Oct. 3, 1984
Weber Creek
Time goes by so quickly. The summers ahs come and gone. They dike broke several times but it was always in the day or when people were close and the community worked together so that there was not as much damage as it would have been otherwise. A lot of our acres were covered with water. Heavenly Father blessed the community. We are so thankful.
Ronda called several times to tell us that her husband was still being cruel to his family. We are very much against interfering with family problems. Ronda said he was physically and mentally abusive.
On July 3rd Wallace became very ill. He could not breath well and his chest was in terrific pain in it. Gloreen and I took him to the hospital. Gloreen is Darwin & Charlene's oldest daughter. She is staying with us. When we got Wallace to the hospital his heart doctor said that he had pneumonia. He had to stay in the hospital for several days. He did well but could not go to Canada with Larry, Patricia, & I. We left on the morning of the 4th of July. We took the old red pickup and our trailer, two wheeler. We had the wheels on the trailer fixed and packed with grease. He did not put it back together right so we almost lost a wheel. Our Heavenly Father was watching over us. This is a testimony to me because we were going around curves and there was nothing holding that wheel on except the power of the Lord. Larry heard it making a funny noise. We pulled off there was a little mountain town. We went into the cafe and asked them about a place to get parts. Nothing was open because it was the 4th of July. We discussed it and decided we would have to leave the trailer there and drive to Helena, stay over night and return the next morning with parts for the trailer. We had to be in Cardston on the 5th and it looked like we were not going to make it. We were unhooking the trailer when a young man came up and asked us what our trouble was about. We showed him the wheel. He said he thought he had a part that would work. Larry went with him and in a very short time they came back with the part. It did not fit exactly but we got to a place that had parts just 20 minutes before it closed. We bought a part and on the way back we dropped it off to the nice young man. We made our appointment with Ronda on time with the help of the Lord. We got back to Terreton safe and sound. Ronda, Jeremy, Gordon and Mark were with us and as many things as we could bring. She left a lot of things that meant a lot to her. Romney was not home and he has not contacted her as far as we know, only to sign over all property in exchange for custody of the children and divorce papers were sent by his lawyer.
We came camping for a week or so. We had a reunion at Downatta. A very popular swimming resort. All our family were together except Glade & Penny & family. It was so much fun. We have decided to have it there again next summer. Everyone has so much fun. Ronda was kept very busy. Ronda had an appointment with her doctor at Medicine Hat in Canada. She is still having trouble with her wrist that she broke at Christmastime. We were on our way to Medicine Hat when on our stop over night Gordon got a high fever. We talked to the people at the camping place and they said there was a hospital about 15 miles back. We went there with Gordon and they put him in the hospital until his temperature was down, which was the next morning. We then went to Lethbridge to get her storage which she had left with her friends. When we left Lethbridge Canada we headed for Rapid City South Dakota. Glade and Penny live in Rapid City. They have a new baby. She is about six weeks old. Her name is Kristi Sue. She was named after Penny's mother. When we got there the baby was in the hospital. She had a high temperature. It was difficult with the baby in the hospital but we enjoyed our stay very much. We went to Mount Rushmore. They have a program to tell about the sculptures and the man who did it. Wallace had a rough time because we had to walk up so many stairs and it was a long walk. The baby is fine and Glade and Penny said she is growing and doing well. She is a beautiful baby. It was a long trip but very enjoyable. The Fullmers had a reunion at Alden and Julia's. All of my brothers & sister and mates were there. That was very special. Freda & Harold, Billy & Fern, were here from Washington also Cynthia and son John. We are going to meet again in Rexburg the last week of July. Ronda wanted to get into nursing school. She tried at Ricks first but I guess there is a two year waiting list. She called all over Idaho and no place, every place was filled up. After our reunion at Downatta she went to Utah with Larry & Patricia. She tried all the schools down there but all were filled up. Someone suggested that she call Price Utah. We felt that she did not have a chance to get in because she did not have any money but with her determination and the help of the Lord she is now going to nursing school, and she is getting help from the government to go to school. She got an apartment about one block from where she goes to school. They have a day nursery at the university where she goes to school. The kids are all in school. Mark is in kindergarten and loves it very much. We feel that Heavenly Father has helped her every step of the way.
