Lindsey Family

Here are the new jobs! Keep the pictures coming!

2012-01-25T20:46:00.000-08:00

3. Clean your room - Put away your clothes each day, and on Saturday put away all objects in your room and vacuum or sweep your floor. Remember dirty clothes go to the laundry, and clean clothes need to be put away.
4. Prayers - Say your personal prayers each morning and ask for protection from harm and evil. Also, ask for the spirit to guide you and thank God for various blessings. Also, gladly join in family prayers.
5. Bathroom manners – Flush the toilet, put the lid down, wash your hands, and hang up the towel.
6. Brush your teeth – Brush your teeth each morning and before you go to bed. If you eat or drink anything, other than water, after brushing your teeth at night, brush again.
8. Clean up after yourself – When you get things out to use, or to play with, put them away immediately when you are through, without being asked. If you make a mess, clean it up.

Joey worked hard and he is the winner.

2012-01-25T20:18:00.000-08:00

Joey did everything till he got the prize. Thanks Joey. So fun to see you try so hard. That is often what it takes in life, persistence.

Jensens Doing their Jobs

2012-01-24T20:29:00.000-08:00

Joey is helping with Family Home Evening. They had the story of the Tree of Life and then drew pictures. Thanks for sharing. That is an idea for each family for home evening. Joey was also a good helper yesterday and emptied the dishwasher. Davy set the table. Just love that cute smile Davy. You are certainly a sweet kid and we love you too. THey did most ofthe jobs in the drawing but didn't quite get the job drawn. Keep trying. Someones got to get it. Joey deserves it just for effort but I'll wait and see if anyone can get the chosen job.

Whitney is engaged!

2012-01-19T20:33:00.000-08:00

Whitney has met her intended and we are excited for her. It happened when she didn't expect it. One never knows what a new day will bring. Conrad Petrich and Whitney have set June 1, 2012 as the date for their marriage. We are hoping that many family members can make it. Some are saying that Fresno reception will be easier for them and school isn't out yet for many on June 1st. It will be a special day for the happy couple. You could send her a message with your address so she can send you an invitation.

Joey is Making French Toast

2012-01-19T20:17:00.000-08:00

With the help of his mom Joey is learning to cook. Way to go Joey.

Here's some cute pictures

2012-01-19T09:28:00.001-08:00

New Rule

2012-01-19T09:21:00.000-08:00

After we go through the list, drawing from five jobs at a time which we've done pretty much now, I will draw from all the jobs and give a prize for the first one to send in a picture doing that job. So keep working on all the jobs and sending those pictures. I just drew making the bed. Davy was the first one to get a picture doing that job. Lydia and Alice both sent a picture doing that job but since Davy was the first one he will get the $5.00 prize. Keep working at your jobs and get someone to send the picture. You must do a good job and not just pose for a picture. It is on the honor system. Someone is always watching what you do. It is unseen angels. Go for the goal. Now you can work on the next five jobs I listed.

The New Jobs List

2012-01-18T20:20:00.001-08:00

Here are the new job list!

Clear the table - Bring in plates, silverware, glasses and put them in the

dishwasher or wash them by hand. Wipe off the table. Sweep the kitchen floor

Make Bed – Make your bed before breakfast, without even being reminded.

Work outside when asked to do a task by your parents.

Cook a snack or part of a meal.

Help your family do Home Evening.

I didn't get Eliza Janes cute pictures of scrubbing pots and pans and turning out lights. Thanks! It is difficult to get the pictures on the blog sometimes.

Sophia practices piano 1/2 hour and wins the prize

2012-01-18T20:03:00.000-08:00

Elise made it through

2012-01-18T13:13:00.000-08:00

Elise made it through babysitting those cute Lindsey kids. I will admit they were not too cute throwing up. One got the bug and as I told Elise, it will go through the whole family. Luckily Elise didn't get sick but didn't get too much sleep the whole time the parents were in Hawaii. Jeanne got a much needed and deserved break.
Cooper had his ball games and practices and even though they were not feeling well they got to watch movies in the car as he was in the gym. Miles threw up in the car. Elise got some really good movies at the thrift stores so they at leasat had good entertainment while they were sick. Cleaning up after the sickness isn't too much fun but I guess it comes with the job. Now because of the storm in Seattle she is staying a whole week longer. She has missed church 2 weeks and they were all unhappy about that. Live will soon be back to normal. Don't know anyone who could have handled the situation any better and it was one time Jeanne didn't have to deal with it and could go out and have a nice time. Not easy to take the place of both parents with 6 kids. Glad Jeanne isn't a worrier or her time could have been ruined.

The winning job is cleaning the bathrooms.

2012-01-17T20:25:00.001-08:00

Here are a few very cute pictures so keep them coming! Hyrum's picture was cleaning the bathroom and he gets $5.00. (I will admit an unfair hint but noone was sending pictures) No child gets hints more than one time. Very cute of Lydia also. Jaxon nearly won as he was the only other with a picture in the catagoy chosen. We have drawn a new winning job from the listings 20-24.Turn out light, hand scrub pots and pans, etc., Reverent in Church,(take a picture of your child after church and send if he was reverent the whole time. Happy working together with no arguing, practice talents 1/2 hour a day. This can include anything that is a talent and not just music. Thanks for your efforts.

St. George Cousins caught doing their Jobs

2012-01-08T21:06:00.000-08:00

Lindsey Barben was caught emptying the dishwasher and it is Jaxon barely visable in this picture vaccuming the family room. Way to go Jaxon. Keep sending pictures when you catch your child doing a job and sending via phone is fine. 208-739-6038

Juliet wins prize by brushing her teeth.

2012-01-08T20:00:00.000-08:00

I couldn't get the picture on but as soon as she heard of an intended prize she went into the bathroom and took a picture of herself brushing her teeth. That was the exact job I had drawn for the 2nd drawing. She won a cute little makeup bag she wanted to win as a gift for her cousin. The next drawing will include job items 11-16 which include dusting, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping, cleaning bathrooms, and cleaning the car.

