Just If You Can

Myrna wrote: Dearest Melanie: In the next day or two, please call Julie. She has been stuck at home with sick kids for the past two weeks. Jim is in California with the bees. She will not let us in the house because she is afraid that we will get the flu from them. Our lone contribution to her welfare has been to drop a Sunday meal off at the house and run home. We have talked to her a few times on the phone.

I know you can empathize. I know you remember how you felt in like circumstances. 

We love you!

Melanie wrote: Yes...I was talking about this with some of the women in my ward. I really remember being spouse-less for most of the children's illnesses. 

I will try and call tomorrow. Poor thing. She enjoys frying pan to fire moments, doesn't she? Mel

Myrna wrote: I think she has the same affinity for them that you do. I used to wish I lived closer to you so that I could help you more. Now I know, however, that you would have been afraid for my health and I would just have had to do what I do here. I could pray for you long distance.

How is your problem? Do you go back to the doctor soon?

Melanie wrote: I need to schedule a check up for after March...the doctor here isn't too worried, as I haven't had a really bad flare up for a few months.

Site with Lots of Rostron Info

Kirsten wrote: Am I the only one who hasn't seen this? Came across this today as I was searching great grandma Nielsen's records. 

http://genmayle.com/gen/getperson.php?personID=I39590&tree=Test

This particular link is for Grandma Trauntvein. He has compiled lots of information besides just the charts. Thought I'd pass it along just in case, but I know some of you probably already have this site saved. 

Love, 
Kirsten

Prior to having Myrna's tooth done.

Myrna wrote: Dr. Doug Peterson prescribed Amoxicillin for me and told me to start tomorrow. Is that what is needed? Also, he said, that I should let Jared do an implant. Doug doesn't do them but thinks they are great. I don't have any idea what is the best. I do love you all. I hope this doesn't make me useless to you.

Kirsten wrote: Jared says that's fine if you start the antibiotic now; he usually has his patients do the treatment the day of or the day before, but doing it now will be great, too.  He may also prescribe you a steroid to help the healing.  He'll know more once he gets in there. :)

Love you!  Thanks for being willing to come for so long to help!

Kirsten

Myrna wrote: You know, this really bothers me. I want to help you and I should PAY Jared. He married you not the whole famdarnmily. What about the fake tooth? There was something in there about six weeks or so. 

Kirsten wrote: This will literally just be an extraction and bone graft. You can't get your implant until your bone heals and becomes solidified. That's what will be about three months out. At six weeks you will need someone who can take out the membrane over the grafting material.  Jared says any competent dentist can do that.

You won't get your crown for about six months

Myrna wrote: Well, it won't be Dr. Peterson. He doesn't do that. I held off on the antibiotic. I will start it before we come, however. I have it now, 550 mg Amoxicillin to be taken three times a day. Thanks for the information. Does Jared know someone who will take out the grafting material?

Hale Center Theater Orem

Myrna wrote: Thank you, Dear. We so appreciate the gifts. I feel guilty, however. We give you $25 per event and you give us tickets and warm jackets. Thank you! We love you and yours. Thanks for the tickets. We are looking forward to going. It will be almost as nice as seeing your children perform at school. We also appreciate the milk, the cleaning and all else you do to make our lives better. Thanks so much. We love you! Mom and Dad

AnnMarie wrote: I wanted to have the tickets mailed out to you, but this is the only way they do it.  So the tickets will be held at the box office just inside the door in my name - just print this out and take it with you. The showing is 2/14 at 7:30 (arrive a half hour early though), Seats West 2E and West 2F.  It is on Valentine's day.

Happy Birthday to Dad.



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Hilarious Comedy
Thursday, February 14, 2013 show time: 7:30 PM

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2 @ Internet - Adult (12 & older) ()
WEST - Row 2 Seat E, WEST - Row 2 Seat F
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• Tickets will be held at Will Call and will NOT be mailed. Will Call Tickets may be picked up in the lobby during the half hour prior to show time. Those with last names beginning with A-M may pick up their tickets at the main northeast double doors. Those with names beginning N-Z may pick up their tickets at the single northwest door.

• No refunds or cancellations. Exchanges must be made at least one business day prior to the performance. There is a $3 date change fee. (ST Holders are allowed one free date change per show.)

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• When you leave the theater, please remember our sleeping neighbors.

Calleen Powell was one of my bridesmaids

Myrna wrote Tyrone Powell to ask about Calleen Powell.

I am wondering if you know where Calleen Powell (married name?) is. I lost track of her years ago. Can you tell me about Calleen? I wanted to get in touch with her again. I was one of her bridesmaids and she was one of mine. She had suffered polo as a child, and had a withered leg, but became a wonderful nurse. We were in the same ward but she was a bit older. We actually became good friends when I fell down a flight of stars and injured myself. She was my nurse at the hospital and we became close after that. At any rate, I have been thinking of her and would like to get in touch but it has been so many years. Somehow, when I was a young mother and had a passel of kids, I didn't manage to keep up with my friends very well. I would like to make amends.

