****Walt & Eileen Petersen**: Traces of Time . . . April 15-21, 2024

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Traces of Time . . . April 15-21, 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

APRIL 15-21, 2024

April - Hope you all have a wonderful, fantastic birthday!
17 - Walt - "90" Remembrance - 4th in heaven
24 - Gary - "59"
24 - John - "50"
24 - Kimble - "25"
25 - Jerry - "50"

MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024
Family is Everything...

Sunrise: 6:49 a.m.

Sunset: 8:06 p.m.

...this Monday

Last Monday to compare to...
* * *
Info from Wikipedia: We all loved him!
"Walter Leland Cronkite Jr.** (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News^[1] for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll.^[2][3][4] Cronkite received numerous honors including two Peabody Awards, a George Polk Award, an Emmy Award and in 1981 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
"Cronkite reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War;^[5] the Dawson's Field hijackings; Watergate; the Iran Hostage Crisis; and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr., and Beatles musician John Lennon. He was also known for his extensive coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of an Ambassador of Exploration award.^[6] Cronkite is known for his departing catchphrase, "And that's the way it is", followed by the date of the broadcast.^[7]
"Cronkite died at his home in 2009, at the age of 92, from cerebrovascular disease."

TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2024

Family is Everything...
Institute

Lori Lyn and Betsy teach

the course of Instruction:
"Women in the Scriptures"

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2024

Family is Everything...
Walt's Birthday Remembrance
He would have been 90 today.

APRIL 17 IS WALT'S

BIRTHDAY

"Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking."
— Malcolm Gladwell, author
Walt made a lot of decisions

in his life. Many affecting

other people's lives for good.

He not only went by the Gladwell

quote but by prayer and inspiration.

Whenever he was confronted with

a situation, he never acted until

he knew both sides.

Here's my face book post:
Happy Heavenly Birthday to Walt Petersen
--my Eternal Sweetheart--
today April 17, 2024 - 90th B-day
Remembrance. It's his fourth one in heaven.
Walt died from Lewy Body Dementia
on August 21, 2020.
He was born in Wendell, Idaho, April 17, 1934.
We had moved to Burley, Idaho, in 1966 after
medical school at Washington University
in St. Louis, internship in Minneapolis,
and military service at an Indian Hospital
in Talihina, Oklahoma which included
some time on the Coast Guard
Cutter Chatauqua in the
Pacific Ocean.
(The U.S. Public Health Service
furnishes the medical needs
of the Coast Guard--
anyway it did in the 1960s).
We lived in Burley, Idaho
for 52 years -
1966-2018 before moving to
Saratoga Springs, Utah,
when our kids determined
our health wasn't good
enough for us to live alone.
We are thankful for their
watchful care of us.
*
Julie's post from 2022:

Dad, you were larger than life

but you were also just my dad.

I know I’m one of the lucky ones

to have had such a great influence

right in my home.

I’m so grateful

my children were able to live

with you two different times

in their lives.

I love and miss you very much.

Wishing you a

Happy Heavenly Birthday!

* * * * * * *

Remembering Walt on his

90th Birthday...

This painting by Norman Rockwell

could have been Walt going off

to college...

his Dad was a hard-working carpenter

of very modest means.

Walt took a train to the state university -

University of Idaho --

265 miles from Wendell, Idaho

to Moscow, Idaho.

(Pronounced Mos-co, in

Russia theirs is Mos-cow.)

And when I got engaged

to Walt, his Mom said to me:

"Eileen, you know Walt has

always had a dog."

Norman Rockwell painting

for the

Saturday Evening Post.

Details show the father, a hard-working man

of modest means, was going to flag

the train to pick up his son.

The wistful dog is a priceless inclusion.

Before he grew up and

went off to college...

here are some growing

up years . . .

Walt - 1938 - Age 4

with his dog Peggy.

Summer 1940

Walt - age 6

Ray 32, Jane 29, Bonnie 10,

Phyllis 8, Dale almost 1.