I already got a photo of lily dusting the TV. When talking to Aunt Micheline she commented on Brigham vacuuming the family room in the back ground. Can't wait to see a picture of that fine boy. The list of requirements for cleaning is on the first blog. Preschool children are not expected to do as much as the older children.

Cooking snacks, dusting, emptying dishwasher, cleaning up messes, are some of the jobs the cousins are practicing.

Danny Wins at Jobs Game

2012-01-05T16:39:00.000-08:00

Our visit with the Jensen's produced our first winner to the contest. Thisis just so fun seeing the kids do jobs and work. We hope all the grandchildren learn to work fast and hard and enjoy doing their jobs. It was a little unfair cause grandma took the pictures but oh well we had to start somewhere. The job we drew was cleaning your room. I caught Danny cleaning his room so found this cool Sequence for Kids Game that he can play with his brothers. I will send it soon. Liz suggested that we just choose 5 to work on at a time so the next drawing will be 6-10 on the chart.

Love those boys making their beds and saying prayers. Joey didn't think the top bunk was any hinderance and hopped right up there. Davy managed a 3 blanket bed. These kids are super.

SEND THOSE PICTURES WIN PRIZES FOR YOUR EFFORTS

2011-12-26T15:23:00.000-08:00

Cousins Camp
I'm thinking about having several cousins together for a cousins camp sometime in the future. We would have so much fun, but it would be necessary to have some habits developed before the cousins come. I've made a list of jobs and personal habits that we all need to be able and willing to do. Eliza Jane suggested we make a chart. Just hanging this list may be enough. Whether we get to have the camp or not it will be fun working together on our habits. The cousins may be able to go together to Marine World this summer as part of our Lindsey reunion in California. Perhaps they could earn a ticket by working hard on their tasks.

To make it more fun we will ask you to try to get someone to take pictures of the kids doing the tasks listed below. Of course the reverence in church will just have to do on honor system. I will pull out one task a week or so and send a prize via mail to the person who sends a picture of doing the task I just pulled out. I will post the pictures on our blog to remind everyone of what they should be doing in our Mutual Improvement Association. Older ones with cameras can help take pictures of younger ones if they see them doing a job even though they are too young to come to camp. I think 9 years old is a good age to start coming because they are able to go to bed at night and sleep in the morning.

Jobs and Personal Habits
1. Clear the table - Bring in plates, silverware, glasses and put them in the dishwasher or wash them by hand. Wipe off the table. Sweep the kitchen floor.
2. Make Bed – Make your bed before breakfast, without even being reminded
3. Clean your room - Put away your clothes each day, and on Saturday put away all objects in your room and vacuum or sweep your floor. Remember dirty clothes go to the laundry, and clean clothes need to be put away.
4. Prayers - Say your personal prayers each morning and ask for protection from harm and evil. Also, ask for the spirit to guide you and thank God for various blessings. Also, gladly join in family prayers.
5. Bathroom manners – Flush the toilet, put the lid down, wash your hands, and hang up the towel.
6. Brush your teeth – Brush your teeth each morning and before you go to bed. If you eat or drink anything, other than water, after brushing your teeth at night, brush again.
8. Clean up after yourself – When you get things out to use, or to play with, put them away immediately when you are through, without being asked. If you make a mess, clean it up.
9. Laundry - Wash your own clothes, dry them, and then fold them, and put them away.
10. Cook – Have a favorite meal that you help cook each week. Also, you can make snacks for yourself and others. (Some ideas below)
11. Clean car – remove all the trash, and items from the car and put them away. Vacuum the car. Wash the windows. When you are big enough, you can wash the car.
12. Vacuum – Pick up and put away items left on the carpet, and then vacuum all the carpets in the house.
13. Sweep & mop – Sweep all the floors in the house that aren't carpeted. And, then mop the kitchen and entry floors.
14. Dust- Using a dust cloth, wipe all the surfaces in the front room, family room, and entry.
15. Bathrooms – Clean all bathrooms. Wipe the counters. Scrub the toilets. Scrub the bath tub or shower. Mop the floor.
16. Empty the dishwasher – Empty the dishwasher. Make sure the dishes are clean. Put each dish, pan, glass, and utensil where it belongs. If a dish doesn't get clean, wash and dry it by hand and put it away.
17. Set the table – Set the table for the whole family. Make sure that each person also has a drink. Gladly “jump up” and get any items that are needed after the family sits down for the meal.
18. Exercise - Actively exercise each day (at least 20 minutes)
19. Bed time – Get ready for bed each day, without being asked, and get to bed on time. You can read in bed but it must be quiet.
20. Save energy costs – Close the doors and windows quickly, unless your parents want them left open. Turn off lights when no one is in the room. Keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed. Avoid using too much hot water.
21. Pots and pans – Scrub pots and pans, and other utensils used to prepare a meal.
22. Reverence – Be quiet and respectful during family home evening, family prayers, and in church.
23. No Teasing or fighting or compaining and everyone is happy together working and playing.
24. Practicing talents: singing, dancing, acting, guitar, piano, flute, etc. at least 1/2 hour a day.

25. Help outside, garden , yard, etc.

Snack ideas:
Cottage cheese on club crackers with peppers or seasonings sprinkled on top
Hot chocolate
Cinnamon toast
Quesadillas
Pancakes
Eggs
Spaghetti
Tacos
Toasted cheese sandwiches and tomato soup
Chicken alfredo
Taco soup
Stuffed celery with peanut butter or cheese
Popcorn from a popper or paper bag
Brownies or cake from a mix
Cookies in bars
White Chicken chili
Taco salad
Hawaiian Haystacks

Onion rings
Other recipes that you like and email ingredients to grandma

We should get to visit you all this year!

