ELDER AND SISTER NIELSON
To My Most Precious People,
I always feel like I should write something profound here since we don't have any news that you don't already know. We did sort of map out our trip home and I think we will be home about May 1st, give or take a day. We are planning to go to Gettysburg, Palmayra, Niagra Falls, and Kirkland. Any other suggestions?
I don't know any profound things, so you're out of luck. I do know this. You can't possibly know how important each of you are to us. . . and how important you are to each other. It is so easy to take family for granted, and even be irritated with them at times. But what would we do without each other? I have been so pleased with the way that you have looked out for each other. I can promise you that you won't ever regret the time that you spend loving and serving each other. There isn't a lot else that is important. I am so glad that Dail and I have learned that. We still get irritated sometimes, but we realize how crazy that is. What is more important than our relationship? Only our relationship with God. What difference does it really make what anybody else thinks of us? We both have lots of obnoxious faults and we are trying to do better, but meanwhile it is sure nice to love and accept someone, faults and all. And it is so good to be loved that way in return. Personally I think that really learning that is one of the important missions of our mortal lives. And as you learn it within your family, it naturally spreads to all of your other "brothers and sisters". So there is your lecture for the month. You each have your very own place in my heart.
I love you,
Mom
BENGES
It was great seeing so many of you on Feb. 22 when Isaac spoke. I love being with family, and damage was minimal!
Isaac's coworkers at DQ made him a nice sayonara cake:
And, Hannah made it home safely last night after her previously scheduled flight was canceled because of weather. We felt blessed it all worked out OK. 5 children were performing Joseph the night she arrived and Gideon was working, so Susan, Isaac, Enoch and Esther were the official greeting delegation. And, Hannah had called telling us her approximate arrival date and told us to await an email. The email never came. I thought Susie told me she was flying to New York, but she apparently came to SLC from Newark. Oh! We had no idea what flight she was on.
The Official Greeting Delegation was a couple of minutes late--it is hard to know a flight is early if you don't know what flight it is--but Hannah's previous mission president and his wife were there to greet the lonely returning missionary. And, when the Official Greeting Delegation arrived there was much rejoicing:
Esther turned 2 in February. She is learning that here is a much better place to leave her waste products than in her pants, and runs around with big-girl panties on all the time.
The Wedding Singer is over and Gideon was great. Miriam is one of the stars of Joseph.
Isaac leaves in a few days.
Other things probably happened, too. Much of our life is mundane and routine and not really memorable, but that is more often than not a good thing. I don't think I can handle broken femurs and the like too often.
We love you!
NIELSON, C
Charles and Bryony are still baby-less...and it looks like it may stay that way. Bryony has been diagnosed with something the doctor called M1 Oocyte Maturitation Arrest.
Our sweet doctor is going to do another round of In Vitro for us for free though as a "just in case" sort of thing. And you never know. But for the most part, we have sort of accepted that we may never have our own children. That, of course, leaves adoption, which scares us in a whole new way. And we'll just have to see what happens and how things move forward to make that even a possibility or not, etc.
Otherwise, we're just working.
Charles and Bryony
JOHNSONS
Boy, was that a short month!
We saw most of you at Isaac's farewell. That was fun.
We all have dentist appointments this week. Seriously, that is the best news I can think of. Camilla is getting braces today. She is not excited.
Okay, I'm straining my brain to come up with more.
Mike had the zipper on his pants break. Luckily he had a wise mentor some time in his youth who taught him to keep a safety pin or two on his key ring. So he was prepared to deal with the disaster, and after work he went out and bought three new pairs of pants.
Bethany wants you all to know that she loves you. She tries really hard to be a part of things at the family get-togethers, but doesn't feel like she is succeeding. I think she has made some improvements, but it is hard on her.
Risa is taking the ACT test next week, and she is really nervous. I guess she figures that a 3.99 GPA is not enough bragging rights for one person.
Hyrum has been taking things apart to see how they work. Of course, we only let him take apart things that don't work, so I don't know how much he is learning from the exercise.
Camilla is getting braces. I already said that.
