To Else

Leonard wrote: I was just thinking about you and remembering that it was 50 years ago that you were baptized. What a wonderful day that was for me. I have no idea where the time has gone, it seems to me as if it happened just yesterday and not 50 years ago. You have been a faithful member of the church all those years. That is a great gift to me. Thank you.

Your brother in the gospel, Leonard Trauntvein

From Gertrud in Danish (Happy Memory)

Kære Br. Trauntvein.

Tak for din mail angående minn dåbsdag. At der er gået 50 år er ikke til at forstå. Men når jeg ser mig i et spejl (mirror) kan jeg se årene er gået, og jeg løber heller ikke så hurtigt -  so fast. Men tak fordi du og din kammerat - companion - kom forbi Mogens Alle dengang i sommeren 1958. Jeg er meget taknemmelig for Evangeliet og alle velsignelser og erfaringer jeg har modtaget gennem årene. Jeg er også taknemmelig for Templet i København, det er en gave fra Herren. Nu skal vi ikke den lange vej til Stockholm (8-9 timer). It just great. Tak fordi du huskede det og glædede mig med en mail.

With best regards

Str. Gertrud Jensen

To Gertrud Jensen. Denmark

I was just thinking about you and remembering that it was 50 years ago that you were baptized. You were baptized, according to my records, on Dec. 16, 1958. What a wonderful day that was for me. I have no idea where the time has gone, it seems to me as if it happened just yesterday and not 50 years ago.

Your brother in the gospel, Leonard Trauntvein

Our Christmas Devotional

Today was the annual Christmas Devotional for all Manti Temple workers. It was such a beautiful day. We met in the Priesthood Room and listened to Christmas music from the combined Sanpete Stakes Choir and then were privileged to listen to both President Boyd K. Packer and to his son, Elder Packer, and to their wives. President (so called because he is the president of the Quorum of Twelve). Our temple president, President Bruce Harless and his wife also spoke. The highlight of his talk, of course, was the apostolic blessing he gave to all of us. 

Lucky Day

We had a lucky day. We went to the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Concert in Salt Lake. We didn't get tickets so we planned on standing in line a good long time (in the cold!) but, no sooner had we arrived, but someone came from the ticket office and gave us (Dad, Auntie and me) tickets for the performance. (Of course, Auntie had been there a half hour before we got there so she did have a cold face.) That meant, since it was just 3:30 p.m., that we could go to the Lion House and have supper, see the Christmas lights and still be inside (the doors opened at 6:30 p.m.) in time to get good seats. We got to enjoy the concert (and it was wonderful!) and I didn't have to freeze to do it. Hanging out with Auntie Helen is good luck, don't you think? 

Singer Brian Stokes Mitchell and actor Edward Herrmann were the featured guest artists for Ring, Christmas Bells, this year’s Christmas concerts by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. Stokes sang a number about the animals at Christmas but, he sang it in animal voice. What fun! He was here in September for the pioneer concert but we didn't go to that. Herrmann told about the writing of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." Odd that I had already chosen that for my Christmas letter.
Love, M

How Do I?

Myrna wrote: Does anyone know where to find the clock on the e-mail account? My clock is crazy and thinks the time is somewhere in the Pacific. Love, M

Shawn wrote: It has been a while since I have worked on Apple's, but I believe it is as with most computers, that the email clock drives off of the computer's clock.
It usually takes it's time from your operating system.  If not, then check your profile settings and ensure you have mountain time zone with daylight savings picked.

Kirsten wrote: it should be the same as your computer clock...


Melanie wrote: I don't have a clock on the email account, just on the computer. Sorry. Can't help you.

Mel


Myrna wrote: Thanks, but my computer clock is right on. My msn e-mail account is way off. I have looked all over and can't find a way to fix it. 

if you are using outlook maybe it could help you
Microsoft Outlook® 2000 and 2002 

Time stamps on messages show when a message was sent and received. In the case of Internet messages, time stamps also show when the message passed through each e-mail server between the sender and the recipient.

This information can be useful in diagnosing delivery delays for Internet messages. By examining the time stamp in the Internet header, you can determine which server caused the delivery delay.

Time stamps in Internet headers are available only when a message is sent over the Internet. They are not available for messages between two users who share the same Microsoft Exchange network.

