Haupt Family at the local dollar theater watching "How to Train your Dragon"!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
July 2010 - Picture of the Month
Haupt Family at the local dollar theater watching "How to Train your Dragon"!
July 2010- Executive Office of Ken Woodward
Dear family,
The highlight of the month of June at executive headquarters was the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Franklin, Idaho (June 15, 1860). The celebration was a glorious event.
Because of what might have been, it would not seem inappropriate to occupy a little space in this Newswire to review some little known, but important, historic facts.
During the highest level of Lake Bonneville the land where Franklin is located was within an arm of the lake 700 feet below water surface. That part of Lake Bonneville is shown on official maps as Cache Bay. Then there occurred one of Al Gore’s global warming periods. Evaporation exceeded precipitation, Lake Bonneville receded to what is now Great Salt Lake, the water backed out of Cache Bay leaving a highly fertile lake bed now known as Cache Valley. Through direct revelation from above, Franklin was located upon the most desirable part of the Valley, and as you know, is now known world-wide as a modern-day Shangri-la. (Aaron, that means earthly paradise.) Had all these events not occurred, I would have had to have been born somewhere else east of I-5 and what that would have meant to the rest of you is only speculation.
Except for the above, our household has been involved in only a limited amount of activity since the last report. We were planning to attend a ward picnic which had been publicized in our ward bulletin for at least two months, but was cancelled the last minute because of fear of a strong wind----which didn’t develop. The pioneering spirit of the local saints overwhelms me. Can you imagine William Woodward deciding to return to Box Elder because the day he arrived in Franklin there was a little summer zephyr blowing out of Maple Creek canyon?
Three of the ten weeks of the school summer vacation have passed and the most memorable trip Zack and Josh have had thus far was a trip to the dentist. But on the positive side Superior California has been experiencing excellent tomato growing weather.
The rich Fresno grandfather has scheduled a 7 to 10-day visit for the boys to his estate beginning the end of July. He calls it a vacation. Isn’t the phrase “Fresno vacation” an oxymoron?
Our combination house cleaning professional/ boys’ hairstylist has resigned her lucrative position with us to move to Michigan to pursue other interests. It was a good arrangement while it lasted, but her tenure was far too brief. If I could find a woman who showed any amount of house keeping talent and a reasonable interest in helping me raise two teenagers I would marry her. But then, any woman who came even near meeting those qualifications should be in an institution.
Love, Dad
The highlight of the month of June at executive headquarters was the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Franklin, Idaho (June 15, 1860). The celebration was a glorious event.
Because of what might have been, it would not seem inappropriate to occupy a little space in this Newswire to review some little known, but important, historic facts.
During the highest level of Lake Bonneville the land where Franklin is located was within an arm of the lake 700 feet below water surface. That part of Lake Bonneville is shown on official maps as Cache Bay. Then there occurred one of Al Gore’s global warming periods. Evaporation exceeded precipitation, Lake Bonneville receded to what is now Great Salt Lake, the water backed out of Cache Bay leaving a highly fertile lake bed now known as Cache Valley. Through direct revelation from above, Franklin was located upon the most desirable part of the Valley, and as you know, is now known world-wide as a modern-day Shangri-la. (Aaron, that means earthly paradise.) Had all these events not occurred, I would have had to have been born somewhere else east of I-5 and what that would have meant to the rest of you is only speculation.
Except for the above, our household has been involved in only a limited amount of activity since the last report. We were planning to attend a ward picnic which had been publicized in our ward bulletin for at least two months, but was cancelled the last minute because of fear of a strong wind----which didn’t develop. The pioneering spirit of the local saints overwhelms me. Can you imagine William Woodward deciding to return to Box Elder because the day he arrived in Franklin there was a little summer zephyr blowing out of Maple Creek canyon?
Three of the ten weeks of the school summer vacation have passed and the most memorable trip Zack and Josh have had thus far was a trip to the dentist. But on the positive side Superior California has been experiencing excellent tomato growing weather.
The rich Fresno grandfather has scheduled a 7 to 10-day visit for the boys to his estate beginning the end of July. He calls it a vacation. Isn’t the phrase “Fresno vacation” an oxymoron?
