Grandma Smith’s One, Two, Three, Four White Celebration Cake

Grandma Smith’s One, Two, Three, Four White Celebration Cake

A favorite celebration recipe that has been in our family for many years is a delicious from-scratch white cake that's called One, Two Three, Four Cake.  The name comes from the first four ingredients-1 cup, 2 cups, 3 cups, and 4 eggs--easy and beautiful

Cake:

1-cup butter (2 sticks)

2-cups sugar

3-cups flour

4-eggs

3-teaspoons baking powder

1/2-teaspoon salt

1-teaspoon vanilla

1/2-teaspoon lemon extract

1 1/2-cups milk

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well between each egg. In another mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture alternately with the milk. (One cup of flour mixture and mix in then add 1/2 cup of milk and beat. Do this each time, beating well between additions.) Add the flavorings. Beat on high speed of the electric

mixer for 3 minutes. Pour into two greased and floured 9-inch round pans and bake for 45-minutes or until done. Remove from oven and let cool about 5 minutes before removing cakes from pans. (I also sometimes use one 13-inch by 9-inch pan and bake for 45 minutes.)

Icing: 

3 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup butter (one stick) 

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 Tablespoon milk

12-ounces flaked coconut, separated

Cream the butter and sugar together until well-mixed. (I like to melt the butter slightly because it mixes in better. I put it in the microwave for about 25 seconds.) Add the flavorings and milk and mix until creamy. Frost the cake. (When I make the layer cake, I double the frosting recipe.) Sprinkle the coconut over the top of the cake.

Kirsten wrote: Yummo!!!!!!  Thank you!

Your darling baby ornery girl!

Myrna wrote: You mean, my darling baby girl who has been without sugar for two weeks. Congrats!

How Do You Copy a Video From A Site?

Myrna wrote: How do I copy the video of the girls at the Grandparents day so that I can have a copy?

Kirsten wrote: You can't.  I'll send you a copy.

Gordon's Grandson

From a proud grandpa. Gordon Smith

Photo from Northern Arizona Game 11-14-09

Capping a Career

By Jasen Asay (Standard-Examiner staff ) 
Last Edit: 10 hours 26 min ago (Nov 25 2009 - 7:30pm)

OGDEN -- When Trevyn Smith first stepped on Weber State's campus, he did so with a chip on his shoulder. Five years later the chip might still be there, but it's been joined by the long list of accomplishments he has gathered while becoming one of the most dominant running backs the Big Sky Conference has ever seen. It's those sets of numbers that show how dedicated he has been to the program.

The senior running back, who leads the No. 15-ranked Wildcats against the nation's top rushing defense on Saturday when WSU plays at No. 6-ranked William & Mary in the first round of the Division I FCS playoffs, has worked hard to dazzle fans during his career as a Wildcat.

"He's one of those guys who have always fought his way up from whatever," coach Ron McBride said. "He wasn't recruited by a big Division I school, then he comes here and redshirts as a freshman, which was tough on him because he thought he should play as a true freshman and he probably should have, but I think it was good for him to save him that year."

Smith led the state in rushing with 2,108 yards in 2004 as a senior at Springville High School, however, he didn't get attention from the bigger schools in the state so he gladly came to WSU. Ever since taking over the starting job five games into his freshman season, Smith has become the most decorated running back in WSU history.

Smith's list of accomplishments is a long one. He broke the WSU all-time rushing record as a junior, and he has racked up 5,007 yards in his career, third in Big Sky history. On Tuesday he was named as a first-team all-conference member for the fourth time, one of just three players in the 47-year history of the league to have that honor. Last season Smith led the nation in scoring with 28 touchdowns.

Just like after any big game, Smith is the first to give the credit elsewhere.

"I couldn't have put up the numbers I did without my guys," Smith said. "Every offensive line I've had in the past four years has been unbelievable, well-coached and I couldn't have done it without them or the throwing game."

Smith also led the league in rushing his first three seasons, one of just two players to do so, and came into this season hoping to be the first to lead the Big Sky for four consecutive seasons. However Smith currently ranks fourth, averaging 97.9 yards per game, which is something that isn't even on his mind as the Wildcats prepare for the playoffs.

"I haven't even thought about it, that's how much I don't care," Smith said. "It's important to me and these numbers matter, but what good have they done me? I think if we won a national championship it would do me more credit than if I led the league in rushing and we didn't even go."

This hasn't been the storybook final season for Smith. He was suspended for WSU's game at Northern Colorado for violating a team rule, and would likely have had a big rushing game that day. The following week at Montana, Smith injured his ankle on the very first play and had to deal with that, along with the tough Montana defense.

"He puts his heart and soul into the game, that's why I love that kid," said WSU offensive lineman J.C. Oram. "He's always going to be my running back. I can't be happier to be a part of his career."