View the sent and received time stamps

Open a message. 
On the File menu, click Properties. 
Note The sent and received times are displayed in your local time.

View the time stamps on Internet messages

Open a message. 
On the View menu, click Options. 
In the Internet headers box, scroll to the bottom of the text and find the time stamp. This is the time when the message was received by the sender's e-mail server. As a message travels from e-mail server to e-mail server, information, including time stamps, is added to the top of the entry. The time stamp nearest the top of the Internet headers box shows when your e-mail server received the message. 
Time stamps in Internet headers appear in the local time of the e-mail server. In addition, a time differential from Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time) immediately follows each time. For example, -0800 means that the server time is eight hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This means that a message with a time stamp of Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:12:32 -0800 was sent at 18:12:32 UTC.

By default, the received time is displayed in a column in the Inbox. In Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2002, you can add a column for the sent time.

Add the sent time stamp to the Inbox view

Right-click a column heading, and then click Field Chooser on the shortcut menu. 
Click Sent, and then drag it onto the column heading bar. To remove a column, drag the column heading off the column heading bar and then release the mouse button. 
Time stamps displayed in Outlook views are converted to your local time zone. For example, a message sent from New York City at 10:12:32 is displayed as sent at 7:12:32 AM if your computer is set to use the local time zone for Los Angeles.

Note You might notice cases where the sent time is after the received time. This delay might be caused by a difference between the system clocks on the sender's computer and on your e-mail server

Todd wrote: Well, since you sent this back out to everyone else, perhaps they have an idea.  I have a couple of other things to check, but don't think the rest of the gang wants to be bored with the details.

LHT's Heart Attack

From Shawn:

I had gone home for the weekend to work on my final for a formal logic class. Dad was out camping with the scouts. I was at the house alone when David got there and told me what had happened. We talked for a minute, then I jumped in my car and headed to the Nephi hospital. My recollection matches with David’s, that he had scouts to drop off still and that he was going to find Mom and Julie. When I got to the hospital and started talking to Dad, he wanted a priesthood blessing. Dr. Besendorfer helped give the blessing. Things then got hectic for a time. I seem to remember that (I believe) Mom and Julie then arrived. I cannot remember the trip to Provo, or about the visits after that.


From Myrna:

That matches with Julie's thoughts. I really thought that I was at home in the kitchen when David arrived. I bow to the three of you who remember that Julie and I had gone shopping for food. Love, M

From Shawn:

Maybe you got back home before David found you. All that I remember was that you were not home when David stopped and told me, and that he said he still had scouts to drop off. I cannot remember if he said Dad wanted me at the Hospital, or if I felt that was where I should go, rather than help him drop off the scouts. I do seem to remember that he said he had already driven from the hospital, and would go and find you and Julie when he was done dropping off scouts. Oh, I do remember that Dad was concerned (after the blessing) about whether or not the troop had won, because they left before everything was done, and the district had changed the format to try to keep his troop from winning for the somethingth year in a row. I remember him also talking about running up the hill, the pain, laying by the van, about the pain getting worse, loading up the van and driving quickly back to Nephi (and deciding after that it probably wasn’t the best thing to have done)—all the same as David has explained. I also remember that they rushed in an older lady while he was talking (I do not remember who, but I seemed to remember that I knew her or knew of her and that she lived in the northeast corner of town), she had been in an automobile accident and the airbag had gone off, and she thought it had not worked because it collapsed, and they were trying to tell her that was how airbags were supposed to work, and she seemed to be somewhat in shock. I think she was brought in right before you and Julie arrived. I do not remember how you got to Provo, or if I made any calls, or if I took anyone to Provo. Did you drive up, or go in the ambulance. Did Julie or David go with me, or with you? I will have to do some thinking to see if I can trigger some more of my memories. The one about the accident victim just came back today.

 Oh, can you tell that I am up early worrying about my job change?

From Myrna:


Julie and David drove up to Utah Valley in Julie's car. I went in the ambulance with Dad. 

Are we all getting a clearer picture? I am. Thank you all. Love, M

Hey, I'm giving you all a month...

From Kirsten Waite 

For Dad's b-day I want to make a scrapbook with memories.... so here's what I need (please, pretty please....)

Please describe a warm fuzzy memory (or conglomeration of ) that comes to mind when I say the word, dad.  (those are the only rules... this can come in form of a story, a poem, a song (if you feel so inspired),  etc.)

