Traces of Time . . . November 17-23, 2025

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I FINALLY GOT INSTITUTE

IN FOR THIS WEEK.

SLOW IN GETTING WEEK

NOV 24-30 STARTED...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL

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Week of

november 17-23 2025

HIGHLIGHT was going

to burley temple

open house

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...we belongto eternity...Neal A. Maxwell

On this blog I share with family and friends my 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 to my wonderful husband,

Walter Ray Petersen.

For the 59 years we lived 

together on this earth,

I pinched myself that

I was the lucky gal 

whom he chose to be

 his

eterna sweetheart.

I still can hardly

believe it.

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."He not only healed medically, but he healed spiritually as a bishop, stake president, mission president, temple president, patriarch, doctor, friend, husband, father, grandfather--an all around exceptional person. Our friend, Jeff Rasmussen, said: "There will never be another like Walt Petersen in our town."

 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--

 second only to being 

with me and our children--

was as a 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.  {He owned the plane with two partners).

We were blessed to serve 4 missions together--FIRST MISSIONJuly 1995-July 1998  3 YEARS 

               Mission President and wife of the                Mexico Merida Mission - YucatanCancun was in our Mission.We drove 3,000 miles each month to Zone conferences and to interview the missionaries.*** *** ***SECOND MISSION     Mar 2005-Feb 20072 YEARSArea Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,  Costa Rica, Panama.We lived in Guatemala City.we went to a differant country each month.12 missions -                     2,000 missionaries.*** *** ***THIRD MISSIONSep 2008-Mar 20101 1/2 YEARSArea Medical Advisor - South America So.Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - -2300 missionaries*** *** ***

FOURTH MISSIONJuly 2011 -Nov 20143 YEARS 3 MONTHS
Temple President and Temple MatronSan Salvador El Salvador TempleDedicated Aug 21, 2011*** *** ***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?"

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Walt was also a carpenter at heart--like his carpenter father, Ray Petersen.

Family... From 1963 to 1974 we hadseven and called that heaven...

This blog is...Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen...

 

...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--10 spouses of G-C, and with a new gg-son 8-28-'25 = 9 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 73...2 gg-c due in 2026.

Week of

NOVEMBER 17-23, 2025

                 MONDAY, 

 NOVEMBER 17, 2025

Family is Everything….

 Sunrise:  7:16 a.m.                                           Sunset 5:08  p.m.-

Empty Nesters for November

Empty Nesters at The Ales Home

Yummy soups - Breads - Desserts

I don't know who made the soups or each dessert--but we can all agree, there are many great cooks among the Empty Nesters' group. 

Fruit pizza -- pretty, as well

as delicious made by Sharon.

Yvonne told us Jason made this  divine chocolate dish.

Wish I knew who made the yellow

fluff dessert--so yummy!

Chocolate cake is always a hit.

Mayra and Eric brought the beautiful lemon bundt cake. MaryAnn made the

tasty toffee.

Yvonne, Jason, Bryant

Sorry, Kathie, I didn't realize we

didn't get a photo of you by Bryant...

Howard, Sharon, Steve, Jeanie

Eileen, Tammy, Mark, Howard

Diane, Kaye, MaryAnn

At the table in the other room

where I didn't get photos were...

Marcus & Joanne, Eric & Mayra,

Henry & Laura...

Game Time... 

...Blank Slate

Passing out the prizes... 

  

The top three prizes went to 

Harold, Mayra, and Eric, so

Mayra donated her prize back so...

...fourth place

Tammy also got a prize.

  Twenty were able to come...

Henry took this photo...

          ...then Eric took

                   this one with Henry in it.

Four gals without spouses there...

Kaye's Doug is pretty much

home bound now.

Diane, MaryAnn, and Eileen

are three of the 10 widows

on the current Lunch Bunch*

list of 24...

{*Lunch Bunch is open to any

who would like to

and are able to come

to lunch on Wed at 11:30.}

Thank you to our gracious 

host and hostess, Henry & Laura...

TUESDAY,  

NOVEMBER 18, 2025

Family is Everything…

       Family is Everything...

INSTITUTE

The Parable of

Lazarus and

The Rich Man

 Thank you for another

great lesson,

Dwight & Teresa Muse.

  Carol, Thank you for taking

me to Institute again.

School's out...

 Movie Night with Gary...The last

 three movies we've seen have had

 very sad endings, so we wanted to

 watch one with a happy ending. And

 we wanted one about Thanksgiving.

 We found  "The Mayflower Crossing"

 but had to be "subscribed" to. Then

 we found "William Bradford - The

 Founding of Plymouth Rock," same

 thing  

So we ended up watching "Zootopia."

 It had a happy ending.

Budget	$150 million
Box office	$1.025 billion ]

It came out in 2015. No wonder they

 have made Zootopia 2--just being

 released...see the cox office above.

Always enjoy Gary coming...

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WEDNESDAY,

NOVEMBER 19, 2025

Family is Everything…

...and so are friends!

