Hello everyone,
Leon and I are going today to Salt Lake City to have a one-day training session tomorrow from NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) We will be staying at the Hilton Hotel in downtown SLC! Next week we will start our testing. This is my third year and Leon's fourth. We go to different schools in central Utah and administer tests to 4th, 8th and 12th grade students. Luckily we have a script we have to read so that everyone receives the same information. We don't correct their booklets either; they are sent back to Washington DC for grading. We usually test Monday through Thursday, but occasionally we have to stay over to do a makeup test. Sometimes we have to leave Sunday afternoon in order to arrive at the town to be ready for testing the next morning. We don't know yet just where we will be testing; we should find out tomorrow. It is a nice little working vacation; we earn money and are reimbursed for meals, gas and hotels if we stay overnight. I won't have much time at home these next six to seven weeks so will start writing again in March. Thank you all for the nice things you have said and the encouragement to continue writing.
Love,
Barbara, Mom, Grandma
Monday, January 19, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Alan married, World's Fair visit, 1983
1982 was the year Alan married a lovely girl, Peggy Wonnacott, on June 25 in the Salt Lake Temple. She is a great addition to the family. We had a luncheon at a ward building and it poured rain but it cleared up by the evening when the reception was held in her parents’ back yard.
In 1983, Doug came home from his mission in Guatemala; it was nice to have him home again. He started working at the Mall in the evenings and brought home lots of interesting things that had been thrown out. Sometimes cookies, other times silverware, trays, etc.
Nancy tried out for the musical "King and I" by singing "Tomorrow" from Annie and became one of the royal children. I could hardly recognize her in all her makeup but she looked great.. She really enjoyed that experience.
We now have a big family: Sylvia and Brent have six children, Jenny, David, James, Ryan, Chris and Becky. David has three: Melissa, Alicia and Salem. Tricia and Alan have three also: Tannie, Trent and Russell. What great grandkids they all are.
Pleasant Grove H.S. band and dance team had the opportunity to go to the World’s Fair in New Orleans and I got to go too! The group first flew to Dallas, TX and put on shows at some ward buildings. From then on we used buses. We went to Houston and visited the LB Johnson Space Center and Galveston. The beach wasn’t as pretty as California beaches but it was water! We drove east and visited a great place in Louisiana, "Oak Alley", a beautiful plantation with large old oak trees leading up the house. It also had beautiful gardens. We stayed in New Orleans for several days and visited the French Market. We also took a trip up the Mississippi on a paddle boat, I think it was "The Natchez" and had dinner. That was a fun experience. We also walked around the French Quarter and from a distance, a cemetery where everything is above ground because of the water level. The cemetery was like those in Buenos Aires and other Latin countries; I was familiar with them.
Visiting the World’s Fair was a great experience. The various exhibits from different countries were so interesting. One great one was from Egypt. It had a diorama, or rather a large area laid out showing the Nile River and the Aswan Dam and all the area watered by the river. The Korean exhibit was also a favorite. I received a nice fan from them which I kept for many years. Italy also showed the water system in Rome with sewers and cisterns.
We flew home after a great experience. There had been a little trouble, though, one boy had to be sent home because he wouldn’t keep to the rules.
In 1983, Doug came home from his mission in Guatemala; it was nice to have him home again. He started working at the Mall in the evenings and brought home lots of interesting things that had been thrown out. Sometimes cookies, other times silverware, trays, etc.
Nancy tried out for the musical "King and I" by singing "Tomorrow" from Annie and became one of the royal children. I could hardly recognize her in all her makeup but she looked great.. She really enjoyed that experience.
We now have a big family: Sylvia and Brent have six children, Jenny, David, James, Ryan, Chris and Becky. David has three: Melissa, Alicia and Salem. Tricia and Alan have three also: Tannie, Trent and Russell. What great grandkids they all are.
Pleasant Grove H.S. band and dance team had the opportunity to go to the World’s Fair in New Orleans and I got to go too! The group first flew to Dallas, TX and put on shows at some ward buildings. From then on we used buses. We went to Houston and visited the LB Johnson Space Center and Galveston. The beach wasn’t as pretty as California beaches but it was water! We drove east and visited a great place in Louisiana, "Oak Alley", a beautiful plantation with large old oak trees leading up the house. It also had beautiful gardens. We stayed in New Orleans for several days and visited the French Market. We also took a trip up the Mississippi on a paddle boat, I think it was "The Natchez" and had dinner. That was a fun experience. We also walked around the French Quarter and from a distance, a cemetery where everything is above ground because of the water level. The cemetery was like those in Buenos Aires and other Latin countries; I was familiar with them.
Visiting the World’s Fair was a great experience. The various exhibits from different countries were so interesting. One great one was from Egypt. It had a diorama, or rather a large area laid out showing the Nile River and the Aswan Dam and all the area watered by the river. The Korean exhibit was also a favorite. I received a nice fan from them which I kept for many years. Italy also showed the water system in Rome with sewers and cisterns.
We flew home after a great experience. There had been a little trouble, though, one boy had to be sent home because he wouldn’t keep to the rules.
Monday, January 5, 2009
1980-82, Rob & Doug's missions, etc.
In 1978, Mom and Dad Honey celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. All the extended family were able to be there except Alan, who was on his mission in Italy. It was an open house outside of their mobile home.
In 1979, David married Tricia Quinn in the Los Angeles Temple. Nancy was one of the flower girls and Doug one of the Best Men. The reception was held in the home of a daughter of LeGrand Richards; a very lovely lady.
