There must have been some bad news for November but since it wasn't written down I can't remember what it was.  So I think a journal should be written in everyday or at least no later then every week.  At least I will try.  This has really been an exciting month and a busy one.  I made caramels for Katie, Maybelle, Mom and myself.  Maybelle made fudge and Katie made penoche.  After school let out I hurriedly with Loyelin and Liza's help tied 2 quilts one for Jared and one for Josh for Christmas.  On Sat. the 24th of December, Richard Edward Loye Aceves was born and he was born c-section at 10:15 am.  He weighed 7# 2oz. and is so cute as can be.  Also Janet Hall had a girl Kimberly Genay who weighed 10# 1 oz.  and was born on the same day.

Christmas Eve we had a Willis get together and supper it was really nice but the nicest of all was the arrival of Jim and Shanna who we hadn't seen for just about 2 years.  Here they came walking in and no one was even expecting them.  It was such a nice surprise.

Christmas morning we had breakfast here at our house.  I hope we never get to many to have this little get together.  All of Sheree, Judy, and Shum's families were there and all of mine except Dahl, Shelley and their family.  Of course Anna Lou's family have hardly ever been here.  She is doing so good in England.  I do hope she had a good Christmas.  I almost forgot, Monte wasn't here.  He is in Boston on his mission.  Judy's family was happy because Scott had just got home (from Birmingham, Alabama where he had been serving a mission).  But they were sad too because Gene, Becky and "Jamie" are moving to Louisiana where Gene has employment.  They are leaving this week.

Karlie had her boyfriend Ron Vias here with her.  Ben went down to Tucson just recently and baptized Ron a member of the church.

Christmas afternoon we ate turkey, dressing ect. at Liza and Mark-oops!  We ate here, Liza made the turkey and dressing.

Loye, Jared and Josh went back to Mesa to work on Monday.

We all went to Show Low, Jim, Shanna, Mark, Liza and I and looked for tile that him wanted to buy for our kitchen (I would really like that.)  but the stores were closed.  We ate at McDonalds and then they rented 3 shows and we went up to Mark and Liza's and watched them.  "Star Wars", Twilight Zone and Night Hawk.  The next day I took down decorations and we went back to Show Low.  We didn't get any tile but seen lots of pretty stuff.  We ate at Asian Gardens then came home and watched 3 more movies eating all the while.  We watched "Blue Thunder", "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and Gandhi all were good but I'm tired of movies.

Wed.  Shanna and Jim left I hope it isn't another 2 years before I see them again.

Uncle Ez Shumway died Dec. 26, so on Dec 29 his funeral was held in Gilbert, I and Jason went down with Ben, Sheree and Mom.  Uncle Ez had lived a good life and they said lots of nice things about him.  We seen and visited with lots of relatives.  Mom and them came home after the funeral, but since Loye was working down there, we stayed at Dahl and Shelley's with Loye.  We all went out and ate at the Bonanza.  Dahl, Shelley, Josh, Jared, Jason and Loye and I.  Josh didn't want to go as he had lost his jacket with his bill fold with $235 in it when they had returned to the valley after Christmas.  Loye and Randy had suggested they call the D.P.S. and see if it had been reported so he did and took his phone number in case it was.  After we had ate at the Bonanza and gone back to Dahl's we got this call from Josh saying someone had found his bill-fold he was so elated!  He had to go to Fountain Hills to pick it up.

We came home Fri. evening Sat. I went up and cleaned Loyelin's house and bathed the cute little baby.  Sun. the time changed on our church and we go to 12 noon for our church time.  The boys went back to Mesa.  Loye left Mon. morning.  Jason and I spend the day at Loyelin's.  Ate birthday cake with Mark.  Tuesday in school again seems good to be back.  Maybelle had sad news about her sister she is only expected to live 2 more weeks or less.

(written in pink) This is Cristina's bracelet pen I'm writing with ad it sells like strawberries.  She got it from Avon.  (done with pink)

Here November is over and I haven't made one entry in this book all month.  And some pretty wonderful things have happened and some pretty bad.

First the good.  On top of the list-Shum was made bishop of Taylor 2nd ward.  He chose as his counselors Clyde Sherman and Floyd Fuentes they are all pretty lively people and should make a great bishopric.  Also Wade Butler was made bishop of Show Low 3rd Ward he has Leroy DeWitt and Steve Seymore as his councilors  Wade and Leroy we have known always and Steve is the son of Dean Seymore a boy we went to school with.  Show Low is blessed to have these men as leaders.

We spent Thanksgiving dinner at Judy's and Don's with the rest of my family and it was really good.  Matt Lewis is home from his mission and he said the prayer for our dinner and it was really good.

We went hunting out at Kaibab where the first night out it snowed on us about 4".  Loye, Jared, Jason, Josh and I all went from our family and camped with Charlie and Kate, Keith and his 2 boys Brian and Scott also Randy, Doug and Charlayne were all there.  We really enjoyed them all.  The first morning I didn't go out, but the rest of the time I did.  Josh got a 4 point deer and Loye got a 2 point.  It started snowing again the 3rd day out and it started getting so deep we finally had to move out we went down lower and stayed over night and the next day it kept snowing until there was about 6" and it was still coming down.  So we decided to see if we could make it to Fredonia and in 25 min we were there and there was no snow.  We spent the night in Kanab where we all had a nice luxurious showers and slept in some clean, comfortable beds.  The next day we went home but not without having car trouble this side of Page.  The U-joint went out of Jared's pickup.  Then later before we got to Winslow we had a blow-out on the camp trailer we were pulling.  But we finally made it safely on home.

Heidi had her 3rd birthday on Nov. 29.

Monday-Today was a busy day at work.  Aunt Ida was gone because her daughter Gola was here from Houston Texas to visit for a few hours as she was on her way to Utah to visit with her daughter Jackie.  Anyway Louise Pearce worked for Aunt Ida and it was her first time to help us out, but she is a good worker.  Maybelle was dressed up as a Halloween Spook and she really did a good job of that.

After work I went to the store to get some stuff for a Halloween party our family was giving tonight.  It turned out pretty good.  We had a Treasure Hunt that led from here to the Sewer Pump to the Graveyard to the bell at the Church house to Solomon Hill to Olson's old house where Roger and Cathy and Kent and Carol had fixed up a spook alley.  They (I didn't get to go through it) said it was pretty scary.  When they got in the garage, Roger shut the door then turned the light on, Kent who was dressed up as an old hermit and all around him was fresh bones they had got at Ed's Super Market.  Roger asked him if he was hungry and after Kent looked around at all the people he yelled food! and started a chain saw.  Needless to say this about started a stampede.

Sunday-Got up, washed dishes and took care of camping gear.  Then Jared, Jason and I went to church and other meetings.  Loye didn't feel too good so he stayed home.  But he did get ready and go to the fireside which was world wide and we watched it via the satellite at the stake center.  Jason sang with the other primary boys and girls of our stake, President Shumway also gave a talk, all before the satellite production.

Jim's 37th birthday.

This past week we have been planning a Halloween party for my family.  Cathy is going to have Carol Hall make a spook alley in her Dad's house.  We plan to have a progressive hunt in order to get to the spook alley and back to the food.  Hope it comes off all right.