LaVar got a permit for an elk. Wallace and LaVar are up on the hill. I am alone. It is so nice, so peaceful. I am going to do some oil painting so I am excited about being alone.
I have a strong testimony of the gospel. I know if we do what we know is right that the Lord will bless us. It does not mean that we will not have trouble and heartaches but that He will help us over the rough places. I am so grateful for His help and the knowledge that he loves us and will bless us when we need Him.
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MARCH 1984/ APRIL 1984/ MAY 1984
March 8,
Terreton Idaho
Wallace is in Pocatello helping Darwin with his house. I was not feeling well so I stayed home. There is still lots of snow here. People are concerned about the lake. It is almost at flood stage and we have had no run off at all. Brenda and I talked to Ronda yesterday. She was working at the hospital for the first day since her accident. She said they were doing fine as a family. We pray that everything will work out fine. We pray that they will stay close to the church and that the children will grow up to be good and wonderful people and good citizens. We have not heard from Larry and Patricia. We pray that Larry is better. We pray that the doctors will know how to help him.
April 6
Terreton Id
Glade came home the first part of the week. It was so wonderful to see him. He looks good and said that he was doing very well in the Air Force. We had such a good visit. Thursday he went to Logan and brought Penny and Michael and we met in Pocatello and all went out to dinner. It was so special! There was Wallace & I, Charles & Evelyn, Blair & Philline & baby Rebecca, LaVar & Brenda & baby Tyler. Darwin had to work so he was not there. Charlene was with us. Glade & Penny & Michael their baby too. We had such a good time. It was great! Penny looked so good. She said she has been doing well. Their baby is due in June!
May 20, 1984
Brenda & I have been getting up at 4am to oil paint. I finished a picture of swans flying over grass and water with he Tetons in the background. I have just about finished a group of three of flowers. It has been so much fun. Today was Vonell Summers, LaVar & Brenda's daughter, Baccalaureate. It was very nice. Jack Gerard talked. He graduated from West Jefferson High School a few years ago. Graduation is Wednesday the 23rd. Patricia called. She said Larry was feeling much better and they are going to spend the weekend with us. There has been a lot of flooding in Hamer & Camas. Mud Lake is at flood stage. They have been working on the dike and we pray that it will not break. This is a hard place to make a living. It has taken so very long for the area to develop. It would be very bad for this area if the dike should break. There have been lots of prayers for this area. Evelyn's father died May 15. He had been sick for so long. They are a very close family and because he has needed so much care he will be missed so much by the family especially his wife. She is such a lovely lady. Her name is Alberta Smuin. Evelyn's father was Thomas Franklin Smuin. For Mother's Day and my birthday Blair & Philline took us out to dinner. We met them in Idaho Falls and then we spent some time the next day. They came out on Sunday and spent a very nice afternoon. It was so nice of them. They gave me a bouquet of red roses and purple flowers. They were so beautiful. I needed some oil paints and they brought me two tubes. Nice! Patricia called and Ronda called. I will be so glad when we get a telephone so we will be able to get our messages first hand.
Terreton Idaho
Wallace is in Pocatello helping Darwin with his house. I was not feeling well so I stayed home. There is still lots of snow here. People are concerned about the lake. It is almost at flood stage and we have had no run off at all. Brenda and I talked to Ronda yesterday. She was working at the hospital for the first day since her accident. She said they were doing fine as a family. We pray that everything will work out fine. We pray that they will stay close to the church and that the children will grow up to be good and wonderful people and good citizens. We have not heard from Larry and Patricia. We pray that Larry is better. We pray that the doctors will know how to help him.
