MAY 1980

May 4

Friday evening Glade got off work early and he and Penny went looking for a ring.  Glade came home very happy because they had found one Penny liked.  He said they had set their date for their wedding as Aug 22.  She is going to summer school and Glade is planning to take her home the 30th of May.  California.  He will meet her family.  He has met her mother and grandmother.  We are so happy for them!  May God bless them!
Charles and Evelyn were here yesterday.  They were going camping at Salmon for a few days.  They said that they did not find Darwin's trouble at the VA hospital but changed his medication and he is feeling better.  Blair & JoAnn also family were with us last Sunday.  We had not seen Blair & JoAnn since we came from Arizona.  It was so good to see them.  They met Penny, too.

May 9
Today Penny got her wedding ring and she brought Glade's ring to him too.  They are so happy.  They have chosen Sept 13 for their open house in Terreton.  Charles & Evelyn, Shalene, Tommy, and Jonny came yesterday.  They were just getting back from their camping trip.  Charles was not well.  I guess he has stomach flu.

May 11

Today was Mother's Day.  It was very nice.  Glade & Penny were here.  Blair & JoAnn & family came.  We all went to LaVar and Brenda's to have dinner.  Very good.  Ronda called while we were there.  Darwin & Charles called after we went home.  Darwin is enjoying his job with Kraft.  The Dr. seems to have helped him and his health is better.  Yesterday Penny brought a beautiful mum plant.  It was yellow.  I loved it.

May 15

Today is Glade's birthday.  He is 24 today.  Today we poured the footings for LaVar & Brenda's new house.  It is a double wide trailer with a full basement.  It is very nice.  Tonight Glade went to see Penny.  She cooked him a birthday cake.  She bought him a tee shirt that said "I am a lucky guy, I belong to a California girl".  She also bought him a pair of pants & shirt & tie.  Glade said he would wear when they got their pictures taken.

May 17

Today is my birthday.  I am 65.  The years go by so fast.  I do not feel 65.  Today we are going to help LaVar on his house if it is not too wet.  It has been raining very hard.  It is wet and muddy.  Tonight is the Silver Beaver Banquet at Milo Ward.  It is always very nice.  We are so proud that Wallace is a Silver Beaver.  He got the award in 1978.  Very Special!

May 19

Yesterday after Priesthood Meeting and I had a class to teach we went to Blair & JoAnn's in Blackfoot.  We had dinner with them and then went with them to Pocatello to Charles & Darwin's.  They had fixed a big stew.  Darwin loves his work and his health is better.  Their little boy Joshua is growing so much and is such a cute baby.  We went to Charles & Evelyn's and then to Mark's seminary graduation.  He was President of all the Pocatello Seminaries.  He gave the opening prayer.  They had made a big slide entitled "Who Am I".  It was very nice. It was a very long program but a very nice one.  We then went to Charles & Evelyn's for ice cream and cake.  She had made a special pudding without sugar for me.  She is such a thoughtful person.  It was very late when we got to Blair & JoAnn's so we stayed overnight.  They gave us their water bed to sleep on.  Special people!  We are so proud of our family.  The family is really growing up.  Mark is preparing to go on a mission this fall.  He surely is a special young man.

May 20

Saturday evening Glade & Penny went to Logan Utah to see her grandmother.  They also went to see Larry, Patricia and family.  On the way home Sunday they stopped in Pocatello to go to the restroom.  Penny took her ring off to wash her hands.  She forgot her ring.  When they went back it was gone.  She was broken hearted.  When you see your children unhappy we wish with all our hearts to do something to help.  How we wish we could help!