Home, Sweet, Home!

Many years ago - when we still lived in Salt Lake City in fact - I got the addresses of all the houses my dad had lived in as a boy growing up.  I went around and took photos and made my dad a photo cube with all the pictures.  The photo cube is still at my mom's house!!

I'm not sure I could do the same for our homes.  I could tell you where they were, but I don't even remember the addresses of all of them.  So when Dad and I saw this in the pile of slides, we were both tickled - maybe as pink as the shutters!!

The address was 525 South 10th East.  Next door was a large condo complex where many general authorities lived.  For all I know, general authorities may live there still!  We moved in when Bonny was about 8 or 9 months old.  Our cat Amado disappeared, was returned, and disappeared again from this house.

Harry was born when we lived here.  Leslie and David came in the summertime and spent a couple of weeks with us.  We finally admitted that we were through with school and began attending a regular ward.  I did a lot of canning here, taught myself to crochet, and sewed up a storm.

Harry had a room for studying in - he also did some "art" there as he fiddled around with making wood blocks for printing our own Christmas cards.  I converted the front closet into a sewing nook.  I got to know Janice Rowley - who lived behind our back yard - and her friend Elizabeth - who came out to meet me because she kept hearing me call "Elizabeth" when I was calling our cat!

This is where we acquired "The Bus From Chicago" at the local grocery store!!  And where our neighbor Kay introduced us to "The Carrot Seed."

Lots of good memories to be found at 5th South and 10th East!!

A snapshot of motherhood

Funny how photos and other features can evoke completely a time and a place.  I am in the rocker - in my nightgown - and I am holding the very young infant Noah.  Hannah is standing by me with a bib around her neck - not sure if she's just eaten or if she wants to eat.  She was 21 months when Noah was born, so she's a youngster.

I was an "old" mother - 42 when Noah was born.  I'd been through 5 other infants - and Bonny was almost 17, so I had a lot of  help.  But I do remember feeling sometimes like maybe this was for younger women!!

I remember feeding Noah one night - it was close to midnight - and he'd just fallen asleep - and Bonny came in from a date or a stake dance or something.  Of course I wanted to hear her report.  I also wanted to go to sleep.

Choices - what happens when we choose to have kids!

(By the way, I'm certainly glad I "chose" to have all of our children!!  Wouldn't trade any of it!)

Temple Square

The year Harry graduated from BYU - 1969 - Frances and family came up for the occasion.  One day we went to Temple Square.  And Harry must have brought along his camera!!

The dress is the second dress I ever made.  It came out pretty well - and I wore it lots.

A-line dresses were all the rage.  Back when I could safely wear an a-line!!

Jackie Kennedy and I loved them!

A time and a place -

It's funny how a badly lit, somewhat old photograph can totally evoke a time and place.  When Harry and I started sorting the slides, we could figure out what the photo basically was, but not much else.  Seeing it "up close and personal" makes a huge difference.

 

For example, here is the living room from the 4-plex where we lived for 3 years - in SLC - our landlord was Brother Butterfield, so we called it "Butterfield Arms."  The floral carpet, the window seat, the fabric covered box holding Bonny's toys, the walker in the corner, the throw pillow made from a towel, the quilt from Grandma Mary.

 

And Bonny - who always wore a bib - always!  And I can remember that little outfit - a fave of mine.  And the white strap coming out of the box - she loved to chew on it.

I love a walk down Memory Lane - especially one with old photos.

St. George - and Seminary!!

One year Grandma and Grandpa Clayton stayed overnight with us in St. George - on their way to Utah I think.  At least that is how I remember it.

 

Not sure why, but we had slides of my mom's Seminary class in the mix!!  She taught for many years - gotta love her plaid "teacher's dress!"

 

Apparently my folks were there for Hannah's birthday - which was celebrated several times in St. George - and several times at Girls' Camp too.

 

Dad and Eliza having a moment!!

 

Eliza - with a Pound Puppy!!  I passed those back to their owners - hopefully Ida enjoys it!!

These slides are indeed random - a large number are Dad's mission, and all the back-packing trips - but the rest go all over the map!!

Elder Terrill at the LTM

When Harry left on his mission, it was possible to contact and interact with the missionaries in the Language Training Mission.  Harry had a locker that I took over, and I would leave him messages and brownies and other treats.  His instructor there contacted me when Harry was speaking at a sacrament meeting in the LTM and I went and heard him.

 

Both of these photos are of the group he was assigned to.  Over the years we had contact with some of them, but Harry has spoken about each of them frequently.

It is fun to see these shots again.  We know what Harry is up to - and we know was Elder Campbell is up to - 2nd one from the left in the top photo.

Wonder what the others are up to??  (The one on the front row far right is the one who used to show up in our apartment unannounced - Elder Millett.)

Time - it passes!!