April 6
Terreton Id
Glade came home the first part of the week. It was so wonderful to see him. He looks good and said that he was doing very well in the Air Force. We had such a good visit. Thursday he went to Logan and brought Penny and Michael and we met in Pocatello and all went out to dinner. It was so special! There was Wallace & I, Charles & Evelyn, Blair & Philline & baby Rebecca, LaVar & Brenda & baby Tyler. Darwin had to work so he was not there. Charlene was with us. Glade & Penny & Michael their baby too. We had such a good time. It was great! Penny looked so good. She said she has been doing well. Their baby is due in June!
May 20, 1984
Brenda & I have been getting up at 4am to oil paint. I finished a picture of swans flying over grass and water with he Tetons in the background. I have just about finished a group of three of flowers. It has been so much fun. Today was Vonell Summers, LaVar & Brenda's daughter, Baccalaureate. It was very nice. Jack Gerard talked. He graduated from West Jefferson High School a few years ago. Graduation is Wednesday the 23rd. Patricia called. She said Larry was feeling much better and they are going to spend the weekend with us. There has been a lot of flooding in Hamer & Camas. Mud Lake is at flood stage. They have been working on the dike and we pray that it will not break. This is a hard place to make a living. It has taken so very long for the area to develop. It would be very bad for this area if the dike should break. There have been lots of prayers for this area. Evelyn's father died May 15. He had been sick for so long. They are a very close family and because he has needed so much care he will be missed so much by the family especially his wife. She is such a lovely lady. Her name is Alberta Smuin. Evelyn's father was Thomas Franklin Smuin. For Mother's Day and my birthday Blair & Philline took us out to dinner. We met them in Idaho Falls and then we spent some time the next day. They came out on Sunday and spent a very nice afternoon. It was so nice of them. They gave me a bouquet of red roses and purple flowers. They were so beautiful. I needed some oil paints and they brought me two tubes. Nice! Patricia called and Ronda called. I will be so glad when we get a telephone so we will be able to get our messages first hand.
FEBRUARY 1984
February 3, 1984
Bountiful Utah
Got a telephone call from Ronda today. She has gone back to Romney. We are working on the beauty shop for Patricia. It is looking good. Larry's mother is going to get the covering for the floor.
February 6, 1984
Yesterday February 5, 1984 Russel was ordained a priest by his grandfather Wallace Walter Wilding. Wallace gave him such a wonderful blessing. He has a bishop that is interested in the boys. He is a wonderful man, Bishop McConkie. We called Ronda today. She said they were doing fine. We pray for their well being and that the children will be brought up in a home where there will be harmony and love.
February 15
We have been to Terreton and back to Larry and Patricia's today. We stayed with Evelyn and Charles last night. We want to stay here long enough to finish up the room for Patricia's beauty shop. We had a nice trip down here. The roads were good most of the way. Yesterday while we were at Charles & Evelyn's it was a very rough blizzard, so we expected the roads to be bad but there were just spots that had drifted over the road. Larry is still very ill. He is working but not able to keep anything down. He is vomiting a lot and in a lot of pain.
Bountiful Utah
Got a telephone call from Ronda today. She has gone back to Romney. We are working on the beauty shop for Patricia. It is looking good. Larry's mother is going to get the covering for the floor.
February 6, 1984
Yesterday February 5, 1984 Russel was ordained a priest by his grandfather Wallace Walter Wilding. Wallace gave him such a wonderful blessing. He has a bishop that is interested in the boys. He is a wonderful man, Bishop McConkie. We called Ronda today. She said they were doing fine. We pray for their well being and that the children will be brought up in a home where there will be harmony and love.
February 15
We have been to Terreton and back to Larry and Patricia's today. We stayed with Evelyn and Charles last night. We want to stay here long enough to finish up the room for Patricia's beauty shop. We had a nice trip down here. The roads were good most of the way. Yesterday while we were at Charles & Evelyn's it was a very rough blizzard, so we expected the roads to be bad but there were just spots that had drifted over the road. Larry is still very ill. He is working but not able to keep anything down. He is vomiting a lot and in a lot of pain.
