By Joan Lindhardt
Just wanted to let you know that our grandsons, Spencer, (son of Daniel) has received his mission call to Rio De Janerio Brazil and leaves Dec 18 for the MTC in Sao Paulo and Tyson (son of Jeff) has received his mission call to the Baltic Mission - Russian speaking and enters the MTC in Provo Feb 27.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
What People are Saying About Brower Bits Online
"GREAT IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!! " (Judy)
"I took a look and this is great! Well organized, convenient to navigate, and nice how you have interspersed photos with text (when you have it)...now I think I will turn off the email reminder I still get every couple of days to “See what’s happening with the Brower Family”, when nothing is really happening on that web site at all." (Lydja)
"I love the blog. I check it quite regularly."(Keriann)
"Wow, the blog is great. I guess I should have looked into the family website. Anyway I will repent and use the blog." (Susan)
"I took a look and this is great! Well organized, convenient to navigate, and nice how you have interspersed photos with text (when you have it)...now I think I will turn off the email reminder I still get every couple of days to “See what’s happening with the Brower Family”, when nothing is really happening on that web site at all." (Lydja)
"I love the blog. I check it quite regularly."(Keriann)
"Wow, the blog is great. I guess I should have looked into the family website. Anyway I will repent and use the blog." (Susan)
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
So Busy, They're Dizzy
By Melvina Anderson
Stephanie Asay and Eric have moved into their new home in Heber, Timberlake. They have lots of work to finish including caulking the logs. So far its rained every weekend which slows things up. Stephanie has also transferred her office to Park City located in the Smith's Grocery store. Now she can get to work in a half hour instead of an hour. We helped mud and paint. I couldn't look up without getting dizzy so in the end I wasn't a lot of help. It's a neat house. Nickolas gets out of the Navy in November. They will probably settle in Arizona. Brandie Cloward's daughter Shaelyn is now in West Jordan Junior High.
I camped twice this summer with Lori and Roland (Largo)and Terri and DeWayne (Holgerson) once in Fairview Canyon, the other at Terri and DeWayne's property in Argyle Canyon. The kids saw a mother bear and her cub. Instead of hiding in the trailer Rachel, DeJa and Shaylee went looking for tracks.
Part of George's job is being outsourced to India in November. There is another year on the rest of the contract so he'll still be working. He supervises the night shift.
Wes and Bonnie love being grandparents. Heather, Micah and MacKenzie are doing great. Bonnie and Rebecca are taking college classes.
I'm a DUP VP and as I thought my assignment is seeing that the Cemetery gets weeded so I hear a lot about why others can't. It reminds me of Mom walking around the neighborhood and weeding people's yards until she couldn't tell the flowers from the weeds. I could have kept her busy since one side is all weeds.
I did get copies of Arza Hinckley's journal from Marsha Mason (Keith Mason is her husband; he is still in the nursing home but was doing a little better). One history was written by Joel Bowen. I'll send them on.
Love to all, Melvina
Stephanie Asay and Eric have moved into their new home in Heber, Timberlake. They have lots of work to finish including caulking the logs. So far its rained every weekend which slows things up. Stephanie has also transferred her office to Park City located in the Smith's Grocery store. Now she can get to work in a half hour instead of an hour. We helped mud and paint. I couldn't look up without getting dizzy so in the end I wasn't a lot of help. It's a neat house. Nickolas gets out of the Navy in November. They will probably settle in Arizona. Brandie Cloward's daughter Shaelyn is now in West Jordan Junior High.
I camped twice this summer with Lori and Roland (Largo)and Terri and DeWayne (Holgerson) once in Fairview Canyon, the other at Terri and DeWayne's property in Argyle Canyon. The kids saw a mother bear and her cub. Instead of hiding in the trailer Rachel, DeJa and Shaylee went looking for tracks.
Part of George's job is being outsourced to India in November. There is another year on the rest of the contract so he'll still be working. He supervises the night shift.
Wes and Bonnie love being grandparents. Heather, Micah and MacKenzie are doing great. Bonnie and Rebecca are taking college classes.
I'm a DUP VP and as I thought my assignment is seeing that the Cemetery gets weeded so I hear a lot about why others can't. It reminds me of Mom walking around the neighborhood and weeding people's yards until she couldn't tell the flowers from the weeds. I could have kept her busy since one side is all weeds.
