News of Briley

Helen wrote: 

Hi folks: the e-mail I forwarded to you prior to this one is not, as you can see, the one from Carolyn- sorry- but enjoy the one of such beauty.

Love Helen

 

Carolyn Trauntvein wrote:

Greetings to you all!

Briley is doing good.  I was able to visit her yesterday with Derek and Heather.  They are working to getting her feedings back up but are taking it slower.  She weighed 3 Lbs and 2 oz. on Friday.  They are also working with her ventilator settings.  The respiratory therapist said they are continually pushing her to get her so they aren't using the ventilator as much and so they fine tune the ventilator settings.  You can see that she is breathing some on her own which is good as that is helping her to develop her muscle tone for when she can be finally taken of the ventilator.  She is becoming more alert when she is awake and trying to look around and so is also more active when she is awake.  She truly is a little miracle.  We have been greatly blessed and appreciate all your thoughts and prayers.

Love,

Carolyn

But I have never been in another temple district!!

I was married in the Manti Temple. I received my endowments in the Manti Temple. As a girl, I went to the Manti Temple to be baptized for the dead. My grandmother went with us to the Manti Temple. I was there when Garth recived his endowments and then when he was married. For a few short years, we were in the Provo Temple district while the Manti Temple was being refurbished but, other than that, I have always lived in the Manti Temple district. Both Price and Nephi have been in the Manti Temple district forever. (Well, since 1888.) My pioneer ancestors attended the Manti Temple.  Is it alright if I go to the Payson Temple District dragging my feet and screaming all the way?


Announcement:  25 June 1875
Groundbreaking and Site Dedication:  25 April 1877 by Brigham Young
Private Dedication:  17 May 1888 by Wilford Woodruff
Dedication:  21–23 May 1888 by Lorenzo Snow
Public Open House:  6–8 June 1985
Rededication:  14–16 June 1985 by Gordon B. Hinckley

Site:  27 acres.
Exterior Finish:  Fine-textured, cream-colored oolite limestone obtained from quarries in the hill upon which it stands.
Number of Rooms:  Four progressive-style ordinance rooms and eight sealing rooms.
Total Floor Area:  100,373 square feet.

Temple Locale
Perched atop a rising knoll, known as "Temple Hill," the magnificent Manti Utah Temple dominates the Sanpete Valley of central Utah. Located just off Highway 89, approaching travelers can glimpse the distinctive towers from miles and miles away. Thousands flock to the spacious temple grounds each summer to watch the popular Mormon Miracle Pageant.

Temple Facts
The Manti Utah Temple was the third temple built in Utah.
The Manti Utah Temple was the only temple dedicated by President Lorenzo Snow.
The Manti Utah Temple was originally named the Manti Temple.
The Manti Utah Temple was built on a rattlesnake-infested site, known as the Manti Stone Quarry. Once Brigham Young designated the site for a temple, it became known as Temple Hill. The quarry's stone, Manti oolite, is the same cream-colored stone used for the temple exterior.

On the morning of the site dedication, Brigham Young confided to Warren S. Snow that Temple Hill was the spot where Book of Mormon Prophet Moroni dedicated the land for a temple site.

Open-center spiral staircases wind up each of the 179-foot towers of the Manti Utah Temple. The dramatic stairways are an engineering marvel of the Mormon pioneers.

A large arching tunnel under the east tower of the Manti Utah Temple, which has since been closed, allowed cars to pass from one side of the temple to the other.

The Manti Utah Temple features beautiful hand-painted murals on the walls of its progressive-style ordinance rooms: Creation Room, Garden Room, World Room, Terrestrial Room (no murals), and Celestial Room (no murals).

The Manti Utah Temple is one of only seven temples where patrons progress through four ordinance rooms before passing into the Celestial Room. (The other six temples are the Salt Lake Temple, the Laie Hawaii Temple, the Cardston Alberta Temple, the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, the Los Angeles California Temple, and the Nauvoo Illinois Temple.)