2011-06-18T18:28:00.000-07:00

This has been a year of baptisms and unfortunately I didn't get photos. October, Lily got baptized in Watsonville, California. In November Hyrum got baptized in Yerington , Nevada and thanks to the fact that it coincided with the reunion we all got to go. I think Craig had to work. February Sophia had her baptism in Mt. Vernon, Washington in conjuntion with Miles blessing and that was good. In May Bronson was baptized in conjuntion with other family activities like dance performances, ball games and Whitney's graduation party in St. George Washington. We will be picking up Craig in Rexburg in July and so we should finally get to visit with Grandma and Liz and Ryan's family. Next year will be Davey's baptism in Spanish Fork, Utah. We would love to see more of Marae, Ben and Nora but probably won't make it to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Elise and Ben were here to help us move in February and Ben was so busy working we didn't get to see much of him. We would love having everyone closer but in the meantime we are happy you are all raising children well and teaching them the importance of baptism into the Kingdom of God by proper authority.

Our trip to Angels camp

2011-06-14T10:42:00.001-07:00

We met the Berhans for a few days at Angels camp to pick up Rachel for a few weeks in Nevada and Idaho. She loved spending time with her cousins mostly.

Help ! my phone is playing tricks on me!

2011-05-28T06:57:00.000-07:00

Okay! A couple months ago I answered the phone and noone was on the other end except I heard a couple conversations with Micheline talking to a friend. I soon called her and she said she never had such a conversation. I believe she was telling the truth.

About a month ago I was looking on Craigslist for good AQHA horses with good bloodlines. I made no phone calls and only sent a couple of emails. David said he would visit us if there were some horses to look at. I got a message on my phone from a guy in Boulder City Nevada about trail horses. I called him back in response and he was simply replying to my phone call which he said I made to him. Whoa. I had not even looked on craigslist in Las Vegas area and only Reno area. I decided I must be being guided to check out these trail horses.

We went down by Las Vegas for Bronson's baptism a few weeks later. At stake conference with the Barbens the speaker told us of how her phone rang and no one was on the other end. It was only someone having a conversation. Her grandson said, "I know what that was. It was the Holy Ghost."

When we were headed back by Las Vegas on our way home from Bronson's baptism I told David we needed to go by and see this fellow. We had something in common already as he had 32 grandchildren as we did. He talked to us for a while telling us he gets our horses from a man in Kamas, Utah who gets them from ranchers and they are well broke for trail riding. He said it may be closer for us to look at horses from him and gave me the man's number.

Well, I had remembered my great grandfather Arthur Vickery was burried in Rockport, Utah
which was just up the canyon from Park City, Utah and Heber Canyon. I had wanted to take my mother to visit her grandfather's grave and we had never done it. The internet showed he and his wife were buried in Peoa cemetery. When I called the man with the horses he told me he knew where the cemetary was and in fact the horses were kept in a corral bordering the old cemetary with about 100 graves. They were out to pasture now but we could come look at them. Mother is going to St. George for a baptism and blessing and Payton's performance of Little Mermaid. We will go there another time.

Well if we are supposed to have trail horses were is that? I can only think of 2 places. One place is a ranch for sale with family reunion type accomodations. It has 4 kitchens in seperate adobe buildings. It has a swimming pool, lots of lovely trees, and fishing pond and stream and is less than 1 mile from our house. The only trouble is the ranch is going back to the county on June 6 for $35,000 in unpaid taxes. It will be off the market for about a year before it goes up to auction.

Our Trip To Virginia City

2011-04-14T16:29:00.000-07:00

Today I, David and Craig and I went to Virginia City for a picnic and I dropped Craig and DavidDad off for the much awaited 10 mile bike ride down hill to our home. They had a nice ride home and I got to do some touring of the city by myself.

David and Craig by old restored Ward School. A couple photos are of the Louisianna Jazz restaurant where we cashed in our Christmas Coupons.

Last stop at the MacKay Mansion. The grandson of our tour guide was there and he was much interested in the play on Virginia City I have written. He had the lead singer part in the play Annie Get Your Gun. Elise and I attended right before we moved into our house. He was a very nice 17 year old. At Grandma's Fudge Shop I found out they will be hiring in a couple of weeks and hire 14 year olds and up. If you'd like scooping ice cream to a steady line of customers that go all the way out the back door you may be able to get on at $8.25 per hour. There are better paying jobs also. My favorite the Tahoe Hotel I didn't get pictures of.

The costumes for the play are coming along. It is like a community service I am working on. It will surely just be able to break even by the time the wages and expenses are paid. I hope in 4 years Virginia City will be a family orientated destination .

Colin found Elise's clothes I'd saved for her

2010-10-22T20:42:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of the clothes I couldn't find that I rescued from the bags going to the thrift store. Juliet would have more fun if her cousins were here. She has been a lot of help.

Don't forget our Exchange

2010-10-16T12:12:00.000-07:00

This is a great time to go through clothes , toys, multiple kitchen items,tools, etc and bring them for our exchange and auction. Ben and Marae will be setting up household soon and if you have anything you don't need that takes up space think of them. They didn't have all the receptions, etc to accumulate things. We all remember how sparse things were in those struggling years. Any outgrown clothes that won't be needed in the forseeable future will go for the exchange. If you don't have anything that is fine. Recent moves tend to clean out things. Larisa has sent a few big bags. Someone may really appreciate that shirt in your closet you never wear. Craig starts Amazon on Wednesday for training. Elise is planning on working at Williams and Sonora for the holidays and plans to give demos. She would probably appreciate any ideas. I loved her yam strips baked with onion. Any root vegetable can go together I guess. Will have to try Parsnips and Rutabagas We have them in the garden.

A tender mercy of the Lord

2010-10-03T20:20:00.000-07:00

We have been remodeling houses in the Reno area and then renting them out.

We had picked up this refrigerator from Craigslist and decided to pick up our pantry cabinet to replace the one the people had taken out of the house when they foreclosed.

We were just sailing down the freeway and of course everything was tied in but not good enough evidentally. All of a sudden we looked back and the pantry had flown off. It suddenly just rolled off of the freeway. My immediate reaction was one of extreme gratitude. It waited to fly off till we were out of the heavy traffic of Reno and near our exit to Cold Springs where the traffic was sparse. A terrible accident would have been the result if it had flown off just a couple miles earlier in the heavy traffic. Larisa said Nick's cousin was killed by a tire flying off the car in front. We were not even concerned about the shape of the cabinet but when we checked it a couple of days later it was minor and can be repaired. In conference today they talked about how we could have the gift of ministry of angels if we were worthy. Wow! What a blessing. Did some angels quickly roll it off the freeway for us so it wouldn't obstruct the traffic until Craig and David could get back to get it? Thank you ! Thank you for watching over us.

