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?"
*** *** *** 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: a.m. Sunset 7: p.m.-
Empty Nesters at The Ales Home
Yummy soups - Breads - Desserts
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...
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.
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 18, 2025
Family is Everything…
Family is Everything...
INSTITUTE
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
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Lunch Bunch
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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
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
“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
Stay on the Covenant Pathto reach theTree of Life
A wise person once said, "Every society will be judged byhow it treats the least fortunate."
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 
TIME...we belongto eternity...Neal A. Maxwell
...but to my wonderful husband,Walter Ray Petersen.For the 59 years we lived together on this earth,I pinched myself thatI was the lucky gal whom he chose to be hiseterna sweetheart.I still can hardlybelieve it.
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...
Then in a six-seater Cessna high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. 4824 Foxtrot was the call number. {He owned the plane with two partners).
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*** *** ***
*** *** ***
so fourth placeTammy also got a prize.
Twenty were able to come...Henry took this photo...
...then Eric took this one with Henry in it.
JOANNE, OUR RS PRESIDENT,TOLD US 125 DRESSESV HAD BEEN DONATED
FRIENDSHIP SOUP INGREDIENTS
TAMMY AND HER NIECE BRINLEYMADE THESE DARLING ORAGAMI DRESSES...
MONICA DID THESEBEAUTIFUL CENTERPIECES