The Manti Utah Temple is one of two temples that still employs live acting for presentation of the endowment. (The other is the Salt Lake Temple.)

AnnMarie: You'll have a couple years to adjust to the idea before it is a reality. Amy and Eric will have the best commute of anyone I know.

Kirsten: Besides, if you just CAN't adjust, there's always that in-law apartment at Jim and Julie's, right guys?! :) How exciting!  Our little Payson is growing up!  It almost makes me want to move closer!  You guys are all so lucky!  Temples in every direction!
Kirsten

Manti Temple needs better attendance. I wonder how they keep it a full-service temple as it is. The folks from Delta and Price are great temple-attenders but they live two to three hours away. They should be moved into a closer temple district, I think. Then what? There are not enough people in Sanpete County to keep a temple going. Well, not right now. The way they are growing, there might be soon. We are busy in the evenings and on Friday and Saturdays. The other days are pretty slow with about eight or ten on a session with but a few exceptions. Sometimes a ward or stake will show up and that is really helpful.

M

Melanie Has Seen Born Without Eyes Pianist

Melanie wrote: I have actually seen him play. He has a great personality. He is amazing. 
Melanie

Gordon Smith sent a link to "Born without eyes."


This young man was born without eyes.  He is amazing.  What great talent he has.  He also has a very devoted father and mother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9xwCG0Ey2Mg

Joyce Staley Re: Temple

We will still go to Manti, I think.  We haven't been told any different. 

It is good to hear from you.  I can't get onto facebook from either of my computers so I haven't responded to you.  Sorry! :>)

Hope you are doing great.  Vic is having a really rough time.  About a month ago they finally decided that he had gout (after about 4-5 months of not knowing).  He has been in a lot of pain.  They gave him some new medication to try and it was doing really good until last weekend and then he said it is just like it was before he started the med's.

Our dd and her twins are still living with us.  Mom is going to school full time (a thing which her ex wouldn't allow her to do) and working full time.  My 83 yo mother and 85 yo father tend them while I am at work.  I get them ready in the am and pick them up in the pm and have the full responsibility of them.  Mom leaves at 7:30 am and gets home 11:00 pm so it is kind of hard on her but it will be good in the end.

Well,I better get to work.  Thanks for writing.

Joyce

News of Briley‏

Helen wrote: Dearest folks: thanks for the special Sunday afternoon/evening. Have a good week. Love Helen

Carolyn Trauntvein wrote:

Hi everyone,

I hope your New Year is going great.

Briley is doing well and is stable.  Over the weekend they had increased her feedings through the feeding tube in her nose and so they were able to remove the IV nutrient feeding she has been getting and also the IV for her sedation medicine.  On Sunday she was in distress.  Her stomach had become enlarged and she had started to throw up.  They suctioned out the milk and a lot of air in her stomach and decided maybe the sedation medication was giving her problems in her stomach and so they had to put both the sedation and nutrition IV's back in.  This also affected her lungs some and so they've been adjusting the ventilator settings.  She is stable though and doing well.  Derek and Heather are now able to see her by web came via the internet when they are not down there to see her.  She really is growing and I can't believe how long and thick her hair is becoming.  It's hard to believe she is 5 1/2 weeks old already.  She truly is amazing and such a little fighter.  Thanks for thinking of us.  We really appreciate it and Derek and Heather are grateful for all that is being done for them.  Heavenly Father is truly watching out for them and blessing them in so many ways.

Take care and have a great week.

Carolyn

Payson Temple Announced

LDS Church to build temple in Payson

Mormons in southern Utah County no longer will have to travel north to Provo or south to Manti to participate in their faith's most sacred rituals.

The LDS Church announced Monday it is building a temple in Payson, the 15th in Utah and the third in Utah County.

The new temple will help "meet the needs of a growing church membership in the area," LDS President Thomas S. Monson said in a statement, "and will ease the heavy use of the Provo temple, which is one of the busiest in the church."

