Chalin was the featured speaker & told us all about his mission

Dearest Family,

     Happy 2nd Birthday, Lucy on Friday, October 20!

What an amazing way to start the Week!!!!  Monday Night - our family had a FHE together!  Rob, Michelle, at their home, Vicki, Bryan & Chris in SLC, Darece, Ken, Talon, Mattis, Kenny, Rosie, & girls, & Bob & I; all at Darece's, Allen & Family in Worland & the Fikes in Laramie!   Chalin was the featured speaker & told us all about his mission - even showed us slides!    It was wonderful - we did it over our computers using ZOOM!  We loved seeing all who were there!  Vicki did take a minute to report on Cozy & Kirena!  Both are doing great!   Kirena has reached 33 weeks in her pregancy which is great!

We would suggest doing a group Family council mtg once a month over Zoom for those who can make it. Maybe we could rotate which of the five of our kids would be in charge that night to provide the prayers and a thought to share then spend the remain of the time sharing whats going on in each family. Keep it to an hour. We would always be the presenter for the Zoom mtg. So nice too SEE & HEAR everyone this way! ! Whats your feelings?  Suggest a night for it too?

We have done Zoom FH trg meetings with people in Moorcroft, Cody, Belgrade & Sheridan!  We live in an age of amazing technology -  being used for both good & bad!

Saturday aft we traveled to Sheridan, over the mountain, it was a beautiful fall day!  Spent the night there at Workman's then early this a.m.  went to Gillette.  Spoke in two wards there & also met with the Stake President! Several shared some special FH experiences after meetings which they had had!  What a blessing it is for each of us to find a loved one, get to know them & perform the sacred ordinances for them!

We encourage all to process some hints, index or add a memory each day since FH should be personal worship just like our daily prayers and scripture study!

Dads been scouting for deer since the season is open here until Dec 1st. Not alot around but some nice ones coming into the orchard and field. We enjoy eating the venison!  We have a deer mice infestation in the shop now and have trapped 16 last week. Sure nice to have warmer drier harvesting weather for the farmers. 

Love you all & CTR    Mom & Dad

What an amazing week! A busy one but oh so nice!

Dearest Family,

What an amazing week!   A busy one but oh so nice!  

     Dad & Darece cut plants in the pond one day,  then he has been very busy winterizing, cleaning up, blowing out water lines, final fall mowing of lawns & oh so many other thngs, & I am not any help!  Our little garden, 4 tomato plants & 4 g peppers, yielded oh so many beautiful tomatoes, he picked abt 5 gallons which will ripen in the next few weeks. An the grapes are super sweet, I've done a batch for jelly, Michelle & Rob picked on Saturday & Darece plans to pick next week!

     Darece & I had a special day in the temple on Tuesday - We enjoy helping in the laundry so much, doing a little shopping before & after!  Dad & I were there again on Thursday, did an endowment session then I attended a meeting with Donald L Hallstrom. He was there prior to coming to our Stake conference this weekend. He met in individual meetings all afternoon with various groups, I was invited to the one for volunteers (laundry, office, housekeeping, etc)

Had some great times on Zoom web trg mtg with 6-8 people, kept us hopping!

Our Stake Conference was amazing!  President Tom Newman, Counselors Willie Bridges (1) & Michael Jones (2) - what a great team this will be for the Lord! So grateful for all the service given by the past presidency! ! ! !  We know what is required to serve there.

Elder Hallstrom talked of Reverence defining it as Reverencing & a profound love for Deity! How we speak, what we hear & do and how we relate to others. He talked about how we learn reverence thru three different  form of worship.

1.  Public Worship- that would be everything we do at church on the sabbath day.  2. Family Worship - If we are to busy doing good things to do the essential, FHE, Scripture Study, family prayer then we need to evaluate our life. Home is where the spiritual base is planted for our families. 3. Personal Worship - we need to feel the spirit daily in our lives! 

 It gave me much to think about!

CTR & have a great week  Love to all!

It has been an amazing few weeks!

Dearest Family

It has been an amazing few weeks!  Lets see - there have been a few Birthday's:  Happy Birthday to Krysta & Josh on Sept 20th & September 30th!  Happy 2nd Birthday to Neil also on September 30th, Saturday. Happy Birthday, Choc, on September 23!  Hope you all had a wonderful day!!!

September 22, Friday, we traveled to Sheridan!  Spent the night there & enjoyed time with 4 TFHConsultants. Had a great time with them.  On Saturday, we traveled to Gillette - got to spend time with the Fike's. All of them were there except Symphony who was playing volleyball in Casper!  Ky was playing in the State Tennis Tournament!  He & his partner, Ben Graeff are the state #1 Doubles Champs !!!! Congratulations! 

On Sunday, September 24, we were in the Gillette 1st & 2nd wards.  In the afternoon at 3:00 - 5 p.m. we did another training with TFHConsultants!  then traveled back to Sheridan to spend the night!  Had a wonderful weekend, returning home on Monday!   The whole weekend was rainy & snowy in the mountains. We appreciate the Turnbull and Workman families for bunking us! 

Last week & this one have been great with lots of  ZOOM trainings!  Darece & I did go to Billings on the 19th to help in the Temple!  Nice day!  I did visit Dr Bart Grant who xrayed by hip - the one which I have had a catch in for the past several months!  Also talked to Dr. Fike.  The consensus is  - there is no cartilage left in it! - no wonder it acts up!

Many of you may have heard the talk of Bro Waddell on Sunday afternoon where he talked about Hyrum Smith Shumway. Dad & I would like to share our experiences with Bro Smith Shumway, as we knew him. Our experiences were at the University of Wyoming & include Rob, Vicki, & Darece.   Our first experience was when he was serving as a Bishop in Cheyenne & we were serving on the Stake Sun School board & visited his ward.  Dad served as an AV specialist & I encouraged people to use the Instructor, a church publication. Rob was a baby. Our second experience was also in Laramie when Dad was serving in a Bishopric. In those days, we attended Sun School in the a.m & in the afternoon Sacrament Meeting.  It was the practice, when a member of the High Council visited the ward from out of town, whoever was conducting that day invited him to their home for lunch.  Bro Shumway visited out home several times for lunch.  While I was finishing lunch preparations or cleaning up, he entertained Rob, Vicki & Darece who were abt 3, 4 & 5 years old.  He entertained them by doing magic tricks & helping them write their names in braille. Do any of you remember that?

This weekend has been wonderful!  We are so blessed to watch General Conference right here in our own home! Next weekend will be our stake conference and a change in the stake presidency. Elder Hallstrom of the 70 and Elder Hintze, an area 70 will be here.. Rob and Ken both HC man will get to be interviewed by these two brethren on Sat morning as they search for the Lord's choice as Stake President. I've had this experience a few times and its a wonderful spiritual experience! I came away knowing the Lord was in charge of this work! We're excited to sustain the new presidency!   

Thought I send you a touch of Fall - Love to all of you!!!     Mom & Dad