Pictures if we are all together

2010-09-27T00:32:00.000-07:00

We got Liz's input on what to wear if we are together at Thanksgiving. She suggested we wear fall colors like orange, browns, cranberry, greens and denim would be okay or tan, so we can coordinate. It will be nice to get a new family picture. Also she thought the kids may like to dress up in my costumes for a picture. They could put on a show with dancing and singing. (that is my idea.) Some new songs they can learn for auction bucks are from the Music Man which Elise wanted us to watch when she was here. The Wells Fargo Wagon, Till There Was You, Seventy Six Trombones, Come Come Ye Saints, In Our Lovely Deseret, The Battle Cry Of Freedom, My Darling Clementine. The little Boys would be cute on The Wells Fargo Wagon. Dancing to I've Got Rhythm, How You Goina Keep em down on the Farm? Perhaps I can figure out how to email music to you. I could send a bunch. Love Mom

Ways to shape your children

2010-09-26T21:50:00.000-07:00

Here are a few things we discussed in Relief Society we could do with our children. Thought it was worth passing on.

Before they go to bed comment on the things they did good during the day.
Ask them what they are grateful for that day.
Ask them what they did for someone else that day.
Rose Kennedy used to cut out newspaper articles of current events and put them up and expect the family to discuss them around the dinner table.

Conference Saturday Night Session

2010-09-11T23:14:00.000-07:00

Loved some of the speeches. The stake primary president gave a great talk. She suggested 3 things we do as families. 1. Do a Lousy Job ( She meant to try to do what we are asked to do even if we do a lousy job - family home evening, scripture reading, family and personal prayer, etc. (even read a verse or if we just put our hands on the scriptures that evening and offer thanks for the scriptures it's better than nothing at all.)
2. Discuss who we need to pray for as a family and say our prayers as a family and individually.
3. Discuss what we are grateful for with our families and get the children to think of how the Lord has blessed them that day.
Our regional representative's wife said they came to Fallon, Nevada each year to get Heart o'Gold cantelope. She said she discovered the people in our stake have hearts of gold. I think it is true. I am amazed at the quality of our leaders and many members here.

He's in the Jailhouse Now! Wild Horses in Virginia City

2010-08-31T10:47:00.000-07:00

Can you believe these beautiful wild horses? Nevada has more wild horses than all other states combined. They come to your yard in Virginia City. It is fun to look at the herds as we are driving to Fernley

The Value of A Compliment

2010-07-25T23:01:00.000-07:00

One day on our delivery, a little girl around 9 years old told me she like my earrings, as I was going to her door with a directory. Now everytime I put on those earrings I can't think of where I got them only that a little girl liked them. How nice for a child to tell an adult something nice. It would probably be easy as you are checking out at the stand or seeing your teacher each day or even your mom or dad or brother or sister to compliment them on anything. It could make their day. I wanted to share the beautiful view from our front door today! I guess Christ isn't coming this year as there is a rainbow in the sky.

A picture of our delivery and party.

2010-07-25T22:45:00.001-07:00

The kids all worked so hard even though according to this picture Bella is the only one working. It was a great experience and the kids showed us the stuff they were made of. The younger kids wanted to play catch phrase and play with the elevator in the apartment buildings after a few hours of work. They did really great and we should have given them more time to play with their cousins. Sorry, I forgot they were just 7 & 8 and shouldn't be expected to run all day. I guess we broke the child labor laws but they still had fun and worked hard and made a little money. Thanks David for having us up for a great cousins reunion.

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Baby Nora Gwyneth Campbell

2010-07-16T00:59:00.000-07:00

We're glad she finally came on July 12. It was nice Kirsten and her family and 3 of the Favero girls were here when they heard the news. Marae has spent a lot of time with the Berhans. They could all share in the joy. I feel so bad that we found out all the messages sent on the Lindsey Family Moderator haven't been getting to the recipients for a couple years. We just checked it out and Micheline was the only one on it. I don't know how it happened but sorry if you were a few days in hearing the news. Your dad has it fixed now hopefully. It will be so nice to get to hold her. London is too far away! Wish I could be with Marae but she has the internet to answer her questions. They were exhausted when the baby finally came. Sounds like the baby is colicky. I think you have to not eat chocolate or onions. Does anyone else know what causes the colick? I will be anxious to see if she settles down soon. It is hard to hear a baby cry.

The Picture Frame

2010-07-16T00:43:00.000-07:00

A stop at Goodwill after the temple.I thought the picture frame would be perfect for one of Minerva Teichert's pioneer picture "Washing Day", for one of the gorgeous 16 rooms of the Virginia City Tahoe Hotel. Upon furthur inquiry they told me that it was going for $760. Yes that is right a picture at Goodwill is not always going to be inexpensive. You see ebay had the same one for $1000. Oh well, so much for that idea. After furthur inquiry I found that the particular frame I had in mind was only $79. Still quite a bit for Goodwill. Since I feel certain that we are to do a business or businesses in Virginia City, it has been so on my mind. Ben hated the mold infested cabin we put an offer in for a short sale. Well your Dad thought the next one up was very cheap construction. Then we found this castle for no more than the house we are living in now. Lots of people don't like to live in Virginia City since Nov-Feb may have roads covered with snow. They deal with it and make it to work everyday down to Carson or reno. It would be much easier finding a job from there than from Yerington and is 20 minutes to the Mall, movie theater, and freeway. Ben for your sake I will put a photo of the Castle which is also for sale in Virginia City. There isn't a lot of choice there but more may come on soon. Let me know if it is better than the cabin on Lousetown. It just seems very showy even though it isn't on the beaten path. The wild horses are so pretty there. Your dad said it was like him wearing pink tights and a headband.