Shanna flies back to California to live

Pres. Hancock called Loye and I to his office at the stake center.  Loye has been asked to be the High Councilman over the Special Interest and the Young Special Interest.  Since in this calling he needs his wife to be with him, I had to go to.  I hope I can be enthusiastic and do the things I need to do to make this experience a good one.  We didn't have school Tuesday or Friday (Parent teacher conference) so Friday we went camping.  Loye is working out at the Chevelon Ranger Station, so we went out there.  Loye and I, Jason, Cristina, Tara, and Candon all went.  We went to Chevelon out through Winslow.  That's the 1st time I have gone that way.  Jason had to show us the way.  After I passed the turn-off Jason kept telling me I would have to turn around and go back, but I thought I knew where I was going so we must have gone about 30 miles before (and I don't know why) I turned around and went back to the right turn-off.  We finally got out there about 1 pm.  We went down in the pinions and found a camp-site, then started picking up pinions.  Loye and Jared came down and set up camp, then Jared went home.  We picked up pinions until late then went to camp and fixed supper (biscuits, gravy with hamburger and fried potatoes and onions).  Tasted real good.  Then Cristina and Tara slept in the camper on the pick-up and Jason, Candon, Loye and I slept in the tent.  Candon wanted to know if we were sleeping on rocks.  Saturday we got up about 6 am and fixed some hot chocolate.  We then went out and picked-up more pinions (we must have got about 25#).  We came back to camp and scrambled some bacon and eggs, warmed up the left over biscuits and poured some nice cold pineapple juice and ate breakfast.  After eating we picked up more nuts until we were too tired to do more, so we went back to camp packed everything up then went to the Ranger Station where Loye is doing some remodeling on a house that had burned.  After we had been there for a while, Chan, Brent and Willie came up from Mesa to do some wiring on this house Loye is working on.  After about 2 hours they were through and ready to go home so they went back to the valley and we came on to good old Taylor Town where we all showered and went to bed.

One week since I last wrote in my journal.

This last week Shanna called from Cleveland Ohio where they have lived for the past 1 1/2 years, she said she would be moving to Modesto, California next week.  Jim has been there since September 12, 1983.

Loye, Roger and Jared have been working in Holbrook this week for Jim Hudgins.  Next week they will work out at the Chevelon Ranger Station, remodeling a house that had fire damage.  Sure hope they can have work to do all winter.

What a sad night it was Fri. Oct 21 when Snowflake Lobos met the Show Low Cougars in a football game at the Show Low and were beaten 14-7.  The first time in 10 yrs. (When Show Low started their own High School away from Snowflake) that Show Low has beat the Lobos.  Bobby Hall as we walked away from the game said "I guess it was inevitable, but why in my lifetime?"

We got home from the game about 10 p.m.  Jason and Cristina had gone with us.  Before the game we went to "Guayo's" and ate Mexican food.  When we got home Jason went right to bed and slept until 11 pm, then I woke him up so he could run in the "Midnight Run".  He rode out to the 4 mile bridge with Roger where he ran 3 miles.  Tara and Jared also ran the 3 miles.  Jared came in 5th in his division, Jason was 21st and Tara was 28th.  They got home about 1:30.

This morning we got up and went out to look for pinions.  We took Jason and Cristina.  We first went up to Decker wash and didn't find any so we went on down to Heber, where we found quite a few just off the highway before you get to Circle K.  We picked up 2  #3 cans of pinions besides eating our fill.  We ate lunch out there.

When we came home we hauled a load of trash up to the dump.  Rikki and Mandy went with us.  Later I went to Pioneer Market and bought a few groceries.  Loye watched the Sun Devils and Washington play football on T.V. but I went on to bed.  Jared and Josh are supposed to be at that game

Oct. 20 bought new whirlpool clothes dryer from gas co.

 

Here it is October 11, 1983 and quite a lot has happened since I last wrote in this journal.  Jerald and Colleen Hatch'es little girl that was handicapped, drowned in the bath tub at their home, it was a tragic thing the way it happened.  Lois wilson (Charlie Hall's sister) passed away she really had asthma bad, but I think she died of a heart-attack, she was about 72, I think.  Snowflake's football team has won their last 3 games the last one being Payson who they beat 19-2.  I'm sure glad.  Eric Ramsey is the quarterback and he has really had a hard time to get going.

Cassie (my oldest grandchild, and a Junior in High School this year) is a Loboette.  The Loboettes do dance routines at the ballgames.  I think Cassie is really good  and does real well.

Yesterday they had a powder puff football game in which Tami Played.  I didn't go down but Tami said she didn't get to play very much.

Yesterday Cathy trimmed my hair.  It was so busy before and now it looks much better. (I think).

This past week has really been a hard one for my friend Maybelle.  Her only sister Lady (Yvonne Beck) had an operation and it was determined that she has cancer.  She has 2 spots on her liver and it was found in her lymph nod glands.  Her sister is such a good, hard-working, God fearing person and she is only 45.  She has 4 grown children, but it seems a pity that she won't be able to enjoy life without this worry of cancer.  She has to start taking chemotherapy which is so hard on a person.  But the family is trying hard to think of all the positive things in Lady's favor and there are many.  They are a good family and help each other all they can.  Rick and Loyelin have been in Phoenix at Rick's Mother's for vacation all week, they will be home sometime today.

Last night our Elders Quorum sponsored a hay-ride and weiner roast it was really nice.  Roger and Cathy and Kris and Loretta Pringle were in charge.

October 1 was Josh's 18th birthday and Heather's 6th birthday.  October 4th was Rick's 25th birthday and October 7th was Jacob's 4th birthday.

We got up at 4 am this morning to go to the temple.  We wanted to go through with Kate and Charlie's family who were taking Craig through so he can go on a mission to Washington D.C. on Sept 22.  There was such a big crowd at the temple that we had to wait for the next session so we didn't even get to go through with the Halls.  Chan and Lynda didn't make it either or Kent and Carol.  After the session we went to the sealing of Everett and Jennifer Brewer.  Chand and Lynda had been waiting for us so we went over to "Matta's" and ate Spanish food.  Kate's family was all there.  Also most of the other people that had attended the temple today were at Matta's.  We left to come home as soon as we finished eating without seeing Dahl or Josh.  We got home about 4:30 pm and hurried to go up on Show Low Creek to a Ward Cook-out it was a nice evening and everything tasted good.

Yesterday was Katie's birthday and the day before was Violets.  I think Kate was 59 and Violet was 58.  Jared and Roger spent all yesterday getting ready to bow and arrow hunt for elk in the Kaibab forest and this morning they left about 3 am to go.  Cathy went to see her friend Anna Marie Peterson in Flagstaff while her friend came from Page.  After work Loye and I went after wood.  We took Candon, Rikki and Sara they seemed to have fun we then came home, got cleaned up and went to Snowflake to watch the Lobos get scobbed by Winslow.  Snowflake's team sure has some problems.  Sept 19 was Mandy's 2nd birthday.

Ann Smithson's first day to conduct Relief Society.  She was sort of nervous but she did a good job.  It was Sunday today so brother Topp (seminary teacher) and his wife were speakers.  Vernon Kartchner, Sarah Decker and Wayne Ramsey all passed away today.  They were all in bad condition so it is really a blessing that they were called home.

Had an awful hard time getting out of bed this morning.  Finally made it through the weekend.  Then it was Labor Day weekend and Josh was home he came out to Flag with Randy and he got home as I said before about 3:30 then he slept.  When he got up he got in our car and that was about the last we seen of him except for occasional glimpses at the ball games.  Sunday he did get up and go to church, but he didn't sit with us.  Then the rest of the day he was gone.  Monday we got up and prepared to go after wood and cook dinner out.  Josh wouldn't go with us, he was afraid Randy would go back without him.  Dahl and his family were in Lakeside.  They were going to picnic with us but they got sent to the wrong place.  We went up on Decker Wash and really had a nice time, until just before we left Tami was hitting a stump with an axe and I guess she stirred up a swarm of bees.  Heather got 6 bites, Sara had 3 bites, Jared had 3 bites and Mandy got 1 right on her belly button.  When we got home Josh was gone and we never seen Dahl.  Sept 6 set apart as secretary for R.S. also Tami's 15th birthday.