Walt - Age 6

Walt - First Grade

Walt - Freshman - 1948-1949

Wendell High School

Walt 14, Freshman - Dale 9, 4th grade

Big Winter '48-'49

Living in basement

Wendell, Idaho

Walt - Winter 1950

Sophomore - age 15, Dale 10.

Dad had just finished their home

above the basement where

they had lived for 3 years.

Walt - Sophomore 1949-50

Played on Varsity team

Walt wouldn't smile

in photos because of

the gap between his

front teeth.

Walt Senior year - Class of 1952

Wendell High School

Walt - 1952-53 was on the U of Idaho

freshman basketball team.

He was also in the ROTC.

Walt - 1953-54

The coach at Boise Jr College

recruited him to play basketball

his second year in Boise.

Walt - Sophomore at
Boise Jr. College
1953-1954
{It became Boise State College}

Walt - Age 19
with his sister Phyllis
and brother Dale
Walt - Aug 1954 to Mar 1957
A young man had to be 20 to
serve a mission and a
foreign mission was an extra
6 months to learn the language
in the country because there
was no MTC.
August 17, 1954 received
his endowment in the Salt Lake Temple.
Walt - Aug 18-21, 1954,
Wednesday to Saturday
he had 4 days of instruction
on being a missionary.
On August 19, the group
of 127 missionaries did
a session in the
Salt Lake Temple.

These four days also
included being set apart by
a General Authority. Walt was
set apart by Elder Sterling W. Sill
on August 20, 1954 at the Church
Administration Building.

He boarded the train at 5:30 p.m.
on August 21 with 12 other
missionaries--4 going to Brazil,
5 to Argentina, and
4 (including Walt)
going to Uruguay/Paraguay.

They were 48 hours in
New York City getting
their visas, and boarded
Ship S.S. Argentina on the
afternoon of Thursday,
August 26.

It took 20 days to
arrive at
Montevideo, Uruguay on
Tuesday, September 14, 1954.

Walt's first assignment that
evening was to go to the
the Mission Basketball
Team practice.
"Deseret" was the name
of the team.
One of the highlights of
his 30-month mission--
during the 9 months he was
an Assistant to the President--
was to travel for 2 weeks with
the Apostle Henry D. Moyle
and be his translator.
This included a meeting with
the dictator of Paraguay,
President Stroessner.
* * * * * * *
Walt returned home from his
mission in March 1957 and
turned 23 in April.

He enrolled that spring
quarter at BYU,
but since he could finish his
engineering major a year
sooner at University of Idaho,
he went back there for the
Fall Semester of 1957.
At the end of three weeks
back at the U of I, he was
thinking about medicine vs
engineering. He went to talk
to the pre-med advisor and
within an hour he had switched
out of his engineering courses
to pre-med classes.

His Dad & Mom, sister Phyllis,
and brother Dale came to his
college graduation in May 1959.

(Actually, Dale had also been at
the U of I with his brother those two
years 1957-1959, and Dale stayed
with his engineering major, but after his mission to Argentina he finished at BYU.)
Walt's U of Idaho graduation photo.
Was it the right decision for
Walt to change to medicine?
...he said to me on his graduation
day from medical school:

"I could have been happy as an engineer,
but not now that I've graduated
in medicine."

Walt - June 1963
Graduates from
Washington University
School of Medicine

"Dr. Petersen"
Did I miss something?
Oh...just that Walt found his
eternal sweetheart in Idaho
in the summer of 1960 and...
...they got married on
June 14, 1961 in the
Salt Lake Temple
Our reception was in Gooding, Idaho
June 17, 1961
...one of my favorite photos
from the reception.
...Walt was all smiles at
the end of the reception.

Walt did his one-year
family physician internship
at the Minneapolis General Hospital
June 1963-June 1964
Walt became a father on the
very day he began his internship--
two weeks after he graduated
from medical school...
He was age 29.