Please submit all entries to me by Dec 31 (please, please, pretty please if you have time during Christmas Break).  I don't need pages, unless you have the time and want to submit the pages.

Also, if you have time, send me some pictures (drawn or taken) of yourselves, family and dad.  Otherwise, I'll be forced to snag them from Mom's CDs. :)

I love you all and hope you have a great holiday.  If this is too much, please let me know and I'll aim for Father's day instead!

love and hugs,
Kirsten

From Melanie:


 Okay, if you snag from Mom's CDs, I swear I might have to hunt you down. She doesn't take good pictures of me. I am always in odd facial contortions or self-esteem reducing poses. I will try to find something--anything.

 Melanie

From David:


Mel, How about this one?

From Eric:

Isn't that from the movie, "Superstar". E.

From Myrna:

I cannot open the attachment. I didn't see the photo, so I have no idea. Could someone send it in a different format?

From Melanie:

Yes. Kirsten used to do this to make my children laugh, so we were showing her that we remembered it. Someone caught us....

Childhood Neighbor Gifts Received from Neighbors in Price

Taralles

Taralles are traditional Italian Christmas cookies brightened with fresh orange juice and a creamy slather of vanilla icing.

BY LOUISE SPINELLI 
Napa, California 

Taralles are great fun to make with your family and especially your kids. The kids love to help twist the dough into knots and ice the cookies.

INGREDIENTS

Cookie dough:

1 pound butter, softened

2 cups sugar

12 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 fresh orange (juice and rind)

10 to 12 cups all-purpose flour

10 heaping teaspoons baking powder

 

Icing:
4 cups confectioners’ sugar

3 tablespoons butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 drops almond extract (optional)

5 tablespoons milk (add more as necessary)

PREPARATION

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. 

2. In a large bowl cream together softened butter, sugar and eggs until smooth. Add vanilla. Grate orange zest from orange; add to mixture. Extract juice from orange; add to mixture. Blend well. 

3. In separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Gradually add flour/baking powder to the creamed egg mixture, beating continuously to form smooth dough. Knead dough by hand or with an electric mixer until smooth. Place dough under a glass bowl to keep moist in preparation for forming the cookies.

4. Form each cookie from a small piece of dough about the size of a golf ball. Roll each ball by hand into a 5 to 6-inch rope. Twist the rope into a knot. Place formed taralles on a greased cookie sheet.

5. Bake 8 minutes on second rack from the bottom, until bottom is slightly brown. Move tray to upper oven rack and bake for additional 2 to 3 minutes until top of cookie is lightly browned. Allow taralles to cool before icing.

6. To make the icing, combine sugar, butter, vanilla and almond extract in a mixing bowl. Gradually add milk to make a smooth icing. Mix with a whisk. If necessary add more milk to obtain spreading consistency. Ice each taralle by dipping the cookie into the icing and then smoothing the icing around the cookie with your finger. Yields 190 small cookies or 160 large cookies

DAD

Kirsten wrote: Hey, I'm giving you all a month....

For Dad's b-day I want to make a scrapbook with memories.... so here's what I need (please, pretty please....)

Please describe a warm fuzzy memory (or conglomeration of ) that comes to mind when I say the word, dad.  (those are the only rules... this can come in form of a story, a poem, a song (if you feel so inspired), etc.)

Please submit all entries to me by Dec 31 (please, please, pretty please if you have time during Christmas Break).  I don't need pages, unless you have the time and want to submit the pages.

Also, if you have time, send me some pictures (drawn or taken) of yourselves, family and dad.  Otherwise, I'll be forced to snag them from Mom's CDs. :)

I love you all and hope you have a great holiday.  If this is too much, please let me know and I'll aim for Father's day instead!

love and hugs,
Kirsten


Melanie wrote: Okay, if you snag from Mom's CDs, I swear I might have to hunt you down. She doesn't take good pictures of me. I am always in odd facial contortions or self-esteem reducing poses. I will try to find something--anything.

Melanie


David wrote: Mel, How about this one.



Eric wrote: Isn't that from the movie, "Superstar".

E.

Melanie wrote: Yes. Kirsten used to do this to make my children laugh, so we were showing her that we remembered it. Someone caught us....