We went to Flagstaff to watch Snowflake play Coconino in Football.  Snowflake didn't win the score was 28-6.  After last years winning season it was sort of a let down to get beat so far, but our team is pretty young and I'm sure they will get better as the season goes on.

Liza, Jared, Candon, Jason, Loye and I all went out.  We ate supper at the Sizzler out there.  Didn't get home until 1:30 am, but Jason couldn't sleep after we got here so I stayed up with him until he finally went to sleep around 3:00 am.  At 3:30 Josh came in.  He rode up from the valley with Randy and they were at the ball game in Flagstaff.  he then spent some time with Mitzi Hammond who was leaving for BYU at 4 am to go to school.

August has just flew by, Dahl had his 28th birthday on the 13th also Loyelin.  Rick forgot it much to Loyelin's sorrow and Rick's to where he found out what was wrong with Loyelin.  He then made things right with her by buying her 2 sets earring, a necklace and some flowers.  She was a lot better then.

I forgot little Lindsey's birthday and she is such a little doll.  It's hard to remember all of their days, but, I had better try harder.

Cassie had her 16th birthday and her boy friend Alex Stradling bought her a friendship ring and a rocking chair.  (I suppose to rock while he's on a mission.)

Cathy won first place in the race at the fair in Holbrook.  She's really getting some nice trophy's.  Sunday Aug 28 was Roger and Cathy's 18th anniversary.

On Aug. 16 Bishop Palmer asked me to be secretary of the Relief Society.  He said Ann Smithson had asked for me.  I'm really quite excited about it.  I just pray that I can do a good job.

Dan and Jane Martenau had baby girl blessed also, Jim and Krindy Hendrix had baby blessed.

We went to Mesa to attend some temple sessions.  We got in Mesa about noon.  Loye had to get some bids on glass for the front of Gene Hall's Toyota dealership in Show Low.  We then went shopping at Mervyn's where I bought me 2 blouses to work in.  We got Jason some pants and shirts and Loye some pants and a shirt (gray).  Then we went to Dahl and Shelley's and visited for a while.  Dahl got all cleaned up to go out to eat, and Jacob, who had been playing outside came running in the house, he looked at Dahl, stopped!  Then he said, "Is today Sunday?"  We thought he was pretty cute, but Dahl was sort of embarrassed.  We went to Cisco's and ate Spanish food (it was really good.)  We went to Motel 6 and got a room (as we were going to the temple early we didn't want to stay at Dahl's and wake them all up so early.  We got to the temple about 6:30 am but had to wait for the 7 o'clock session.  But we did do 2 sessions.  Earnie and Sue Pettyjohn, Idell Solomon, Ruth Ozment, and Fernith Palmer besides Loye and I were all that was there from our ward, and it was our wards temple excursion.  It is really a peaceful and rewarding feeling to go there.

We visited with Louise and Joe Woolford while we were there.  She is Loye's cousin, a daughter of Aunt Violet Lewis.  When we got out of the temple we ate lunch at "The King's Table."  Then we went to the "Price Club" and bought some stuff for us and Roger.  I got a new Price Club card with my picture on it.

We went back to Dahls and told them we were coming on home, but that we were first going by "Bud and Mary Jo Pearce", which we did.  They weren't feeling to good.  Bud had, had trouble with his heart and liver and had high blood pressure.

Last winter his hole family had been living with them, they had 15 to worry about feeding and although he would never complain I think it helped to bring on his problems.  He is much better now and his children have all gone to places of their own.  I'm glad we went by.  They are always fun to visit with.  We started on home and got as far as the Saguaro Lake turn off when our car started steaming, where Loye looked under the hood he found we had a break in the water hose.  There we were in the middle of the desert (where you never go without taking water) and we had no water.  Cars passed by.  Finally a car load of boys stopped and here one came hot-footing it down the pavement without shoes on, to see if he could help, but they didn't have any water or tape (we could use to patch up our hose),  so they went on their way.  In a little while a man in an old convertible from Florida called and asked if we needed some water, Loye said we sure do, so he turned in and found in his supplies some electrical tape we used to patch our leaky hose and he gave us 3 gallons of water.  We were soon on our way.  We stopped once at a stream to fill the radiator clear up then went on to Payson.  Loye phoned Ike Cook who came and took Loye to a place to buy a new hose then he helped Loye put it on the car.  We went by Ike's house for a few minutes then came on up the hill.  At Christopher Creek we stopped to eat, but because the Payson rodeo the cafe was packed.  They told us it would be about 45 minutes before we could eat.  So we came on up to Merzville where we stopped and had some good food, but the atmosphere was terrible.  We came on home and got here about 10 p.m.  Jason had stayed with Loyelin so we just left him over night, and picked him up in time for church the next morning.  School started on the 23rd of Aug but we had to be to work on the 22nd.  Time really flies it seems like school just let out.  Kate, Maybelle, Aunt Ida and Linda Ellison will be working at the kitchen with me this year.

Jason's 11th Birthday, my baby's birthday.  I don't know what I would do without him.  It's nice to have a child who still loves his Mother and I'm going to enjoy it until he out grows it.  Josh moved to the valley.  What an empty space he has left.  On the way to Mesa his pickup broke down at Sunflower.  He said he walked about 10 miles before he caught a ride.  I guess the heat about got him.

Jared went down and pulled Josh's pickup into Mesa where they could get it fixed.  Then Jared came home.  Since he didn't leave home until about 7 pm he didn't get home until 3 am.

Cristina and Sara have been with their Grandma Clark and Sam for about 1 month now and Saturday they are supposed to come home.  It will really be nice to see the again.

We went to Carlsbad Caverns it was really a neat place so cool (56 degrees) inside and the sights were fantastic.  We left Carlsbad Caverns about 10 am and went to El Paso.  I never seen such a dry bleak land in my life.  From El Paso on it was fairly scenic.  We came through Silver City, Glenwood and Alpine.  Alpine being the prettiest.  We came home and got here about 7:30.

Shum and Kathy left on the 1st of August to go to Arkansas with Kathy's mother where they spent a week with the brother Keith.  It is said they really enjoyed Arkansas.

Loye's 55th birthday.  We cooked hamburgers out to celebrate this occasion.  Grandma Rogers and Grandma Willis were both here but Grandma Willis didn't feel to good so they didn't stay very long.  Roger and Jared gave Loye a sleeping bag and Josh gave him a watch.  Friday the 5th on Loye's birthday we went to Rosewell, New Mexico where Loye made some sidewalks and steps for Don Johnson.  We stayed at Don's and slept in their motor home.  The next day they went to Clovis to a reunion so we stayed at their place while Loye finished the cement then when he was through we took a bath in their huge bathtub in the middle of their bedroom.  Then we (Loye, Jason and I) all went to the "Chew Den" and ate Chinese food (really yummy) then we went out to Carlsbad where we had to pay $48 for a room.

Mark Willis had his missionary testimonial in Mesa.  He goes to Italy and has to be in the mission home on the 4th of August.

I pray for all my family and hope they will learn to help each other.  Even though you don't want my help. When things happen, Mothers and Fathers have to know.  It's one of the blessings we receive.  It is supposed to strengthen us?

Decided I had better write more about my exciting summer vacation.  Actually it has been pretty boring.  Just the same thing day after day.  There will be a change now as the ball games are over so we won't have them to look forward to each night.  The family got beat out pretty easy.  Josh's Playboys lasted a little longer.  1st Ward ladies and 1st Ward Juniors are still in the running for church teams.