I did get copies of Arza Hinckley's journal from Marsha Mason (Keith Mason is her husband; he is still in the nursing home but was doing a little better). One history was written by Joel Bowen. I'll send them on.
Love to all, Melvina
Saturday, October 13, 2007
BABY NEWS for Liebes Family
By Judy Liebes
About the only new information in our family is a baby boy who is due to arrive January 5, 2008. His name will be Jacob Donald Liebes - Jake for short. Courtney is now in kindergarten and LOVES it. Everything else seems to just be going along the same.
About the only new information in our family is a baby boy who is due to arrive January 5, 2008. His name will be Jacob Donald Liebes - Jake for short. Courtney is now in kindergarten and LOVES it. Everything else seems to just be going along the same.
Bronson Dunn Born June 13, 2007
By Liz Dunn 
Life is starting to get back to normal for us. We had a son born a little early. Bronson was born June 13, 2007 and was expected August 24th. He spent two months in the NICU and overcame many obstacles. At birth, he weighed 2 lbs. 15 oz. He now weighs 9 lbs. 8 oz. Bronson is a miracle and a really great baby.
Dylan is two and lots of fun. He got to spend time in Idaho and Utah with grandparents and cousins. He loves the tractors at Grandpa May’s and we still can’t drive by the hospital without Dylan mentioning Bronson.
Marc is enjoying work. We still live in Olathe, Kansas. (A suburb of Kansas City) Our only complaint is we are far away from family. Thank you to all the family. We couldn’t have made it without the support and prayers.
Life is starting to get back to normal for us. We had a son born a little early. Bronson was born June 13, 2007 and was expected August 24th. He spent two months in the NICU and overcame many obstacles. At birth, he weighed 2 lbs. 15 oz. He now weighs 9 lbs. 8 oz. Bronson is a miracle and a really great baby.
Dylan is two and lots of fun. He got to spend time in Idaho and Utah with grandparents and cousins. He loves the tractors at Grandpa May’s and we still can’t drive by the hospital without Dylan mentioning Bronson.
Marc is enjoying work. We still live in Olathe, Kansas. (A suburb of Kansas City) Our only complaint is we are far away from family. Thank you to all the family. We couldn’t have made it without the support and prayers.
Friday, October 5, 2007
Retired and Tired
By Susan Brower
Kelli and Creed are adding the stress to our lives, as only Kelli can. Kelli had open heart surgery on May 9 in Rochester Minn. at the Mayo Clinic. She had to go there because SLC doesn't do the kind of surgery she needed. She had two tears in her pericardium that is the sac that surrounds the heart and protects it from blunt force. It was so damaged that they couldn't just repair it, they took the entire sac. She was there for a week, then home on bed rest for a while and wasn't supposed to work for a year. Her insurance company decided that she didn't need to stay for a week and they don't want to pay for more than 1 day. Isn't it funny that the insurance knows more than the doctors. We won't go into that.
Joseph is 12 almost 13 and in 7th grade. He is in the middle school and loves changing classes and being the oldest class. Kaitie is 9 and in 4th grade at Midway Elementary in Menan. She has lost interest in school since it is so boring. She needs more activity. I think she is a little spoiled also. I'm sure she will settle down. Bryce in almost 4 and in a pre-school with his stepsister Kenna who is 3 1/2, They are so funny, what one doesn't think of the other one does. Ben is 2 and tries to keep up - he is very persistent and usually gets in trouble by pushing someone down. He loves the farm and loves to go with Creed.
Lori is still here and keeps busy sewing quilts and doing crocheted blankets for most of the weddings and babies of her friends. She still watches Ben and Bryce from time to time and of course she plays with Tyson and Kristy. They do a bit of running around and we all play card games as a family. (rook, up and down, head and foot, rummykub, and golf)
Amy is probably sending her bit so I'll just say she is attending BYU and will be graduating in April 2008. She is a live wire and is hard to keep up with also.
Kristy and Isaac live a few blocks from us. Isaac just got a part time job in the School District helping with the Spanish speaking students. He helps them understand their school work and keeps them on track. He has about 8 students in the junior high. It's not quite enough hours to support the family, but it is an in with the district. He wants to teach Spanish, but may have to do part time school at BYU-I to do English as a second language. Anyway, they spend a lot of time here and we love having Tyson here. He is almost walking and has 2 teeth. Kristy is so proud of him, but so are we! He will be 1 in November.