Grama A and my sister, Janice, came
on the train from Gooding, Idaho
to help us.

My mother had become a
grandmother at age 43.
My Dad was age 50.

For Walt's parents,

Janie was their 12th grandchild.
Ray was age 41 and Jane 38
when they had become
grandparents in 1948.
Mary Jane "Janie" Petersen
born in June 1963
Walt - U.S. Public Health Service
June 1964 - June 1966
We had 7 children in 11 years...

When we had seven we
said that was heaven
and called it good.

Janie, Gary, Steve, David,
Julie, Brian, Jen.
Walt - Family Physician
and Surgeon in
Burley Idaho - July 1, 1966
to January 14, 2005
Walt took flying lessons at the
Burley Airport in 1967,
and got a small Cherokee
Piper airplane.
Then we had a 2-engine
Aztec with two other
physicians for a while. Walt flew
us in that to a medical meeting
in Guadalajara, Mexico in
October 1972.
Then he ended up with his
dream airplane--a Cessna 206
turbo-charged (means it was
like always taking off at sea level).
It had the high wings that could
land on "pasture airstrips" without
loose rocks damaging the wings.
He was partners with
Newel Nelson and Leo Brown.
Later Mike Wheeler became
a partner, also.
Walt's happy place...
to fly with his wife and kids,
grandkids and friends...
...with Gary
...with Cortney and Kelsey
...with Kimble
♪♫♪♪♫** "Off 'he' goes into
the wild blue yonder..."
Info from Wkikpedia
"High Flight is a 1941 sonnet written by war poet John Gillespie Magee Jr. and inspired by his experiences as a fighter pilot of the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. Magee began writing the poem on 18 August, while stationed at No. 53 OTU outside London, and mailed a completed manuscript to his family on 3 September, three months before he died in a training accident. Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it was widely distributed when Magee became one of the first post-Pearl Harbor American casualties of the war on 11 December,after which it was exhibited at the American Library of Congress in 1942. Owing to its gleeful and ethereal portrayal of aviation, along with its allegorical interpretation of death and transcendence, the poem has been featured prominently in aviation memorials across the world, including that of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986."

High Flight

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
– Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."

Walt & Eileen - 1970s
...with three yeas out when
serving June 1995 to
July 1998 as a
Mission President for the
Mexico Merida Mission.
Presidente Petersen
loved his missionaries.
They worked very hard,
bicycled a lot of places,
then it changed to all walking.

"Dr. Petersen" did surgery on a lot
of ingrown toe nails
during these three years.
Hermana Petersen loved
the missionaries, too.
How blessed we were to
serve with such outstanding
young Elders y Hermanas!
When we finished our 3 years
in July 1998, the mission office
(behind us) and a chapel to the
other side of us were torn down
and the
Merida Mexico Temple
was built there.
Dedicated missionaries...
Going back 25 years
before he was a
mission president...

Walt - 1970-1976
Bishop
Burley 7th Ward
We started skiing in
JANUARY 1976.
The photo below was
about 1977--Walt age 42.

Guess which number
Walt is at this
ski lesson at Sun Valley...

"7" our family #.

Walt also served on the high council,
as a counselor in a stake presidency,
as a stake president of the new
Burley Idaho West Stake when
it was divided from the
Burley Idaho Stake in
May 1973.

He served 9 1/2 years
until November 1992.

He was called as a patriarch
in February 1993 to give
blessings in Spanish
throughout all 14 stakes
in the Magic Valley.

1994 he was called by
President Hunter
to be a
mission president,
serving 3 years--

June 1995-July 1998--
which photos have been
posted above.

Branch President/Bishop --
Young Single Adult Branch/Ward
covering 7 stakes --
Burley/Burley West/Declo/
Oakley/Paul/Rupert/Rupert West
Jan 2000-Sept 2004

Walt worked 7 more years
after we returned in 1998,
then retired on January 14, 2005,
at age 70.