JANUARY 1984
January 8, 1984
Somewhere between Bountiful Utah and Idaho
So much has happened since the first of December, it is hard to know where to begin. Larry got along well after his surgery but he did not continue to improve. He has not been able to eat and his stomach has been so distended. He has vomited a lot and he is so discouraged. He went to the doctor Thursday and the doctor said he had an obstruction in his colon. He told Larry that he was going to have a colostomy. It is so scary because he has been sick for such a long time. When we were there a month ago Ronda called from Canada and said she had had an accident. She had been putting lights on her home for Christmas and fell. She fell about 20 feet. She broke her pelvis in two places and broke her wrist. Her wrist is a very bad break and she will be in a cast for 6 months. When she called she told us that she needed us. We decided if she needed us that was where we should be. We got to Canada a week before Christmas. We went to the hospital first and Ronda told us that Romney was very unhappy that we were there. Ronda was so happy to see us. She cried and loved us, so to us that was the important thing. She started to improve after we came. With some persuasion Rom was nice to us and we had Christmas at the hospital with Ronda. Santa came to the hospital and the staff were all so nice. The kids had fun and that was important to us. We had Christmas dinner at the hospital. A Christmas we are not about to forget. When Christmas was over we headed back home. We had good roads both ways. We stayed with LaVar & Brenda until after New Year's and then we went to Bountiful, Utah. On the way we stopped at Blair & Philline's, Darwin & Charlene's and Charles & Evelyn's. We stayed with Charles & Evelyn all night. Darwin & Charlene and Wallace and I went out to supper. It was very nice. Mark & Tammy and new baby Wallace Michael were at Charles. He is such a beautiful baby. He is our second great grand child. When we got to Larry & Patricia's Wallace worked on the room that was to be Patricia's beauty shop. He got it ready to paint. Ronda called and said she needed us to help her get her divorce from Rom. This is a scary trip because he was angry at us before. No matter how this turns out we will be the villains. She is a battered wife and the situation is impossible. When we were at Patricia's there was so much snow and ice that the big trees in front of the house were all broken and split. It was so slick that it was impossible to keep your footing. Yesterday Jan 7th Patty Lynnel Christensen was baptized by her grandfather Wallace Walter Wilding. It was beautiful. After the baptism she was confirmed by Wallace Walter Wilding. Larry's mother Phyllis Christensen was at the baptism. It was a very special day. Lynnel is a very special little girl.
January 17, 1984
Somewhere between Cardston Canada and and the Canadian border
We stayed overnight and then came on to Canada. The roads were good and there was no snow in Cardston. We went to see Ronda at the hospital. She was ready to leave the hospital the next day. We stayed with Brother & Sister Harker overnight and had supper with Amy Cahoon and husband and family. They were so good to us. One of Ronda's friends helped us move the things that she absolutely needed. Ronda got the two kids out of school and then we found out that Rom had found out that we were in Cardston and had picked up Mark. Rom came and got Ronda and they went and talked to the bishop. They decided to try again. We stayed with Rom and Ronda for four days. Last night Ronda made a special supper and a birthday cake for Wallace on his 68th birthday. It was very nice and we appreciated it very much.
January 25, 1984
Bountiful, Utah
On January 18 when we got to Brenda's Ronda called and said after we left Rom was very angry and told her off. She decided that she could not take what she had been through and the way he acted that evening, he was not going to change. So she went to Lethbridge and stayed four days then she came back to Cardston. She called a couple of nights ago and said he had been giving her a rough time. We have not heard since how she has been doing. We have been in Utah because Larry has been in the hospital and also because it has been so much warmer here. I went to the doctor today. He seems to think that I am low on calcium again. I had a mammogram today too. The doctor is going to call tomorrow or next day and tell me about medication. Larry came home from the hospital today. It seemed so good to have him home again. It has been thawing all day. Every thing is so white it would seem good to see the ground again.