Our combination house cleaning professional/ boys’ hairstylist has resigned her lucrative position with us to move to Michigan to pursue other interests. It was a good arrangement while it lasted, but her tenure was far too brief. If I could find a woman who showed any amount of house keeping talent and a reasonable interest in helping me raise two teenagers I would marry her. But then, any woman who came even near meeting those qualifications should be in an institution.
Love, Dad
July 2010 - Cannon, Adam & Erica & Family
Hello.
I can't seem to remember much about this month so I am going to talk about a few things and pretend like it all happened last month.
Lilah is a perfect baby. No crying, just smiles. Ava has gone from a crib to to a big girl bed. This has increased her level of sneakyness by alot and I am so proud of her. Annika graduated from pre-school and Maja was baptised. I have been waiting since 1996 when I left for Sweden, to baptise someone. I still work and Erica still runs the house.
Adam, Erica, Maja, Annika, Ava and Lilah Cannon
I can't seem to remember much about this month so I am going to talk about a few things and pretend like it all happened last month.
Lilah is a perfect baby. No crying, just smiles. Ava has gone from a crib to to a big girl bed. This has increased her level of sneakyness by alot and I am so proud of her. Annika graduated from pre-school and Maja was baptised. I have been waiting since 1996 when I left for Sweden, to baptise someone. I still work and Erica still runs the house.
Adam, Erica, Maja, Annika, Ava and Lilah Cannon
July 2010 - Haupt, Levi & Torrie & Family
Its hot in the good ol' south east and we're still loving our pool. Both girls are doing so well swimming. We've only had one minor catastrophe that involved both girls jumping at me and we were solo in the pool (Levi was on trek, that story to follow) Charlotte was pushed straight to the bottom. Emma was in floaties because she was supposed to be jumping next to me while I caught Charlotte. I got Emma out of the way and reached for Charlotte, when I brought her up she wasn't even coughing or sputtering, she was just fine, what a natural. Whew! Levi also got a Tivo for Father's day which is been helpful in keeping movies for the girls and eliminating our need for movie rentals.
Levi helped as support crew for the youth conference trek that took place at the Marriott Ranch in Hume, VA. He was of great assistance even driving a sick girl home early (about 2 hours) when no one else could. I know that his service in his calling is a great blessing to our family.
We're just hanging out and enjoying the lazy river, if any of you get jealous enough come on down! we have a third vacant bedroom....
until next month,
Charlotte, Emma, Torrie, & Levi
we obviously have too much play jewelry..... I can't see charlotte's arm anymore
Levi helped as support crew for the youth conference trek that took place at the Marriott Ranch in Hume, VA. He was of great assistance even driving a sick girl home early (about 2 hours) when no one else could. I know that his service in his calling is a great blessing to our family.
We're just hanging out and enjoying the lazy river, if any of you get jealous enough come on down! we have a third vacant bedroom....
until next month,
Charlotte, Emma, Torrie, & Levi
we obviously have too much play jewelry..... I can't see charlotte's arm anymore
July 2010 - McClintock, Robert & Susan
Hi Family,
My, oh my. June started out on rather an unusual note.
One of our cars was "egged" overnight one weekend. What made the incident so irritating was the fact that the very car that was the object of the assault had been hand-waxed that very day. Uncle Bob's quick thinking cleaned up most of the muck so that it didn't become scrambled egg later that day while sitting in the church parking lot. The smell of cooked egg is still with us whenever riding in that car. Over the last several weeks Aunt Susan has found more egg; on the bottom of the front door, on the front window screen, on the post near the front door. It's not that the "eggers" came back its just that we didn't find all the egg that day because it was Sunday and we were on our way to church when it was discovered. We can report that egg allowed to cook and dry in the sun is REALLY hard to clean up after the fact.
The rest of the month has been quiet. Maybe the Independence Day Holiday will give us more to talk about next month.
Love to All,
The McClintocks
My, oh my. June started out on rather an unusual note.