McKaylee, Maxwell, and Sadie played a fun game together all afternoon yesterday. You may think that that isn't news, but it is the first time in a long time that they haven't fought all afternoon, so I think it is worthy of mention.
There. I won't waste your time any longer.
Love you all!
The Johnsons
HARDMAN
Jimmy is coming home soon, and we are so excited!
Charlie and Eric are still deep into planning their wedding, and it won't be too long before we send out the announcements. In between their wedding plans, they are making music videos, like the Tibetan throat singing impression posted on Facebook. Who knew they had such hidden and unusual talents.
Jacob passed his road test in Driver's Ed, which is awesome, since it means we are done hauling him to the school every morning at 6 a.m. It's also frightening beyond words. He won't get his license for a while because he doesn't have all his driving hours yet, but it's one step closer.
Abby did super awesome on her pre-ACT at school. I'm not really sure what test it is because they called it the ACT, but she's way too young for that, so maybe they have a junior high version I never knew about.
Sarah is practicing her typing all the time, and working on getting better at that. Jacob has given her a new nickname of Moopie, and it's strangely fitting.
That's about all our family news.
NIELSON, J
Tabetha learned to wiggle her way forward on the ground this month.
Lucy's still trying to convince us that she's "good", with all her straight A's, obedience, and all that. Anyone else buying that?
Alice got an award at school from her principal for taking notes for an absent friend. Yay Alice! She's so good at thinking of others.
Dorothy is in a Dr. Suess play. Great job Dorothy!
Liz and I are another month older and all the better for it.
NIELSON, S
Abraham has decided to experiment with creating the ultimate designer pet, a chihuahua sized ant. Aftet all what other animal can you train to carry your luggage? He is having difficulty though, his prototype pet won’t stop collecting and storing food. Ick, Good luck man!
HUNTS
Ella is amazing. She already knows most of her letters and some of the sounds that go with them. She talks in complete sentences quite a bit of the time. She's finally sleeping through the night most nights. She doesn't like taking naps but will fall asleep almost immediately at night. When she was sick she learned how to scream and scream and scream. For a few weeks that's what she would do when she got upset. She is now slowly getting past that. She also like to lick mommy and says "yummy, candy cane."
Gwen is getting cuter and cuter. She will says the funniest things sometimes. She told me the other day that zombies were real. Apparently a boy told her that and now she thinks it's true. I told her they weren't real but why would she believe her mother over what a boy says. Almost every night Gwen wants me to tell her memories of my childhood. Now I have to really think about what have I told her and what can I remember about it. She loves the story of the backyard being on fire and John going down the laundry shute, and will ask for those stories again.
Abe is awesome, as always. He had a birthday and is a year older but sadly he will never catch up to me as he likes to remind me that I'll always be older than him. He took me on a trip this month in which we did a lot of fun things. Like go to two plays, we stopped by the robotics competition at Weber, and ate lots of fun food. The hotel he brought me to was a quaint old fashioned place that was fun to be at.
Jane is doing well. It helped to have a break. It it was fun to see everyone who went to Isaac's farewell.
Love you all,
Jane
FROYDS
Well another month, the same old headache. I wish I had news to report. We have a darling baby boy who makes everyone around him happy, a hyper little girl, who is sunshine to our souls, and two people who hurt more often than not. Sandin is still trying to get the correct blend of medications to help him, Naya is getting better at reading and writing, and Ronan is getting cuter by the moment. And that about all folks.
ADAMS
From The Escapees
Hello to you all from Anaheim. We have escaped from reality and are in a temporal state of denial (otherwise known as vacation). It is about 70 degrees and sunny. The grass is green and the flowers are blooming. (Are you all jealous yet? If you're not, I will keep going... of course by the time you all get this we will be back in Utah with you all)
We have been running around Disneyland wearing slippers, eating churros and Ghiradellis, riding "Pirates", and riding a scooter from ride to ride. And we are here for three more days (again, by the time you get this, it will be over).
That's about all we will write about because life before Disneyland was way to stressful to think about.
Very Respectfully,
Michael Adams
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