True, enduring happiness, with the accompanying strength, courage, and capacity to overcome the greatest difficulties, will come as you center your life in Jesus Christ. Obedience to His teachings provides a secure ascent in the journey of life. That takes effort. While there is no guarantee of overnight results, there is the assurance that, in the Lord's time, solutions will come, peace will prevail, and happiness will be yours."
Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 2006, 41
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Watching for Irene
All day Saturday we kept seeing signs about closings due to hurricane Irene. The freeway from Boston to Etna had constant signs to prepare for the storm. On Friday Irene's path was to go through the middle of New Hampshire as a category 1 hurricane. By Saturday it was still category 1 for Boston but had been downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it was to hit New Hampshire Sunday afternoon. Kristi was worried we would loose power. They have a generator for
lights but not water so we made sure we were ready to be without water. Sunday morning the projected path had moved westerly so it was over Vermont instead of New Hampshire. The trip to Church was very rainy and there were limbs down on the roads making them almost impassable. During the first hour the lights blink three times and then seemed to be fine. But as the day continued it became obvious Irene passed with minor damage. The road home had a couple of washed out shoulders but that was it. Vermont however took the brunt of the storm with the worst flooding in history. On Monday we watched news reports of old covered bridges being washed away and homes and businesses being destroyed. It was sad to see these century old bridges being destroyed and businesses lost particularly as we had seen some of them on earlier sightseeing trips with Kristi.
The begining of our happiness - front row: Paige, Heidi, Lisa, Amanda, Kristi; back row: Randy, Rick, Eileen, Steven. We started with 7 children and have now added 6 spouses and 25 grandchildren - the Joy and Happiness just multiplies!
Lisa and David
Our grandchildren - Gunnar, Qatar, Ezekiel, Cenneidigh, JT
Kristi and Karl
Our grandchildren - Kylie, Elle and Cordie and Adelaide
Steven and Micah
Our grandchildren - Connett, Benjamin, Gideon, Abigail, Peter and Eliza
Randy and Heather
Our grandchildren - Tyler, Jacob, Lily, Alyssa and Grace
Heidi and Doug
Our grandchildren - Martin, Roxie, Zoey and Hudson
All day Saturday we kept seeing signs about closings due to hurricane Irene. The freeway from Boston to Etna had constant signs to prepare for the storm. On Friday Irene's path was to go through the middle of New Hampshire as a category 1 hurricane. By Saturday it was still category 1 for Boston but had been downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it was to hit New Hampshire Sunday afternoon. Kristi was worried we would loose power. They have a generator for
lights but not water so we made sure we were ready to be without water. Sunday morning the projected path had moved westerly so it was over Vermont instead of New Hampshire. The trip to Church was very rainy and there were limbs down on the roads making them almost impassable. During the first hour the lights blink three times and then seemed to be fine. But as the day continued it became obvious Irene passed with minor damage. The road home had a couple of washed out shoulders but that was it. Vermont however took the brunt of the storm with the worst flooding in history. On Monday we watched news reports of old covered bridges being washed away and homes and businesses being destroyed. It was sad to see these century old bridges being destroyed and businesses lost particularly as we had seen some of them on earlier sightseeing trips with Kristi.
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