Although artist renderings and construction dates are still to come, LDS officials announced the temple's location: a gentle slope at 930 West and 1550 South, a mile away from the 800 South exit on Interstate 15. The property boasts scenic views of the area as well as easy access to the freeway.

"I am thrilled to hear the news," said Robert Provstgaard, an LDS bishop in Payson who grew up playing in the very field chosen for the temple. "Payson is absolutely fitted for a temple."

About four months ago, he and other Utah County bishops were told the Provo temple had reached capacity. At peak times, people were waiting several hours to go through a ceremony.

The Payson temple -- the 152nd in operation or planned worldwide for the LDS Church -- will serve more than 20 Mormon stakes from Spanish Fork to Nephi, comprising roughly 78,000 Latter-day Saints.

"It's a big honor to have a temple put in your town," Payson Mayor Rick Moore said. "We're looking forward to working with the church and doing everything we can to facilitate what they need."

The freshman mayor, who is LDS, said the temple is sure to spark economic development but added, "if that's the only reason you're wanting a temple, then you've got problems."

Mormons consider temples sacred places, where they make promises and commitments to God. It also is where couples go to be married and "sealed" to one another for eternity.

City Councilman Brad Daley said the temple will shine a "spotlight" on Payson, a city of 17,500 people. He expects more homes to sprout in the rural area surrounding the temple site, which is zoned residential.

"A lot of developers like to build in and around the temple developments," Daley said. The homes, he noted, often are more marketable because of their proximity to the temple and their reputation as part of a "quiet community."

The only "negative" Daley anticipates is increased traffic, but he expects the city can handle it.

Rodney Mayo, an LDS bishop in Payson who works at Brigham Young University, considers the new temple a spiritual boon.

"Having a new temple always helps lift our spirituality and [church] activity level," he said. "We are blessed to live in a region where temples are so accessible."

Utah County already boasts two temples to the north -- in American Fork and Provo.

Last fall, the LDS Church announced plans to build a temple on Main Street in Brigham City in Box Elder County.

From Eva Dixon:

Hi,  This will be so wonderful for you as far a travel at night and early morning.  I imagine you will get to work there.  In SL , I know, they transferred many of our workers to Bountiful because they were already trained.  I was on my mission when Bountiful was dedicated.  It is hard to change from our Temple, but, I am so grateful now that I can't walk as far and can get to here easily iin 10-15 minutes.  The Lord does know what He is doing.   I am so grateful for the fantastic blessings that have come into my life in the past few weeks.  Love you, Eva

News of Briley

Greetings to you all!

Briley is doing good.  I was able to visit her yesterday with Derek and Heather.  They are working to getting her feedings back up but are taking it slower.  She weighed 3 Lbs and 2 oz. on Friday.  They are also working with her ventilator settings.  The respiratory therapist said they are continually pushing her to get her so they aren't using the ventilator as much and so they fine tune the ventilator settings.  You can see that she is breathing some on her own which is good as that is helping her to develop her muscle tone for when she can be finally taken of the ventilator.  She is becoming more alert when she is awake and trying to look around and so is also more active when she is awake.  She truly is a little miracle.  We have been greatly blessed and appreciate all your thoughts and prayers.

Love,

Carolyn

1/19/10

Hi everyone,

I hope your New Year is going great.

Briley is doing well and is stable.  Over the weekend they had increased her feedings through the feeding tube in her nose and so they were able to remove the IV nutrient feeding she has been getting and also the IV for her sedation medicine.  On Sunday she was in distress.  Her stomach had become enlarged and she had started to throw up.  They suctioned out the milk and a lot of air in her stomach and decided maybe the sedation medication was giving her problems in her stomach and so they had to put both the sedation and nutrition IV's back in.  This also affected her lungs some and so they've been adjusting the ventilator settings.  She is stable though and doing well.  Derek and Heather are now able to see her by web came via the internet when they are not down there to see her.  She really is growing and I can't believe how long and thick her hair is becoming.  It's hard to believe she is 5 1/2 weeks old already.  She truly is amazing and such a little fighter.  Thanks for thinking of us.  We really appreciate it and Derek and Heather are grateful for all that is being done for them.  Heavenly Father is truly watching out for them and blessing them in so many ways.

