pono,Umi and Ohi'a.Sam & Sara.Ashley Michael will marryDarby JoAugust 2.
Happy Birthday, Janie.Love from Mom.
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Family is Everything...
...and so are friends!
Interesting
Fact for the day: Idaho!
Here's
a few things to mull over about the state.……
Boise
means "the trees" in French, since the earliest fur trappers, being
French-Canadians, exclaimed the phrase with joy upon finding the spot with a
great river.
The
state motto is "Esto Perpetua", which means "It is
forever".
Idaho
has more miles of rivers than any other state at 3,100 miles. Also, the Salmon
River is the longest free-flowing river that heads and flows within a single
state
Idaho
has a state horse, the Appaloosa, and state fish, the prized cutthroat trout.
It also has a state fruit...the huckleberry!
The
Center of the Universe is found there, in Wallace, population 800. Even has a
manhole cover marking the exact spot.
It's
called the Gem State because of the 72 types of precious and semi-precious
stones found here, including possibly the largest diamond ever found in the US!
One
of the world's rare blue football fields can be found at BSU, nicknamed the
Smurf Turf.
The
first alpine chairlift was used in Sun Valley, and in 1936 the fee was 25 cents
per ride.
MOVIE NIGHT
The Classics... {16}DAVID COPPERFIELD - 1935 version
Here's
a few things to mull over about the state.……
Boise
means "the trees" in French, since the earliest fur trappers, being
French-Canadians, exclaimed the phrase with joy upon finding the spot with a
great river.
The
state motto is "Esto Perpetua", which means "It is
forever".
Idaho
has more miles of rivers than any other state at 3,100 miles. Also, the Salmon
River is the longest free-flowing river that heads and flows within a single
state
Idaho
has a state horse, the Appaloosa, and state fish, the prized cutthroat trout.
It also has a state fruit...the huckleberry!
The
Center of the Universe is found there, in Wallace, population 800. Even has a
manhole cover marking the exact spot.
It's
called the Gem State because of the 72 types of precious and semi-precious
stones found here, including possibly the largest diamond ever found in the US!
One
of the world's rare blue football fields can be found at BSU, nicknamed the
Smurf Turf.
The
first alpine chairlift was used in Sun Valley, and in 1936 the fee was 25 cents
per ride.
