A Dusting of the Cobwebs: Fifty Years...

A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

welcome to my blog!
...allow me a brief introduction...

In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...

Jun 3, 2015

Fifty Years...

Fifty Years is a very long time....

Fifty years ago yesterday Lynn and I were married in the Salt Lake Temple. My Mother and Dad were there and my Aunt Dora Hartley. Brother Smoot, who was one of my teachers from Orem High School, came, and was one of the witness, along with my dad. I believe Lynn's Mother was there.

Lynn and I had planned on going out for dinner when this day came, but he has been quite ill and the last five days has been on oxygen day and night. So we thought we would go later when he was feeling better.

Our neighbors, Marilyn and Cory Grua found out it was our Fifty Year Anniversary, and decided they were going to try to make our evening a little special. They ordered dinner from a Tie Restaurant, in Tooele. They had to drive there to pick it up. I had never eaten Tie food before...it was real good.

Bro. Grua suggested setting a card table in the front room with best dishes and a candle, something like you would do for valentine day. I didn't have a candle, but the table was set, I dressed nice.
The Grua's brought dinner including a coconut ice cream and a mango type of desert. The evening was spent in pleasant conversation.

They were very kind to us, telling me over and over that we had to celebrate such a special day.
I am very Grateful for them and their caring for us.

Or this day would have been just another ordinary day.

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A Dusting of the Cobwebs