 Lunch Bunch was at Mi Ranchito -                    17 were able to come

SORTING OUT DUPLICATES

 Lunch Bunch

 Lunch Bunch

 

 

 Lunch Bunch

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 Lunch Bunch

Piña Colada

A cocktail made with rum, pineapple juice, and coconut. The name piña colada (Spanish) literally means "strained pineapple", a reference to the freshly pressed and strained pineapple juice used in the drink's preparation

...and we get it without

the rum, of course.

 Lunch Bunch

 Lunch Bunch

 Lunch Bunch

 Lunch Bunch

 

THURSDAY, 

NOVEMBER 20, 2025

Family is Everything…

RELIEF SOCIETY ACTIVITY

FRIENDSGIVING...

As I was outside waiting for Sharon to pick me up to go to the Church, Hayden Jaussi, a teenage young man from our ward, came over and asked if I needed some help. When I told him Sister Howell would be coming in a few minutes to take me to the Relief Society activity, he said he's wait with me until she got there. And right then Sharon pulled up. Iasked him to take a selfie of us.

What a kind and thoughtful young man 

JOANNE, OUR RS PRESIDENT,

TOLD US 125 DRESSESV HAD BEEN DONATED

FRIENDSHIP SOUP INGREDIENTS

   

TAMMY AND HER NIECE BRINLEY

MADE THESE DARLING 

ORAGAMI DRESSES...

MONICA DID THESE

BEAUTIFUL CENTERPIECES

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Heber C. Kimball said...                                                          “I am perfectly satisfied that my Father and my God is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured Being. Why? Because I am cheerful, pleasant, lively and good-natured when I have His Spirit…. That arises from the perfection of His attributes; He is a jovial, lively person, and a beautiful man.”

“When a person is miserable, wretched, and unhappy in himself, put him in what circumstances you please, and he is wretched still. If a person is poor, and composes his mind, and calmly submits to the providences of God, he will feel cheerful and happy in all circumstances, if he continues to keep the commandments of God.”

“I know that He lives; I know that His Son Jesus Christ lives; I know that the Holy Ghost lives; and I know that the angels of God live. I know that Joseph [Smith] lives, for I saw him and heard his voice, and have been acquainted with him in his lifetime."

“A testimony is not an exhortation; a testimony is not a sermon; none of you are here to exhort the rest. You are here to bear your own witness.  --Heber C. Kimball

Heber C. Kimball
First Counselor in the First Presidency
December 27, 1847 – June 22, 1868
Called by	Brigham Young
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
February 14, 1835 – December 27, 1847
Called by	Three Witnesses
End reason	Called as First Counselor in the First Presidency
LDS Church Apostle
February 14, 1835 – June 22, 1868
Called by	Three Witnesses
Reason	Initial organization of Quorum of the Twelve
Reorganization at end of term	No apostles ordained[1]
Personal details
Born	Heber Chase Kimball June 14, 1801 Sheldon, Vermont, U.S.
Died	June 22, 1868 (aged 67) Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, U.S.
Signature

Descendants

Kimball has a number of noteworthy descendants, including:

·        J. Golden Kimball, Son

·        Spencer W. Kimball, Grandson

·        Orson F. Whitney, Grandson

·        Quentin L. Cook, Great-great-grandson

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My husband, Walt, said: "If God doesn't have a sense of humor, we're all in trouble."

  

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FRIDAY,  

NOVEMBER 21, 2025

             Family is Everything…

  Getting ready to go to Idaho to the

 Burley Temple Open House

 tomorrow. I didn't take any photos...

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SATURDAY,  

NOVEMBER 22, 2025

                    Family is Everything…

  A Very Happy Day...  

        David drove Gary, Steve, and me

             to the Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple.

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

November 6-22, 2025 except Sundays.

15 days

Temple

Temple

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple.

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

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Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

Open House of the

                Burley Idaho Temple...

Friends we saw...

Chad & Bonnie Jones

   Delon Jones...

TOTAL COUNT FOR THE 15 DAYS 

WAS RIGHT AT 90,000

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SUNDAY, 

 NOVEMBER 23, 2025

                   

Family is Everything…

 Sunday

Saratoga Springs 3RD WARD

Never know when changes are coming...

Three ward presidencies were hanged today...

Sunday School

Relief Society

Young Women

Released:

Henry Ales, President

Called:

Relief Society

Released:

Joanne Lyon, President

Heidi Wright, First Counselor

Laura Ales, Second Counselor

Sue Allen, Secretary

Called:

Sue Allen, President

Heidi Wright, First Counselor

Sharon Howell, Second Counselor

Missy Ballantyne, Secretary

Young Women

Released:

Elisse Johnson, President

Jen Miller

Stephanie Howell

Called:

Stephanie Howell, President

Relief Society 

Bishopric came in to

set apart the new

Relief Society Presidency

** *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 23rd, 2025

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. 

“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."

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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 Dallin H. Oaks 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.  Because of the restored Priesthood Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

PRIESTHOOD

 

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Of these truths I testify in the 

Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Eileen Petersen

November 23, 2025 

                                      

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