****Walt & Eileen Petersen**: Traces of Time . . . February 5-11, 2024

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Traces of Time . . . February 5-11, 2024

Traces of Time . . . .

{Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, 1982

"The magical, supernatural force
that is with us every second is time.

We can't even comprehend it.
It's such an illusion,
it's such a strange thing."
— Anthony Hopkins
Note from Eileen: You will notice I call my blog: "Traces of 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 at age 86.

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 9 spouses married to our grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 1 due in April and posterity to come.
So our posterity now numbers 66. Number 67 due in April.
THIS WEEK
FEBRUARY 5-11, 2024

MONDAY,FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Family is Everything.. Sunrise: 7:33 a.m.

Sunset: 5:50 p.m.
Last Monday to compare to...
Jan 29-Feb 4

...this Monday.
Death of Parent
05 February 2001
Wendell City, Gooding County, Idaho, United States Of America
Jane Maria Prescott
1910–2001 • KWHS-NPGDeath

Happy Birthday, Emma...
Emma...
Emma...
Emma...
Emma...
Emma...
Emma...
Emma...
Emma...

Happy Birthday, Emma...

Emma...
Emma...is a nanny in Colorado and
doing college online,
majoring in psychology.
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MONDAY,FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Family is Everything...

Gary and Isaac are
in San Francisco...Gary texted:
"We made it to San Francisco...
…but we got sucked into the Golden Gate Bridge, but didn’t know how to pay the toll So we may be fugitives already."

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Golden Gate Bridge
View from the Marin Headlands, 2007
Coordinates 37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W
Carries
6 lanes of  US 101 / SR 1 (see § Traffic)
Bicycle route:  USBR 95
Eastern walkway: pedestrians or bicycles during selected hours (see § Usage and tourism)
Western walkway: bicycles (only when pedestrians are allowed on the eastern sidewalk)
Crosses Golden Gate
Locale San Francisco, California and Marin County, California, U.S.
Official name Golden Gate Bridge
Maintained by Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District^[1]
Website goldengate.org/bridge
Characteristics
Design Suspension, Art Deco, truss arch & truss causeways
Material Steel
Total length 8980 ft,^[2] about 1.70 mi (2.74 km)
Width 90 ft (27.4 m)
Height 746 ft (227.4 m)
Longest span 4200 ft,^[3] about 0.79 mi (1.27 km)
Clearance above 14 ft (4.3 m) at toll gates
Clearance below 220 ft (67.1 m) at high tide
History
Architect Irving Morrow
Engineering design by Joseph Strauss, Charles Ellis, Leon Solomon Moisseiff
Constructed by Barrett and Hilp
Construction start January 5, 1933
Construction end April 19, 1937
Opened May 27, 1937; 86 years ago
Statistics
Daily traffic 88,716 (FY2020)^[4]
Toll
Southbound only
FasTrak or pay-by-plate, cash not accepted
Effective July 1, 2023:
$8.75 (FasTrak users)
$9.00 (Pay-by-plate users)
$6.75 (carpools during peak hours, FasTrak only)
California Historical Landmark
Designated June 18, 1987^[5]
Reference no. 974
San Francisco Designated Landmark
Designated May 21, 1999^[6]
Reference no. 222
Location

Gary and Isaac climbed
the 13 floors, 234 steps
(elevators out of service)
to the top of...

View
from Coit Tower roof...

They also toured Alcatraz

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2024
  Family is Everything...**
  Just a reminder that our new course of study begins tomorrow (Tues. Feb. 6th) at the Centennial Building RS room. We meet from 10:00-11:15 AM. Tomorrow we will be learning what our prophets have to say about our Mother in Heaven.