Somewhere between Bountiful Utah and Idaho
So much has happened since the first of December, it is hard to know where to begin. Larry got along well after his surgery but he did not continue to improve. He has not been able to eat and his stomach has been so distended. He has vomited a lot and he is so discouraged. He went to the doctor Thursday and the doctor said he had an obstruction in his colon. He told Larry that he was going to have a colostomy. It is so scary because he has been sick for such a long time. When we were there a month ago Ronda called from Canada and said she had had an accident. She had been putting lights on her home for Christmas and fell. She fell about 20 feet. She broke her pelvis in two places and broke her wrist. Her wrist is a very bad break and she will be in a cast for 6 months. When she called she told us that she needed us. We decided if she needed us that was where we should be. We got to Canada a week before Christmas. We went to the hospital first and Ronda told us that Romney was very unhappy that we were there. Ronda was so happy to see us. She cried and loved us, so to us that was the important thing. She started to improve after we came. With some persuasion Rom was nice to us and we had Christmas at the hospital with Ronda. Santa came to the hospital and the staff were all so nice. The kids had fun and that was important to us. We had Christmas dinner at the hospital. A Christmas we are not about to forget. When Christmas was over we headed back home. We had good roads both ways. We stayed with LaVar & Brenda until after New Year's and then we went to Bountiful, Utah. On the way we stopped at Blair & Philline's, Darwin & Charlene's and Charles & Evelyn's. We stayed with Charles & Evelyn all night. Darwin & Charlene and Wallace and I went out to supper. It was very nice. Mark & Tammy and new baby Wallace Michael were at Charles. He is such a beautiful baby. He is our second great grand child. When we got to Larry & Patricia's Wallace worked on the room that was to be Patricia's beauty shop. He got it ready to paint. Ronda called and said she needed us to help her get her divorce from Rom. This is a scary trip because he was angry at us before. No matter how this turns out we will be the villains. She is a battered wife and the situation is impossible. When we were at Patricia's there was so much snow and ice that the big trees in front of the house were all broken and split. It was so slick that it was impossible to keep your footing. Yesterday Jan 7th Patty Lynnel Christensen was baptized by her grandfather Wallace Walter Wilding. It was beautiful. After the baptism she was confirmed by Wallace Walter Wilding. Larry's mother Phyllis Christensen was at the baptism. It was a very special day. Lynnel is a very special little girl.
January 17, 1984
Somewhere between Cardston Canada and and the Canadian border
We stayed overnight and then came on to Canada. The roads were good and there was no snow in Cardston. We went to see Ronda at the hospital. She was ready to leave the hospital the next day. We stayed with Brother & Sister Harker overnight and had supper with Amy Cahoon and husband and family. They were so good to us. One of Ronda's friends helped us move the things that she absolutely needed. Ronda got the two kids out of school and then we found out that Rom had found out that we were in Cardston and had picked up Mark. Rom came and got Ronda and they went and talked to the bishop. They decided to try again. We stayed with Rom and Ronda for four days. Last night Ronda made a special supper and a birthday cake for Wallace on his 68th birthday. It was very nice and we appreciated it very much.
January 25, 1984
Bountiful, Utah
On January 18 when we got to Brenda's Ronda called and said after we left Rom was very angry and told her off. She decided that she could not take what she had been through and the way he acted that evening, he was not going to change. So she went to Lethbridge and stayed four days then she came back to Cardston. She called a couple of nights ago and said he had been giving her a rough time. We have not heard since how she has been doing. We have been in Utah because Larry has been in the hospital and also because it has been so much warmer here. I went to the doctor today. He seems to think that I am low on calcium again. I had a mammogram today too. The doctor is going to call tomorrow or next day and tell me about medication. Larry came home from the hospital today. It seemed so good to have him home again. It has been thawing all day. Every thing is so white it would seem good to see the ground again.
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