We wanted to go to Manti and watch the pageant up there.  But we're not going.  We don't have a car that would make it and none of the kids want to go, so we could go with them.  We went down to Roger and Cathy's and ate cake and ice cream for Roger's birthday.  Sure do love and appreciate him.

This next week I plan to buy some paint and start on my house so I can get it all painted before school starts and I have to go back to work.

Cathy has certainly put out the work this summer.  Making a new lawn.  Jogging every day and swimming every day and teaching swimming.  I don't know how she keeps up.  If I had that much ambition I think I would spend it in my yard and on my house.  Pooey on wasting time jogging and swimming but then everyone to their own likes.

The summer rains have started (thank goodness) we really haven't had any hard rain yet, but we have had some nice sprinkles.

This is the time of year when it's nice to get up early and hear the haunting sounds of a mourning dove.  When everything is quiet and about to wake up for the days work ahead.  Or at noon to hear the lazy drone of a bee or in the evening to hear the cheerful chirp of a cricket or if it has rained the noisy croaking of the frogs.  it is indeed a nice place to live.  Although I think I would like to live out of town a ways.  We have roads and neighbors all the way around us any more and we used to be the last house on this road and had things pretty much the way we wanted, but now it seems everyone can check and see what we are doing.

Chan and Lynda and Willie came back from Alaska early this year on the 19th.  Said they ran out of work.  Sure was a short summer for them.  Hardly worth going for.

Josh has started working for Ronald and Keeven.  Hope he is as happy as he thinks he will be.  He plans to move to the valley this week. (Oh the agonies of a mother as each child leaves home.)  I'm really not happy about it at all.

Loye has been working in Heber today with Mark, Roger, Jared, Jason and Willie.  They should be coming home soon.  Loye said he would take us out to dinner tonight.  Sounds good to me.

Today started the 24th of July celebration in Snowflake.  It sure isn't as important as it was when I was a kid.  We had to have new clothes and be some of the first people at the rodeo ground in Snowflake.  To listen to Happy Jack play music on his loud speakers, and watch the Indians who had come to town the week before from Whiteriver in covered Wagons.  Course we watched them go through Taylor as we sat on Grandpa Shumway's picket fence.

The rodeo, barbecue and fights were all held at the rodeo ground and you paid one ticket and everything was paid for.  "Oh the good ole days."  Tomorrow me and the girls will go to Snowflake and watch the parade and maybe take in the barbecue then come home and wait for the ball games and fireworks.  It really is a pretty nice celebration.  More so than anything Taylor does.  Another thing I would like to do tomorrow is to go to the program and listen to President John Taylor talk.  He has just returned home from Canada where he served 3 years as a Mission President.

Leon Ballard, my cousin (Aunt Thora's oldest son) is now in Brisbane Australia serving a 3 year mission presidency.  They just left recently.

Well I keep getting worse at the Journal keeping.

The ball games are all over for the kids.  My "Little Angels" came in 3rd on their league with Teree Webb (I think it is supposed to be Fuentes), and April Ellison making the all star team.  I thought Cristina would make it but she didn't.  Ann Rogers made it from her team, "The Blue Jays."

The little league ended their season with the "Pirates" coming in 3rd.  Ryan Hancock, Garrett Hancock and Clinton Neff all made the all star team with Scott Hall getting honorable mention.  Lyn Hancock and Jerry Peck was the coaches for the "Pirates", but I can honestly say these boys knew less about playing baseball when the season ended then when it started.

We made rolls one day for the 4th of July barbecue and another day we cut up slaw for the same purpose.

Dahl and Shelley came up for the 4th as Dahl was playing in the ball tournament at Show Low with his Mesa Ward team.  They played 3 gaes but got beat all 3 games.  Last year we were in Alaska for the 4th so it was sure seemed nice to be home at least for the celebration as last year nothing exciting happened in Alaska and the boys never took any special time off from work.  However, the 4th was on Sunday last year.

It was nice to hear the Anvil as it exploded and made these earth shattering blasts.  And not everyone gets reminded by their Stake President that "it's time to get up to celebrate the 4th of July", as he rides around in the parade of cars, ambulances, band and Anvil to wake everyone up.  Of course the band with the Jennings Drum is always a highlight.  However, this year Judge Jennings had passed away so one of his family members played the drum.  At 6:30 am we went over to the rodeo grounds and ate a pancake and sausage breakfast prepared by the Kiwanis Club for $1.50 per person.  It was a real tasty breakfast.  We came home and got ready to go to Show Low to watch Dahl play ball.  But when we got there his team had drawed a bye and they didn't play until noon.  We went down town and watched the parade.  I have seen much better parades.  Taylor's Rodeo Queen rode in the parade.  Calli Lee was queen with Wendy Webb and Tana Lewis as attendants.  Tana looked real cute.

After the parade we had to come back to Taylor so Loye could help serve barbecue.  Jason, Loyelin, Mark, Liza and their kids all ate barbecue.  It was really good.  We then went back to Show Low to watch Josh play with the Video Magic team, but they got beat.  So we came back to Taylor and just got here when we found out that Dahl had a game at 3pm but we didn't go back up to watch it.  At 6 Loye had to go help with the barbecue again.  As soon as he got through we went back to Show Low where both Dahl and Josh were playing ball.  We watched Dahl's game but they got beat.  Finally we came home and watched the fireworks.  Then Dahl and Shelley went over to Mom's and slept and we went in here to bed.

Chan had come home from Alaska about 1 week ago and he sort of wanted us to keep his care here so it would be out of Keeven's way so Sunday morning Loye, Jason and I rode to the valley with dahl so we could bring Chan's car home with us.  We went straight to Keeven's where Dahl and Shelley left us.  We got in the car that didn't have any air conditioning.  We went over to the Red Lobster, went by the Price Club, then came home (and it was hot).  We got home about 8pm.  On the 4th we did absolutely nothing except wash clothes.

This week we spent lots of time at ball games.  The family still hasn't won a game.  On June 22nd they played "The Playboys", a bunch of tobacco chewing boys who are Josh's age.  He plays on their team.  I hope Josh isn't chewing with the rest of the boys.  I think this is such a repulsive habit.  But I'm not naive.  Any way the tobacco chewers beat us 17-16.  This past weekend was our Rogers Family Reunion, held June 17 & 18.  We took this tent trailer out here of Don Johnston's and it was big enough for all of us to sleep in.  Josh sprained his ankle the night before so he didn't stay over night with the rest of us.  He came home with Cathy, Alex and Tara.  Anyway we went up to Louis Peterson's private camp ground.  It is up by Pinedale really a nice place.  Sherree's family was in charge of the Reunion so they made all the arrangements.  After supper of fried chicken, biscuits, potato and Jello salad, punch (everything tasted so good).  We had a program honoring my father (Paul Moroni Rogers).  Sheree read a skit we had given years ago in the big Rogers Family Reunion.  When Roger, Shanna, Loyelin, Ross and Paul were just small and they took part in that program.  Roger, Benda, Rion and Kim all paid honor to daddy by telling of their memories of daddy.  Finally we all went to bed where some slept and some of us didn't, but we awoke ready for a fun filled day and thats what we had.  For breakfast we had scrambled eggs and bacon, biscuits and gravy and orange juice.  After breakfast we had a horse shoe tournament, however we never did finish it  Loye and I were partners and we beat Eric and Yvonne and Rion and Bonnie but Shum and Kathy came along and beat us.  Sherree's family had planned an anything goes game that everyone really enjoyed.  After that we ate lunch of barbecue or ham sandwiches, chips, punch and watermelon.  We finally all went home dirty and tired, but feeling close to each other and good inside knowing we had so many good people who cared about us.  When we got home I had to go right in and bathe so I could go help Louise Kay Hatch and Katie prepare a dinner for a stake High Priest Party.  We fixed steak with mushroom gravy baked potatoes, green salad, rolls and fruit salad.  It was real nice.  Other helped us.  Got up Sunday morning and taught Jason's class at primary.  Bishop Palmer came in and gave them a little talk about morality.  Sister Kathy Tenney wants me to teach this class for the next 3 Sundays.  Guess I can handle this.