Powell was her maiden name and I cannot seem to remember her married name. She was a nurse and had had polio. She had one leg that was thinner than the other because of the disease. We were good friends though she was older than I was by a couple of years. Her family lived just off Carbon Ave. on the street where Mabbitt's old store was--that corner. It goes west. Rats. I can't think what it is. I'll have to Google a map. I'll have to let you know. Sorry. I guess I should just do all that and then send this but, just maybe, you can figure out what I am talking about. Their house would have faced east on that street. I know, I know. I am talking to a Powell who had/has a hundred relatives in Price.

Tyrone wrote: What is  her husband’s  name?

Myrna wrote: It is too late to worry. I found that she had passed away in 2005, so I waited a little too long to try to get in touch.

She was such a spunky girl and, even though her leg was a problem, I never heard her complain. She came to my home and I went to hers. We went to the same ward. I had asked her to be my maid of honor, but, the night of the reception, my grandmother had not understood that and, while I was getting ready, lined them up differently. I just let it go. Calleen never did say anything about it and neither did I. I did help her plan her wedding, which was after mine. I helped her pick out my dress and made it for myself. Her marriage was not a temple wedding and we held it at the ward. I marched up the isle with her. She was so hopeful that she would convert her husband. She moved to Kansas, I think. We sent cards back and forth for a bit but then we just stopped. I know where all of the other bridesmaids are and have kept in on again/off again touch. Oh, well, too little to late for this friendship.

Note to the young: keep in touch while you can.

She was one of my bridesmaids and I was hers.

Calleen Powell Claxton 1939 ~ 2005 WELLINGTON- Calleen Powell Claxton, 66, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister passed away June 24, 2005, surrounded by her family after a brave and valiant fight with bone cancer. She was born April 13, 1939 in Price, Utah to Stanley and Clara Bogh Powell. Calleen graduated from St. John's School of Nursing in Springfield, Missouri and worked as a Registered Nurse for over 30 years. She worked at hospitals in the states of Kansas, Missouri, and Utah finally retiring from Castleview Hospital. She loved music and was a gifted organist, volunteering her services at several local churches. She had a very strong faith in God and adored her family and friends. She loved animals, crocheting, embroidering, gardening, was an avid reader, and an excellent cook. Mom struggled all her life with polio and later in life with post-polio syndrome, diabetes and cancer. She had an appreciation for the simple things in life and taught her children to embrace life, reach out, and care for others. Calleen was a great mentor to her children and grandchildren. She taught them to always give their best effort at whatever they did in life. Calleen was always thankful for anything anyone did for her. Survived by four children, Kimberly (Celso) Montoya, Helper; Jeffrey (Kim) Claxton, Aurora, CO; Michelle McMinds, Mitchell, Indiana; Stephen (Leanna) Claxton, Pleasant Grove; nine grandchildren, Mathew Montoya, Michael Montoya, Melissa Rogers, Ryan Claxton, Jillianne McMinds, Peter McMinds, Bridgett Pemberton, Donald Claxton and Bronwyn Claxton; two great grandchildren, Mason Rogers and Maddux Rogers; sister Lynnette (Wendell) Wakefield, Roswell, New Mexico; brother Kent (Raelene) Powell, Murray; her dog and faithful companion Molly. Funeral service Wednesday, June 29, 2005, 11:00 a.m., Wellington Stake Center, 935 E. Main, Wellington. Family will be at Mitchell Funeral Home, Tuesday evening 7:00-9:00 p.m. and at the Stake center one hour prior to service. Interment Price City Cemetery, Price, Utah. The family wishes to extend special thanks to the staff at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab of Provo for the excellent care they provided Mom in her final days as well as all the individuals who prayed and showed concern for her during her illness.

Emma's Letter Originally Written in December

12-30-12

01-13-13

Dear Grandma and Grandpa Trauntvein, 

Thank  you for the $25.00 for Christmas. I have not spent it yet except for my tithing that I paid, $5.00, and my boots.

How are you guys doing? Did you have a good Christmas? What did you do for Christmas? Did you have anybody over for Christmas?

Guess what I got for Christmas? I got an 1Pod shuffle, inline skates, two leotards (I have pictures at the bottom of the page and maybe of my other presents too), and I also got a panda speaker for my iPod.

I hope you have a great New Years. Write back please! I really miss you guys up in Utah. Well thanks again. I love you guys. P.S. I'm sorry my card is late.

Love,

EMAREE WAITE

Myrna wrote: What a sweet letter, Emma! The letter was not late. A thank you letter is never late. Gramps and I are thankful that you wrote it to us and that you sent photos of the neat gifts that you received for Christmas! We hope that you finally decided on something to buy with the money you have left after paying your tithing. That is a wonderful thing to do--pay tithing. You are a good girl. Your tithing on the money we sent should have just been $2.50 not $5. Did you add extra?

