Richins

I have been working for Evelyn and Roberta for ten years now.The whole time I have known that there would be an end to this job. It wouldn't be me quitting because how could I ever do that. It would be when their bodies quit and they passed away. This whole time I have known I could come in and find one of them eternally sleeping. Glen and I have had lots of talks about it. There have been definite times when the downward slide of their health has gone faster than others. Gratefully, it has been slow and steady sometimes not even noticeable. I feel like that time has passed and our time with them is drawing closer and closer to an end. That sometime farther away than I know yet sooner than I think, they will be gone from this place where I can see them. I feel like I am mourning for them already. Is that even possible? ... I miss the ladies they were. Glen and I teach sunday school and a month or two ago there was a lesson on journal keeping. I naturally went to Evelyn as a re...

Not quite four years ago we had a little boy and named him Daryl. He was named after Glen's uncle Derral that died in an accident when he was little. Same name different spelling.  Little did we know that the heavens probably had a lot to do with his arrival and naming.  We knew that our Daryl was born on my dad's birthday. We didn't find out till months or years later that Daryl was born on what would have been his name sake's 70th birthday. Mitchell and Glenda Bushman family 1943 taken from Aunt Patty's blog Moving forward to August 2014, Uncle Boyd passed away and everything worked out for Glen and I to go with his parents and Aunt Patty and Uncle Fred to Show Low Arizona for the funeral services. Let me just say that I am sure the heavens had a roll in that as well. Glen, Larry and I arrived earlier than Aunt Patty and Janene. To pass some time we drove around ShowLow. One of the first places we went to visit was the cemetery. Glen had never seen Gra...

You have probably all seen the ALS ice bucket challenge that has been rampant on social media or even media in general the last couple weeks. My mom/s kind friend nominated the whole Lynn and Lisa Egbert Family to do it last week. You are suppose to do it in 24 hours but that didn't happen. As many of us that would and could got together to night to meet the challenge. These videos are what resulted.  We actually missed one of the best parts. Just before Glen began filming my dad was sitting on the ground ready for it all to begin. Daryl, not really knowing what is going on but seizing the opportunity,came up behind Dad with this tiny bucket full of the ice water and dumped it right on top of his head. It was hilarious.   As a side note our first thought was to fill the bucket of my dad's tractor with ice. Dump all that ice in to the neighbor's above ground pool, that we are about to take down for the winter, and then have all of us jump in to the pool. Maybe n...

Here are a few take always from tonight. They did what I asked! I just couldn't even imagine that their playing would be what it was. Next time I will give some guide lines.  Little boys continually amaze me with their energy, determination, and curiosity. They also exasperate and tire me. Luckily my friend is still my friend after finding her boys in the state they were in when she returned to get them.  Her boys don't love water as much as my kids so they were not happy with me when I showered them off and insisted on spraying the packed in mud out of their hair. Daryl tried to help make up for it by being willing to clean off the van. It was just another attempt to play with water but I let him do it for awhile. All in all we had some good laughs, they made some good memories and were obedient to my request to play outside. I guess I can't ask for more.

Glen and I invited a bunch of family and friends a few months ago to hike to the summit of Mount Timpanogas with us on August 18, grown ups only . It was going to be our last bit of fun before he started back to meetings and school. We knew it might be hard for some people being on a Monday but really didn't  want to deal with the crowds on the trail that the weekend brings. As it worked out no one could make it work, and the new teachers at school needed Glen's help on Monday if he could make it work. We were really bummed that no one could join us but didn't want to give up on our plan. So with our babysitter being willing to switch days(Thank you Grandma Richins, you earned an A++), we decided to go, just the two of us on Tuesday(8/19/2014). We got up at 4:45 am and got ready, though it took longer than we thought. We checked the weather. It said 30% chance of rain, so we put ponchos in our packs and I put in a light layering jacket. We ended up getting to the...

I keep falling behind at this recording our doings and happenings thing but it is something I know is important and I want to become better at so I will continue  persisting. I will have to go back and cover other things but here is today.  Glen and I teach Sunday school. This month's topic is marriage and family. We have talked about journaling, the importance of marriage and family and family history. I challenged the kids to write in their journal at least three times in the week two weeks ago. I failed but hope to make up for it. This week I challenged them to find something new about their family history. It could be a name or a story from a parent or  grandparent or someone farther back. I have some research to do, so I can do this. It will be interesting to see how the kids do with it.   A more noteable event from today was the get together at Joel and Lesley's house. It was in part to celebrate M'Li's birthday and to just get together. Glen's whole side of t...

Janene invited Joel and Lesley over to Sunday dinner two weeks ago. It was lots of fun. We need to do it again because a bunch of our crew was missing. Glen had to stay home to write a paper for school and Janae wasn't feeling well so her and her family didn't come.  It was great to visit and get to know Joel and Lesley better. I include Joel because I feel like he is a whole different person than the one I met when I married Glen.  Joel and Lesley drove their BMW Roadster and Lesley took Janene for a ride in it. They offered for her to drive it but she decilined.  Then Janene took Joel and Lesley for a ride in chitty chitty bang bang. They loved it!   Daryl and Ruth decided they could handle a roadster and made themselves at home.  She is ready to drive it away!  Lesley was so great with Ruth. She automatically started calling her, ' Little Red.' She wanted to be friends with her so bad, but Ruth had had a bad night the night before and wasn't being h...