Our new course will be a sweet experience (and may I add for men and women!) as we look closely at many women who serve as great examples for all of us. We will learn from the attributes and contribution of women mentioned in all four of the standard works of the Church.
“The lives of women in the Church are a powerful witness that spiritual gifts, promises, and blessings of the Lord are given to all those who qualify, ‘that all may be benefited’ [Doctrine and Covenants 46:9]” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Influence of Righteous Women,” 7).
We sincerely hope you will join us for the next few months. If you've been gone for a while, we'd love to have you join us and bring your friends. Giving an hour more each week to study and learn will be a great blessing in your life.

Love,
BETSY JONES inspirations.bj@gmail.com
(405)203-8694
LORI LYN REGAS mellowmarsh1@gmail.com
(805)368-7667
Institute
Betsy Jones began
the new course of Instruction:
"Women in the Scriptures"

Mother in Heaven...

Mother in Heaven...

Mother in Heaven...

Institute class...
a great way to
"Think Celestial..."
...and to
"Stay on the Covenant Path."
Thank you, Betsy, for a
tender and respectiful
lesson about our
Glorious Mother in Heaven.
So nice to have your
daughter Kristin
with us today.
Kristin, Russ, Betsy
I feel blessed to be able
to go to Institute.
Thank you, Julie, for driving me
to and from.
I also found this quote...

Cloudy and rainy...

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Family is Everything...
Elder Ben Brewer off to the MTC
in Mexico for his Honduras
San Pedro Sula West Mission

Lunch Bunch was at
a new restaurant in
Saratoga Springs
Blossom
at 2982 N Hillcrest Road
Saratoga Springs

We were in this quiet room at
a long table on the far right
that you can just see the
corner of.
We all commented on the
large portions of the lunch specials.
\The egg drop soup was yummy.
I got sweet 'n sour chicken--
as did Kaye, Sharon, Linda
and some others.
I had already eaten three
pieces of chicken when I
remembered to take a photo.
Shauna got Seseme Chicken.
She said the Spring Roll was
the best she's ever had.
Nadine got Egg Foo Young.
It's also called a Chinese Omelette.
Shauna, Tammy, Sharon
Thank you, Sharon, for the
fun Valentine heart candies
you brought for each one.

Kathie, Linda H.,
Kaye, Eileen
Sharon, Nadine, SuzAnne
Shauna, Tammy
  Ten were able to come today...
Clockwise from left:
Shauna, Tammy, Sharon,
Nadine, SuzAnne, Rosane,
Kathie, Linda H,
Kaye, Eileen.
We always miss those
who can't come.

Maybe you can see some
better in this enlarged photo.
  We're all thrilled to have
Tammy back with us.

There was no sun shining
to get a photo outside, so
I got these three inside as
we were leaving...
Sharon, Nadine, Linda H
Nadine, thank you for driving
us safely home in the blizzard that
started from the rain we had
driving to Harvest Hills at 11:00.
Lunch Bunch is one of the
favorite times of our week.
* * *
Movie Night with Gary...
however, he's in San Francisco
with his 18 y-o son for some
college acceptance interviews,
so we will postpone this movie
to next Wed, Feb 14.
"An Affair to Remember" 1957

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An Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Filmed in CinemaScope, it was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is considered among the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute.^[4]
**The film was a remake of McCarey's 1939 film Love Affair, starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.
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Napoleon did do some good things...
Above all, Napoleon [1769-1821] left durable institutions, the “granite masses” on which modern France has been built up: the administrative system of the prefects, the Napoleonic Code, the judicial system, the Banque de France and the country’s financial organization, the centralized university, and the military academies. Napoleon changed the history both of France and of the world.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Family is Everything…
Today I saw this on
Charmene Prescott's fb post:
"I love you to the Beach and back."
I haven't seen this saying before.
Fun one for Steve and kids who
fly to Hawaii tomorrow--Feb 9, '24--
to spend some time with Kimble & Maddie.

I have three beautiful daughters...
...who are always prim and proper.

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NOT FINISHED WITH THIS
POST FOR MY DAUGHTERS...