Our Revelations Treasure Hunt

2010-07-02T12:26:00.000-07:00

Sorry I didn't get many photos of the little cousins reunion, mini EFY especially for youth, held at the David Patten Lindsey home. The first night it seems we went to the property by the lake for foil dinners and horse riding. We did a little singing around the campfire and had a nice time. Earlier in the day we attended the championship games for Bret and Jake. They came in second by one point but we were all happy as we didn't want to spend the Sabbath at a ball game and the team was depending on the boys participating to make enough to play. We went to the Barbens for Hawiian dinner on Sunday after Church. The flu was going around and a few were sick. Grandpa and I spent a leisurely day recuperating. I actually loved laying around and reading. Tuesday we headed to the Lindseys again and Whitney wanted to do a photo shoot with Twilight characters and the older kids watched the Twilight movie and played a twilight game.
Tuesday we had our treasure hunt from the book of Revelations. It was to help us all be aware of the things that will be happening before Christ's Coming. It is a great and dreadful day. Great for those who are prepared. Here are the verses and the clues. Of course the clues that go with the scripture are with the previous item so the new item and clue can be found. Elise wanted the treasure hunt so I am writing it up.

Here are a Few Pictures

2010-05-16T18:48:00.000-07:00

Danny, Jacob, Davy and Joey Jensen Alan & Val Stein, Linda & David

I guess the best part of the whole trip for us was spending a whole week with Liz and Ryan and their 4 adorable boys. It seems like always before we have rushed here and there. Well we did do a lot while there, mostly canning meat with Liz, helping mother of Pearl clean out her storage and shop for food storage. Provo always has the greatest bargains. We loved getting tons of Guittard Chocolate chips for $1 a bag. There were green mint, white chocolate, semisweet, extra dark, and butterschotch. In case this makes you hungry just plan a trip to see us in Nevada and we will bake them up. It was the grand opening at Fresh Market stores and David suggested we sign up for the 2 minute free shopping spree. I kind of hummed and haad and said well the winner will probably go to someone more needy than us. Well I woke up that morning thinking of all the Western Family brands I would throw in the shopping cart in 2 minutes and said to David lets go. We needed to pick up a few things for the baby Jacob blessing dinner the next day anyway. Well we got in the store a few minutes before the name drawing and I briefed David on what we should buy if his name was drawn. We were just waiting for them to announce the winner of the drawing and David Patten calls and tells us the news of the new baby Miss May who had been born that day. I was very happy with the news. Then came the drawing for the free shopping spree. It was not us but we heard some hoops and hollers and a few teenage kids came running up the front of the store with their mom and they didn't look like they were that wealthy. I was so happy for them winning the prize and thankful for our gift from God also-the lovely little horse. We look forward to seeing it. On the trip Elise chided me about being more excited over them than my own grandbabies. Well I guess I am a horse lover and love to look at all the pretty horses but am certainly not more happy over them.

Our Eastern Trip

2010-05-07T18:06:00.000-07:00

The purpose of the trip was to meet our relatives. We enjoyed our
trip to Pennsylvania, passing through Gettysburg with a brief stop. The first night we had dinner with the cousins on the Meacham side. Valerie and Alan Stein met us for supper in New Hope. They live in Ringoes NJ and it was amazing that after I contacted her about family history we were visiting with the "rose" people across from the Boise temple and found out that Val's mom was in the man's class in Reno, Nevada and her dad was his scout leader. He is still a scouter at heart even though he is in his 80s.

The next day we met with Lois and Grant Faunce and had a great time visiting with them. They live in Warminster, Penn. We loved seeing her quilts she had made and the beautiful plants he cares for. He gave me a start of a Pilea. We next visited Betty Ruth Doak Lindsey who is Lois sister. We found out she sang in Operas herself. Well at least one. Amaul and the Night Visitor which was a short Christmas opera. She was the mother.

The next day after enjoying the Amish country (sorry the pictures don't do justice) we went t0 West Virginia. I loved seeing the children working and playing. We decided to do laundry in West Union where Doaks lived. I asked a lady in a parking lot where the laundromat was. After laundry we went to the Newspaper office where a Diane Doak worked according to the men at the Senior Center. At the Newspaper office I was surprised to find out that Diane was the same nice lady who had told us how to get to the Laundra mat. There is a lady I had talked to a few years ago by phone since she had done a bunch of genealogy. I had emailed her saying we were coming on Sunday but we had to change plans and would be there earlier. I hadn't heard from her and was concerned that I wouldn't be able to talk to her. As we were rounding the corner on the way to Arnold's Creek Cemetary I told david to pull over at this flower stand. I asked the lady there if she knew this Frances Hurst
and she said that she was right there. She made benches that glide and so we were able to sit right there and visit. She had even brought the Tyler County history book that she had written many stories in. We agreed that God had led me there. That night we stayed at Wyndam motel in Ohio and Elise was happy that Goodwill was just next to the Motel. I called some Doaks we had met when David was a baby and they had planned an outing for their Mom to Bob Evans and most of the family was there so we met them there and had a nice visit.. The son Fred had visited us in Alaska and he remembered the names of all the children and wanted to learn about them. He said Elizabeth was the most capable 11 year old he had seen. I think she was 9. We were so surprised he could remember after all these years. He had taken little David to see the Muskoxs as he was a teacher and much interested in Biology. It has been an amazing time.

Personal and Family Preparedness

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We loved seeing the chickens besides seeing the fam. We are happy the Berhans are taking measures to becoming more prepared by raising their own chickens. Some things we do is more for practice when we need to do them. Yesterday we had an old fashioned Relief Society where we were taught meat canning, soap making and seed starting. We also had a fun program put on by the Singing Mountain Man. His wife is the Thrifty Mama. The family consisting of 7 children have learned to live on very little and they are a good family. The daughter is in our ward and she gives us 5 tips from her mom on saving money. One thing I had never thought to do is save the waxed paper from cold cereal boxes which was a rare occasion and not the sweetened kind. She used it to line pans when baking so the breads and cakes may come out easier. It is a little extreme but why not.