Ivan is officially retired and tired. He reads a lot and still does some computer repair and consulting. He is currently trying to put up an antenna to hook the neighbors up to high speed internet. We bought a camp trailer in April and have only used it a few times. We love it so far and may be will take it out of the driveway soon!. Actually we spent 3 days in Yellowstone park and really enjoyed it. When it got so hot in July and August, I slept in there with the air conditioner on!
I quit working at the dairy the end of April and attended Jon's graduation with the family. Then the end of July we went with Keriann and Jon to Toledo Ohio! We were gone 2 weeks and enjoyed seeing some of the country on the east side of the Mississippi. The church sites were especially nice. We didn't take the trailer because we didn't have a vehicle big enough to pull it that far. It was nice to be with Keriann and Jon and get them settled in. They have a great family ward and will be a great part of it.
We love our families and we love the Brower clan. We miss spending time with all of you, but as our families grow we kind of get busy with them. I thank Vivian so much for getting organized enough to keep us connected.
Kelli and Creed are adding the stress to our lives, as only Kelli can. Kelli had open heart surgery on May 9 in Rochester Minn. at the Mayo Clinic. She had to go there because SLC doesn't do the kind of surgery she needed. She had two tears in her pericardium that is the sac that surrounds the heart and protects it from blunt force. It was so damaged that they couldn't just repair it, they took the entire sac. She was there for a week, then home on bed rest for a while and wasn't supposed to work for a year. Her insurance company decided that she didn't need to stay for a week and they don't want to pay for more than 1 day. Isn't it funny that the insurance knows more than the doctors. We won't go into that.
Joseph is 12 almost 13 and in 7th grade. He is in the middle school and loves changing classes and being the oldest class. Kaitie is 9 and in 4th grade at Midway Elementary in Menan. She has lost interest in school since it is so boring. She needs more activity. I think she is a little spoiled also. I'm sure she will settle down. Bryce in almost 4 and in a pre-school with his stepsister Kenna who is 3 1/2, They are so funny, what one doesn't think of the other one does. Ben is 2 and tries to keep up - he is very persistent and usually gets in trouble by pushing someone down. He loves the farm and loves to go with Creed.
Lori is still here and keeps busy sewing quilts and doing crocheted blankets for most of the weddings and babies of her friends. She still watches Ben and Bryce from time to time and of course she plays with Tyson and Kristy. They do a bit of running around and we all play card games as a family. (rook, up and down, head and foot, rummykub, and golf)
Amy is probably sending her bit so I'll just say she is attending BYU and will be graduating in April 2008. She is a live wire and is hard to keep up with also.
Kristy and Isaac live a few blocks from us. Isaac just got a part time job in the School District helping with the Spanish speaking students. He helps them understand their school work and keeps them on track. He has about 8 students in the junior high. It's not quite enough hours to support the family, but it is an in with the district. He wants to teach Spanish, but may have to do part time school at BYU-I to do English as a second language. Anyway, they spend a lot of time here and we love having Tyson here. He is almost walking and has 2 teeth. Kristy is so proud of him, but so are we! He will be 1 in November.
Ivan is officially retired and tired. He reads a lot and still does some computer repair and consulting. He is currently trying to put up an antenna to hook the neighbors up to high speed internet. We bought a camp trailer in April and have only used it a few times. We love it so far and may be will take it out of the driveway soon!. Actually we spent 3 days in Yellowstone park and really enjoyed it. When it got so hot in July and August, I slept in there with the air conditioner on!
I quit working at the dairy the end of April and attended Jon's graduation with the family. Then the end of July we went with Keriann and Jon to Toledo Ohio! We were gone 2 weeks and enjoyed seeing some of the country on the east side of the Mississippi. The church sites were especially nice. We didn't take the trailer because we didn't have a vehicle big enough to pull it that far. It was nice to be with Keriann and Jon and get them settled in. They have a great family ward and will be a great part of it.