Here is Walt three weeks before
he retired having just delivered
his last baby of about 3500.
I enlarged photo to see Walt better.
Recording in the chart...
Here's a photo of our
home that January of 2005.
Walt then served three more
missions with his wife:

2. Area Medical Advisor
for 2000 missionaries in
the 12 missions in Central America
for 23 months.
March 2005 to February 2007.

In between these missions,
we served as temple workers in
the Boise Idaho Temple,
driving 320-miles round trip
each Saturday from
March 2007-March 2008.

During this same year
Walt served on the
Twin Falls Temple Dedication
Committee with other
former stake presidents
from throughout the
Magic Valley--one of them
his best friend from Wendell
High School days--
Rulon Chandler.
Elder Brent H. Nielson,
Area Seventy, was over
this Committee.

Sunday, August 24, 2008 was
the dedication
of the Twin Falls Temple.
The mural on the back wall
is of Shoshone Falls.

Us at the Twin Falls Temple -- After our mission to Argentina-Uruguay-Paraguay, we were temple workers on the Wednesday evening shift, which did a Spanish session.
Walt was called as a sealer in September 2010.

The Sunday after the Twin Falls
Temple Dedication,
was our "farewell" on
August 31, 2008 for
our medical mission to the
South America South Area.

3. Area Medical Advisor for
2300 missionaries in the
15 missions for the
South America South Area of
Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay,
for 18 months --
September 2008 to March 2010.

#4 and final mission Walt served was
as Temple President of the new
San Salvador El Salvador Temple
July 2011 to November 2014.
Temple Presidency
and the
Temple Matron and
her Assistants.
Left: Pdte Rafael y
Hna. Aida Majano
Right: Pdte Eduardo y
Hna. Consuelo Alas.
* * * * * * *
Our children grew up...
All seven graduated from BYU.
Six served a mission...
and all have been sealed in the temple...
three have divorced.

Walt became a grandfather at age 53
in 1988 when our first grandchild
was born--Aimee.

Twenty-six years later--
by age 80--in 2014 he was
the grandfather of 39 grandchildren.

Aimee, Daniel, Katie, Heidi, Sam, Ashley,

Michael, McKell, Abbey, Jacob, Isaac,

Kelsey, Cortney, Kimble, Carter, Joshua,

Anna, Sam, William, Mikayla, Jacee,

Jackson, Maddie, Rigdon, Emma, Taylor,

Avery, Elliott, Slate, Olivia, Kayden,

Jordan, Seth, Sarah, Ben, Josh, Lizzie,

Adam, and Anna.

For the great-grandchildren in our family...
Walt became a great-grandfather in
2016 when he was 81 years old,
when Taitum was born.

When Walt died at age 86 in August 2020
he had two great-grandchildren.
Taitum and Diesel.

Since his death, four more great-grandchildren have been born--
Umi; a boy; Scottie Marie;
and Maeve.

Heidi is expecting a baby girl--
due April 18, 2024.
“Ōhi’a” will be great-grandchild #7.

This will bring our posterity to 67.

We have joy in our posterity.

Family photo for our
50th Wedding Anniversary
June 2011
Last family photo at
our home in B**urley
for our Family Reunion

-- WEPR stands for--

" walt & Eileen Petersen
Family Reunion"

IN JULY 2018
before we moved
from Idaho to Utah.
Janie & Shawn in charge.
"Aloha" theme
Our 7 children and their spouses...
Left to right:
Natalie & Steve,
Brian & Jennifer, Gary,
Jerry & Jen, Julie & John,
Janie & Shawn, Julie & David
WEPR - 2019
Gary in charge, and
Isaac helped.
"Around the World" theme

WEPR - 2020
Steve & Natalie in charge.
"Top Gun" theme
The last family reunion Walt
was with us in July 2020.
Walt's favorite poem

That second line in last stanza:
"How charged with punishments the scroll"
And here's other callings, awards, and
honors I've left out:

WALTER R. PETERSEN, M.D.