In 1980, Dad Honey had fallen and broken his leg. He was in Utah Valley Regional Medical Center and Mom stayed with us. Leon and I had to give her insulin shots in her arm. That was a very hard thing to do for me. The latter part of January, Leon, Rob and Doug drove down to Montezuma Creek to visit Syl and Brent. I took Mom to visit Dad in the hospital and while we were there he had a heart attack and died. Tricia and Alan had come to visit him but arrived too late but they took us home. Leon and boys immediately came back, also Sylvia and family drove up. During this time was one of the worst snow storms we had experienced; schools and work places were closed. Luckily the snow stopped in time for the funeral in Ephraim and the burial in Salt Lake City. After the funeral, Bill and Kathy took Mom home to live with them.
Rob was called to serve in the Chile Osorno Mission and was able to see Alan just as he returned from Italy. We now have more grandchildren, Jenny, David, Tannie, Melissa, Trent James, Alicia and Ryan. What great kids!.
1980 was also the year of my parents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary and our family went down to Downey to help celebrate. A lovely program was presented. The trio sang, Carol sang, Leon and David played solos, Gina and I sang "Muñequita Linda", also a family choir. Roy Fitzell, a Hollywood dancer and former Uruguayan missionary danced. and different people told about various times in my parents’ lives. It was a great evening with many family members and former missionaries who had served under my parents.
Doug, after graduating from High School, entered the Marine Reserves and went to San Diego for training. When it was time for his graduation, Leon, Sylvia, Tricia and I drove down to San Diego to witness the ceremony. It was very thrilling to see all the men marching. When Doug got home he turned in his papers and was called to the Guatemala Guatemala City Mission. At that time, missions were only for 18 months and Doug paid his own way; we were very proud of him for that Rob and Doug didn’t see each other for about three years as their missions overlapped. When Rob got home, he had one of his companions live with us for a time: Jim Ostler. When Doug got him, one of his companions also lived with us, Solomon Urriola.
In 1982, Pleasant Grove H.S. put on Sound of Music, with Leon leading the orchestra. The daughter of Duke and Joana Major (he a former Uruguayan missionary and she was a freshman at the Y when I was) was Maria. Joana and I were nuns. It was very fun to be in a musical production and memorize all the music.
We had fun visits to the Barlows in Montezuma Creek. One time they took us to a place near Bluff to some ruins. We had to cross the San Juan River on a swinging bridge (we felt like Indiana Jones crossing over on that swaying bridge) then walk quite a ways then come to 17-Room Ruin. It is very isolated, no one around and we could climb up into all the rooms. We have visited them several times and they are always a fun thing to do.
In 1979, David married Tricia Quinn in the Los Angeles Temple. Nancy was one of the flower girls and Doug one of the Best Men. The reception was held in the home of a daughter of LeGrand Richards; a very lovely lady.
In 1980, Dad Honey had fallen and broken his leg. He was in Utah Valley Regional Medical Center and Mom stayed with us. Leon and I had to give her insulin shots in her arm. That was a very hard thing to do for me. The latter part of January, Leon, Rob and Doug drove down to Montezuma Creek to visit Syl and Brent. I took Mom to visit Dad in the hospital and while we were there he had a heart attack and died. Tricia and Alan had come to visit him but arrived too late but they took us home. Leon and boys immediately came back, also Sylvia and family drove up. During this time was one of the worst snow storms we had experienced; schools and work places were closed. Luckily the snow stopped in time for the funeral in Ephraim and the burial in Salt Lake City. After the funeral, Bill and Kathy took Mom home to live with them.
Rob was called to serve in the Chile Osorno Mission and was able to see Alan just as he returned from Italy. We now have more grandchildren, Jenny, David, Tannie, Melissa, Trent James, Alicia and Ryan. What great kids!.
1980 was also the year of my parents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary and our family went down to Downey to help celebrate. A lovely program was presented. The trio sang, Carol sang, Leon and David played solos, Gina and I sang "Muñequita Linda", also a family choir. Roy Fitzell, a Hollywood dancer and former Uruguayan missionary danced. and different people told about various times in my parents’ lives. It was a great evening with many family members and former missionaries who had served under my parents.
Doug, after graduating from High School, entered the Marine Reserves and went to San Diego for training. When it was time for his graduation, Leon, Sylvia, Tricia and I drove down to San Diego to witness the ceremony. It was very thrilling to see all the men marching. When Doug got home he turned in his papers and was called to the Guatemala Guatemala City Mission. At that time, missions were only for 18 months and Doug paid his own way; we were very proud of him for that Rob and Doug didn’t see each other for about three years as their missions overlapped. When Rob got home, he had one of his companions live with us for a time: Jim Ostler. When Doug got him, one of his companions also lived with us, Solomon Urriola.
In 1982, Pleasant Grove H.S. put on Sound of Music, with Leon leading the orchestra. The daughter of Duke and Joana Major (he a former Uruguayan missionary and she was a freshman at the Y when I was) was Maria. Joana and I were nuns. It was very fun to be in a musical production and memorize all the music.
We had fun visits to the Barlows in Montezuma Creek. One time they took us to a place near Bluff to some ruins. We had to cross the San Juan River on a swinging bridge (we felt like Indiana Jones crossing over on that swaying bridge) then walk quite a ways then come to 17-Room Ruin. It is very isolated, no one around and we could climb up into all the rooms. We have visited them several times and they are always a fun thing to do.
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