We love you very much and we will see you soon.

Grammy and Gramps

January 13, 2013‏

We had an interesting day, this Sunday. We are now called, as you know, to see to it that a sacrament meeting service is provided at the elderly care center within our ward boundaries. We have, Gramps and I, been assigning ward families to present the programs. They play the hymns and a 101-year old resident of the home leads the music. Sometimes a resident will also say the opening or closing prayer. The priesthood in the family, assisted by others as needed, prepares and serves the Sacrament. The presiding priesthood member of the family presides and conducts and other family members give two and a half minute talks. Gramps said that the Spirit there this a.m. was so very strong that it was glorious.

I stayed home to put the finishing touches on my Sunday School lesson.

In our Sacrament meeting, we had our five serving missionary's moms give reports on their missionaries. One of the Elders is serving in Africa. He is very tall, 6-foot 6-inches, and he is sometimes having to ride in a small bus with lots and lots of other people. It makes a tight fit for him. Each of the moms was equally proud of her missionary son and the meeting was full of laughs, smiles and tears as they shared the tender moments of the missions their sons are serving.

In Sunday School, Gramps and I teach the missionary preparation class. One of the young men is going to Italy. The other two are waiting their calls. It was my turn to teach the lesson and I had such a wonderful time discussing the temple with the three men. Gramps was there, of course. What a great experience it is to be with the young Elders.

Then, after Relief Society and Priesthood meeting, our ward met in the cultural hall for a snack and send event (sometimes called a munch and mingle). There were cookies and crackers for those who stayed--hence the snack. There were also tables with stationary and pens waiting on their tops. Each of us was to write a letter to each of the five missionaries. The Bishop is mailing them to the various missionaries on Monday morning.

We then came home, finished fixing dinner, and drove some of it to Julie's home. Jim is in California taking care of the bees. Julie is at home with four little kids who have had the flu. That on top of losing her baby, which was due the middle of May. I can't remember if I told you that the baby died inside her at New Years. She went to the doctor the Saturday before and the doctor found that the heartbeat had stopped. At any rate, we knew how pressed Julie was. She had to stay home from church because of the kids. She lives way out in the country with the closest neighbors a couple of blocks away. So we took dinner to them. We talked briefly and then we left. She was afraid that if we stayed we would also get sick. (Gramps got stuck in the snow and had to borrow ashes from Julie's ashes bin to get unstuck.) It was certainly cold there--12 degrees below zero at 6 p.m.

I am finally getting over the cough that went with the flu that I had just after Christmas. I think I tired to die but it must not have been my time to go because I am still here. I suppose that you heard about the missionaries at the MTC who had the flu. It was an epidemic. There were 250 of them all sick at the same time.

We do love you! We are so proud of the work that you are doing. What a great service you are performing. (One of my friends at the temple calls it "preforming." So now, every time I say the word "performing" I think of her and her "preformed" concrete. She cannot hear the difference in the two words.) ;) So keep up the good work. We so enjoy your letters and also the letters of your cousin. Who would have thought, in advance, that you would both end up in California speaking Spanish? I am happy that you did but I was surprised. Dane and Kyle are the next to go out and we could have four of you out at once. What a blessing to the family that will be. Having two of you out is already a blessing!

Take care. Know that we love you!

"The Lord has great confidence in you. He trusts you." - President Uchtdorf at the CES Devotional.

The Latest on Factor V and the LH Trauntvein Children

Julie also has Factor V Leiden. David's doctor told him that he had it just a few months ago. That makes all of you Leonard children except for Shawn and Kirsten. AnnMarie hasn't been tested. 

Given that this disease displays incomplete dominance, those who are homozygous (two parents) for the mutated allele are at a heightened risk versus those that are heterozygous (one parent) for the mutation.

Only 50 percent of the kids in a family (where there is a single zygote) should get it. Julie's doctor had to be funny--he said that I was most likely supposed to have had two more kids. There were probably two angels in heaven who would have come to the family and not had it. ;)

Emma's Pastels

Emma said that you were sending me a photo of her project. I haven't received one. 

I know how hard it can be to do your best work and then get pastel smudges places that you did not want them.

I told her that, if she needs a dark background, it would be better to do a dark blue than charcoal. It is easier to work with and is easier to add light to it. Let me know if you need more info. I love you all!

I hope that you were able to clean up the fingerprints. I told her that we used to keep a couple of wash cloths by our project. We wiped our hands with a wet one and dried with a dry one. Maybe a wet wipe would work.

The Pastel Society of New Hampshire , which you can find on the web, has some excellent ideas for helping create with pastels and (The name Pastel comes from the French word "pastiche.")

You can get art gum at Office Depot and can even order online. I forgot, kneadable easers are even better. kneadable easers are and absorbant and leave no residue behind.