Shum and Kathy left today to take Monte to Provo to prepare to leave for his mission to Boston Massachusettes.

We got up about 6:30 A.M. and Dahl took us all over looking for grapes but we didn't find any.  As we got back into town we stopped at the Circle K to get some gas.  After getting the gas Dahl tried to start the pick up but nothing happened.  They worked a while but it just wouldn't start.  We borrowed Mark and Liza's pick up, so we were pretty worried about what had happened to it.  Dahl called Shelley and she came and took me back home with her.  After a while Loye and Dahl came.  We don't know why it wouldn't start and when Dahl tried starting it after a while it started right up. 

Shelley fixed us some bacon, eggs, and toast for breakfast.  We called Randy's for Josh but Randy said Josh had already gone.  So we thought he would be over any minute so we waited and waited but he didn't come.  We wanted to be home by noon so we could go to Monte Rogers' missionary farewell.  Finally at 11:30 we decided to start home so we did.  When we got to Payson, we called Dahl to see if he had heard from Josh.  Dahl said he had called and that he was home.  He had come by Dahl's while Shelly was picking me up at Circle K.  He thought we had gone on home and that Dahl and Shelley had gone to church, so he just went on home.  We got behind some slow traffic and came up on the rim.

We took baths and Loye went to a High Council meeting.  We (Jared, Jason and I) went over to Shum and Cathy's to an open house party for Monte.  The Stake President got hung up in a court and didn't get over to set Monte apart until after 10:00 P.M. when we left.

We got up this morning and Loye, Jason and I went to the valley to watch Josh wrestle.  We left home about 6:30.  Lots of traffic coming up the mountain.  We got in the valley around 10:00, and went over to Dahl and Shelley's where Josh was staying.  He said they weren't  doing anything at Apache Jct. except playing around and going tubing down the river.  So he has been working for Dahl the last day and a half.

Dahl and Shelley were going boating with Shelly's sister Leann and Mike her husband.  So we went to the wrestling banquet at Sir George's.  All of the wrestlers were there.  Coach Glen McMumm from Apache Jct. was conducting the program.  They had the coaches from Phoenix College, Mesa Community, ASU, and NAU.  All talk to the boys.  Then they introduced all of the boys and read their statistics, except no one sent any statistics on Josh.  No one from the school thought he was important enough to come down for in fact he didn't even have a suit to wear and had to borrow a singlet from a boy from Benson.  Needless to say he didn't do very good, he got pinned in the first round.  I think he was pretty embarrassed.  After the match Josh went with Randy Hall and Warren Shumway and went to a movie.  We stayed for the rest of the matches then went over to Dahls and spent the night.  We sat up until 1:00 A.M. visiting then we slept on he floor because Jacob's water bed sprang a leak.  But we were so tired it wasn't any trick to go to sleep.

A day that has been uninteresting with not much doing.  I would like to say here that I do not approve of my family wearing shorts.  I think it is vulgar and cheapens a person to report to this.  I know the Lord does not approve of this attire and if anyone thinks its right they are only rationalizing.  I love all my family, but I expect them to keep high standards and stay morally clean.

This morning was so beautiful.  I washed sheets and hung them out to dry.  Then I went up and watched my "Lil Angels" get beat again.

Came home washed and hung some more clothes changed all the sheets.

In the afternoon I went out to watch Jason play ball, but it started blowing dirt and sprinkling a little.  It was blowing so bad that they finally called the game off.

Made some enchiladas for supper.  We rode up to the park and watched some Snowflake wards play ball.  Since we didn't know many of the ones playing it was sort of uninteresting so we came on home.  Watched T.V. a while and went to bed.

Another game for the "Lil Angels" but they got beat again.  Hope they soon learn to play better so they can start winning some games.

Josh went to Heber to work with Loye, Roger, and Jared, but he has to go down to Mesa to get in shape for the All-Star wrestling on Saturday night.  Class AA-A, B, and C schools compete against Arizona's AAA schools.  He didn't have his clothes ready and since he was leaving from Heber, I had to get his clothes ready and take them out to him.  So I got Liza to take us out there.  When we drove up out where they were working.  Roger said to Liza.  "Mark isn't here, you might try Holbrook."  Roger is always teasing her about following Mark.

We came home, fixed supper then went down to watch the family play N.A.S. who beat us.

Cristina, Kris, and Tara played ball this morning but they got beat by Barb's Babes.

Loye is the High Counselor over the women's sports so he has been trying to get the baseball games going.  But as yet the stake leaders haven't got everything they need to get started.

This evening we walked up to the park and watched Taylor 4th and 3rd play each other, but we left before they finished and came home and went to bed.

Got up early and went out in the yard and did some raking.  Then came in and fixed breakfast.  The boys all went off to work so I cleaned the desk drawers.  However it doesn't show that I did anything.  No game scheduled this evening. 

Jason did have a game, but they got beat.  Robbie was pitching against our team and he did a pretty good job.

Fast Sunday today.  Clark and Angie Rowley had their baby Joseph blessed today.  Lots of their families were there.  Many good testimonies were borne.

Fixed barbecue chicken for dinner with baked potatoes.  One of my boys favorite meal.

Went up to visit with Eve for a while then I went over to Mom's but she wasn't home.  Loye and I rode up to Pinetop to see if we could get some tomato plants, but couldn't.  We stopped at a new Baskin and Robins and bought an ice cream cone.  

Came home and went to bed.

Didn't get much done today.  I just felt tired all day.  Went up to the park in the evening to watch "The Rogers Family" play the "Heber Jacks", but the family got beat 10-6.

Got some of my work done during the commercials of "The Little Colonel" starring Shirley Temple about 10:00 am 

Liza came by and we went up to Pinetop to get a check from Aschauers a company Loye does work for.  On the way home we bought 2-50' hoses at Thrifty drug.  Loye wanted 1-75' house but they were all sold out.  We came down to Show Low and went to Asia Gardens to eat lunch.  We went in and sat down and they brought menus but no one came to take our orders so we finally got up to go but Pete Louie came in and said he would take our order.  He is the owner of the cafe so he took our order and in no time at all we had our lunch

Came on home, washed and hung some clothes.  Loye, Jared, Josh and Jason all came home from work early.  We decided to call El Rancho and order some supper and here comes Josh with it now so we'll see how good it is.

Loyelin's Lil' Angels got beat today but it was sure a nicer day then yesterday.  However, the wind was still blowing just not quite as hard but it was still cold.

Nothing happened of interest today we didn't go up to the game as none of the kids were playing.  I made cookies and everyone gorged on them and went to bed.

What a lousy day, all day long the wind just howled and it was cold.  We went up in the evening and watched Heber beat Taylor 1st Jrs. and Josh was playing.  It was cold.  Jared played on the men's team and Heber beat them, finally we came home and went to bed to get warm.

Got up early and got some of my work done so I could go up to the park and watch my grand daughters (Cristina, Kris and Tara) play ball.  Loyelin and Liza coach the team.  They won 17-1 so it wasn't too competitive.  While I was there I remembered I was supposed to go visiting teaching so I went and got in Jared's pick up and started to back out but something was holding me up.  When I got out to look it was Jason's bike I was hitting and it was all bent out of shape.  He had parked it there using the kickstand to hold it up, but I guess the wind had blown it over underneath the pick up.  I went on and with Idell Solomon we got our teaching done to Jackie Vaughn and Judy Tidwell.  