It's Smith's teammates and his family that drive him to play well. Trevyn and his wife, Erica, are the proud parents of two beautiful children. Their daughter, Ryan, turned two on Nov. 14 while their son, Reggi, celebrated his first birthday on Nov. 4.

"It's not easy being a dad and a husband and play football and try to be good football," Smith said. "The thing that makes it worth it is playing for them."

Ryan is blind in one eye and has little vision in the other due to a medical condition called optic nerve hypoplasia, and the Smiths are preparing to have her undergo stem cell treatments. Initially, the family planned on going to China to have the procedure done, but the specific treatment Ryan needs is close to being approved to be done in the United States. Since age is not a factor in the procedure, the Smiths want to have the treatments in the U.S. at the right time.

As Smith prepares to play what could be his last game as a Wildcat, he can fondly look back and be proud of what he has accomplished at Weber State.

"I haven't always been the biggest weight room guy, or always been necessarily what I'm supposed to be at all times, but I'm a good father and a good husband and they take some of my time and they deserve it," Smith said. "People can say what they want, but I show up on Saturdays."

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About DVD

Myrna wrote: I have the one DVD that is written on. The one there is yours. I am missing another, it is supposed to be a CD, that would be in a plain envelope. It is supposed to have the photos on in files that I can copy for print. I thought I left it by the computer. I am old, Father William.

I don't know, Kirsten, perhaps I need to take a memory enhancement class.


Kirsten wrote: Mom, I still can't see it.  I'll keep looking, though.

Kirsten


Myrna wrote: One of the mysteries of life: no one can ever find anything they are looking for. I had a crazy lady in RS, when I was president, who thought that the imps of the devil moved things into another dimension just to torment people. Then, when everyone had given up, they moved them back. I still think she was nuts but maybe she was on to something. I am looking here also, just because I am also nuts. 

How was the birthday?

Brigitta Wreak

Myrna wrote: Brigitta totaled the Mazda last night. She is fine. Her girlfriend had to go be checked by a doctor. A passenger in the other car had to go to the hospital. Shawn is quite concerned. I think all concerned could use some love and understanding.

Pritchett Family

You may want to keep this information.

I had an epiphany (an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure) that no one would know who these folks are in one more generation. I didn't want that to happen. So here we go.

Front Row, left to right: Renee Smith (daughter of Vivian and Ray Smith), Menetta Pritchett (Frank's wife), Betty Reynolds (daughter of Jessie Reynolds, her surname at the time of the photo. She divorced and then, later, married Gilbert Brighton, the wonderful man who baptized me.), Elaine Smith, Myrna's mother.

Second Row, left to right: Annie Pritchett Maiben (Sarah Ellen's daughter), Jean Anderson, (daughter of Afton Pritchett Anderson, Vivian's Aunt who was just about one month older), (moving to the left), Mina Ericksen Pritchett, Vivian Smith (Mina's daughter), Jessie Reynolds (Mina's daughter).

Back Row: Frank Pritchett, Sarah Ellen Thompson Pritchett Wilson, Afton Anderson (daughter of Sarah Ellen and James Wilson, her second husband), Floyd Anderson (husband of Afton) and last, Raymond Smith, husband of Vivian.

Taken at Grandma Wilson's home.

As an aside: Sarah Ellen Thompson married (2) 3 Jan 1894 James M. Wilson, a blacksmith. Her first husband, Levi Franklin Pritchett, was killed by an armed robber who robbed his safe. James Wilson was born 25 Dec 1836, Elzabethtown, Pennsylvania. He died 4 June 1911 at Mt. Pleasant, Utah. The couple had one child, F, Afton Wilson, born 6 Oct 1894 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. She married Floyd Anderson. She was baptized on 5 Sep 1907. Her daughter, Jean Savage, joined the Catholic Church and lived in Price. Afton and Jean kept close contact with Vivian Pritchett Smith.

Pritchett Family

You may want to keep this information.

I had an epiphany (an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure) that no one would know who these folks are in one more generation. I didn't want that to happen. So here we go.

Front Row, left to right: Renee Smith (daughter of Vivian and Ray Smith), Menetta Pritchett (Frank's wife), Betty Reynolds (daughter of Jessie Reynolds, her surname at the time of the photo. She divorced and then, later, married Gilbert Brighton, the wonderful man who baptized me.), Elaine Smith, Myrna's mother.

Second Row, left to right: Annie Pritchett Maiben (Sarah Ellen's daughter), Jean Anderson, (daughter of Afton Pritchett Anderson, Vivian's Aunt who was just about one month older), (moving to the left), Mina Ericksen Pritchett, Vivian Smith (Mina's daughter), Jessie Reynolds (Mina's daughter).

