****Walt & Eileen Petersen**: Traces of Time . . . December 8-14, 2025

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Traces of Time . . . December 8-14, 2025

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

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Week of
DECembeR 8-14, 2025
{If you've already seen this mini-life-sketch of Walt...just scroll down to Monday for this week...}

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 for the
Uruguay-Paraguay Mission
August 1954 - March 1957.

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--Newel and Bill.)
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 my Eternal Sweetheart and 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

DECEMBER 8-14, 2025

MONDAY,

DECEMBER 8, 2025

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December Birthdays
04 - Heidi - "29"
04 - Ingrid - "1"
07 - Anna - "25"
12 - Steve - "59"
14 - Cortney - "32"
15 - Eileen - "87"
22 - Jacee - "23"
30 - Josh - "28"
Remembrances...
10 - Grama Rie Maria(h) Smith Prescott 1882-1970 "87"
Bide & Rie Wedding - June 10, 1903
He had just turned 29, she was 20.

12 - Grampa A - Arnold G. Albertson 1912-1982 "69"
20 - Grampa Ray - Raymond O. Petersen 1907-1970 "62"
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025

  Family is Everything…

Family is Everything….
Sunrise:   7:37 a.m.                           Sunset 5:01 p.m.

First-- I'm remembering

my father on his

113th birthday...

the last 43 have been in heaven.

Arnold Albertson, Age 21 in

Hagerman, Idaho where he grew up.

Summer of 1934

He was 24 in September 1937 when

he eloped with his sweetheart,

Verna Beth Huffaker.

Arnold - Age 32 - Summer 1945

He died at age 69 of colon cancer.

Miss you, Daddy. I think of you as busy

and happy in heaven, reunited with

your eternal sweetheart after she was

a widow for 31 years.

* * *
This is how I picture you in your

prime with Mom in heaven...

💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘

💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘
* *
Wouldn't we all love to tell

our family members in heaven

how much we miss them and

how thankful we are for all

that they did for us...
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TUESDAY,

DECEMBER 9, 2025
Family is Everything…

Family is Everything...

INSTITUTE

The Parable of the

Unforgiving Servant

how

After the lesson they served Christmas

breads, cookoes, hot chocolate and hot

cider.

* * *

* * *

Tuesday night movie with Gary...

We watched

"The Miracle on 34th Street"

1994 version

WEDNESDAY,

DECEMBER 10, 2025

Family is Everything…

...and so are friends!

Five days till my birthday and
I'm invited to a nice
candlelight dinner with
many friends at our
Empty Nesters
on December 15.
Laura just sent another reminder...
Tammy & Mark are catering
a Chicken Cordon Bleu dinner...
which is one of my favorites.

Lunch Bunch was at Sabaidee
Thai Restaurant in Lehi.

Sue, Jeanie

Eileen, MaryAnn

Annette, Kathie

Brynlee, Shauna

The back-light from the window

washed out the photos on this side.

Jennie, Sharon, Tammy

Eleven were able to come...

Eileen, MaryAnn, Carol, Jennie,

Sharon, Tammy, Brynlee--Tammy's

niece, Shauna, Annette, Kathie, Sue,

Jeanie.

Outside in the sunshine...

Tammy, Eileen, Kathie, Sue, Shauna.

Brynlee--Devon's daughter, Tammy,

Eileen, Sue, Shauna.

* * *
gifts given today...

...from Sharon, Shauna, Sue, Kathie.

...from Sharon

...from Shauna

...from Sue

...from Kathie

The ten who received gifts today...

* * *

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025
Family is Everything…

Sunset was at 5:01 p.m.

* * *
FRIDAY,

DECEMBER 12, 2025**

Family is Everything…

Happy Birthday, Steve
"59"
Steven Ray Peterse
President, Perry Homes
May 2024
...back in January 1967
Blessing Day with
Grampa Ray & Grama Jane,
Mom, and Grama A.
Dad took the photo,
Grampa Albertson was
parking the car.

1967 - Age 1
Christmas 1967 in
Wendell, Idaho with
Great-Grandparents--
Dave & Ella Huffaker,
sister Mary Jane,
brother Gary.

Easter 1968
Age 2 - Burley, Idaho
Summer 1972 Steve, age 5
with Great-grandparents
Oct 1980 - Steve age 13,
raking leaves with
friend, Aaron Taylor, for
Great-Grampa Huffaker, age 89,
at his home in Wendell, Idaho
Age 16 - Jan 1983 ski trip
with brother Brian, sister Jen,
and friend Gina Granata

1990 at LA. Beach with
Dad and brothers--Gary and Brian.
David was on his mission in
Ventura, California.
1991- Brian's
Eagle Court of Honor
Eagle Scout brothers...
Steve, Gary, Brian, David

1970'S - Cessna airplane
4824 Foxtrot
1973 - Harvesting garden in alley
1970'S Flying B Ranch

1973 - New Chevy truck

1976 - Steve got the family skiing
when he was in 3rd grade
1980s - Hoeing beets at
Church Farm
1980s - Burley Barracuda Family Swim Meet

1980s Jumping off bridges with Dad
1990s

1991 - Family gathered for Dad
Mini-Cassia Business
Man of the Year
1997 - Christmastime
HoHo Mexico
2001 - Ski Day
2007 - October

Feb 2008
Gary, David, Steve, Dad

Feb 2009
Picked Dad up at S.L. Airport...

Steve's treasures...
Kelsey, Cortney, Carter, Kimble,
plus a little boy JT we
don't photograph...
Stever, hope you have a wonderful birthday, today, December 12, 2025.

1983...
May we always walk hand in hand
as a family...

Thank you for all you do
for your widowed mother.
...for all the dinners, movies, plays, ballroom performances, rides to Idaho and here, flowers, gifts, visits, talks, tributes...
more than I can list.
Thank you for being you!
A son I am proud of, admire, cherish, and love with all my heart--as does your Dad.

Happy Birthday, Stever,
and many more...
Love always,
Mom
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* * *
Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward
Christmas Party**

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SATURDAY,

DECEMBER 13, 2025

Family is Everything…

To

* * ***

* * * * * * *

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2025**

**** *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
December 14, 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.

* * *

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 Dallin H. Oaks is the Living Prophet today for all the world.
* * *
October 14, 2025
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December 5, 2025                                   Official Photo of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles

* * *
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.
PRIESTHOOD

* * *
Of these truths I testify in the
Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
December 14, 2025


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