It has been so long since I wrote in this journal with any regularity and now I would like to keep it up better.

Since I have slacked off there have been many important things pass by that I haven't written about.

One of the things I must make mention of is that Shanna and Jim are getting a divorce.  It was a shock at first but I really don't think shanna has ever been as happy as she had a right to be, and now I just hope and pray she can find happiness with someone else and also have a family.  She is a good girl and I really want her to be happy.

Roger is being ostracized by Dean Sellers and Pres Eddie Hancock and Pres. Pete Shumway want Roger to sue Sellers for defamation of character.  I hope Roger can do what is best for all concerned.  Roger is a good man and a good father and he has a good wife.

Loyelin and Rick are considering buying a new house and they need one so bad.  They are stuck off up there in Shumway with no car most of the time.  Besides they need a new home for their family.

Dahl and Shelley, I think are doing pretty good.  They have sold the little house that Dahl built, and they are going to rent an apartment until they can build a new house.  They also have my youngest granddaughter who was born June 6, 1986 and she is the cutest baby.  Her name is Amber.

Jared although he has been interested enough a couple of times to get married as yet hasn't taken the plunge.  I'm sure he would be lots happier if he would get married.  he does have a horse and that fact has made some changes in his life.  He takes good care of his horse and he has changed from Rock and Roll music to Country and Western and he now wears cowboy boots.  It does help him to have an interest in his life.  Jared teaches primary ad he is very dependable.

Josh I pray that he will soon get strength to shun evil in all it's forms and go forward and upward.

I love all my children.

Jason is at an exciting age this year.  He is just starting High School as a freshie and he is looking forward to the new excitement of the year.  He was just ordained a teacher.  I just pray that he goes and grows in God's kingdom as well as in school.

I know I have not recorded my happiness about Mark and Liza and their sealing in the temple, we are so pleased and happy about this.  It was such a special day.  They both looked so handsome and nice looking, and when they brought the 4 little kids up to the sealing room it was almost more happiness than my heart could contain  Tiffany patted her hair and said "I pretty", and she sure was.  As Liza was carrying her out of the temple she started singing "Old McDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O."  Some of the old folks smiled as she went by.

Mom isn't feeling too good.  She is mostly lonesome and we all need to visit with her more  I love my Mother and I want my family to know that she is a good, and religious lady.  She loves her family no matter what they do and she has always tried to support them in almost everything they do, at least when she could.

Many of the families have had weddings.  Rion Ramsey married and divorced Bonnie Ellsworth they had a baby girl Riann.

Becky married and divorced Lloyd Gorman she had a baby girl Jamie Ranae, she later married Gene Shurling.

Eric is in Charlotte, N.C on a mission and Rob is a freshman.

Scott Ramsey married Kendra Crosby and they seem to be real happy they have a baby girl Kendyal.

Amy Lewis married Glenn Whetton they now have 3 children, a girl Tony and 2 boys Darren and Jerome.

Matt Lewis married Suzie Cluff and they have a baby girl Mallory.

Stewart lewis is in Korea on a mission, and Tana Lewis is in Hawaii working as a nanny.

Ivy Lewis married Craig Jones.  Benda, David, Vera, Megan, Dennis are all still home.

Kim Rogers married Keith Brimhall they have 4 children - Chad Burdahl, Abbey, Ashley (who was born premature and weighed only 2 1/2# but has done real well and is cute as a button) and Blake Rogers.

Kristi Rogers married Mike Russell and they have 3 children - Chauncy Moroni, Valerie and Jay Hunt.

Monte Rogers married Dana Crandall they expect a new baby this week.

Yvonne Rogers will marry Bart Judd Aug. 20, 1986.  Yvette and Ann are still home.

Ross Lillywhite married Lurlyn Cassidy they have 4 children but I do not know their names because we have neglected to visit with them enough.

Paul Lillywhite married Bonnie Polson (I think) they have 7 children.

James Lillywhite married Kaylyn ? they have 1 little girl.

Julieann Lillywhite married Roy Madison they have 5 children.

Sheryl Lillywhite is married but I have forgotten his name.


Loye's family runs this way.

Geneva Hall married Brent Horne they have 4 children Deron who will go to Roanoke, VA Oct. 1 on a mission.  Darrel, Dustin and Kristen.

Keith Hall married Janet Brinkerhoff they have 6 children, Brian, Scott, Shawn, Deon, Kelly and Kimberly.

Kent Hall married Carol Lofgreen they have 6 children Rachell, Ryan, Terry, Dawn, J.C. Summer and they are expecting again.

George Hall married Denise Gillespie they have 6 children, Brad, Nicole, Kevin, Jolyn, Charlie, Caressa.

Charlayne Hall married Doug Brewer they have 3 children Brett, Charlee and Becky.

Verlyn Hall married Steve Stratton they have 3 girls Rayell, Amy and Kari.

Randy Hall married Vicki Peterson.

Craig Hall not married.

Irva Reeves married Fred Whipple they have either 4 or 5 children Loren, Dalyn, Julie and Reed.

Linda Reeves married and divorced a man by the last name of Romero but I don't know is 1st name they had 1 child Raymond.