Back Row: Frank Pritchett, Sarah Ellen Thompson Pritchett Wilson, Afton Anderson (daughter of Sarah Ellen and James Wilson, her second husband), Floyd Anderson (husband of Afton) and last, Raymond Smith, husband of Vivian.

Taken at Grandma Wilson's home.

As an aside: Sarah Ellen Thompson married (2) 3 Jan 1894 James M. Wilson, a blacksmith. Her first husband, Levi Franklin Pritchett, was killed by an armed robber who robbed his safe. James Wilson was born 25 Dec 1836, Elzabethtown, Pennsylvania. He died 4 June 1911 at Mt. Pleasant, Utah. The couple had one child, F, Afton Wilson, born 6 Oct 1894 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. She married Floyd Anderson. She was baptized on 5 Sep 1907. Her daughter, Jean Savage, joined the Catholic Church and lived in Price. Afton and Jean kept close contact with Vivian Pritchett Smith.

Trauntvein History and Mine Disasters

Please keep this someplace because I can't remember from time to time. I sat LHT down and this is what I learned.

His Uncle Neldon Trauntvein, Henry's next to the youngest brother, was killed in a mine cave-in in Castle Gate. He was the only one killed in the accident.

Tom Grundy, husband to Crystal Trauntvein Grundy, Henry's sister, was seriously injured in an accidental cave-in at Castle Gate. Broke his hip and leg and he had to have a pin placed in the hip and down the leg which made him crippled.

Gilmer Nielsen, Delma Rostron Nielsen, sister of Gladys, was killed in an explosion in Kenilworth mine. He was one of seven killed. He was badly burned.

Bert Llewellyn, Bulah Rostron Llewellyn, sister of Gladys, was crushed by a loading machine. He was found dead beneath the machine where he was either working on it or had gone to get warm while his load went out.

Henry was injured when his foot was caved-on. He broke his ankle and foot. They were going to use TNT on a blocking. They could not get beneath it. So paddled into the water and placed the dynamite and paddled back. Got just to the edge of the water. Something told him to get off the raft. Walked away back, the water disappeared after the blast but the raft he had been on was smashed against the ceiling. Then he was in the mine and went into an entry. He had blocked the door over but someone accidentally removed it and he could have been gassed. He was walking into the mine and was using his lantern to test for air. He found his lamp went out so he turned and ran away from the black damp. He hit into a timber and passed out. There was air at the level of the floor and he revived and was able to get out. He dislocated his shoulder. He went to a chiropractor, Dr. Munk, and he put it back in place.

He started mining when he was 13-years old. His dad expected him to mine as much coal each day as he did. They had to blast their own coal, pick it out, load the cart and pull it out using a horse. They were paid by the load. That was the Clear Creek Mine.

Guess what? I did leave something behind.‏

Myrna wrote: I left both of those CDs of Aunt Eva--mine and yours. This is an awful request, but would you mail one of them to me? Thanks!

Thanks to Jared, even LHT was impressed with my front teeth being without those terrible black stains. All of the other teeth feel fine, as well. Many thanks.

Thanks also for following my spirit whisperings and getting help with our family names. That would have been worth my paying my way. Then, on top of it all, I have the great good fortune of spending time with the grandchildren. 

I had such a good time with all of you. When I gave Grandpa his gift from Emma, he found it had a quarter inside. No wonder she was short--she gave us 50-cents of her money. Tell her thank you for us.

Give all of our little sweeties a hug and kiss.

Kirsten wrote: I thought about that yesterday and thought "no, I think she said that one was mine."  Follow the thoughts, Kirsten!!!  Some day, I'll learn.  Yes, I will slip it in the mail to you.

Thank YOU for coming!  Sorry we were so stressed out.  Maybe next time will be  a little more relaxing.

loves

Myrna wrote: "Some day, I'll learn." Yes, and if each of us really did that we would have gas in the car and tax in the pocket. Still we are blessed with tender mercies--like daughters who will mail us the other CD. Of course, keep the one meant for you!

Life is stress. I doubt that it will be better next time, just different. I did have a good time and am not certain why you are concerned about it. Any of the children I visit have stresses and I have my own here at home. You know about that, you get in on some of them.

Lots of love, M

Letter for Michael

Myrna wrote: Did you get the letter of recommendation from LHT for Michael?

Todd wrote: Yes.  Printed and in an envelope.  Thank you. I thought Amy had responded already.


Amy wrote: Yes, and thank you very much!  It was a very nice letter!

Also, thank you for the halloween package and treat $.  The kids always enjoy getting those!  And thank you for all the cd's!  Very much appreciated!

love,

Amy


Myrna wrote: You are welcome. However, after being with Kirsten and her family when they went to spend their dollars, I wonder if I should also include a dime each time so they have money for the tax. Kirsten had to dig up about 8-cents in tax for each of the dollars.

Love, M