Boise Jr. College (Valedictorian)                   Graduated:          May 1954

Boise, Idaho                                                       Major: Civil Engineering



Wendell High School                                    Graduated:          May 1952

Wendell, Idaho
         Student Body President
American Legion Outstanding Senior Award
Babe Ruth and Beryl Passmore Awards for Athletics, Leadership


  Quarterback/captain football; All-State

Basketball/captain

             WHS Band – Trumpet



Team Physician, (gratis)
Years: 1967-1995 1998-1999


Burley High School (29 years)

Honors:

Businessman of the Year
Year:                          1991


Burley - Mini-Cassia m-Chamber of Commerce



Idaho Family Physician



of the Year
Year: 1994


Idaho Academy of Family Physicians


Wyeth-Ayerst "Physician's Award


    for Community Service - Idaho"


    Idaho Medical Association           Year:                          1995


Magic Valley President’s Award      Year:                        2000


“In recognition of your many years


of service to our youth and community”


Fourth District Coaches Association –Lifetime pass to all events


Community:
Burley City Councilman
Years:                      1977-83

President, Mtn. View School P.T.O. Year:1977-78
Temple           Twin Falls Idaho Temple Sealer Years: Sep 2010-Jun 2011; Active till Apr 2015
Worker           Twin Falls Idaho Temple Worker                                Years: Mar 2010–Sep 2010
           Twin Falls Temple Building/Dedication Committee    Years: Jun 2007-Aug 2008
                        Boise Idaho Temple Worker                                      Years: Mar 2007-Mar 2008
Church           High Priest Group Leader – Burley 3rd Ward             Years:   Sep 2003-Mar 2005
Positions:        Bishop, 12th Ward - Young Single Adults                  Years:    Jan 2000-Sep 2003                         (Burley and Rupert Areas--7 Stakes)

Presiding Elder Choctaw Dep.Br,Talihina, Oklahoma                    Years:                   1965-1966
                        Sports Director, Minneapolis, Minnesota                         Years:                   1963-1964
                        Young Men Presidency, St. Louis Stake                         Years:                   1962-1963
                        Home Teacher - 70 years Years:                   1963-2018
                        Mission Leader University of Idaho                          Years:                    1957-1959
                        Superintendency of Sunday School, Wendell             Years:                   1951-1952
  Speeches:        For medical, civic, school, and                                     Years:                   1961-2018
(in many cities)       church groups on various subjects: stress,
                           marriage, morality, physical health, stroke and heart attacks, nutrition, leadership, sportsmanship
Funerals - As a Church leader, family, friend

Graduation speaker Burley High School               Years: 1972 and 1986

Counseling done for all ages in both                       Years: 1965 - 2020


medical practice, church callings, family
Pilot:
Flying lessons in Burley 1967 - pilot - 48 years Years: 1967-2015


This is the post from April 16, 2022
when I saw our headstone for
the first time.

It had just been installed in March.
From Ruth Melling's funeral in Burley,                                     we drove to Wendell to see our headstone for the first time that was just installed the month before..
                  I am so thankful for our                                                 granddaughter, Aimee, designing                                                    it for us.
I am so happy to have                                                                         it in place to honor my eternal                                            sweetheart--my husband,                                                        Walter Ray Petersen.
Here's the back.
Interwoven in the vine scroll on the back
are ten things we loved in this life--
in addition to our family and friends--
that depicted our life:
Clockwise from upper right side...
1. Small airplane – Walt was a super pilot.
2. Typewriter – graduate of business college.     I graduated from Henager's Business College   before working a year as an
executive secretary at First Security Bank in
Salt Lake City, then majored in business
for two years at BYU in Provo.