We got to visit Jon & kids

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Lydia in her Ballarina dress

Hyrum was so kind to offer his grandma tea which he made in his Santa

cup. We picked up Craig from college and he helped his Dad spray weeds

in Fruitland. The speakers in the Fruitland ward was a couple of returned missionaries from Ontario, an older couple. They were a couple of friends Linda introduced while at BYU and they actually got married.

Ben's Beard

2010-04-08T02:56:00.000-07:00

Ben has been growing a great beard. It will be perfect for the gunfighter act he is invited to be in. The group teaches kids gun safety before every show. The only thing is I'll have to get him a gun. That is the agreement.

Commemoration of Pony Express 150th about 10 miles away

2010-04-04T21:44:00.000-07:00

Saddle where they put the Pony Express mail. The Pony express

was only active for something like 18 months when the Railroad

took it's place. It was so dangerous as the Indians burned their stations, etc. They were on the watch out for the riders. They had only 2 minutes to transfer the mailbag.

Saturday we went up to Fort Churchill between sessions of conference. It was interesting and I had always wanted to go to the Museum which we drive by on a regular basis. The speaker said how much regard Abraham Lincoln had for the people of Nevada. He addressed his letters MY DEAR FRIENDS which he didn't normally do.

Key Lime Pie

2010-03-14T09:11:00.000-07:00

1 8 oz container whipped topping
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 c. fresh lime juice ( can use the frozen concentrate)
small dash of green food coloring (optional)
1 prepared graham cracker pie crust or other

Whisk together whipped topping, condensed milk and lime juice. Spoon into crust. Set in freezer about 30 minutes. Sprinkle lime zest on top.

Jacob Ryan Jensen was born

2010-02-22T22:00:00.000-08:00

Jacob Ryan Jensen was born late Monday night. Liz was induced and so she had it on her Dad's birthday which made for a great birthday for him. He was 20 " 7lb 15oz. We are so happy to have him here. Her labor wasn't too hard.

Quiet book for Church

2010-01-24T18:31:00.001-08:00

If anyone got a gospel art kit from Grandma Meacham I set by a 6 year old boy that was very content to sit there and look through the kit. His mom put the pictures in plastic sleeves and then in a 3 ring binder. A good family home evening project or while watching your favorite show.

Kylee Gets the Quilt

2010-01-10T18:09:00.000-08:00

We have waited about 15 years to finish the baby quilt Kylee and Marae started with grandmother's help of course. I knew Kylee was sentimental so I moved and stored this started quilt through several of our moves and since she was the first of the 2 girls to get a baby girl the quilt goes to her. Georgia Meacham's first grandchild. I predict Georgia will be a fantastic grandmother at least the way she used to beg to hold every baby that graced the church in New Plymouth as a child and she was so good to my girls when they were little. We love you Georgia and are so happy for you to get this bundle of joy. The name was not yet picked out and she had a small leak in her lung but she was scheduled to come home today.

Newcomers invited to dinner

2010-01-03T19:22:00.000-08:00

We had a nice surprise after we invited the new family to dinner. We stopped by their house to tell them where we lived and give them a time. David came out and said. You are having a special guest for dinner. I said who Santa Claus? He said " The Singing Mountain Man. It seems they had come down from Kooski, Idaho to help their daughter's family move. David ask him if he knew the singing Mountain Man. He said, "I am the Singing Mountain Man." He entertained us with a couple songs and one of the missionaries told us a cool story.

A Busy Two Weeks

2009-11-15T21:14:00.000-08:00

We have had a busy but wonderful two weeks. Ben came and worked so hard to improve the kitchen without being asked he set about with finding materials in the garage to finish the cabinetry to cover the pipe from the big stove vent. I was amazed at the great job he did. We had our first day in the temple and immediately headed up to Cooper's baptism. Sorry I didn't get a picture of it. Perhaps Jeanne got pictures.
We stopped by way of the Greenhorn Guest Ranch and spent the night. I got a couple great new recipes for desserts while at Jeannes. We will try them at Thanksgiving. We got home and have been working a bit with our wonderful missionaries. We are so glad to have them here as we are ward missionaries and can't keep up with all the follow up visits. While in the Celestial room of the temple, by myself waiting to help people who came through the veil, I opened the Doctrine and Covenants section 3 and my eyes rested one these verses: Lift up your heart and rejoice, for the hour of your mission is come; and your tongue shall be loosed, and you shall declare glad tidings of great joy unto this generation. You shall declare the things which have been revealed to my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun. You shall begin to preach from this time forth, yea, to reap in the field which is white already to be burned. It made me happy since most of the family has expressed the thought that we should serve a mission. Perhaps you can be called by the Lord and not by the leaders. We also get to work in the temple, work on our financial portfolio, and be there when our children need us.
We are so glad we are not that far away and have been making lots of plans for Thanksgiving. We can't wait to see so many of you and will certainly miss Marae and Ben, Kirsten & Mussie's family, and Jeanne and the girls. I'm sure they will have a nice time. We're glad jon & Rachel, Liz and Ryan and Bret & Micheline will be here.
We did have a baptism last week. We found him and the elders taught him. We give new member lessons to him and his wife who is already a member.
This weekend we attended a Rich Dad educational seminar in Reno. It was very informative and showed us how to prosper from the down market.I never cared to have money but know it is necessary for the future plans. We stayed with the Faveros and David and Larisa got to see the production Nick and Bella and Juliet were in. The King and I. I got to take care of the 3 Little ones so Larisa could go. She isn't allowed to get a baby sitter for them besides myself or Nick. Carson City is rated very high for the arts. People come from Northern California to see the performances.

Picture of our Free Apples and recently planted grass

2009-09-30T17:03:00.000-07:00

Free Apples

2009-09-28T21:44:00.001-07:00

When we were out making visits for the church we came upon this sign Free Apples. We asked if we could pick from their several trees. We got enough apples to make pie filling and sauce and give a lot away. We also made new friends and talked with them till dark. David had some reloading equipment that was left in the garage that he shared with them. The bullets fit his gun and he was happy. It was bits and pieces left in the garage. Our Idaho neighbor haad taught us to keep the apples a couple weeks till they almost get wrinkly before making applesauce. You add no sugar and they are so good. I use the Victoria Strainer and it goes so fast.