When I got home Jason met me at the door in tears about his bike.  He had been camping the night before so he was so sleepy he could hardly see straight.  I finally talked him into taking a nap.  He didn't want to cause he said naps were for kindergartener's but he didn't last long when he laid down, he was soon fast asleep and stayed there about 3 hours.  Finally I had to wake him up to go watch the Roger's family play ball.  They lost again.  So we came home and went to bed.

Memorial Day, Mom was up early doing her decorating out at the cemetery.  Aunt Thora was helping her.  I don't know what she would do without Aunt Thora, they enjoy each other even if it's to hear each others complaints.

Dahl and Shelley who had been camping up on the mountain called from Lakeside and wanted me to bring their car up and drive Jared's pick up (they had borrowed) home.  I called Loyelin, no answer, Liza, no answer, Mom, no answer.  I thought ( I was all alone in the world)  Finally I called Sheree and she said she would ride up to Lakeside with me, so she did on the way home we stopped and ate at the White Mountain Cafe.  We had an enjoyable time.  We visited with Dahl and Shelley and her 2 sisters Janet and her family (who had gone camping with them) and Vickie (who is expecting her 7th (I think) baby)  who lives in Lakeside, back of the drive-in-theater.

Came home and watched Jason lay ball.

Today was ward conference for us.  The theme of the conference was service.  They showed 2 films one called "The Mail Box", and the other was called "Uncle Ben"  they were real inspirational films.  One was about this old lady who walked everyday out to the mailbox to see if her children had written to her, but they never did.  Finally one daughter called the old lady's neighbor and told her they were going to put her in an old folks home.  The old lady trudged out to the mail box in the snow and there was a letter from her family.  But before she could read it, she had a heart attack and died.

"Uncle Ben" was about a man who was an alcoholic and the only relatives he had was a sister who had 2 sons and 1 daughter.  His sister died and because he was an alcoholic the court didn't want him to have the children.  But he promised the courts he would change if they would let him raise the children.  From the day he took the children until they all graduated he hadn't taken one single drink.

When we came home we really had a hail storm.  The streets out here were really flooding and about 2 inches of hail fell.

Loyelin, Rick and the girls came over and visited for a while.

Loye had a sports meeting he went to and we all went to bed early.

Saturday I haven't been worth a nickel all day.  I have simply been pooped.  Nothing worth writing about.

Josh, Stuart and Monte all graduate.  Yahoo!!  It's finally over for the summer.  Kate, Maybelle, Gwen, and I all went over to Trappers and had chef's salad to celebrate.  Liza came in and wanted to go to Pinetop.  Since I wanted to go with her she order her a salad and waited for me.  We were supposed to pick up a check at Aschauers for Loye but Art was gone and wouldn't be back for a while so we went shopping.  I bought some graduation presents.  Then we waited about 2 hours and he still hadn't got back so we went down where Loye was working in Linden  The boys teased Liza about always having to be where Mark is and we all had fun, Liza to (I hope).  

We came on home to get ready for graduation.  We went down about 7:30 and the program started at 8:00 pm on the football field.  There was a big crowd.  

Dahl and Shelley came up from Mesa.  They were late but we seen them come in so we signaled them to come and sit by us.  After the ceremony we went down to congratulate Josh and to see if his diploma was signed, it was.  Then we (all but Josh) went up to Show Low to the Pizza Hut and ate.  Got home about Midnight.

Josh went to an all night party at the Snowflake Golf Course club house.

8th Grade graduation for Yvette Rogers.  Our last day to cook, we made enchiladas.  Cleaned 3 ovens.  Will Wilson came and helped us clean our vent screens.  We had to work our way out of a pretty big mess.

Nothing special happened today.  But I loved it because my children and grandchildren and my mother are all nearby to cheer me up.  And make my load seem lighter and of course my precious Loye is here and I love him.

Our last day to make bread at school this year.  We had texas steak with biscuits and gravy.  Turned out to be quite a day with lots of work.

Came home washed, cooked a roast with carrots and potatoes for supper.  Then we went to Snowflake to watch the boys play ball at 7:30 on their team was, Mike Russel, Roger, Mark Williams, Ernie Pettyjohn, Joe Hatch, Keith Brimhall, Alex Stradling, Monte Rogers, Jared, Rick Aceves, Ken VanWinkle, and Shummy.  They got beat over 20 points.

At 9:30 pm we went to Taylor to watch Josh play for the Play Boys they played N.A.S. the score was 3-0 in favor of N.A.S.  On the Play Boys they had Joe Tigert, Jerry and Jerome Martinez, Troy and Gail Tanner, Tony Tate, Mark Pachta, Josh, Chad Walker.

Today we fixed tacos (another one of our good lunches).  While at work Loye and Jared came by to see what we were eating, but it wasn't to their liking so they went somewhere else.

When I got home Josh was here waiting to go to Pinetop with Liza to get his hair cut.  Liza was paying for it as a graduation gift to Josh.

Jason came home then went off with Mike Giles and they caught 2 crows.  Jason was pretty excited about it. 

Loye had to go to a High Council meeting for church baseball.

Jared just came home pooped.  After eating everyone went off to the ball games.  Finally I decided to waddle up to the park.  On the way home I jogged about 50 ft. and I could hardly sleep all night.  Guess I'll have to try it again so I can get in shape.

Oh Boy!  The last week of school.  It will be so nice for a while not to have to worry about getting to work.  We served Tostados one of the kids favorite meals.

Came home and got some clothes washed so Jason will have his ball suit clean to wear after while to the game.

Liza came by and we went to Snowflake for a drink.  When she brought me home it was time to run to Snowflake and pick up Loye so he could go with me to Jason's game.  While at the game we sat by and visited with Bob and Velda Hancock.  They have always been good friends to us and I appreciate and love them.  Jason's team won.

We went over to liza's and cooked hamburgers later.  Loyelin and Rick were there too.  We had an enjoyable time. 

Had to get up and finish some of the work I didn't get done yesterday.  Not a good way to start the Sabbath.  Anyway we went to all of our meetings.  Listened to the Bishoprick talk to us in Sacrament meeting.  Tom Wing teaches our Sunday School class.  He is a good man and a good teacher.  Bev Wing taught our Cultural Refinement Lesson in R.S.  She is a charming lady and really has a keen sense of humor.

Came home and fried chicken and filled my pie shells with 2 with lemon filling, 1 with banana and 1 with coconut.

Loye had a High Council meeting so he went there.  Violet and Earl came earlier in the day and gave Josh $10.00 for graduation.  Josh seemed pretty pleased about it.

When Loye came home we went down to Baccalaureate.  Beulah Hunt Stratton was the main speaker and she gave a good talk. 

Today is Saturday.  Loye, Mark and Josh went up to Pinetop somewhere to work today.  So they took Jason and Mike Giles up to Rainbow Lake to fish.

I stayed here and made bread, pie crust and cooked beans.  But before I got the bread baked Liza came over and wanted to go to Show Low and buy some groceries.  I talked her into waiting until I got my bread baked and then we went.  I bought $75.00 worth of groceries and I only had $70.  Had to borrow $5.00 from Liza.  She then bought my lunch at Asia Gardens.  It was all a nice outing.  When we got home I had to finish cleaning house.

Jared came back from Black River where he had been finish about 4:00 pm.  No fish.  Loye and the boys got home about 2:00 pm and I didn't see Jason until dark.  He practically lives at the Giles.

