This morning, we went across the street to the Tetonia 1st ward for church. We made it basically on-time to 11 am church. Wahoo! In celebration of our pioneer ancestry, the bishopric had arranged for 4 “grandmas” to speak about their family history. As you can imagine, the first speaker took 30 minutes. The meeting was going into “overtime” after the musical number was finished with two speakers left to give their talks. We talked to bishop during Sunday School – was able to hear about my great, great Uncle Dick’s reputation in the Valley. The “Gublers” were active participants in Elders Quorum – making up 95% of the comments.
This afternoon we headed to the Tetonia Cemetery. We visited the graves of my Great Great Grandparents and a few of their children - including the infamous Uncle Jim, who died while he was swimming on Sunday. Needless to say, we weren't tempted to go swimming on Sunday growing up.
After church and naps, we headed to our family's dry farm. My Dad said the road would be a "little bit" bumpy ... I should have known he was underestimating by just a "little bit." We ended up parking our car by the side of the road and hitched rides with others to drive through the tall grass. Taking our van to Idaho definitely broke it in, but there was a limit to where I was willing to drive my less-than-a-month-old car. However, I do have to say, the dry farm is beautiful. Rog mentioned he wouldn't mind having a cabin up in the valley. However, after I saw his face when we got back - all swollen and pink - I decided his allergies would probably prevent us from doing so.
When we got back to the hotel, the boys and kids started playing 500. The kids LOVED it. Incidentally, Rog and Damond both jammed their fingers while playing.
While Rog played, I worked on family histories with Katie. We are working on a personal progress project to compile our family stories into a children’s book. I am sooo excited to get it all finished. It will be such a fun way for all the kids to learn more about their ancestors. Tonight, for our family home evening, we shared some of the histories and had the grandchildren draw pictures that we will scan in for the book. To add to the importance of our ancestors and each family member, Kim and Katie sang a duet to the song, "For Good" from the Broadway play "Wicked." I'll just say that they are super amazing. I love my talented sisters.
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