One of our cars was "egged" overnight one weekend. What made the incident so irritating was the fact that the very car that was the object of the assault had been hand-waxed that very day. Uncle Bob's quick thinking cleaned up most of the muck so that it didn't become scrambled egg later that day while sitting in the church parking lot. The smell of cooked egg is still with us whenever riding in that car. Over the last several weeks Aunt Susan has found more egg; on the bottom of the front door, on the front window screen, on the post near the front door. It's not that the "eggers" came back its just that we didn't find all the egg that day because it was Sunday and we were on our way to church when it was discovered. We can report that egg allowed to cook and dry in the sun is REALLY hard to clean up after the fact.
The rest of the month has been quiet. Maybe the Independence Day Holiday will give us more to talk about next month.
Love to All,
The McClintocks
July 2010 - Mercier, Cesar & Kelly & Family
Jilina and I will be in Southern California and Utah during the month of August. We are very excited to see family and get back to the west coast. We have been busy with travel softball and swimming lessons. We hope all are doing well and enjoying the summer!
Love,
The Merciers
Love,
The Merciers
July 2010 - Westover, Mel & Carol
Mel and Carol
I don't want to miss this month like last month. Mel and I just got home last night from Cleveland, Ohio. Quite an interesting trip. We went there for the ACN international convention. As usual it was awesome and we learned a lot. On Monday Mel and I decided to go to Kirtland, Ohio and see the historic sites. We took public transportation because we had a 7-day pass. The train took us to Windmere and then we got on the bus. Very Scary. We were the only two white people on the bus. We decided it was probably a good idea to sit next to the bus driver. Then we got off that bus and got on another one. Again, Very Scary. We drove through areas that were condemned, bullet holes in windows, businesses all boarded up. The only thing that was open was the hospitals and the schools. It made me very aware of how blessed we all are. Very happy to be home.
We are still very busy in our business. IF ANYONE NEEDS A CELL PHONE, ADT., SECURITY, SATELITE TV (DISH, OR DIRECT) WIRELESS AIR CARD, LOCAL LONG DISTANCE, PLEASE TALK TO US FIRST. WE CAN USUALLY SAVE YOU MONEY!!!!
I have been enjoying my time off from school. I think the older I get, the harder. Then when I have conferences with some of my parents, and they are so very grateful for what has been done for their children and their disabilities, I know how worthwhile it is to get up everyday and drive 30 minutes to school. We are excited to have Crystal and Jeff and family come and visit us. Anyone else in the neighborhood, come and visit. Have a happy Fourth of July and a great month!!
I don't want to miss this month like last month. Mel and I just got home last night from Cleveland, Ohio. Quite an interesting trip. We went there for the ACN international convention. As usual it was awesome and we learned a lot. On Monday Mel and I decided to go to Kirtland, Ohio and see the historic sites. We took public transportation because we had a 7-day pass. The train took us to Windmere and then we got on the bus. Very Scary. We were the only two white people on the bus. We decided it was probably a good idea to sit next to the bus driver. Then we got off that bus and got on another one. Again, Very Scary. We drove through areas that were condemned, bullet holes in windows, businesses all boarded up. The only thing that was open was the hospitals and the schools. It made me very aware of how blessed we all are. Very happy to be home.
We are still very busy in our business. IF ANYONE NEEDS A CELL PHONE, ADT., SECURITY, SATELITE TV (DISH, OR DIRECT) WIRELESS AIR CARD, LOCAL LONG DISTANCE, PLEASE TALK TO US FIRST. WE CAN USUALLY SAVE YOU MONEY!!!!
I have been enjoying my time off from school. I think the older I get, the harder. Then when I have conferences with some of my parents, and they are so very grateful for what has been done for their children and their disabilities, I know how worthwhile it is to get up everyday and drive 30 minutes to school. We are excited to have Crystal and Jeff and family come and visit us. Anyone else in the neighborhood, come and visit. Have a happy Fourth of July and a great month!!
July 2010- Woodward, Kevin & Tammy & Family
The Kevin Woodward household is recovering from gallbladder surgery. My dad is recovering well and he was in excellent hands. They will re-surface next month.
Torrie
Torrie
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