Jared and Josh went to the dance and the rest of us went to bed.

The weather is much better today and that alone can lift your spirits.  Loye and the boys (Roger, Jared and Mark) worked at Heber on some new classrooms for the school out there.

At school, we served hamburgers and fries and cherry pie.  The kids sure like our hamburgers.  

Bandit (Jason's little pup) followed someone to school this morning so I told Jason to put him the the back f the pick up.  The pup didn't like that very well and he yapped all morning.  I kept getting reports on him from Tara and Cristina.  

Came home and made Jared a batch of chili since him, Rick Gibson (Midget) and Louis Alen are going to Big Lake fishing, they wanted the chili to take with them.

Josh washed Liza's car out here on the lawn so it would be clean enough to take Kim Montgomery to the movie "Tootsie" it was playing in Show Low.  Guess they took the long way home because it was 2:00 am before he got here.

Loye took Jason and I to the El Rancho to eat spanish food.  As usual it was good.  All spanish food restaurants are compared to the El Rancho and very few in my estimations measure up.  The same with the Asia Garden and chinese food.  Guess we live in perfect surroundings.  And I don't doubt this at all.

A big day for my little Jason.  Today was the 5th grade field trip.  They went to Black Canyon Lake out by Heber.  They had a big time.  Jason caught 2 fish.  

Kathy worked today for Gwen.  We made taco salad and frosted graham crackers the kids ate it pretty good.  We had an easy day and got home by 12:30.

Jason had a ball game but after 2 innings of dust and blowing dirt it started raining so they called the game off. 

Loye got home about 5:30 so we hurried and got ready and went up to the Asia Garden restaurant where we met and ate dinner with about 25 other school employees.  The meal they fixed for us was sure good.  We sat across from Mr and Mrs Austin.  He is Josh's English teacher and he told us Josh had made an A on his English test, he was surprised and so were we, but very pleased too.

It's always a big day when we have navajo tacos, so today was a big day.  And we really had a big crowd.  The weather is so unsettled it's hard to depend on a good day because there aren't very many.  After coming home from work and resting a while I got some clothes washed and dried then me and Jason went over to the stake center to watch Dennis Lewis get baptized.  He is the last of Mom's Grandchildren to get baptized as he is the youngest one of all of the grandkids.  Ben baptized and confirmed him with Bishop Ed Gillespie and counselor Keith Hall assisting.  On our way home we stopped at Liza's to eat cake and ice cream to celebrate Rikki's 3rd birthday but it wasn't quite ready so we came home and got Loye who had just got home from work and then we went back over.  The cake was a texas cake and was real good.  Came back by the ball park where Josh was playing ball.  He is playing for the "Play Boys" this year. Today Cathy gave me a permanent.

Finally made it home and to bed.

Was a much nicer day today.  Sort of cold, but at least the wind wasn't blowing 90 miles an hour.  John Hatch gave each us a new felt tipped pen, compliments of Sunrise Dairy and that is what I'm writing with.  At least it's nice and dark.

The 6th grade went on their field trip today.  They went down to Whiteriver and went through the sawmill then went to the Indian ruins and went through them.

Travis Caskey didn't want to go, but his mother bribed him into it by buying him some of his favorite junk food for his lunch.  On the way up there this Heath girl who has definite problems, sat in front of Travis.  She wet her pants and it ran down the seat and onto Travs' lunch that was sitting on the floor.  Needless to say he came home pretty hungry.

This afternoon Jason's little league team played the Padres who won by 3 points.  Jason played the whole game and really did a good job.  Too bad they lost.

Loye had to attend a church court this evening part of his High Council calling he really doesn't enjoy.  No telling what time he will get home.  He has been fasting all day and will be starving to death when he gets home.

The wind was blowing when we got up this morning and it has just raged all day long.  Sure makes it hard for the guys to work out in it.  Was sort of a dull day with nothing much doing.

A beautiful Sunday-Loye had high council assignment to talk in Taylor 4th Ward.  By the time we got everyone ready for church we got there in time for the sacrament.  

Frank Greer and Keith Blair was the High Councilman to talk in our ward  They both gave good talks.

Came home and fixed dinner.  We had baked chicken, dressing, string beans and slaw.

Loye, Jared, Josh and Mark all went to a priesthood meeting at the stake center where they watched and listened to a talk by Elder Boyd K. Packer.  Loye thought it was real good but I didn't hear much comments from the boys.

Mom, Roger, Cathy, Kris, Heather, Heidi, Mark, Liza and kids all came over and Rick and Loyelin got back home.  So when everyone went home it was so peaceful we all went to bed and slept.

Shum's 43rd birthday and our 30th Temple anniversary.  A beautiful day. I got my washing all done, dried and folded, all ready to start over, I'm sure it won't take long to get another stack of dirty clothes.  

Loye, Jared, and Josh went down to Snowflake and laid blocks for Jim Ballard.  Josh wasn't sure he could hold up for a whole summer of block laying.

At 5:00 pm we went over to watch Jason play Little League, they (the Pirates) played the Padres and the Pirates lost 18-3, it couldn't of been Jasons fault cause he wasn't in the game long enough.

Loye took me down to the Longhorn Cafe where we ate Prime Rib.  Sure was good.  

Well if anyone is superstitious this has been a bad day.  But as near as I can tell its just a regular normal day.  tonight there was a benefit supper for the Argust's who suffered the loss of their trailer and ceramic shop by a fire.  They raised approximately $500.  The dinner they served was Navajo Tacos, they were really good.

Got up and mopped the kitchen before I went to work, but was late getting there since I had to braid Sara's hair.  Yesterday she didn't even get it combed.

This afternoon we went bowling the last time this season.  Kate, Charlayne and I  bowled Ilene Brimhall, Elsie Martineau and Gwen Garrels to see who won, but they beat us.  They didn't give trophies just money so I won about $45.00 today.

Came home washed clothes, folded them, made supper, washed dishes and went to bed.

The wind blew all night long and continued on through the day, finally dying down toward evening so I could hang out some clothes to dry. 

Maybelle was back to work so everything was normal again  Today we served chicken chow mein but the kids just threw it away. 

Mom came over and visited for a while.  She said she didn't feel to good, but she visited and didn't complain to much.  I love my mother very much and enjoy having her come over.  

In the evening I rode down to a High School band concert with Roger and Cathy to watch and listen to Cassie play.  Some of the parts were dull but most were good especially the band.

We have Sara and Cristina staying with us until Loyelin gets back.  But they were all in bed when I got home, expect Loye who was up watching the fights on TV. 

Bro. Johnson in our ward was killed in a car wreck and his small son Jared was hurt bad.

Today has been another windy one.  So whats new in Taylor in the spring, just typical weather.  

Kathy Rogers worked today for Maybelle.  We got along just fine.  Served Pigs-in-a-blanket (bread dough wrapped around a weiner) pretty good.

After work I went by Loyelin's to see how I could help.  She had everything pretty well under control with Jane's help.  So I went on up to Liza's and we took the kids down to Snowflake and drake a coke.

When I got home it was time to get ready to go over to the stake center.  They wanted us there by 5:00 so they could take pictures.  And we made it on time.  

Loree Mills had decorated the Cultural Hall and it looked real nice.  We served punch made with mashed bananas, pineapple juice, orange juice and kool-aid and sugar frozen together, we then took it out of the freezer mashed it up and poured ginger ale over it.  Turned out real good.

