****Walt & Eileen Petersen**: Traces of Time . . . Week of August 10-16

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August Birthdays 03 – Avery Michelle Petersen (2005) “28” 12 – Michael Stephen Mecham (1988) “37”
16 – Diesel Thomas Anderson (2018) “8” K-P
25 - Bodie Parker Anderson - (2025 "1" K-P
26 - Jennifer “Jen” Eileen Brewer (1974)”52”
26 – {Dale C. Petersen Remembrance 1939-2023 Dec 3 “82”}

Week of
AUGUST 10-16, 2025
Stay on the Covenant Path
to reach the
Tree of Life
"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...

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.

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and posterity to come.

MONDAY,

AUGUST 10, 2026

Family is
Everything...
Sunrise: 6:34 a.m.
Sunset: 8:31 p.m.

[I forgot to get a
photo with
Dr. Harris,
so I copied the
ones from
6 months ago.]
Dr. Harris froze off
several pre-cancer spots
on my left hand, arms,
scalp, and right cheek.
Dr. Harris, and Everest
Luckily, no biopsies had
to be done and he said
I'm good for six more months.

Leesa made me an
appointment for
Monday, August 10
at 11:20 a.m.

Leesa
Back to today...
Leesa, Ella, and Ella

Ready to leave...
Thank you, Julie, for
driving me to
and from this
appointment
with Dr. Harris...
who used to live
in our neighborhood
until he built his
new home by the
lake, but still in
this same HOA.
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John brought me
these yummy
chocolate cookies
he just made.

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Further Update to August 10
for the movie
The Odyessey that
opened July 17:

Release dates
July 6, 2026 (Odeon Luxe Leicester Square)
July 17, 2026 (United States and United Kingdom)
Running time
173 minutes^[2]
Countries
United States
United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $250 million^[3]
Box office $1.119 billion^[4]^[5]
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TUESDAY,

AUGUST 11, 2026
Family is Everything...

Release dates	July 6, 2026 (Odeon Luxe Leicester Square) July 17, 2026 (United States and United Kingdom)
Running time	173 minutes^[2]
Countries	United States United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$250 million^[3]
Box office	$1.119 billion^[4]^[5]

Seven months ago,
on Jan. 11,
President Oaks
said in the
dedication of the
Burley Idaho Temple:
“There is a vast difference, therefore, between an omniscient God and the false notion that God is on some sort of post-doctoral fellowship, still searching for additional key truths and vital data. Were the latter so, God might, at any moment, discover some new truth not previously known to Him that would restructure, diminish, or undercut certain truths previously known by Him. Prophecy would be mere prediction. Planning assumptions pertaining to our redemption would need to be revised. Fortunately for us, however, His plan of salvation is constantly underway—not constantly under revision. …
“In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all!” (All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience [1979], 14–15, 21). - Neal Ash Maxwell

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Our Tuesday night movie was
" Judgement at Nuremburg"
from 1961

Budget $3 million^[2]
Box office $16 million^[3]
The 1961 classic film Judgment at Nuremberg, directed by Stanley Kramer, features iconic original promotional art highlighting its star-studded cast like Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, and Judy Garland.
We love our movie nights...
Thanks, Gary for starting this tradition.
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WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 12, 2026
Family is
Everything...
Happy Birthday to**

Budget	$3 million^[2]
Box office	$16 million^[3]

Michael today...

"38" Will Be Great

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...and Happy Birthday to

our Prophet, President

Dallin H. Oaks today...

"94"

Married 26 years...

Kristen is 85...

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Katie’s facebook post – August 12, 2026
“1st Day of School! Taitum’s last 1st day of school for elementary in a new school that we are all very excited about! Her new teachers are so great and we are excited for the year! Diesel is also at a new school that’s in our neighborhood and he’s excited to get a chance to ride a bike to school and make friends close to home! — last pic is the first day of school from last year, I love seeing how much my kids grow each year .”

Last year - 2025 August in Texas...

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Lunch Bunch was

at Olive Garden...

12 came...

Linda went to be with

her daughter Cindy in

Colorado on Aug 4...

MaryAnn's at San Pedro

where she grew up in

Califorina...

Diane's going to

Yellowstone...