Ronda Valee Willis married Ronald Smith they have (I think) 5 girls and 1 boy but I don't know their names.

Keeven Willis married Judy ? and I don't know how many children they have.

Stacey Willis married Gary Farr and they have 5 children.

Kristi Willis married Doug Hatch and they have 2 children.

Mark Willis is still at home.

Greg willis married Holly Powers they have 2 children Chareese and Amy.

Brent Willis married Naomi Bushman they have 2 children Bretyn and ?.

Kay Willis married Mitzi Hammond they have 1 baby named Joseph.

Willis who is one of Jason's best friends is still at home and only a freshman.

Maybe this will sort of keep things in perspective of who are our main families.

Several events have happened that I would like to record since I last wrote.  Shanna and Jim came over just for Thanksgiving day getting here about 11 a.m. and leaving about 6 p.m.  Although it was a short stay we really enjoyed having them here.  From the time in November until the time in December that Idell Solomon and I went R. S. teaching our 3 ladies had tragedy strike.  Thora Pearce's daughter Charlotte was killed in a car wreck.  Aunt Gertie hatch had a stroke and Opal Kartchner passed away.

Randy Hall married Vickie Petersen on Dec. 14.  They had their wedding right after in the Taylor Stake Center.  It was really nice.  Josh was in the wedding line and was the Best looking guy there!!!

Monty Rogers came home from the Boston, Massachusetts mission on Dec 22.  All of Shum's family was there to meet him. (at sky Harbor).

Missions from now on will be for 2 years beginning the 1st of January.  However boys who are out now will have their choice.

We had Christmas breakfast here at our house.  Loye and his boys shot rabbits enough so we could have them for breakfast.  They got about 15 and by giving everyone  one piece there was plenty.  We also had biscuits and deer gravy.  Aunt Kathy brought orange juice, Aunt Sheree brought cocoa mix and Aunt Judy furnished plates and cups.  Aunt Violet bought a quart of Raspberry jelly and it really zinged! up the biscuits.  We figured we served close to 60 people.  This family just keeps growing.

My kids gave us a 50 gal hot water tank for Christmas.  I worry for fear they buy more than they can afford.  But I do appreciate the hot water.  And I love my children for their thoughtfulness.  Roger, Jared, Josh and Liza bought it.  Loyelin made some real nice lacy looking place mats, and gave them to us.  Jason gave us an electric pencil sharpener.  Since Christmas we have spent a lot of time playing Trivial Pursuit (a new game out).  Found out I'm not very smart, as this game is one that asks trivial questions on about 6 different subjects.

One of the highlights of the holidays was watching B.Y.U beat Michigan in the Holiday ball where Brigham Young won and their quarterback (Bosco) got outstanding player of the game.  B.Y.U. hasn't been beat this year but they are having a hard time winning National recognition as the nations #1 team but they are.

Yesterday we watched 3 bowl games and they were all good games.

Loye and I went up to Asian Gardens and ate Chinese food.  We went just to get out.

And that brings us up to today.

School started again, darn it!  This year is just flying by.

After work I got me a permanent from Lorraine Solomon, it cost me $30.  But it was worth it.

Eva Willis went to Mesa with Chan and Linda today to spend about 3 weeks.  They came after her in Ronald's pretty car.  I sure hope she enjoys her stay.

Geneva Horne and her kids came up this weekend so her kids could go skiing.  They don't have to go to school until Monday.

Mandy has learned a new song (for her) "Hush little baby don't say a wowd, Mommies gonna buy you a mocking bowd, if that Mocking-bowd don't sing Mama's gonna buy you a diamond wing." etc.

Loyelin was trying to get after Richard he turned his little head and kissed her right in the mouth, needless to say Little Richard didn't get any more scolding for awhile.

I misplaced this journal so I haven't been able to write in it.  Since I last wrote we have had a Willis Reunion.  Roger, Geneva Horne and Rhonda Smith were in charge of it  It was really a nice affair.  It was held at the school down here and my family was all there except Jim, Shanna, and Rick Aceves (he is assistant manager at the Bayless store in Lakeside so was unable to make it.)

We pitched horseshoes, had races, had some "Dummer Olympic Games", had a program and of course lots of good food.  Geneva had a book printed about Clad and Eva Willis and their family.  It really is a nice book.

We have spent most of the summer in the valley helping Loye.  But since he is about through I didn't go back down with him.

Well Jared and Denise wants to postpone it as she has some more thinking to do.  I think Jared was pretty upset about it  I sure hope things work out for them  We have really been impressed with her, and I would feel real bad if they don't get together  It's too bad she don't realize what a good person Jared is.

Loye isn't here and I really miss him when he is gone.

Josh went back to the valley with Randy and Kay.

It's funny how kids never know until they get children of their own what an overwhelming responsibility it is to raise them, and I really never realized it until now.

The Olympics from Los Angeles are on and it is really interesting to watch all of these great athletes perform.  U.S.A has already won a bunch of Gold Medals.