Take care and have a great week.

Carolyn

 

Pray for David!

It is just before 8 p.m. here in the good state of Utah. David is just going into surgery. He blew his knee, the right one, once again. The doctor doing the surgery does this same type of surgery for Olympic skiers and for other skiers. David, of course, just did his at work. He was at work and knelt down and there it went. Bree picked him up and drove him to the Gunnison Hospital.

Please pray for him!!!!

Love, M

We will remember David in our prayers.  Keep us updated.

Gordon & Roberta

I thought I would tell you that yesterday, Varian got put in as 2nd councilor in the bishorpic. It was a exciting time for me and all of the family. He has been in the bishopric before.  But this was a shock two weeks ago when they asked him.  But he will do a good job.
 
How is everyhting going?  We got some snow last night.  that's all love ya.

Denise Addley Childs Allen

Favorite Book of Mormon Scriptures on Humility

D&C 12:8

     And no one can assist in this work except he shall be “humble and full of love, having faith, hope, and charity, being temperate in all things, whatsoever shall be entrusted to his care

Alma 7:23

     And now I would that yea should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the  commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things yea stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive.

Alma 13:28

     But yea would humble yourselves before the Lord,and call on his holy name, and watch and pray continually, that yea may not be tempted above that which ye can bear, and thus be led by the Holy Spirit, becoming humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering;

Helaman 3:35

      Never the less they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto then filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their  yielding their hearts unto God.

Be Honest

Myrna wrote: David said his Christmas figure ornaments were broken. How about yours? If they were, I'll put some away for you and give them to you in person.

Did you get Whitney's card? I'm either too early or too late.

Love, M

Kirsten wrote: Only one was broken, not a big deal; jared and I just share one.  




Got Whitney's card.  She was VERY excited!  Thank you!

Did you guys have a good week?

love, 
Kirsten

Myrna wrote: That is the last time I listen to an employee of the Post Office. They said the larger box I had sent Melanie's stuff in was too large and I could get by with the smaller box. HA! It would be worth $3 more to get everything there OK. She was the only one that got the contents intact. I sent hers the day before I sent the rest because it takes longer to get there and so I hurried and got hers ready. I sent the others the next day. Everybody got theirs on time but there was breakage.

This is my Aunt Lucille, married to Kenneth Pitts

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:39 AM, L H TRAUNTVEIN <mandlht@msn.com> wrote:

LUCILLE PITTS

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Lucille F. Pitts 1923 ~ 2010 Lucille Fuller Pitts passed on January 6, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born June 15, 1923 in Sunnyside, Utah to James and Ludeveka Turkelson Fuller. Married Kenneth V. Pitts in 1941; they were together for 46 years. They raised their children in Carbon County. Mom was actively involved in public services but her greatest achievements in life were her four children. Survived by children: Kenneth J. (Janet) Pitts, Cheryl (Robert) Fazzio, Vickie (Boyd) Davis and Janet (Von) Hanson; grandchildren: Troy, Dena, April and Greg; 13 great-grand-children; and sister, Maud Fuller. We love you, Mom, rest in peace. Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 9, 2010, 2:00 p.m. at Elysian Gardens, 1075 East 4580 South. Arrangements under the direction of McDougal Funeral Home. 

Published in Salt Lake Tribune on January 8, 2010  print

Charlotte sent me an e-mail letting me know but she just sent it. Therefore, I missed the graveside services. I guess Uncle Bob thought I would see the obituary in the newspaper. It should have been in the Deseret News but it seems to have been only in the Salt Lake Tribune which is where I found this. 