First Beloved Daughter
Mary Jane
"Janie"

BYU - Education
Study Abroad
Mission - Argentina Rosario
Marriage - Shawn
7 Children
Provo, Utah
Champaign, Illinois
Rexburg, Idaho
Ricks College
BYU-IDAHO
Idaho Ballroom Academy
5 grandchildren

Janie with Shawn
Aimee, Daniel, Katie,
Heidi, Sam, Ashley,
and Michael.
Janie with Aimee,
Katie, Heidi
Janie with Katie
Janie with her Dad
Janie baked her Dad
an apple pie for his 86th
birthday - April 2020.
Janie with family heir loom
cocoa pot.
Janie with Ashley.

Janie with her family
December 2022
Grandmother
Maeve
Taitum, Diesel, Scottie Marie
Umi, plus a g-dau Apr '24

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* * * * *
Second Beloved Daughter
Julie Beth
Julie - Burley High School
BYU - Education
Mission - BYU Ballroom Tour Team
Marriage - John
4 Children
Nampa, Idaho
Orem, Utah
Lehi, Utah
Saratoga Springs, Utah
BYU Youth Ballroom Program

Julie with her Dad

Julie with her Mom
Julie with her sister
Julie with her sisters

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Third Beloved Daughter
Jennifer Eileen
"Jen"
Jen with brother Brian
Jen at a favorite activity...
BYU - Dietetics
Mission - Guatemala - Welfare
Marriage - Jerry
7 Children
BYU - Dietetics
Masters - Nutricion
Author - Several books
Director for several
World Welfare Services
"Saving the World One Village
at a Time"
Jen

Jen

Jen

Jen
Jen
Jen
Jen

was
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2024**

Family is Everything…
Steve, Cortney, Q, Carter
are off on their
"Dadcation2024" to Hawaii to
spend some time with
Kimble & Maddie --
looking back at their wedding day...
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23 2023

Family is Everything…

Congratulations to

Kimble & Maddie...

...now Mr. & Mrs.

Honolulu, Hawaii

We are so happy for you.

Kimble & Maddie...

* * *

...to the family, Maddie.

We love you.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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This came up on face book

today from 7 years ago...

February 9, 2017

Kimble's State Swim Meet

Family and friends...

Family and friends on a different night...

Family support...

...and more family support.

Swimmer of the year!

on

...now 7 years later Kimble & Maddie

will be with some of his family tonight.

Salt Lake City, UT is 3 hours ahead of Honolulu, HI
7:22 PM Friday, in Salt Lake City, UT is
4:22 PM Friday, in Honolulu, HI...

Back to today:
Friday, February 9, 2024...

No school today

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Steve, Cortney, Q, Carter
are on their
"Dadcation2024" in Hawaii to
spend time with
Kimble & Maddie...
Hawaii
Hawaii

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Family is Everything…
Steve, Cortney, Q, Carter
are off on their
"Dadcation2024" to Hawaii to
spend some time with
Kimble & Maddie --

Hawaii beach...
Hawaii
Hawaii
* * *
Maddie and Jacee were
in the Ballroom Competitions
last weekend and this weekend...

* * *
Got a wedding announcement
for our neighbor...
Mary Lu Funk
&
Nathan Nelson

February 29, 2024
Saratoga Springs Temple

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2024
Family is Everything…
Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

10:30 a.m. for 2024...
Five parents shared
what their missionaries
are doing...
Val Green, Cindy Gifford,
Jodi Graham, Brett Sterrett,
and Laura Ross.
RELIEF SOCIETY...

The lesson was taught by
Francine Johnson.
"Love is Spoken Here"
by Elder Gerritt W. Gong

Thank you, Francine, for
teaching R.S. today.
Cassidy stood by me on
the way to their car.
The Buchanans gave
me a ride home.
Julie & John were
with Jacee today.

There was no Sunday dinner
today...we each warmed
up leftovers.

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 February 11th,
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.
He knows what our potential is.
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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.
* * *
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.
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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.
* * *
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 Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

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Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
February 11, 2024

Next week FEBRUARY 12-18, 2024
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