I see some more information has come to light since I wrote some of this stuff. Thanks for the details Shaunae and Becca and Summer. Love ya MOM


Sept 13, 2007
Dear Family
Dad got back from Utah having an enjoyable time with the Utahites and his Dad. Michelle went down to Logandale with Dad. Grandpa is doing well. His legs aren’t very strong but he eats well and could visit and played games with understanding and cunning. His metal state is far better than Grandpa Fielding. Dad got the screw put into his post in his jaw. Next week they will make the impression and in the following week, he will get the job finished. Since he has been home, he has been refinishing the doors of the closet in the N bedroom downstairs, the trim around the doors and the doors and bathroom cabinets. He is painting them white and they really look bright and clean. I spent 4 days on the fruit room, cleaning and organizing and vacuuming the mouse tracks. We put the wheat buckets in the back room and have put everything into plastic buckets or bottles. Hopefully, the mice can’t find any thing inviting them to stay. I hope we don’t get any. This weekend Summer and Steve are coming to do some sewing and attend regional conference with us. We have tomatoes and peppers and squash to share with them. They are looking to move to Rexburg in December and start school in Jan. I have gotten Shaunae’s report about the Chicago Three’s adventures but need the other two’s reports. Remember, no one else knows what happened so get it written up. Sounds like you had a lot of fun talking and shopping together. I had a nice visit with Steven and Kathy. The girls are attending public school and Cooper has a preschool he attends. Ashton is in all day kindergarden and Corynn goes to preschool too. Becca has all the kids off track right now except the 3 oldest so she is doing “summer vacation” again. Joanna is doing well with Volleyball and Michael with marching band. These are bits and pieces I have gleaned from various phone conversations. Dad says Gunnar is doing well in school. If I’m not accurate, you need to fill in the details. We are trying to get lots done but things seem to take long than they are planned for. The weather is lovely and staying around the mid 80’s. We keep pushing but don’t have the energy level we did 10 yrs ago. We do love you all.

What! this is the 19th and this isn’t mailed? What has happened? Let see, Summer and Steve came down and spent Friday night with us and Sat we did “baby sewing”…no not yet. We made cute pj’s and a blanket. Sonia came over and sewed too. Sat Dad did missionarying most of the day and had a 4 pm priesthood leadership meeting. Steve went with his mother to attend the ML Stake meetings and Summer nursed a bad cold here. I took some investigators down to the meeting in Othello. Sunday was the WA state Regional Broadcasted conference and Pres Hinckley was one of the speakers alone with the YM and YW second councilors and and 2nd coun of the Presiding Bishopric and Elder Hales. It was a very good meeting and I stayed awake most of the time. We all slept most of the afternoon after a big normal Sunday meal. Monday I got the china closet packed up and Tues we had our Doctor apt for our mission physicals. He recommended that dad get his heart reevaluted with a stress test and scheduled us to go to Spokane today for it. We have spent the day in Spokane. They used chemicals to make his heart race to its max heart rate then took pictures of it . The dye had radioactive isotopes that would show his blood flow through his heart. It left him with a terrible headache. We went up to Summer’s to take some stuff and have lunch. He finally had to get in the shower, drink two cokes and took 4 advil for it to stop. Dad has been painting the bathroom downstairs and fixing that nasty part above the shower. Things are moving along. The storage room is gradually filling up, but most things are now packed except our bedroom and the kitchen. We talked to Ralph Howes, do you kids remember him from Panama, last night. They retired from the Army at 53 and have been on 7 missions. He gave me suggestions on how to pay bill, find appropriate appliances for 220 volts and what to do with the house. Part of it was helpful. It was fun to talk to them. We love you all and hope you are all doing well. Love MOM