Annie-Z Center Stage

The Z Center Stage Production of Annie began last night. Here are a few pictures of Glen and Rose.

Things Happening in Zillah

1. Pizza Hut opened last week (it is just a take out but hey this is a big thing in a little town)
2. We had supper last night from Pizza Hut
3. The price of gas is 3.779 at the Chevron
4. Community days is coming up this weekend
5. The Z Center Stage production of "Annie" starts on Friday. It runs Friday and Saturday of this week and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of next week (two performances on Saturday the 17th)

100 Things About Me

1. I was born in Preston, Idaho

2. I am the second child in a family of nine children

3. I have 6 sisters

4. We had only one bathroom in our house growing up

5. The outhouse was still standing but we did not use it.

6. I went to grade school in Franklin, Idaho

7. It was the same school where my father went to high school

8. There were 8 grades there when I started, only six when I finished

9. I went to Jr. High School and High School at Preston. It was the same building for both

10. We milked cows when I was growing up

11. We also raised chicken, pigs, and turkeys

12. I went on an LDS mission to the Brazil South Central Mission

13. I learned to speak Portuguese

14. I still remember some phrases

15. I hauled hay for spending money when I was a kid

16. My first job other than that was at Cove Concerete

17. I was editor of the high school newspaper

18. I tried wrestling when I was in Jr. High

19. I was not a very good wrestler

20. I have a BS degree in Biology

21. I graduated from Utah State University

22. I worked for Del Monte in Franklin in the summers while I went to USU

23. I am married to Teri

24. Teri and I met at a Stake Gold and Green Ball

25. We both worked at Del Monte for a couple of summers together

26. We were kind of on again off again daters for a couple of years

27. She finally agreed to marry me after I graduated from USU

28. I have 5 children

29. I have 3 grandchildren

30. I now live in Washington State

31. I still work for Del Monte

32. That is me in the picture that accompanies this post in my Del Monte hard hat

33. I married Teri in the Ogden Temple

34. I have been to Canada

35. I have been to Hong Kong

36. I have been to all of the states west of Colorado except New Mexico

37. Back to Del Monte--I have worked there for 31 years

38. I have worked at four different plants

39. All of the plants I worked at are closed now except for Toppenish, WA

40. I am the warehouse manager

41. I have been Utility supervisor

42. I was schedule coordinator for a while

43. I went to Smithfield, Utah as a department supervisor (cookroom)

44. I was promoted to production supervisor there

45. I went to Burley as shift supervisor

46. I was Plant Production Superintendant when the plant closed in Burley

47. I was transferred to Washington as a general supervior for the plant

48. I was later moved to the warehouse where I work today

49. I was called as Elder's Quorum President right after we moved to Washington

50. Three years later I was called to serve as Bishop of the Zillah Ward

51. I am now on the stake high council

52. I applied to the Veterinary School at Washington State University twice

53. I did not get into Veterinary School

54. I like to read

55. I started wearing glasses when I was in my early 20's

56. I started wearing bifocals a few years ago

57. I have lived in 7 houses in my life time

58. I have owned 4 of those houses (well me, Teri, and the bank)

59. I lived in Burley, Idaho for 12 years

60. I have lived in Washinton State for 14 years

61. I never lived in Utah but I went to school there and I worked there

62. I don't like to swim because I don't like to put my face in the water

63. The first car that I owned by myself was a Mustang Cobra II

64. I bought a computer for the first time in 1990

65. The built in memory of my digital camera has almost as much memory as the hard drive of that first computer

66. I bought my first hunting rifle when I was 12

67. I hunted a lot until I was about 19 then I kind of lost interest

68. I used to own a snowmobile but I got to old for that (it is a young man's sport)

69. I had a Kawasaki motorcycle when I was in 20's (again a young man's sport)

70. I still have the yellow helmet that I wore when snowmobiling and motorcyling

71. The only musical intruments I play are CD players, MP3 players, etc.

72. I have purchased a lot of musical instruments for the kids but have never learned to play any.

73. The first time I tried to water ski I fell off the skis and forgot to let go of the tow rope. I nearly drowned. Maybe that is why I don't like to swim (see #62)

74. I have never owned a brand new car though the Cobra II had just 3000 miles on it

75. After we moved to Washington I got down to 140 pounds.

76. I weigh just a bit more than that now (I just won't say how much of a bit)

77. Ice cream is my favorite dessert

78. If I have my choice I would rather be home than anywhere

79. I have worked a lot of night shifts over the years but I never got used to them

80. The hottest place I have ever lived was Santos, Brazil

81. I have experienced at least 4 pretty good sized earthquakes in my life (3 were in Idaho, 1 in Washington)

82. I got a telescope for my service award for 30 years with the company

83. I could tell time by the age of 6

84. I asked a lot of questions when I was a kid

85. I graduated Cum Laude from USU

86. I was salutatorian of my high school class

87. I have a scar on my left thumb from hold on to barb wire while it was being stretched to erect a fence (I was just a kid then)

88. I wrecked the Ford tractor when I was six or seven years old

89. I spent one whole summer cutting hay when I was about 12 years old

90. I can "moo" like a calf enough to make cows take a second look

91. I learned to milk cows by hand when I was a kid

92. I rode the school bus to school from first grade through high school

93. I think a new notebook and pencil is the neatest thing

94. I would much rather read a book than read from the computer screen

95. I learned to square dance in the 3rd grade--I never got any better at it than I was then

96. When I was in grade school I would umpire the softball games because I was not a very good player and it saved the embarrasment of being chosen last

97. Speaking of school bus, the bus I was on tipped over in a snowstorm when I was in about 4th grade. No one was seriously hurt but we could have been if it had tipped over a short time sooner than it did. (Details upon request)

98. My Grandfather, Fred Porter, used to take me fishing when I was a wee lad

99. I got thrown off a horse a couple of days before I went on my mission.

100. I am now at the end of my list. I don't know if it will make any sense to any one but I do like a challenge

If anyone wants to take up the challenge of listing 100 things about themselves go for it.

Rose and YYSO

Yesterday we went to Rosemary's YYSO concert. The Symphony did a really good job. The only problem with the concert is that there were a lot of solos (and we did not know any of the students) so it seemed a little long. The Capitol Theater is a nice setting for the perfomance. It was not as full as it is sometimes but there was a pretty decent crowd just the same. This is a picture of Rose with her bassoon but not at the concert yesterday. Well, YYSO is done for the summer.

Speaking of summer, I am beginning to wonder if it will get here. We had a very nice day yesterday but today was a bit windy. It was still warm but the wind kept it from being as nice as yesterday was.

Random Photos

Here are a couple of pictures from a couple of years ago. Glen was working picking up roadside trash.

Was this the start of school?

Columbia River Temple

We had stake conference a couple of weeks ago. The Stake Presidency invited the Stake Council and the High Council and their spouses to attend the temple. We had a very good night in the temple. The session was full to capacity with about half of the session from our stake.

After Spring Break

We returned home Sunday night from a week long trip to Idaho and Utah. It was good to see family. There were a few we missed and we would have liked to have been able to visit with them too. Hopefully it will not be so long before our next visit.

On the way home we ran into quite a snowstorm at Deadman's Pass in Oregon. Fortunately that was the only real snow we saw though there was some going down between Pocatello and Idaho Falls and also some in Preston where we spent Wednesday and Thursday nights. The only snow was on Wednesday however.

It is good to be home but it is difficult to get back into the swing of things.