That's too bad. I'm sorry you didn't make it.
Todd 

Happy Birthday, LHT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEONARD T 
Its been a very long time since Elvis had a for real birthday! His name still gets all the TV attention today. We all remember...but you are still our family King today and we are thankful you spent many a day learning, loving and living the dream the way you have. Wally and I send our best wishes that you and Myrna enjoy a fine day doing what makes your celebration the very best.. The best gift is just being near the love, the warmth and the blessings from all those earned days when life was 9 to 5 and or 24/7! Thanks for the fine Birthday wishes you send us. Its pretty special being remembered and a good word shares considerable joy, we are extending ours to you as well. We enjoyed your Christmas card and letter and adored the photo. Nice touch! We are happy you had much travel and family visits ending with Ohio, where Todd and family could share his announcement of Bishop this past year. May you both continue good health and have enough for good food and travel this year. The Utah Transplant team will sponsor a dinner program at Little America in SLK this mid March. Wally is out over five years. 
We may attend and if so will try to make a plan to enjoy lunch or a visit then with you folks. It would be nice to see you. 
Love, Wally and Charlotte

Happy 70th

Charlotte wrote: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEONARD T 


Its been a very long time since Elvis had a for real birthday! His name still gets all the TV attention today. We all remember...but you are still our family King today and we are thankful you spent many a day learning, loving and living the dream the way you have. Wally and I send our best wishes that you and Myrna enjoy a fine day doing what makes your celebration the very best.. The best gift is just being near the love, the warmth and the blessings from all those earned days when life was 9 to 5 and or 24/7! Thanks for the fine Birthday wishes you send us. Its pretty special being remembered and a good word shares considerable joy, we are extending ours to you as well. We enjoyed your Christmas card and letter and adored the photo. Nice touch! We are happy you had much travel and family visits ending with Ohio, where Todd and family could share his announcement of Bishop this past year. May you both continue good health and have enough for good food and travel this year. The Utah Transplant team will sponsor a dinner program at Little America in SLK this mid March. Wally is out over five years. 

We may attend and if so will try to make a plan to enjoy lunch or a visit then with you folks. It would be nice to see you. 

Love, Wally and Charlotte


Myrna wrote: Thank you for the birthday wishes. We did enjoy the day, and the day before, actually. The Utah kids have planned a birthday celebration for next Sunday. I made lemon pies for LHT but (I ALWAYS forget and cook too much) there were just two of us to eat three pies. Birthday overload.

Thanks for the wishes and for the wonderful cards. You have always been more thoughtful than I have. I hope I have learned that from you. 

Did you get the Christmas ornament? It was probably late because it was an afterthought. I saw the heart and thought of you.

It would be nice to get together.

Love, M

LUCILLE PITTS

Lucille F. Pitts 1923 ~ 2010 Lucille Fuller Pitts passed on January 6, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born June 15, 1923 in Sunnyside, Utah to James and Ludeveka Turkelson Fuller. Married Kenneth V. Pitts in 1941; they were together for 46 years. They raised their children in Carbon County. Mom was actively involved in public services but her greatest achievements in life were her four children. Survived by children: Kenneth J. (Janet) Pitts, Cheryl (Robert) Fazzio, Vickie (Boyd) Davis and Janet (Von) Hanson; grandchildren: Troy, Dena, April and Greg; 13 great-grand-children; and sister, Maud Fuller. We love you, Mom, rest in peace. Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 9, 2010, 2:00 p.m. at Elysian Gardens, 1075 East 4580 South. Arrangements under the direction of McDougal Funeral Home. 

Published in Salt Lake Tribune on January 8, 2010

Just a quick update.

Hi everyone,

Briley is doing well.  Derek and Heather went to see her yesterday and said she is growing.  They were able to hold her again outside of the incubator which they haven't done for 3 weeks.  She will be 4 weeks old on Saturday and weighs 2 lbs. 3 oz.  They are hoping to get her off the ventilator in another week or so.  Briley is truly being watched over and blessed.  We appreciate your prayers, fasting and thoughts in her behalf.

Love,

Carolyn