January 2018

Monday 1/1

At midnight the Celebration began .... ringing

in the New Year 2018 !

Sadly, Linda was the only one still up to watch it ...
everyone else had gone to bed.

A few hours later we were eating

Fresh, warm, Cinnamon rolls .... delicious,


throwing serpentine, pulling confetti poppers
 and blowing horns

Happy New Year !!

Debbi came up to spend the day with us and help

us eat all the New Year's Day food.

A Waite Family tradition which lasts ....

all day

fruit, vegies, summer sausage, cheese, chips, dip,

rolls, lunch meat, sparkling cider, and ...

 Sunday dinner left overs

And she came bearing gifts !

She's been cleaning out things from her move ... 

We'll call it "re-gifting"

Aunt Debbi Love !

Crew, Connor, Sydney, Debbi & Shea

It was a nice day outside so ....

the kids had fun throwing "Poppers" 

in the driveway and ....

plotting with grandpa to throw snowballs at

GRANDMA ! 

Connor & Grandpa teamed up for

a rousing game of "Watch Your Mouth"

Kevin took a turn as did ....

Debbi and ....

even Sydney .... hahaha .... what a cutie !

We all had a good time laughing WITH each other !

Tuesday 1/2

On Tuesday we drove back down to 

Salt Lake to help Debbi and accompany her to

a doctor's appointment with her

Back Surgeon .... MRI looked good .... X-rays to follow.

Debbi's apartment is still in the 

"Moving In" stage but here are a few pictures

of her new digs.

Kitchen & Laundry room from the front door

Bathroom

Walk-in Closet

Bedroom

Living Room from Kitchen

Living Room from Laundry Room

After all the necessary things were hung & put together

and doctor's appointments done

we left SLC and headed for our home in Star, Idaho.

Tonight after we arrived home we learned that

President Monson passed away today.

We will miss him and pray for Heavenly Father to

comfort his family, friends & 

members of the church.

Thursday 1/4

Debbi sent a text with pictures of ....

her new recliner and ....

Sofa pillows ....It looks like she is getting more 

organized all the time !

Friday 1/5

Today Linda finished our New Year's Letter

We send it via email to our nieces & nephews and

via USPS to Linda's mother, our siblings, kids and 

a few of our old friends from Bend.

Tuesday 1/9

This week is our "doctor" week.

Today Steve had an appointment with 

his skin doctor for a skin cancer check-up

He ended up having a treatment while

he was there so it took a couple of hours longer

than anticipated ... all is well !

This afternoon Linda had an appointment with

her chiropractor.  It's been 2 years since

she has seen him so this adjustment was long overdue.

Wednesday 1/10

Today Steve's appointment was with his

Gastroenterologist to have his

esophagus dilated .... 

he has to do this every

couple of years due to Silent Acid Reflux damage

Thursday 1/11

Today Steve had his last doctor's appointment of the week ... 

a re-check with his Urologist .... All is well !

Isn't it fun getting "older" .... we remember when we 

used to talk about all the fun stuff

our kids were doing and how busy we were trying to 

keep up with them .... now we talk about our aches

and pains, medication & doctor visits .... 

It's a GREAT life .... really, it is !

Friday 1/12

This afternoon was President Monson's funeral.

President Russell M. Nelson

(president of the Q of 12)

was the concluding speaker.

President Monson's daughter, 

Ann Dibb, gave the Eulogy,

President's Eyring & Uchtdorf both spoke and

the Choir sang musical numbers hand

picked by President Monson.

It makes us smile to know he is once again ....

with his sweetheart, Francis

Monday 1/15

Since we were gone so much in December we didn't 

take the opportunity to see a couple of 

the big light displays near Star .... so tonight we ....

Drove into Meridian to the Scentsy Commons

where they have hundreds of thousands of lights

in the trees all around the grounds.

and they are beautiful

From there we drove about 20 miles N/W to Caldwell.

Tonight was the last night for their display 

A lighted tunnel

2 beautifully lit bridges

displays floating in the river

along with a sea serpent

They call it Caldwell's Winter Wonderland.

We are glad we decided to go !

Tuesday 1/16

Today in a Worldwide Broadcast via

TV, Internet & Satelite

The New First Presidency of 

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

was announced .... followed by a Press Conference.

Presidents:

Dallin H. Oaks 1st Counselor

Russell M. Nelson President

Henry B. Eyring 2nd Counselor

The Ordaining and setting apart was performed

on Sunday 1/14/2018 in the

Salt Lake Temple

President Nelson was Ordained & Set Apart by

Dallin H. Oaks who is 2nd in Seniority 

after President Nelson

M. Russell Ballard will serve as 

"acting" President of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles

while President Oaks serves in the First Presidency.

Thursday 1/18

This evening we decided to go to the Cinema's

in Boise with Dave & Gayle and see ....

"The Greatest Showman"

It is the story of P.T. Barnum's beginnings ....

lots of modern day music & dancing

placed in an early 1800's story.

Friday 1/19

Yesterday before going to the movie we stopped

by Deseret Book and picked up a

new picture for our home.

It shows the six "Pioneer Temples"

Kirtland, Nauvoo, St. George, Logan, Manti & Salt Lake

We took down the Nauvoo Map and hung this

one in its place.

It fits perfectly with all the other frames and

with our Nauvoo pioneer "things".

Thank you Trudi & George .... We Love It !

and by the way,

Steve took his life in his hands, climbed the ladder and ...

placed the Nauvoo Map above our

fun Nauvoo Village

The map is titled

"A birds-eye view of Nauvoo"

Now don't you think it is appropriately placed?

It's been a busy day so far but the fun is just beginning

with our new portable toy.

Can you really play ping pong on this little table?

Why yes! 

 It's a great little table that folds up into

a neat 3 x 3 stowaway package.

Tuesday 1/30

Today we flew to El Paso to visit the Lansfords.

Boise to Salt Lake and Salt Lake to Denver

on Delta, then

Denver to El Paso on United

We left home at 4:30 a.m. and 

arrived in El Paso at 3:30 p.m.

January has flown by and by the time we get home

it will be February.