Schedule for Howards

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:35 AM, L H and Myrna Trauntvein <mandlht@msn.com> wrote:

When are the concerts and when is the graduation? Matt's and Kyle's are the same day but at different times. I would like to know the dates and times right away so that we can make Dad's appointments around them. The Dr. doing his eyes is Lohner--the son of our obgyn.  I think his kids were in Wastach.

May 9 at 7:30 Choir concert - Megan and Kyle

May 14 at 6:30 Elementary Honor Band concert at Centennial - Matthew

May 14 at 7:30 Orchestra Concert - Megan

May 19 at 7:00 pm Seminary Graduation - Kyle

May 23 at 9 am Matthew's band concert, I guess.  That is what is on the calendar, but I can't go because it is daytime.  I'll have to see if there is an evening show.  I'm guessing the honor band concert on the 14th is supposed to be his final nighttime one.

May 29 at 10 am - 6th Grade Graduation - Matthew

May 29 at 7 pm - HS Graduation at UVU.

A Postscript

I have a new goal: go to bed before midnight. I seem so antsy to myself that I decided I maybe needed to stop burning the candle at both ends. So I will be brief and then get to bed. We do love you and we wanted you to know that.

My other goal, to enjoy each day as it unfolds has been good for me. I spend too much time worrying about things that I cannot change and not enough worrying about the things I can. So, I reason, I will enjoy each day with gratitude for being alive. I have enjoyed just being with Dad/Gramps and just being thankful that we can still know who we are. Some of the folks I work with at the care center on Sundays are not that lucky. Some of them, for example, have trouble finding the pages of the hymn though they still can sing the words. It worries some of the residents that they do not have the right page  but they have all the words tucked away somewhere at any rate and do not need the page at all. But, I go around and find pages for them so they will be happy. Most of them are only 10 years older than I am.  Really. They are 82 or so and I am 72. I hope that my mind holds out longer than theirs have. Of course, some of the folks I work with at the temple are fine and are in their late 80s. I wonder what really makes the difference?

Additions to Missionaries

Ben, please let me know if you got your birthday money. I may have not enclosed the money, in spite of my saying that I had.

We are proud of you, Ben and Michael, our two missionary grandsons, who are serving. 

Reading those letters each week is such a great blessing to us. We print them off and read the hard copies and then save them in a binder. It will be something to have when we are old. (Oh, wait, we are old.) They will be read and re-read. 

Michael, you have such a good spirit and we so enjoy your cheery outlook on your mission. We love you and we are proud of you. You are doing a good job. We will keep praying for you and your companion to meet with continued success.

Ben, we are proud of the hard work you put in each week. We love you and we are proud of you. You are doing a good job. We will keep praying for you and your companion to meet with continued success.

Can you help with your memories?

From Myrna:
David Dear, 
I will keep sending you updates. I would still be interested in the images you have stored away. Maybe we can piece some things together. Why I didn't write things down back when there were still people I could have asked (like your mom), I do not know. Jot down those stories for me, please. I have spent my life planning on "tomorrow" and have realized that I am getting old enough that I do not have so many of those left. I love you.

Myrna,
 I wish there was something that I could really help you with.  I remember talking with mom about names in pictures, and stories, and I always thought (then) that I would remember, and even if I didn't, I could always ask mom again - or Garth or Richard. Obviously, not such a good plan.  If I could go back in time, I would write it down.  Since I received your email, I've been trying to think of any and all memories that might be interesting.  What I seem to have is an awful lot of images and snapshots in time, but no real stories with reference points.  
 I'm sorry, I wish I could be of more help.  I do want to read the history when you are finished. :)

 Love you, Dave

We do love you!

We were SO busy at the temple on Friday and Saturday that it was wonderful. We always like to be filled to capacity and we were. Gramps/Dad and I were over the 2:30 p.m. session and we had 79 women on that session (and 40 plus men). My goodness, I had a hard time seating all the women. Every available seat was used and (its a good thing we use benches) they were crowded in somewhat. We had three own endowments on our session. The night before, I was over the women's special dressing room and I had several own endowment sisters. Two of those young women were on the 7:20 p.m. session and, because of the large number of people on that session, it was slow getting done. It was after 10 p.m. before we left and, normally, we should be finished by 9 p.m. We are thinking, now that universities are done, it will be a busy time with many weddings and missionaries leaving. It would have been nice to have one session that had so many people there but they were all big. Two sessions before ours, they had 79 women.

It has been so fun, also, to see so many young women who are going on missions. Three weeks ago, two of the young women were going to the same mission and were set to go into the MTC the same day and time. We all thought that it was neat that they got to meet at the temple. We wondered if they would be roomies at the MTC. Their last names both started with "P" which means that they may be more likely to be together. Might I mention that I have no idea how they go about assigning roommates so this is all conjecture. 

Gramps/Dad has a bunch of doctor's appointments this next week. When the doctors get done with him, he will be a new man. He will have good vision and hearing, that is for sure. We will let you know when that will all take place as we get times and dates.

May will be a busy month for our family. We have several birthdays, Mother's Day, two high school graduations, Matthew's sixth grade graduation and several programs. I think we will be hopping from one thing to another. How exciting it all is. We still have little Jens and Natalie, the babies of the family, and then we have all the grown-up grandkids and, of course, all the ones in between. I have so enjoyed being, and still do, your grandmother. I enjoy my family and I know that Gramps feels the same way. Every person is a joy to us.

Lots of love