1 Wisdom in phrases

Shared by a friend from work

Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, "Lillian, you should have remained a virgin."
- Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)

Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
- Mark Twain

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.
- George Burns

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
- Victor Borge

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
- Groucho Marx

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
- Jimmy Durante

I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
- Rodney Dangerfield

Money can't buy you happiness. . . . But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
- Spike Milligan

Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP.
- Joe Namath

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
- Bob Hope

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
- W. C. Fields

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
- Will Rogers

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. . . . But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.
- Phyllis Diller

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
- Billy Crystal

And the cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.

2 Quote of the month

By all these lovely tokens

September days are here,

With summer's best of weather

And autumn's best of cheer.

Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)

3 This month in our family

Everybody!

Sat, Sept 1: Newsletter begins 40th year of publication
Sun, Sept 2: Fast Sunday
Mon, Sept 3: Labor Day holiday
Sat, Sept 22: Fall begins
Sun, Sept 23: Brigham City Utah Temple dedication
Sat, Sept 29: Anniversary of Dorothy's birth in 1915
Sat, Sept 29: Full moon (corn moon or harvest moon)
Sat, Sept 29: General Relief Society meeting

Lyle's family

Sun, Sept 2: Barbara born 1937
Sun, Sept 2: Catherine's birthday
Sun, Sept 16: Josh Kersker's birthday
Tues, Sept 25: Stan's birthday
Sun, Sept 30: David Wilke's birthday

Gail's family

Wed, Sept 5: Melanie Duay's birthday
Wed, Sept 12: Debbie's birthday
Sun, Sept 23: Joshua & Veronica married 2005
Sun, Sept 23: Jeremy & Mandy Harned married 2006
Sun, Sept 30: Corben's birthday

Kay's family

Mon, Sept 3: Brock's birthday
Thurs, Sept 13: Noelle McAllister's birthday
Thurs, Sept 20: Nicole's birthday [Brandon's wife]
Sun, Sept 23: Carson's birthday

Gene's family

Sat, Sept 15: Louis & Bobbie Real married 1995
Fri, Sept 21: LaWanda Packwood's birthday

Ray's family

Tues, Sept 4: Eugene DeMartini's birthday
Fri, Sept 7: Makenzie Reher's birthday
Thurs, Sept 13: Richard's birthday
Fri, Sept 28: Daniel Ricardo Mena's birthday
Sun, Sept 30: Sharae DeMartini's birthday

Dean's family

Sun, Sept 2: Michael's birthday
Wed, Sept 5: Peter Halverson's birthday
Wed, Sept 19: Miles Halverson's birthday
Sun, Sept 23: Olivia's birthday
Thurs, Sept 27: Peter & Anna Halverson married 2006

Dale's family

Thurs, Sept 13: Nathan Jensen's birthday

4 Bits and tidbits

Kay's family

Kay and Karen made a trip to northern Utah this past weekend (August 24-26) to see a grandson play football and another grandson ordained.

Ray's family

We recently received a message on Facebook from Richard, Ray's oldest son: "Have not heard from dad's side of family in long time. I'm living in West Yellowstone, Montana. Been here 11 years now. I work at Parade Rest guest ranch in summers, Yellowstone Arctic Yamaha snowmobile shop winters. Do you still have family newsletter? Please send info to sign up if you do. Congrats on retirement. Hope all goes well."

Dean's family

Robert and Rachael and their four daughters came from Illinois for a week's visit, arriving Friday evening, August 10, and returning home Thursday, August 16. While here in Utah, their daughter Esther (who had turned eight on July 26) was baptized and confirmed in Layton on Saturday afternoon, August 11. Afterward our entire family gathered at a nearby Golden Corral for dinner together.

The next day we had our family birthday party for the August birthdays (one of which is Rachael, who doesn't normally get to be here for our birthday celebrations). Another day I went with them up to Malad, to check on their house that they still own from when they moved three years ago from Idaho to Illinois.

And on their final evening in town, Claudia and all the girls (our daughters and daughters-in-law and the two oldest granddaughters) got together for a sisters' night out. Everyone was here except our daughter Eliza in Atlanta. I took some of the grandkids to buy pizza, and we took it to a park, where we ate and played for a couple of hours, and ended with ice cream cones at Arctic Circle before taking the little ones home to their mothers.