3. Stethoscope – Walt family physician and
surgeon 40 years.
4. My homemade apple pie  (Our kids all say it                            is better than any other apple pie.)
5. Salt Lake Temple, married there June 14, 1961
Then going up from bottom left side:
6. Palm tree (We served 9 1/2 years together on missions                                                                           in countries that had palm trees.)
7. Camera - I may have taken a few photos in my life.
8. Snow skis – Walt loved both snow and water skiing.
9. Basketball – Walt played till he was 70, his favorite sport
10. Scriptures – “Search the scriptures; for in them              ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." --John 5: 39

From Wendell we drove to
Tremonton where Heidi rendezvoused
with us to drive me to Rexburg
for Umi's blessing the next day
Easter Sunday--April 17, 2022,
which was also the remembrance
of Walt's 88th birthday.

♪♪I’ll be seeing you in all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
all day through♫♪
— “I’ll Be Seeing You,” Bing Crosby, 1944

Walt, we hope you have had a
happy, heavenly birthday.

I wondered if we will
remember our birthdays
in heaven.
Or...
Maybe there it will be the
day we returned to heaven.
* * * * * * *
* * *
* * *
Back to now: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Lunch Bunch was at
Chuck-A-Rama
14 were able to come...
Clockwise from bottom left:
Jeanie, Faye, LeAnn,
Annette, Shauna, MaryAnn,
Nadine, Jennie, Kaye,
Sharon, Kathie, Linda H.,
Sue, Eileen.
We always miss those who can't come.

* * *

Movie Night with Gary...

Wed, April 17
was from
"The Power of Film"
Parts 2 and 3
* * *

* * *

THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024

Family is Everything…
Today Heidi's baby is due...

* * *
Congratulations to Justin Vipperman on being appointed
by the Governor to the
Idaho State Historical Society Board.
He is Rebekah Bunn Vipperman's husband.
Rebekah is our great-niece,
and is the current mayor
of Wendell, Idaho --
our beloved hometown.

Yummy steak and fried spuds for supper.
Thank you, Julie and John, for
taking such good care of me.
Saw this on fb, thought it
was very ingenious.
A while after the 8:10 sunset tonight.
FRIDAY, APRIL 19**, 2024

Family is Everything…
Heidi went in to the hospital early evening. We are waiting to hear when her baby is born... Here's Heidi's fb post from Nov. 29, 2023, of the gender reveal for their baby:
Baby Girl coming in April!

We are excited for our little family to grow to 4! And a little snippet of trying to get Umi to take a picture with the pink balloon
{Sonogram by Christmas tree}

Heidi's face book post on March 3, 2024:

"Soaking up our last month as a family of three before baby girl arrives 💕 A few of you have asked about a registry, links here! ⬇️ Thank you for all your love and support for our growing family! 🥰"
https://www.babylist.com/list/heidi-fisher-kaneao
https://www.amazon.com/.../heidifisher.../3P8J23AC7QFIT

Baby Girl
“Ōhi’a” Ōhi’aLehua Harriett Hōpoewahinelaweokekai Kaneao

( Ō he a lei who uh )

Ōhi’a as nickname --resilience/beauty.

It’s a red flower that is the first plant to grow and bloom in the lava fields.

We wanted something inspired by the sea turtle. This summer I had a turtle* swim up to me two separate days while we were in Hawaii. I was pregnant, but didn’t know it yet.   (Link if interested in the Hawaiian legend of the flower) https://www.kapinalansdale.com/the-legend-culture-significance-of-the-ohia-lehua/
They were in Pono's home state of
Hawaii during the summer.
* *
Janie has been in Iowa this week taking care of Maeve--21 months old-- while Kelly was with some high school friends.

* * *
SATURDAY,  APRIL 20, 2024
Family is Everything...
Pono's text early this morning:
ʻŌhiʻalehua Harriet Hōpoewahinelaweokekai Kaneao was born at 12:47AM PDT - April 20.

Weighing in at 7.5 lbs and 19 inches long.

Baby and mommy are tired but healthy.

