April, 2019, Family gatherings & Ralph's Funeral,

The month of April started out with
A bang!

1. We went to see a test firing at Thiokol, now
Northrop Grumman. It brought back a lot of memories, but
now that is Joe’s work. His family loved it.

2. Leah & Catharine with a traditional birthday Pinata

3. Mike and Luke with Joe holding the "Yata" as Catharine
called it.

4. Practicing walking with little Michael


5. Samuel and Catharine doing ring-around-the-Rosie

6. Happy Birthday to Scott Robin

7. Celebrating after our mission with Steven, who just
found out he got a 31 on his ACT and he's a junior.
Grandma, Steven, Marion Cory, and Katie

8. Joe and Tesha have four baby kittens!

9. Celebrating Dad's birthday

10. Such good times gathering in the living room.

11. My sister Janet's husband, Ralph Abel passed away
April 11, 2019 at their home in Fruit Hights, Utah
Some of you got to work with him at Mowin Ranger, so
you know how hard of worker he was. His son Tim gave
and exceptional talk on the life of his father.
It was time for him to go as his body was worn out.

12. Me and my siblings: David, John, Ralph & me
Front: Margaret, Janet, and Anne

13. With their spouses:
David & Annly, Ralph & Melony, John & Annette, Janet,
Anne and Margaret, with Dad and I in the back.

14. My twins: John and Janet. Check out
Mother's book to see them when they were babies on
page 31. A life time passes very quickly.

15. Soccer season in Riverside
Joe coached Ben's team. He is in the center with his back
turned to us.

16. Ben in the red.

17. Zach

18.Leah as goalie. Zander and Mia also played.

19. Daniel invited us over to see his Virtual Reality scope.
It actually was really cool to do.

20. Dennis Holland helped to get the gate in.

21. Peter's neighbor, Marlene Forsberg Christensen has the
old Riverside organ that my mother played. It is so beautiful.
It's a pump organ. You move your feet to get the sound.

22. Joe and family: Tesha holding Linda, Zach, Joe & Ben

23. FHE at Pete and Tammy's home. Everyone brought their
favorite family dish. We really had a great choice.
Of course, nearly all the food was consumed.
Mike and Emily

24. Daniel, Katrina, Hudson, Val, Peter in the back, & Mike

25. Ellen and Tesha on their deck.

26. We sang a primary song and each group had a verse with
a bag of props to come up with a skit. I'm writing this two
months after we did it, so I can't remember details, except
everyone had a great time and each group was a mixture of
children and adults.
Tom and his group.

27. Daniel, Ellen holding Mike and their group.

28. Colleen's group was the teenage girls. They were the
Sons of Helaman after raiding Peter's closet for additional ties.
Colleen, bottom left, Noelle, Katrina, Shay (Tammy's niece) and Olivia

29. Olivia and Mallory

30. Emily giving a hairbrush to Tammy as part of the skit.

31. Every week Mike & Emily, Daniel & Ellen, and Joe
& Tesha. They played all of Betrayal Legacy.

It's been another great month and very busy. We are getting
the hang of our mission. It's been difficult, but good.
We are working on the same floor as Rob on a project called
"Global History." It's in gospel Library at the very bottom
click on "Church History." We are learning about the
gospel in countries all over the world. There are truly pioneers
in every land. They are going through similar experiences even
though they are in very different lands.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is true, and there will always be
problems to work through, but the blessings are real.
\I love you all.