Saturday, June 30, 2018

IT'S GREAT TO BE 8

On Saturday, June 30, Addie and Carter were baptized!




Carter

Addie

Addie & Carter got these adorable white towels!
They have the CTR shield on them.
Pink for Addie.  Blue for Carter.

Carter

Kelly Family

Daddy & Addie

Kelly Kiddos

Ashley & Addie

Addie & her bros

Program




The Girls

Cute Table


Aunt Ann & Addie

Aunt Ann & Carter

Aunt Ann with Carter and Addie

Mount Timpanogos
(had to get this)

Addie & Grandma Dixie

Grandma Dixie & Carter

Grandma Dixie with her great grandchildren,
Addie & Carter

The 4 Amigos
Oakley, Carter, Addie, Lily
Oakley and Lily will be baptized next year.

Cousins
Carter & Addie were in the same 2nd grade class this past year, too!

Grandma Laurel & Grandpa Reid 
with grandchildren, Carter & Addie

Chris baptized both Carter & Addie
Grandpa Reid and Jon were the witnesses

Carter's Fam
Courtney, Kim, Chris, Camry
Carter

Addie's Fam
Jaycie, Ashley, Jon
Preston, Addie, Ryker


 McKay & Lori's Fam
Cole, Lori, Haley
Carter, Addie, Lily


 Heidi & Mike's Fam
Aunt Heidi, Uncle Mike
Carter, Oakley, Addie

Uncle Mike confirmed Addie.
Carter's Grandpa Richard confirmed Carter.
Grandpa Reid, Grandpa Richard, Chris, Jon, Uncle Mike, 
and a counselor in the bishopric stood in the circle.
(Ally, Brooky, and Jacob were there also, but playing.)

Aunt Katie with Addie & Carter

 Katie Fam
Jax loved getting in the picture!
(CJ went to Indiana to play summer league)

Jaycie with Carter, Ryker, and Addie

Moms & Kiddos

Parents & Kiddos

Kim's parents were also there, along with her
brother, Chris, and his family.
We had a great lunch at Ashley's house.


NBA TRADE DEADLINE


THANK YOU, SOOOO MUCH DENVER NUGETS!
BECAUSE OF YOU, WE TRADED AND GOT
RUDY GOBERT & DONAVON MITCHELL!!!

Monday, June 25, 2018

SISTERS


AUNT PAT & UNCLE DARWIN CAME UP TO
VISIT FROM YUMA, ARIZONA.
THEIR GRANDSON, CADEN, WAS RETURNING FROM
HIS LDS MISSION IN NEW YORK CITY.  HE SPENT
MOST OF HIS TIME ON LONG ISLAND.

AUNT PAT IS 14 MONTHS YOUNGER THAN MY MOM.
IT'S BEEN SO GREAT TO HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL AUNT!

Sunday, June 24, 2018

MY FAVORITE TEAM



I HAVE TAUGHT WITH MANY, MANY PEOPLE!
I STARTED ON A TEAM OF 3 . . . ME, CALVAN VANCE,
AND ROGER OLSEN.
I ENDED MY CAREER ON A TEAM OF 3 . . . ME,
CONDITA WASHBURN, AND MATT GOFF.
IN BETWEEN, I TAUGHT IN TEAMS OF 3, 4, 4 1/2, 5, AND 6.

MOST OF MY TEAMMATES WERE VERY POSITIVE
TOWARDS ME.  I LOVED GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY
WITH TEAMMATES LIKE THEM!

THIS PHOTO IS OF MY ABSOLUTE MOST FAVORITE TEAM!
YES, WE ARE DRESSED ALIKE.
IT WAS "TWIN DAY."
CALVAN AND DON DRESSED ALIKE, RIGHT DOWN TO
THE EYEGLASS CASE IN THEIR SHIRT POCKETS!
THE WOMEN ALL WORE BLACK PANTS, THE
SCHOOL TEE SHIRT, AND A CUTE WOODEN NECKLACE
THAT ANN SEARLE'S DAUGHTER MADE FOR US!

THIS WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE MID-90'S.
(FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT . . . THEN BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT)

1.  CALVAN VANCE
I TAUGHT WITH CALVAN THE LONGEST . . . 17 YEARS.
HE WAS MY FAVORITE TEAMMATE.  HE WAS EXTREMELY WISE,
CARING, WITY, HAD A DRY SENSE OF HUMOR, AND HELPFUL!  I ADORED HIS FAMILY!
HIS WIFE, MARGARET, IS THE BEST DIVINITY MAKER AROUND!
SHE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO TAKE MY BYU FOOTBALL
TICKETS WHEN I COULDN'T GO!  
(OF COURSE, CALVAN WOULDN'T GO . . . BUT, WE KNEW THAT!)
HIS CHILDREN WERE DOUG, BLAIR, JODY, AND DEBBIE.
AND I LOVE THEIR SPOUSES AND FAMILIES!

DOUG:  BECAME OUR HEAD SWEEPER.  HE IS CURRENTLY THE
HEAD CUSTODIAN AT WESTFIELD EMEMENTARY.
HE AND JEANIE WENT ON A CARIBBEAN CRUISE WITH ME.
JEANIE IS AN AIDE AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
ASHLEY WAS A SWEEPER AND AN AIDE AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
CARSON WAS MY STUDENT AND A SWEEPER AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
GARETT WAS MY STUDENT AND A SWEEPER AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
ALL OF THE KIDS WENT TO A JAZZ GAME WITH ME.
CARSON, GARETT, AND THEIR WIVES WENT TO A JAZZ
GAME AS A WEDDING PRESENT FROM ME.