We are still in the valley finishing these apartments.  I am going to finish my cleaning this week and then I'm going home to satay.  I guess we really pulled a boo-boo by hiring some Mexican ladies to help us clean.  Larry Richardson (the general Manager for N.K. Lewis) hasn't paid us yet so we haven't paid the ladies so they went to the labor commission and they are after Larry and Norman Lewis.  I sure wish some times you could turn back time and re-do some of the mistakes we make.

Even though I feel depressed tonight we did have a good time over the weekend.  Don and Judy's family sponsored the Roger's Family Reunion at Los Burros (up above Vernon) this year.  It was really nice, the area up there was just beautiful, and Don, Judy and family really had things set up nice.  They had everything so organized, Rion and Bonnie were there to do their part and Scott and Kendra (who plan to get married Aug. 23) were really a big help.  Eric and Robbie also really helped.  Becky and Gene who are living in Louisiana were unable to be there as they plan to come to Scott's wedding in August.

This year they made a plaque for the winners of the horseshoe pitching tournament.  Rion made it and it's a traveling trophy whoever wins it gets to keep it until the next year when they have to give it up to whoever wins it next year.  Well this year Loye and I won it.  Rion took it to have our names engraved on ti.  They also played volleyball and since this is the year of the "Summer Olympics" in Los Angeles we had the "Dummer Olympics at Los Burros".  Everyone participated and all had a good time.  Even Mom seemed to enjoy herself.

Some of my family was there, of course Jim and Shanna couldn't make it.  Mark was working graveyard so him and Liza didn't go, we took Candon and Rikki with us.  The rest of us had a good time.

Jared told us Sunday that he is going to marry Denise McCray Caldwell.  She has been married before and has a little boy called J.J.  We think Jared has made a good choice because her family seems to be good people and Jared seems to be so happy with her.  She went up to the reunion with Jared and she seems to have a good time  They haven't set a date yet.

Jared wants to buy our house and we told him we would sell to him.  We would build a new house up on the corner, up on the hill.  Loye has always wanted to build there.

We are back in the valley, hopefully this week we will get through, but who knows?

Rikki came down with us, so each day we take her over to St Joseph's for her radiation treatment.

Tomorrow is the 4th of July so I guess we will go to a movie or maybe some fireworks if we can find them.

Today was another cold Easter.  It has been so nice all month, (it even got up to 107 degrees in the valley) but today there was a north wind and so it was cold.  However in Colorado they had up to 3 ft. of snow, so I guess we are really lucky after all.

Since I last wrote in here.  Ed Muder has passed away.  His brother Merne is very bad off and has been for quite a while.  When they took Ed to the valley he said he would die before Merne and he did.  It seems like we got along pretty good for awhile and then people start dying until 3 to 6 have gone then it will let up for a while again.

This month I canned turkey at the cannery and had 73 cans when we got through I bought 1/2 batch.  It was fun going down there with Pearl, Lauana and Lorraine Solomon, Judy Tidwell, Teri Crook, Marie Duncan, Percy, Maxine, Bill, Sherry and Merline Hancock and Vera Palmer also Carl and Harriet Martin.  Work is really a breeze when you have lots of good help.

Shanna and Jim have moved into a new house (to them) that they are buying in Modesto California.

Loye, Roger, Jared, Josh and Dahl have all been working in the valley this last month.  Roger however is working in Alpine with Chan this past week and I guess he will be working there for a while.

Loyelin's baby Richard Edward Loye Aceves was blessed in church on the 1st day of April.  Loye blessed him, he is a real cute baby but he has congestion so much that I think he may have allergies.

On Wednesday April 18 I rode with Sheree to the valley to be with my family down there until Easter.  She (Sheree) was going to the valley to take Amy for an operation.  We met Amy and Glen Whetton (Amy's fiance) in Globe and they rode on down to Scottsdale Memorial Hospital where she was to have plastic surgery on her face.

They took me by Dahl and Shelley's where I spent the next 3 days.  Jason went with me and wanted to spend some tie with Willie but Willie had Valley Fever and didn't feel like doing much.  Jason went to work with Loye one day.  We went to the pageant "Jesus The Christ".  It was presented on the grounds on the North side of the temple.  It is a very impressive pageant.  Although the weather was cool the program was really good.  And scads of people were there.

Sat. morning we went through a session at the temple.  The High Council from our stake were having an excursion.  I always enjoy going to the temple.  Lots of our High Councilmen and wives were there.

While we were in the valley Loye Jared, Josh and I all went to Red Lobster to eat.  Then the night of the pageant Loye, Jason and I went with Dahl's family to Matta's to eat.  Always a good place to eat.  Too bad some of these neat things couldn't be strung out a little bit but oh well!

This morning we got up and Loye and I hid Easter eggs for Liza's kids.  Rikki wasn't feeling so she staggered around a little bit.  I sure do worry about that precious little girl.

Loyelin and her kids came by in their Easter Finery on their way from church.

Mark sang a solo in church and really did a good job.  He sang "In the Garden."  Russ Crossman and Scott Burt talked and they both did a good job.

Came home and fixed dinner then Loye had to go to High Council.  I have to finish getting Loye ready to go back to the valley.  So until next time.

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.

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.

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.