Heidi was induced around 6pm at Salmon Creek Legacy Hospital {Vancouver, Washington} and was slowly progressing.

Then it all happened so fast. One minute Heidi’s water broke and the next thing we know we are pushing. The anesthesiologist worked fast to help Heidi feel as comfortable as he could.

We are happy that baby ‘Ōhi’a is here.

O he uh - how to pronounce nick name."
Welcome, ʻŌhiʻa

ʻŌhiʻa
We love you, already.

ʻŌhiʻa is our family member 67
in the Walt & Eileen Petersen Posterity.

Heidi & Pono and Umi on
December 27, 2023 ready to drive the
11-hours back home to Vancouver,
Washington, after their Christmas
week with family in Rexburg, Idaho.

* * * * * * *
Today Early dinner at
Strap Tank.
Gary joined us for dinner.

Country Fried Chicken...
...then movie with Steve
at Thanksgiving Pointe
" The Long Game"

(more photos to add here)**

SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2024
Family is Everything…
Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward
Alissa Carter reported her
California Los Angeles
Spanish-speaking Mission.
Eric Luedtke also spoke.
He shared several of
Alissa's thoughts about her
mission from letters she wrote.

Gospel Doctrine Class
General Conference, Jacob, Enos
Jacob 5 -
Allegory of the Olive Tree

This chart explaining the
Allegory of the Olive Tree...

...helped me understand the
scattering and gathering of the
Twelve Tribes of Israel
a whole lot better.
It's at the very end of the
Come, Follow Me lesson
of Jacob 5-6.

Not only do our Prophets
and Apostles teach us in
General Conference, but all the Senior
Church Leaders, including the Sisters
from the General Auxiliary Presidencies.
Sister Dennis's talk was one of my
favorites.

Julia, thank you for
teaching us what the Prophets
Jacob and Enos wanted us to know,
as well as what our Prophets today
want us to know.

Julia is a great teacher.
Hiroko telling Julia what an
inspiring lesson she taught.
We all feel that way!

Class members enjoy talking to each other
when class is over.

Lisa, Mary Lu, and Nathan
talking over the lesson,
or other interesting matters.

Thank you, Mary Lu,
for taking my Sunday photo.

We should have taken two...
Nathan & Mary Lu
They are a darling couple.

Thank you for driving me home.

I really appreciate it.

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Delicious Sunday Dinner
Roast beef and all the trimmings.
Thank you, John.
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"WHY WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED IN THE SPIRIT WORLD? SO THAT THE DEAD MIGHT REPENT AND LIVE ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD (SEE JOSEPH SMITH TRANSLATION, 1 PET. 4:6). MERCY AND JUSTICE REQUIRE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE DIED WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE GOSPEL IN MORTALITY RECEIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. MERCY AND JUSTICE ALSO REQUIRE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE REJECTED THE GOSPEL IN THIS LIFE RECEIVE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR IT AGAIN"
THE SAVIOR’S VISIT TO THE SPIRIT WORLD BY ELDER SPENCER J. CONDIE OF THE SEVENTY
HTTPS://WWW.CHURCHOFJESUSCHRIST.ORG/.../THE-SAVIORS-VISIT...
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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 April 21st,
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.
* * *
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.
* * *
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 couples and families can be sealed for eternity.

* * *
Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
April 21, 2024

Next week APRIL 22-28, 2024

xxxx

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

APRIL 22-28, 2024

April - Hope you all have a wonderful, fantastic birthday!
17 - Walt - "90" Remembrance - 4th in heaven
24 - Gary - "59"
24 - John - "50"
24 - Kimble - "25"
25 - Jerry - "50"
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024
Family is Everything...

Sunrise: 6:38 a.m.

Sunset: 8:13 p.m.