We love our families and we love the Brower clan. We miss spending time with all of you, but as our families grow we kind of get busy with them. I thank Vivian so much for getting organized enough to keep us connected.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Houses, Houses, Everywhere
By Connie Brower
This summer has been rather crazy for us. Or maybe it's that we have gone crazy. In April we finally made the move and bought a house in Mesa, AZ after looking for several years. I asked the real estate agent ,who has been very patient and kind to us these past few years .I think maybe she thought she had shown us every house in leisure world. Anyway I asked her if she thought we were ever really going to buy a house and she said she thought we would probably spend more years looking.
After being so careful and spending so much time looking in Arizona. We came home and had a chance to sell our pasture ground and took it. In order to not have to pay so many taxes we put our money into a 1031 which allows you to put that money back into real estate. Anyway to make a long story short, our real-estate agent here told us about a house on the Salmon river in Challis . We looked at it once and said we'll take it. I am quite sure we are crazy because all we have done this summer is travel back and forth mowing lawns and taking care of houses. Also trying to furnish a house in Challis is a challenge because Challis is a very small town with not to many businesses there. I have never spent so much time in DI's, Big lots, dollar stores and etc. So we have also been busy hauling house furnishings back and forth. Anyway we are worn out and finally last week end got the Challis house winterized (Just in time for the snow storm today thank goodness.)
Well the rest of the story is that we are now getting the Blackfoot house winterized and getting ready to go to Arizona and furnish the house there at least we won't be traveling back and forth between two houses and Mesa is a big city with lots of nice estate sales to furnish your house. I really began to wish we could have another wedding reception this summer to help get things rolling but that would have been just as much work so I soon forgot that idea.
The crazy part is what do we need three houses for. Other than to keep us really busy and out of mischief. I forgot to mention the other thing that has made this so crazy is that Jerry hurt his shoulder (rotator cup) in Feb., and so in between traveling he has been in physical therapy all summer. He has improved and is about done with therapy,Thank goodness just in time for traveling to AZ. Also he will be able to help lift and haul things better now. He found it rather challenging with one hand, So did I.
There's room for tents and trailers if anyone wants to camp and fish,hike,float the river, or just relax, Give us a call we love company. Also if the winter gets long, cold and depressing, or if your just interested in seeing what Mesa is like come visit us.
This summer has been rather crazy for us. Or maybe it's that we have gone crazy. In April we finally made the move and bought a house in Mesa, AZ after looking for several years. I asked the real estate agent ,who has been very patient and kind to us these past few years .I think maybe she thought she had shown us every house in leisure world. Anyway I asked her if she thought we were ever really going to buy a house and she said she thought we would probably spend more years looking.
After being so careful and spending so much time looking in Arizona. We came home and had a chance to sell our pasture ground and took it. In order to not have to pay so many taxes we put our money into a 1031 which allows you to put that money back into real estate. Anyway to make a long story short, our real-estate agent here told us about a house on the Salmon river in Challis . We looked at it once and said we'll take it. I am quite sure we are crazy because all we have done this summer is travel back and forth mowing lawns and taking care of houses. Also trying to furnish a house in Challis is a challenge because Challis is a very small town with not to many businesses there. I have never spent so much time in DI's, Big lots, dollar stores and etc. So we have also been busy hauling house furnishings back and forth. Anyway we are worn out and finally last week end got the Challis house winterized (Just in time for the snow storm today thank goodness.)
Well the rest of the story is that we are now getting the Blackfoot house winterized and getting ready to go to Arizona and furnish the house there at least we won't be traveling back and forth between two houses and Mesa is a big city with lots of nice estate sales to furnish your house. I really began to wish we could have another wedding reception this summer to help get things rolling but that would have been just as much work so I soon forgot that idea.
The crazy part is what do we need three houses for. Other than to keep us really busy and out of mischief. I forgot to mention the other thing that has made this so crazy is that Jerry hurt his shoulder (rotator cup) in Feb., and so in between traveling he has been in physical therapy all summer. He has improved and is about done with therapy,Thank goodness just in time for traveling to AZ. Also he will be able to help lift and haul things better now. He found it rather challenging with one hand, So did I.
There's room for tents and trailers if anyone wants to camp and fish,hike,float the river, or just relax, Give us a call we love company. Also if the winter gets long, cold and depressing, or if your just interested in seeing what Mesa is like come visit us.
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