Norris Baldwin, who is Loyelin's bishop performed the ceremony, I thought he did an outstanding job.  The ceremony was in the chapel.  Loyelin wore a long pink dress.  In her hair she had a halo of flowers.  She really looked pretty.  Rick wore a gray tuxedo and looked real handsome.  Sara and Cristina wore white dotted-swiss dresses trimmed with pink, blue, and green ribbons they looked like 2 little dolls.

The family was about all that came but from both sides I think all that could come were there.  They got some nice gifts.  Rick's Father, Louis Aceves II was there from Navajo and his Grand Parents Louis and Emma were there from Albuquerque.  Turned out to be a real nice party.  Mom and Eva were both there.

Jared still doesn't feel very good, and I don't know what to do for him.

Josh brought his graduation invitations and name cards home from school.  Here he is graduating from High School and he doesn't even know how to spell his name.  He spelled it Joshua Jaradine Willis on his cards but it really should be Joshua Jardine Willis.  I guess he should just be the J.J. Willis.

I bought me some new shoes for Loyelin's wedding.  We just got home and Jason said he had to have some cleats or he couldn't play Little League and they had their first game today.  So we went down to Snowflake and bought him some cleats and his first jock.  He lays on the Pirate team and they won 22-8.  Came home and fixed some punch base to put in the freezer for the wedding.  Ate supper about 9:30 and went to bed.

We went to church without breakfast because I had to substitute as a teacher in primary and I had to prepare a lesson instead of fixing breakfast.  Jean Adam's was sick so I had to take her place.  

I had Eddie Cole, C.K. Udall, Jason Johnson, Jason Davis, Laurie Evans, and Jeff Solomon.  They were pretty good kids.  They also had a Mother's Day Program in primary.  After meetings I came home and made dinner.  After that I washed the dishes then Loye and I went up to Eva's and over to Mom's to take plants we had got them for Mother's Day.  When we got home I made 2 cakes so the kids could all come up and we could have cake and ice cream for Jared's Birthday.  They all came including Rick's Mother who flew in from Washington so she could be here for Rick and Loyelin's Rededication of their Marriage, which will be Tuesday May 10th.  

It was so nice and peaceful when everyone went home and we all just went to bed.

Tara's 10th Birthday.

Drug out of bed this morning and fixed breakfast and got Loye and Jared off to work.  (They were pouring a footing somewhere in the Linden area.)  Then started washing and cleaning house.  Washed and pressed our Temple clothes so they will all be ready the next time we go to the Temple.  

Mom and Liza came over and stayed quite a while.

After Loye and Jared had come home from work and Josh had gotten home from the valley with Andy Savage and his parents, I decided to go to Snowflake and buy my Mother's Day presents and Jared a birthday present since his birthday is on Mother's Day.

I came home and we called "Trappers Cafe" and ordered some Bar-B-Q sandwiches (a specialty of the house.)  After we had eaten our sandwiches, Roger called and invited us down to eat cake and ice cream in honor of Tara's birthday.  Josh went to a dance so he didn't go down and Jared is sick so he didn't go either.  We stayed a while, then came home and went to bed.

This morning we got up and fixed breakfast and ate and got ready to go to Mesa to watch the baseball game between Snowflake and Dysart in the class A State Tournament.  We left about 7:30 a.m. In Mark and Liza's green thunderbird.  Mark and Liza, Mandy, Judy, and Loye and I all went down.  It was kinda crowded but we made it just fine.

We went by Dahl and Shelley's and visited a little bit then we went over to Fiesta Mall where I eventually bought me a dress (a float) to wear to Loyelin's wedding.  We also bought Loye some clothes.

Then we went on over to Diablo Stadium where our team was all warmed up and ready to play.  But they got beat the first inning when they let in 3 runs.  I kept thinking they would get it together and win but they just kept making errors and at the end of the game the score was 5-6 in favor of Dysart.

The boys were pretty disappointed but it's all over now, and so is Josh's High School Sports.  It has really been fun watching him participate these last 4 years.  He has been a good athlete.  Now he needs to concentrate on more serious things.

After the game Judy went with Sue Wood and said she would meet us at Rion and Bonnie's.  We went back to the Mall and got our purchases then we went to Garcia's where we emt Dahl and Shelley and we ate spanish food.  It was really good.

While at the game we visited with Van Shumway who is assistant principal at Dysart.  He said it broke his heart to beat Snowflake the place where he spent his High School years.  

Another windy day in northern Arizona.  I'm thankful we have it all the time and not in the form of a tornado.  There has been so much destruction in other states just this week from tornados and in California this week they had an earthquake in Coalinga in the San Joaquine Valley.  Lots of damage done.

We had a hectic day in the kitchen we made turkey and dressing, potatoes and gravy, harvard beets, rolls and pumpkin pie, it all turned out real good.  Roger and Cathy, Jared and Loyelin, Sara, Heidi, Candon, Rikki, Mom, Grandma Willis, Ann Lewis and Viva Hatch all came by to eat dinner with us.

After work we went bowling and I bowled a 119 game and a 155 and a 145 which wasn't to bad for me, but Kate had a 209 game, it sure made her day.

In the morning we are going to the valley to watch the ball game at 7:30 hope I can get done everything I need to.

Today was bean day at school.  We soak the beans over night in a steam kettle then all we have to do is turn them on.  The cooks, however, didn't eat beans.  Kate decided to fix us a treat and that is exactly what she did.  We ate the best green chile burros and hot tortilla chips dipped into a salsa avocado dip she had made and it was just plain good.  

When I sent home, Mom came over and brought some parched corn she had made, so we sat and ate it and visited with Liza and admired my Grand kids who are such cute kids.

Mom even said she felt better which sure sounded good to me.  Mom is so much fun to be with when she is feeling good.  

In the evening I went over to watch Jason play little league, they were just practicing so I didn't stay very long.  I came home and spouted off at my boys cause Josh didn't want to go to the Temple excursion to do baptisms and I would so love to have him get some spiritual experiences, and then Jared and Roger upset me, but Jared is such a calming influence, this isn't the first time he has calmed me down.  He is such a sweet boy.  I'm thankful the Lord sent him to our home.  We all love him.

Well at least I feel better, and Loye does too, he went up to Pinetop and talked with a man that gave him some work to do, so he starts working in the morning.

We had just an ordinary day at work so it wasn't to bad.

This afternoon I picked up Mom, Megan, Dennis, Jason and Loye and we went to Snowflake to watch Josh play baseball with Blue Ridge.  Josh caught and did a real good job.  But he couldn't bat the ball for "sour apples".  Every time he batted he fanned.  But Snowflake was ahead 4-1.  And then!  They let Josh pitch.  He walked two runners on base and when he pitched a ball to the next batter coach Reynolds pulled Josh out and put him back in to catch, but the two runners Josh walked came in to score, besides one more run, making the score 4-5 with Snowflake behind, but having one more time at bat.  Alan Loggains was 1st batter and he got out.  Todd Reidhead was next and walked.  We thought "Oh Boy!"  Tony Tate is next and since he is our best batter maybe he can hit Todd in and we could at least tie.  But alas!  Tony flied out.  Well Andy Savage is a pretty fair batter maybe there's a chance, he hit the ball and made it to 1st.  And guess who the next batter was?  Joshua, who had fanned out every time.  Well coach Reynolds called him aside and talked to him, I thought he probably told him to walk.  And it looked like that was exactly what he had done when the next 3 pitches turned out to be balls, and then they called a strike on Josh.  The next pitch came in just right and Josh swung and met the ball hitting it clear out into right field and letting in the 2 runners o base and him ending up at 3rd base, where Paul Reynolds met him with a big hug and all the boys were ecstatic over this latest baseball hero.  Loosing and winning the same game.  Friday they play in the valley at Diablo Stadium where I hope they can win some games.