Surgery went well

2009-09-28T18:23:00.000-07:00

The hysterectomy is over and all went well. The Carson City doctor was phenominal. He even asked if he could pray with us twice. We hit it off when he said his family went door to door campaigning for Sarah Palin. Of course since her dad was such a wonderful teacher for Kirsten in 5th grade we held her in high esteem and after hearing her talk. You could tell by their faces that they were awed that their daughter would make it so far on the politcal campaign trail. Miracles never cease to exist. Ben asked me to send pictures of the yard since we finished. Your dad picked a wheel barrel full of watermelon when he got work it may freeze. Now we're not sure how to keep it. Ben made a great drink with watermelon juice and lime juice if I remember right. We may try to freeze a bit of it that way and give away the rest. Your dad is taking good care of me but I felt well enough 3 days later to can zuchini, onions, garlic, tomatoe and crooknecked all together. It is good. Ben asked for pictures of the yard. I'll try to upload them. He did a great job on the sidewalk. We love it.

Canned Meat

2009-09-20T15:31:00.001-07:00

This year I have canned a variety of meat. Pork, chicken, beef loin strips, hamburger and sausage. It has been nice just going to the pantry and getting a bottle all precooked. I highly recommend it to anyone. Liz is canning meat and Rachel got a pressure canner and is going to do elk. Jon got his elk with a bow this year. I love getting a great sale on meat and putting it in jars. Chicken was
$1.39 and pork $.99.

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David's Uncle Darrell was glad to receive visitors in SLC

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Grandmas Letters Inspired Me

2009-09-08T22:19:00.000-07:00

While visiting mother I read some of my grandmother Meacham's letters which she had faithfully kept all these years. It was very enjoyable. Since I don't write letters I thought this may be a good way to keep in touch and Ben is always getting after me for not blogging.

We just got back from an event filled 2 weeks. We took Craig to Great basin national park and explored the Lehman caves in Nevada. We next went to Utah and stayed a bit with Liz and Ryan and then to Draper to get ready for Marae and Ryan's wedding and luncheon for close friends and relatives. After the lovely wedding and luncheon athey left to catch a plane to spend their honeymoon in New Hampshire in the exra home of grandparents from Maine. They are staying with Ben's grandfather in Highland, Utah for a couple weeks before they go to London for Ben's master program in Mid Eastern studies I believe.
Friday, we had a picnic at Ryan and Liz's moms in Benjamin, utah. The children had a great time in their yard with water slides, baseball, toys, sand box, horses, etc. We do appreciate her kindness in letting us enjoy it. Jaxson asked when we were going to Davey's grandmother's again. We then hurried up to the mountains for a hike to a waterfall and pool the children played in. The weather was perfect. Then to Liz and Ryans for supper. It was delicious.

Saturday we went to Lagoon to spend the whole day together. It was fun to run into my Cousin Joyce and Thale Ostler and visit with them a bit. Also we got to spend time with Tommy our newest 1 month old baby grandson.

Church was attended in Draper and Monday after helping Liz learn how to can green beans and Chicken and meat we headed for Zions National Park to camp. It was lovely and peaceful. Then on to Micheline and Brets for the weekend. We got to attend Lindseys baptism and then went to the lake to meet her cousins family and Barben grandparents who had attended her cousins baptism in Cedar City athe same day. After church Sunday we went to grandmother Meachams and were able to get her computer set up that her hometeacher had so graciously given her. After supper I went through her genealogy and enjoyed that. Monday we met Ben for lunch at Sizzlers to use up the coupons Liz gave her dad. We enjoyed seeing him before we took Craig to BYU Idaho. We were happy to meet his nice roomates.

The Genealogy Club Was Formed

2008-12-26T10:21:00.000-08:00

At the suggestion of Isabella Favero we started a genealogy club. Grandma thought it a splendid idea. The first meeting was at the Favero's house in Carson City. Grandmother decided that we would feature a different person each year to do research on.

Since her great Grandfather George Bellu Meacham lived in Reno, Nevada at one time we decided to feature him through August of 2009. Aunt Billie and Uncle Gordon Meacham had mentioned that he drove a 20 Mule Team for the Borax company. While in Reno for Grandpa's heart surgery Grandma took a couple of hours to go to the library to find more info. She found that usually single young men drove the large team of mules for tne arduous journey. The mule train was only with Borax between 1883-1889 until the growth of the railroad and new deposits were found. George Bellu would have been a young man at the time and the muleskinners were characteristically single men. They were solitary men used to enduring extreme hardships. During this time not a single wagon broke down nor a single animal was lost. For their efforts, muleskinners earned from $100 to $120 per month - very high wages for the time. The borax load had to be hauled 165 miles up and out of Death Valley, over the steep Panamint Mountains and across the desert to the nearest railroad junction at Mojave. The 20-day round trip started 190 feet below sea level and climbed to an elevation of 2000 feet before it was over. The heat, desolation and rattlesnakes presented ominous obstacles for both man and mule and occasionally the brakes gave way down a steep mountain grad and the heavy rig would thunder down the trail hard on the heels of the frantic mules. Special training for the mules was important. They each had their own jobs and the "sixes" and "eights" -were the pairs trained to leap over the chain when the mule train turned a corner. It was an omnious job to go around a curve and not being able to see if someone was coming up the other side.
After the use of the 20 Mule team was passed for hauling borax the teams appeared at special events ranging from St.Louis World's Fair in 1904 to President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration in 1916.
Borax is made partly from volcanic ash. Other uses for borax includeglass, detergents, for automobiles, cosmetics and medicines, building materials, flame retardants, agriculture,etc. We would be amazed at all the various uses. Uncle Jon
said that it is the salmon eggs for fishing.
At our second genealogy meeting at Grandma and Grandpa Lindsey's we made GAK from Borax. It is fun to play with and easy to make.
Mix 2 cups regular Elmer's glue or similar type
1 1/2 cups water (or until not sticky
Mix 1/3 cups water
1 T. borax
Add to glue mixture - color with food coloring if desired.