...this Monday

Last Monday to compare to...
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Hokulia Shave Ice - Saratoga Springs will be opening soon! Like their FB page to get info about when it will open.
Hokulia Shave Ice - Saratoga Springs UTAH. We're prepping the shack, getting it ready to open. Can't wait to see all of you! Stay tuned for opening dates.
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MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024
Family is Everything...
Appointment with Dr. Kimball
at Willowcreek Clinic in Lehi
A1C = 7.1
down from 8.1 on Jan. 8,
so that's great!!

Wish I knew the name of...
...these beautiful trees.

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This afternoon I started listening to
The Bomber Mafia
this afternoon. Fascinating!
Malcolm Gladwell - Age 45
in this 2008 photo from
Wikipedia.
Now age 60.

Family Book Club
April Choice by Gary
Book released 2021
Gary’s choice for April...

I’ve been wanting to listen to another Malcolm Gladwell book for the last little while. This is one of his recent ones from 2021:
The Bomber Mafia.
Since Oppenheimer, I've been curious about knowing more of the fire bombing of Tokyo in WW2, which was more devastating than the atomic bomb drops. Which looks like it is discussed in this book.
It's only about 5 hours, though, so I'm also including Malcolm Gladwell podcast published as a book also from 2021:
I Hate the Ivy League.
Education is something that I've been interested in for a while, and I'm curious to hear some of Gladwell's take on it. They are both available on Audible, and are about 5 hrs each, so about 11 hours total.
*THE BOMBER MAFIA***
In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal?
In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion.
In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II.
The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.
I HATE THE IVY LEAGUE
Malcolm Gladwell has long relished the opportunity to skewer the upper echelons of higher education, from the institution of U.S. News & World Report’s Best College rankings to the LSATs to the luxe Bowdoin College cafeteria.
I Hate the Ivy League: iffs and Rants on Elite Education, upends the traditional thinking around how education should work and tries to get to the bottom of why we often reward the wrong people. The higher education system follows a hierarchy that was created to primarily benefit top-tier, elite, well-off students, but Gladwell wants to find out how we can do a better job at educating the middle and make education more affordable, fair, and open to all.
Why is Gladwell so obsessed with American education?
The foreword and afterword of I Hate the Ivy League explains, framing this carefully curated selection of Revisionist History episodes. If you’ve never listened to Revisionist History, this collection is a thoughtful introduction to the long-running podcast, and if you’re already a fan, it allows for careful re-examination of the important issues at hand: how do we really determine what matters most when it comes to educating our children?
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Earth Day 2024Happy Earth Day 2024! Today's annual Earth Day Doodle features the planet's natural beauty and biodiversity and reminds us of the importance of protecting it for future generations.

TUESDAY, APRIL 23**, 2024

Family is Everything...
Institute

Lori Lyn and Betsy teach

the course of Instruction:
"Women in the Scriptures"

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024

Family is Everything...
Happy Birthday today to...
24 - Gary - "59"
24 - John - "50"
24 - Kimble - "25"

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Lunch Bunch was at the new
Village Baker in
Saratoga Springs.
I always get their egg salad sandwich.

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* * *
Movie Night with Gary...

Wed, April 24
was from
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* * *

THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024**

Family is Everything…
Today Jerry is 50

FRIDAY,  APRIL 26, 2024
Family is Everything…
day

SATURDAY,  APRIL 27, 2024
Family is Everything...

SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024
Family is Everything…
Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

Dinner at Steve's - 4:00
PUNN - Petersen Uncle Nephews Nieces

PUNN dinner – Sunday, April 28, 2024

For the discussion question.

Please be thinking about this:

What are two things you would like to get better at?
Please pick one that is a character attribute.

Why do you want to be better at it?

Are there others you know that exemplify that trait?
How would it benefit your life if you were better at these things?

See you in 13 days… (Sent April 15)

Steve

* * *
*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 April 28th,
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.
* * *
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.
* * *
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.

* * *
Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
April 28, 2024

Next week APRIL 29-MAY 5, 2024

MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024
Family is Everything.. Sunrise: 6:29 a.m.

Sunset: 8:20 p.m.
...this Monday

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