We are in our last few (4) days in our Page home. It is hard to believe this is really it! A lot has happened over the past 20 years while living in Page. We married off 5 children and added 20 grandchildren and retired. We couldn't be happier with the additions to our family. Each person has brought something special to the family.
Last weekend to went to Salt Lake, not to move, but we did take a truckload with us, but to attend an El Monte Ward reunion. In the El Monte ward was a core of youth during high school and each of us has kept in touch with parts of the group, so Lee, who lives in California, wanted to get all of us together at once. He and Carol come to SL every year to visit Carol's sister Jean and the girls' mother. There were 6 girls, 5 of us the same age and Carol 1 year younger. The 4 boys were one year older than us. Two of the girls weren't in attendance, Elizabeth on a mission in England and Don-Etta whom all of us have lost contact with her. Each come with spouses, except Susan, who didn't marry. We also had Susan's mother and Jean and Carol's mom. We started about 3:30 and ended at 10. The ground rules for the formal part was to share what we had done, nothing about kids, grandkids, etc. We got to ask questions of each person as we rememeber special incidences or share something about the person. We were in stitches all evening. It was interesting how our lives had influenced each other lives. The amazing thing was that all of the 8 of us who were there had at least a BA with at least 1 PhD, Susan. I think almost, if not all, of the spouses had at least a BA as well, with at least one PhD. We had all gone into fields related to teaching. Susan is the 0-3 sped person for Utah, me a sped director, a spouse a school psych, several teachers, other administators. We did have an attorney but he gave that up and is now in a related field. He also taught at BYU. All are still married to the same spouse and are active in the church. Don-Etta had a AA and we are all pretty sure she is still inactive after her divorce over 30 years ago. Elizabeth and Brian were both teachers. Those are some incredible statistics.
The common bond for us is the church. Our friendships are still aligned similarily to the way they were in high school. Believe it or not, dad had a great time, too as did the other spouses.
We still aren't sure who is really buying our house. We have another interested party, actually the first couple to look at it in March. They are coming back for a 3rd look tomorrow.
We owe a huge amount of thanks to John for the use of his horse trailer and then the family coming over and moving the last of the big things to SL. Kim has been awesome with her assistance with the basement. The rest of her family has been involved as well. We finally got the electrical finished last weekend. Now we have to tackle 9 doors and 14 door trims and molding around all the rooms. Oh, yes, and the entire bathroom. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come help. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can put in those mission papers. The Martins helped tons getting the Page house ready to sell. Dad was soliciting help at the El Monte reunion, since many of them had done renovations, etc.
Page will always remain an important part of our lives. We aren't sure why we are leaving, but it will come clear one of these days.
Love,
Mom