We also practiced adding names to the computer program PAF personal ancestral file which can be downloaded for free from the LDS.org family search site. They were able to give the names and dates and places for themselves and younger family members to link them to the family.
We made genealogy buttons or pins as designed by Bret Barben the younger. Each meeting will feature a new design by a new designer.

George Bellu Meacham is buried in Bishop, California. If anyone wants to visit his grave there is a directory in the cemetery to helpfind his grave. George Meacham, Grandma's father was named after his grandfather George Bellu Meacham. If anyone has a photo of George Bellu it would be greatly appreciated as we have not yet seen one.

Happy Birthday to a Great Mom

2008-10-28T22:48:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to wish you happy birthday publically and express my love and gratitude for all you have taught me and the fun life I had growing up on the farm. I am so grateful that your health is good at age 87 and we are so glad you can still make it on your own and enjoy many friends in that wonderful place, Provo, Utah.

I've Been Tagged

2008-10-14T19:40:00.000-07:00

Rules_ Each player answers the questions themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let them know you've answered the questions on their blog.
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1. Got caught in the Atlanta, Georgia airport when the whole airport was evacuated for a false alarm after 9/11. It was so fun and nothing exciting like that happens here.
2. Sent 4 boys and 1 girl on a mission and attended 3 temple marriages for our kids.
3. Organized a high school reunion and quite a few family reunions.
4. Found dates and places for most families in the Doak book so the families could have work done in the temple and sealed together.
5. Remodeled or finished 4 houses, contracted one to be built and had an old dream house moved and moved into most of them.

5 things I wish I could do today!

1. See all the family.
2. Bring many people to my knowledge of Christ and the many miraculous happenings in my life that are way too numerous to mention a hundredth part.
3. Get a confirmation about what is right for us to do and all the family in the coming year.
4. Spend more time with my wonderful mother.
5. Let everyone know of their great worth and how much they are loved by a loving Father in Heaven.

5 foods I wouldn't live without.

1. Desserts
2. Cucumbers and other vegetables
3. Raw milk
4. Nuts
5. Plucots (my newest favorite fruit) Plums and apricots crossed.

5 things I'd do if I were a milionaire.
1. Finish my dream of energy efficient, affordable, attractive classic homes
2. Have a guest park where guests could view gardens, orchards, and farm animals. Musicals and entertainment would be mostly done by desendants of AA Doak and Emma Elizabeth Howard. Lodging and meals could be available for those wanting to remember the OLD West.
A shop where gifts, fresh vegetables in season, homemade old fashioned candies and cookies could be sold as well handmade articles made from natural fabrics woul be on the premise. Trail riding and perhaps wagon riding would be available.
3. Make sure all our relatives have what they need.
4.Visit lots of family history sights and probably Ireland.
5.Get a horse trailer and get all the horses well trained for riding.

5 places I have lived.

1. Idaho
2. Alaska
3. Washington
4. Kentucky
5. Wyoming

5 people I tag I didn't know who would want to do this but if you read this and will take time to do it you are tagged from me. I wanted to tag Jenny but don't know if you want to do this. If you are too busy and have been tagged it's fine not to do it. Do I ever understand.

1. Elise Lindsey
2. Trudy Meacham
3. Natalie Meacham
4. Kylee Bills
5. Ben Lindsey

2008-10-14T19:28:00.000-07:00

The heart surgery went so well and we are grateful for the prayers of the family. The many grandchildren joined in fasting and prayer.
Here is Bella and Athena visiting the hospital. Thanks Larisa and Kirsten and families for your love and attention and all the rest of the family. Interestingly enough Bella had heart surgery early this year and knew all about what to expect. She was with us in the hospital during the surgery. David's valve was replaced by a bovine valve or cow's valve. David has been helping around the house and is now officially retired. We are celebrating his retirement when Craig gets off his mission in December by taking a trip to Florida and meeting him there.

David's heart Surgery

2008-08-10T03:23:00.000-07:00

What a total surprise when David went to the doctor because of shortness of breath to find he need a heart valve replacement. He is planning on retirement the first of September so this is a good timing if he needs it. It will be difficult to take it easy after so many years of being so devoted to his job and finding such fulfillment. It is time for a new chapter in our lives. We will appreciate any fasting and prayers for his surgery on Monday the 18th of August in the Reno St. Mary's hospital.

Our Summer

2008-08-10T02:29:00.000-07:00

The summer has whizzed by. We bought an older camper so we could get out and do something and then decided that it is so peaceful here we just enjoy staying home and then we don't have to pay the gas. Is anyone else so thrifty they make wierd decisions like that. I painted the outdated flower wallpaper and then decided we would just put it up for sale again.. We did three things for fun and that was go to Silver City and take a trail ride. It was something I'd always wanted to do after hearing my dad speak of his adventure. He loved to go to different places of nature to enjoy his sabbath. It was always the mountains around us. Needless to say, we still spend our sabbaths in a regular house of worship. We went last weekend to the Starlight Mountain Theater in Garden Valley . We saw the musical Crazy for You. It is an adaption of the 1939 musical Girl Crazy starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. We thoroughly enjoyed it and I got on my dreaming binge again. How fun it would be in a few years to have those very talented decendants of Alexander and Emma Howard Doak put on a musical. We certainly have enough actresses and actors musicians and singers and dancers in the family to make a really great production for others to enjoy. Ben our son used to build sets while in college for his job. It was just a crazy dream and that is what I have most fun doing. Dreaming! For our anniversary I arranged for a river horse ride near the neighboring town of Parma. Since we both fell off horses that were not too well trained last fall I thought it a good idea to try it again on well seasoned horses. As you can tell we had fun by just staying home for the vacation.

Lindsey Reunion Lodge

2008-04-13T16:04:00.000-07:00

Good times abound at our 2007 reunion

Cooper and Hyrum send their love
Sitting Bull our bombproof horse
Good times for everyone
Two charming Cowgirls Sally & Bella