Thursday, February 11, 2021

Our History - 1980-1984 Three Children

 Three Children


Garrett making baby’s room upstairs; yellow curtains & changing table; new white crib

Laura born March 8, 1980

Zoo trips; petting animals

Picnic with Ken and Bev’s family

Laura baby then angel for Nativity pageant; David train set for Christmas;

Making presents; being Santa; giving treats to neighbors

Family reading in the evenings

Passing down toys- blue rocker, yellow chair, rocking horse, beds

Garrett Ward clerk; I teach in Primary

Father and Sons ward camp-outs

Julene canopy bed; David new bike

Fussing over Laura; birthdays, Christmas, and playing; trying to get her to laugh

Trip to St. George for Garrett training; Temple, Zion’s, Julene birthday

Julene Baptized

December 1982- sponsoring Cambodian family of seven; live our basement; carry Laura, crackers; find jobs; teach alphabet; put in school; Tom and Jerry cartoons; coats in house; not want snow boots; not understand sanitation; sledding; snow Buddha; women no rights; men discuss; thrilled freezer not need to shop every day; they move to mushroom farm

Ward camp out; nettles; 24th of July; decorating bikes; Alpine slide in Park City

T-ball for David; David made red go-chart; Cub Scouts

Planting potatoes; rope swing from walnut tree;

Laura loves sand box; small yard for toddlers

Laura red knit hat; family ward camp-out

Elms on south removed for wider road; chain link fence on south

David baptized

Doing yard work; raking grass and leaves; picking fruit; kids selling cherries

Lagoon (driving small cars) and zoo trips; Laura licked by giraffe

Making covered wagon for Laura and David pulling her in 24th parade

Julene’s dance performances; school programs “Ma”

Repairing front porch; taking out bushes by house; put in small patio; use side door; shoes

Visit of Grandma and Grandpa Pearson

Halloweens; cowboy, princesses, dancer, Blue Fairy, pirate, construction worker

Growing and cutting pumpkins; “punkenzinies”

Laura making pudding;

We make small kitchen and David a cradle for Laura’s Christmas

Get old phone company van at auction

Visit of Grandma and Grandpa Merrick 1983

David baseball and soccer

Computer games in book; play on TV

Garrett puts in washer drain line

Neighborhood games; basketball and tag football; Garrett plays and referees

Halloween; Tree Beard and Patchwork Girl

Taking portraits of children

Heavy snow; David shoveling

Laura chickenpox; bead in nose; Julene falls from rope swing

Laura taking dance with Julene; performances

Family camp-out before baby born


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