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Joseph Smith and "Music Man" have much in common.  June, 30, 2019 Dear Family, Some friends and I went to see "Music Man" a few weeks ago at Heritage Theater in Perry.  It was an unbelievable production that everyone got fully involved in the story and the actors super energetic performance.  I did too, but the most interesting thing that I came away with was the director's note about the play: " Meredith Wilson may not be a household name like Rogers and Hammerstein or Andrew Lloyd Webber, but his classic musical "The Music Man" has become one of the most legendary pieces in the history of the Broadway Stage.   Long before the lyrics of "Hamilton" Hill was doing the same thing for the mothers of River City with the immortal "patter" song "Trouble." Based on his childhood experiences in Mason City, Iowa, "The Music Man" holds distinctions of winning the first Grammy Award presented for Best Musical Theat...

CLIPS FROM OUR HOME FRONT - June 21, 2019 The pictures tell the story. We are having the house shingled.  You can see one man on the roof working.  They finished it  late Wednesday.  They still have the trim all around the house and the under part of the porch to do.   They will start in about 2 days. This is looking up through the garage ceiling where they have removed the roof. By the end of the day the whole ceiling was like this. Wendell likes to sleep a lot these days.  He tries hard to feed himself, but still needs help.  He has to be lifted into bed from his wheelchair and out of bed into his wheelchair.  He doesn't walk at all.  He knows me sometimes and Peggy too now that she has visited him several times in a row.  Wendy has ordered a recliner chair that tilts to lift him up.  That will be here in a couple or three weeks.  Everyone at The Gables is cheering! The last of our Spring flowers: ...

THE JOYS OF LIVING AS RECORDED JUNE 10TH 2019 MEETING YOUR ETERNAL COMPANION: Wendell and I were on our way home from school that snowy day, Wendell on his trusty bike in the road carrying his trombone and Rosalie walking along the sidewalk with her girl friends. Something told Rosalie to make a snowball and throw it at Wendell just for fun since she had never met him. And the story goes on through the generations like a legend in their family. THE HIGH SCHOOL DANCES: How we loved those dances. After Wendell graduated from Provo High School and was going to college at BYU he showed up for the first dance of the year at the high school. The principle was taking tickets (activity cards). When he looked at Wendell's he said, You have graduated, what are you doing with an activity card from Provo High School?” “I want to go to the dances with Rosalie.” Came Wendell's happy, honest reply. “That is not against any rules I know of. Come on in,” smiled the princip...

SURPRISES, DISCOVERIES, and ANSWERS TO PRAYERS. June 2, 2019 Dear Family, This week has been full of surprises, discoveries, and answers to prayers. Most of them have to do with family things. And some of them contain all three ingredients. Peggy & Wendell - today before church.  I will start with my Eternal Sweetheart, Wendell. When the Simbi Nurse, Tiffiny came a little over a week ago and checked Wendell she found that he may have a urinary infection which could cause a disease which could be minor or cause death if not treated violently. This WAS A BIG SURPRISE to say the least. So now we are waiting for the results to come back from the tests. Wendell likes to play with his toy.  Rosalie likes him to like it. Add caption As we wait Wendell has made some pretty noticeable changes. His physical strength has diminished a lot so that he is unable to move himself from the bed to the wheelchair or back into bed; his motor skills have shrun...