June 1980 - from my journal

June 1980

4 - Take Grandma to Ogden

5 - Darrin's birthday

6 - Clean Loosli's house

10 - Amanda's Doctor appt.  She was 22 inches long, and weighed 10.4 pounds.

11 - Cindy Nelson Thomas' Home Interior Party

I am going to Little Audrey's Health Spa really regular

13 - Amanda rolled over

15 - Father's Day

18 - Primary party

19 - Grandma to Ogden

20 - Marci's wedding (Marci & Curtis Jones?)

21 - Ernie's wedding ( Ernie & Leslie Durrant?)

23 - Erika's birthday

26,27,28 - Uintahs

June 10, 1980

Well, it's been a long time since I've written. Almost a month.  Amanda is sure growing.  I took her in for her second month check up today, and she weighs 10 pounds, 4 ounces.  She gained 1 pound 10 ounces from last month.  Amanda is growing up so fast that sometimes I just want to slow things down, but the next minute I'm wishing she were older.  She is so much more aware and her head isn't bobbing so much.  Amanda got her shots today, and this afternoon she was miserable.  I've never seen or heard her cry so loud and you could tell she was really in pain.  She's feeling better tonight, and I hope she sleeps well.  Roger still is out of work, and money is pretty scarce.  But we're managing okay.  Ann Wardell had her a baby girl on the 21st day of May.  She weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces, just like Mandy.  They will name her Shannon.  I've started going to Little Audrey's again, and I'm losing weight.  

June 11, 1980

I'm writing this while I'm laying outside trying to get a suntan for our Lava Hot Springs vacation.  Amanda's sitting in her swing on the porch so I can be near her.  Roger is to work for Ten Hansen this week (sheetrocking).  We're still hoping he'll get on up at Evanston Wyoming pretty soon. 

Father's Day is this Sunday and I'm so excited to give him his presents.  I bought some Old Spice deodorant for Amanda to give him, and this morning Erika put Mandy's handprints in plaster of paris, so Mandy will give him that too.  Her card says.  "To my daddy, from his little angel"  Then after she gives him that, he'll think that is all he's getting.  Then I'll pull out my present for him.  It's a putter and a ball returner.  He'll be so excited that I can hardly wait!!  I've been going to Little Audrey's lately, and I can tell I'm losing inches and firming up.  I'll try to go each day for a month, then I'll go 2 or 3 times a week after that.  If I want a baby next April, when Manda's a year old, I'll be getting pregnant next month.  But I won't be able to unless Roger gets a job, because we won't have any insurance.  I'm suppose to be watering the lawn, but all the water is gone.  Loosli's are in Ogden, and I hope it comes back on pretty soon.  It's a beautiful day, and so warm.  I wish I could take Mandy for a walk, but I'm embarrassed about my legs being so lily white.  I'm going to a Home Interior party tonight, that Cindy Thomas is giving. Roger will be tending Mandy and I hope he gets on alright with her.  Tomorrow I'm going down to Ogden with mom to Weber State College for education week.  Robyn Peterson just came over and visited me, and we talked about good old times.  She sure is a nice as ever.  Well Mandy's awake, so I better get moving so I can be ready for Ogden at 6 p.m.

June 16, 1980

You know I forgot one of the most important things.  We blessed Amanda on June 1, 1980 in our ward.  Everyone was there, and Mandy looked so cute all dressed in white.  Dad (Bishop W. Lee Dickson) blessed her.  He did a really good job.  After church we all went to the park and had a cook out.  Roger has a boil or a huge zit on his back.  It's really giving him allot of pain.  He's so miserable.  Mandy's starting to try and reach for things now, and can sorta entertain herself.  Joan Adams is going to have to go back to work for 2 weeks, and I'm going to tend Lucas while she does.  It'll be kinda hard, but It'll bring in a little extra money for my secret savings account.  I passed out my home interior gifts today. Glad that's all over with.  Rog really loved his Father's Day presents.  He was so surprised.  I wish I'd get skinnier, faster.  I'm going to Little Audrey's everyday, but it's hard to see a difference sometimes.  Casey, Layne & Susan's little boy, got two teeth the other day.

June 25, 1980

Tomorrow is really going to be a busy day because we'll be packing for our trip to the Uintahs on the 27th (Friday).  There is a huge forest fire burning out of control up there, and it's only 2 miles from where we are staying.  We're going with Jan & Dwight Gailey, and their 2 kids, Steven and Heidi, and Joan & Chet Adams and their son Lucas.  I hope it will be fun.(We stayed in Dwight's boss's cabin)    Mandy sure is growing allot.  She smiles all the time now.  We went down and got groceries today.  (Joan, Jan & me)  and then went over to Debi Rees' and sat out back around the pool.  Mandy got a little too much sun I think.  Mandy hasn't had a bowel movement for 3 days, and it's kinda got me worried.  I sure hope she goes tomorrow before we go to the Uintahs.  Roger had a ballgame tonight, and boy did they get slaughtered.  He's down getting worms for fishing at Dwight's right now.  Grandpa Dickson's going into the hospital on the 9th of July for a cataract operation.