Salt Lake City Temple, World War II

This experience happened years ago and I realized I hadn't ever written it down. A  huge family legacy of faith and perserverance has come from my great grandparents Adriana and Cornelius Zappey. Their parents immigrated from Holland and helped many Dutch saints acclimate to the United States specifically Utah. During World War II the dutch saints would hide in the basement during air raids and the women did needle point using the thread from their socks. The saints had a postcard of a painting of the Salt Lake City Temple. The postcard had crosses on each of the spires, an artistic embellishment that of course wasn't accurate but the painting was beautiful. They used that postcard as their pattern for the needle point. Then when my grandparents were called as mission presidents of the Netherlands mission after World War II they were presented the needle point. The art piece became a treasured family heirloom. My mother is the child who now displays the needle point in her home. Unfortunately the postcard that used to be attached to the back of the needle point had gone missing. My mother had expressed a desire to find a copy of that postcard. I thought in the age of the Internet surely this would be easy to find.  Um it was not. I tried multiple times without any luck.  I said a prayer asking Heavenly Father to help me locate one. Months went by and mom and I were driving down 22nd Street and we saw a consignment shop and on a whim pulled in. There was a booth that had rows and rows of postcards. They had sections for each state. I looked under Utah and low and behold there was the postcard!! What beautiful timing, to be at the right place and the right time. Heavenly Father knows all. I'm sure my grandparents were smiling at the timely gift.

This is the needle point. On the corner is a picture of the family who stitched it.

This is the lucky postcard!

First day of school 2018

 Holman is in 8th grade. He is kind, funny and disciplined! I challenged him to a fitness challenge everyday and gave up about two weeks (I should have known better push-ups do a number on my shoulder) but Holman keeps plugging along because he committed to himself to do it. He is akwaal impressing me.

 This little girl is driving! We have magnets that we put on when she she drives that say "please be patient, student driver". Not gonna lie, her driving is actually pretty bareable 😁. 

Senior year...how did  this happen...it's gone to dang fast... Luckily this year she finishes at 1pm, is home for lunch everyday and finishes senior year in early February. Lots of time left to kiss her neck.

 6th grade and killing it. So happy he is in drama, I love to watch my little thespian. Let me tell you his voice projects tgrothr the house like nothing else!

 Anna continues to be an independent thinker. She is the only one at the primary campus (although cousin Desmond is still there and we get to carpool. I love carpool club). She wears reading glasses to help her eyes "team together" which will help with her dyslexia. She looks entirely too cute in glasses. She is crazy smart and excellent at comprehension.

First day pictures for me too, it's my 9th year teaching preschool. in keeping with my New Year's goal to simplify I'm only teaching one class with 17 kids. My mother is still my most fantastic assistant and we have a ball every day.