Kathie is going to

Hawaii with Bryant...

So Sue thought we

should be someplace

fun today...

like Italy

These are the 12 who came...

Clockwise...

Sue, Shauna, Kaye,

Carol, Jennie, Becky,

SuzAnne, Tammy, Lydia,

Jeannie, Faye, Eileen

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Isaac comes over

on Wednesday nights

to have supper

and be with Gary.

Isaac had been craving

an In-n-Out burger

so that's what we had.

Isaac asked if I could

come over to join them

at the BroCasa this week.

We had so much fun

playing board games...

Scattergories and...

...ending with

Chinese Checkers...

"Chinese Checkers, a variant of Halma, was originally published in 1892 as Stern-Halma (German for "Star Halma") and later renamed upon marketing to the United States to appear more exotic. The name is misleading, since the game has no historical connection with China…

Chinese checkers (US) or Chinese chequers (UK), known as Sternhalma in German, is a strategy board game of German origin that can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners.The game is a modern and simplified variation of the game Halma.

Halma (from Greek: ἅλμα, romanized: hálma, meaning “leap") is a strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by George Howard Monks, an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School. His inspiration was the English game Hoppity which was devised in 1854."
Info from Wikipedia

THURSDAY,

AUGUST 13, 2026

Family is

Everything…

Enjoying these

beautiful flowers...

...that Steve and his

grandson brought...

FRIDAY,
AUGUST 14, 2026
Family is

Everything…

with

A great friend of ours sent us an email that
included this phrase:

"NORMAL is not coming back,
JESUS IS!"

Pretty much sums it up!

AUGUST 15, 2026

SATURDAY,


  Family is

Everything…

  Rendezvousing with life...

Happy birthday to Princess Anne! King Charles’s younger sister and aunt to Prince William and Prince Harry – often dubbed the hardest-working member of the Royal Family – turns 76 today

: Getty

#royalfamily
Sunrise was at 6:29 a.m.

Sunset was at 8:25...

SUNDAY,

AUGUST 16, 2026


Family is

Everything

August Birthdays
03 – Avery Michelle Petersen (2005) “28”
12 – Michael Stephen Mecham (1988) “37”
16 – Diesel Thomas Anderson (2018) “8” K-P
25 - Bodie Parker Anderson - (2025 "1" K-P
26 - Jennifer “Jen” Eileen Brewer (1974)”52”
26 – {Dale C. Petersen Remembrance 1939-2023 Dec 3 “82”}

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

G0SPEL DOCTRINE

Either Esther or Job...

It was Job

* * *
Although we had

to skip Esther because

of only having Sunday

School twice a month,

here's a few comments

*I want to share:***

The famous quote "for such a time as
this" comes from the Bible in Esther
4:14. It was spoken by Mordecai to
Queen Esther, urging her to risk her life
to save the Jewish people: "And who
knows but that you have come to your
royal position for such a time as this?"

This painting of

Queen Esther is in

a lot of our Temples.

It was in the

Bride's Room of our

San Salvador Temple.

I just learned the

artist is

Minerva Teichert.

MINERVA painted the

murals in the Manti Temple.
Minerva Teichert
Teichert in 1908
Born August 28, 1888
Ogden, Utah Territory
Died May 3, 1976 (aged 87)
Provo, Utah, U.S.
Education Art Institute of Chicago, Art Students League of New York
Known for Western Art, Mormon Art
Notable work Christ in a Red Robe, Queen Esther, and Return of Captive Israel

More about Esther after my testimony...

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If you have not seen
our mini-life-sketch,
it is at the end of
my testimony below...
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Redemption is equal because Christ is infinite...
-- Alma 34:14.
Glory is different because agency is real...
-- Doctrine and Covenants 93:31.

--The Bronze Serpent
** *I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of Jesus Christ that makes this**

Minerva Teichert
Teichert in 1908
Born	August 28, 1888 Ogden, Utah Territory
Died	May 3, 1976 (aged 87) Provo, Utah, U.S.
Education	Art Institute of Chicago, Art Students League of New York
Known for	Western Art, Mormon Art
Notable work	Christ in a Red Robe, Queen Esther, and Return of Captive Israel