We are paying Uncle Don
$100.00 per month for the land
2 - Rog to Wendover
3 - Truck pulls
4 - Mark went back to
California
5,6,7 Tournament?
9 - Fair
16 - Bow Hunt
17 - Horses
20 - Horseback riding
22,23, - Mom comes back
26 - Family reunion
27,28,29 Rog's tournament (must be baseball?)
30- Dad flies in from California
September 1985
1 - Mom and Dad go back to
California
2 - 42 quarts of tomato
juice
3 - Amanda starts school
(kindergarten)
4 - Roger, scouts elk?
Sally Little is baby
sitting now
9 - Waterfall canyon hike
10 - 24 pints of sauce
14 pints spaghetti. sauce
12 - Pony special?
17 - Load of wood
18 - waterfall
back to school night
Who was Nancy who tended
Amanda?
Mary Ann was tending Zac
28 Zac's birthday
30 - pencil weave in my
hair
September 15, 1985 - letter from California
Dear Gwen, Roger, Amanda
and Zac, Sure miss all of you! We are
all settled into our schedules now. Mark
is enjoying college, and is usually home by about 1-1:30 every day. He has a health class, Economics, History (
of Russia) and a law class. By the time
we got back and him in school, it was too late to get books from you as he
needed them Wednesday and Thursday for his classes. We hope next semester he will know a little
in advance about what he needs so you can help us out. Tonya likes school and is making alot of
friends. Dad has been dropping her off
at school each morning. We had it all
worked out that she would ride the bus to and from school for $12.00 a
month. Well, by the time the bus gets to
her stop to pick her up, it is completely full. (They had to catch a different
bus the first morning, and she was 1/2 hour late for her first class. She and her girlfriend DiDi (Sounds like Dee
Dee) who lives a couple of blocks away tried for a couple of more mornings, but
it was always full, so Dad is taking them on his way to work. She rides a little trolley car home after
school. The bus broke down the first day
of school, and she ended up walking half way home. It just wasn't her day. Dad's work is still slow, but he was tickled
over his rating. His boss evaluates
everyone and gives them a rating from 1 to 4.
Dad got a 4 in everything. I am keeping
out of mischief, or busy as you put it.
I have been working steady since we got back here to California. I have been working at Ralph's Corporate
offices about 10 miles from home. Leave
home about 6:30 a.m. for work at 7 and get off at 3:30 p.m. and home by 4
p.m. It's good steady (sometimes boring)
work but who can complain at $7.19 an hour.
We'll probably work until Erika gets here in October and then quit until
after Thanksgiving. How is your well
coming. Hope they didn't have any
trouble! Did you get alot of wood Saturday?
Did anyone go with you? We are so
glad Amanda likes her school. How does
she like her teacher by now? Is she from
Morgan? How is the car pooling working
out for Roger? What does Zac need for
his birthday? We can hardly wait for you
to get out here. It sounds like you have
been busy in the garden as usual. Won't
you be glad when it snows? We have
really enjoyed the tomatoes and squash we brought with us, but only have about
10 tomatoes left. They sure are
good. We went up to Universal Studio
yesterday as Dad and Mark hadn't been there.
It was a beautiful day. Tonya's
birthday was uneventful. We had a nice
dinner and went to church. She got a
pair of white levi's and a shirt that had to be exchanged. Gwen, we'll go shopping again tomorrow
night. Take care, and kiss the kids for
us. Love mom and all.
September 21, 985 - Letter from Florida (Aunt Dawna)
Dear Gwen and family, Well, how is life treating you,
and what have you been up to lately---besides working? Grandma tells me that you and the kids are going to California in
November, sounds exciting. Hope Mandy
doesn't get sick again. I understand she
was so looking forward to flying in the plane and seeing Disneyland. Well, it looks like she just might get to do
it this time. How was the visit with
your folks when they came home? Sure
wish I could have been there at the same time.
Well, I had better close for now.
Take care and wish Zac a great big Happy Birthday for us, and give both
of them a big hug and kiss for me. Sure
do miss all of you. Take care and write
when you get a chance, love hearing from you.
Tell your folks hello for us, hopefully I'll get a letter written off to
them before you get down there in November,
Love Dawna and Fred, Tigger and Freckles
October 1985
2 - Rebena shod (our horse)
4,5 Elk Hunt
8 - Rog to hospital
(tonsils removed)
*A little more about Roger's tonsil removal experience (written in 2020). Roger had strep throat, on and off ALL THE TIME. He would take antibiotics, it would clear up, and then he would get sick again. He went on the elk hunt with Scott Hansen, a friend and co-worker from Wonder Bread. They had planned on going up on Monte and staying for a week. After four days, Roger came home. He was so sick. He hadn't eaten anything for a few days because his throat was so sore, and he couldn't even take a sip of water. I took him to Dr. Robinson and after he examined him, he told us to go right over to McKay Dee Hospital, and he would remove his tonsils RIGHT THEN ! Apparently his throat was so bad, that his airway was close to being closed off. Roger was in the hospital for 2-3 days. At age 27, it is hard for an adult to have tonsils removed, and especially as sick as he was. Since that time, he has never had another strep throat !
*A little more about Roger's tonsil removal experience (written in 2020). Roger had strep throat, on and off ALL THE TIME. He would take antibiotics, it would clear up, and then he would get sick again. He went on the elk hunt with Scott Hansen, a friend and co-worker from Wonder Bread. They had planned on going up on Monte and staying for a week. After four days, Roger came home. He was so sick. He hadn't eaten anything for a few days because his throat was so sore, and he couldn't even take a sip of water. I took him to Dr. Robinson and after he examined him, he told us to go right over to McKay Dee Hospital, and he would remove his tonsils RIGHT THEN ! Apparently his throat was so bad, that his airway was close to being closed off. Roger was in the hospital for 2-3 days. At age 27, it is hard for an adult to have tonsils removed, and especially as sick as he was. Since that time, he has never had another strep throat !
10 - Well is finished
17 - Grandma Tonks to
California
19 - Deer Hunt
6,7,8 - Employee sale
November 1985
Vacation to California (Gwen and Amanda and Zac)
26 - Dr. Appt me. (I was
pregnant)
30 - Dickson Christmas
party