BLAIR:  BLAIR MARRIED LAURETTE VAN WAGONER, WHO
GREW UP IN MY WARD.
BLAIR IS A 3RD GRADE TEACHER OUT BY VERNAL.

JODY HEALEY:  JODY HAD TO HAVE A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
WHILE I TAUGHT WITH CALVAN.  
HER BROTHER, DOUG, WAS THE DONOR.
JODY'S HUSBAND, RYAN, ATTENDED ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
HER SON, JASON, WAS A SWEEPER AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.

DEBBIE: DEBBIE WAS MY STUDENT MY 4TH YEAR AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
SHE ALSO WORKED FOR MY EYE DOCTOR.

ON THE 24TH OF JULY AFTER I RETIRED, MARGARET AND THE ENTIRE
FAMILY INVITED MY MOM AND I TO THEIR HOME FOR A BARBECUE.

THREE WEEKS BEFORE HE RETIRED, CALVAN FOUND OUT
THAT HE HAD CANCER ON THE EARLOBE.  THE BOTTOM
OF HIS EAR WAS CUT OFF RIGHT AWAY.
THE CANCER HAD SPREAD.
CALVAN PASSED AWAY ON EASTER SUNDAY, 2000.

2.  DON BECKSTRAND
DON TAUGHT 5TH GRADE WITH ME OFF AND ON.  HE WENT
BETWEEN 4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH . . . RETIRING FROM 6TH.
DON MET HIS FIRST WIFE, MARLENE, WHILE SHE STUDENT
TAUGHT UNDER HEIDI PARK.  HER BROTHER, GLEN, AND SISTER
CARREN, WERE IN THE BAND WITH ME.
SHE TAUGHT 3RD GRADE AT SEGO LILY AND SNOW SPRINGS.
SHE PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO.
DON AND HIS CURRENT WIFE, PAIGE, ARE SERVING
AN LDS MISSION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA,
TEACHING INSTITUTE AND WORKING WITH YOUNG ADULTS.

3.  JODY FASSETT KYBURZ
JODY WORKED AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY FOR 7 YEARS.
ONE YEAR WAS IN 4TH GRADE, THE REST, IN 5TH.
JODY WORKED IN THE SUMMERS AT TIMPANOGOS CAVE
AS A GUIDE.  SHE MET HER HUSBAND, KEN, WHILE DOING THIS.
I ATTENDED THEIR WEDDING AT THE MOUNT TIMPANOGOS TEMPLE.
JODY TEACHES 5TH GRADE AT SNOW SPRINGS.
KEN WORKS ABOUT 5 MONTHS OF THE YEAR AT YELLOWSTONE AS
A RANGER, AND THE REST AS A CUSTODIAN AT
TIMPANOGOS HIGH.
HE HAS ALSO WORKED AT PROMENTORY POINT,
WHERE THE GOLDEN SPIKE WAS DRIVEN.
JODY IS CURRENTLY HER STAKE PRIMARY PRESIDENT.
SHE SPENDS HER SUMMERS HELPING KEN AT YELLOWSTONE.
THEY HAVE GONE TO SOME JAZZ GAMES WITH ME.

4.  ANN SEARLE
ANN TAUGHT 1 YEAR IN 5TH GRADE WITH CALVAN,
PAUL THOMPSON, AND I.
THIS TIME, SHE JOB SHARED WITH DON.
WHEN DON WAS TEACHING, ANN SUPERVISED THE INTERNS
AT OUR SCHOOL.  WHEN SHE WAS TEACHING, DON DID
THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STUFF.
I GREW UP IN ANN'S STAKE.
ANN HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND COUNSELOR
IN EVERY ORGANIZATION IN THE LDS CHURCH.
SHE WAS THE STAKE PRIMARY PRESIDENT WHEN
I WAS IN A WARD PRESIDENCY.
ANN AND HER HUSBAND, LARRY, HAVE 8 CHILDREN.
SCOTT, GREG, JEFF, SHAUNA, STEVE, MINDY, BECKY, AND ANNETTE.
I KNOW ALL OF THE CHILDREN AND SPOUSES VERY WELL.
GREG & SHAUNA, JEFF & LEANN, AND STEVE & ALI LIVED IN MY WARD.
(STEVE & ALI TWICE!)
GREG'S WIFE IS SHAUNA VAN WAGONER. SHAUNA GREW UP IN MY WARD.
SHAUNA'S SISTER, LAURETTE, IS MARRIED TO CALVAN'S SON!
SHAUNA AND I SERVED TOGETHER IN A COUPLE OF CALLINGS TOGETHER,
MORE THAN ONCE!
WHEN SHAUNA WAS THE SACRAMENT MEETING ORGANIST,
I WAS THE CHORISTER.
WHEN SHE WAS THE PRIMARY CHORISTER,
I WAS THE PIANIST.
GREG & SHAUNA LIVED NEXT TO ME.
STEVE AND HIS WIFE, ALI LAMB (WHO WAS A STUDENT
AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY), LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE
WHEN GREG & SHAUNA MOVED.
STEVE AND ALI JUST MOVED FROM MY CURRENT WARD,
AFTER BEING HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS.
ANN WAS MY ESCORT AT THE TEMPLE.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE SEALINGS OF MINDY, BECKY, AND ANNETTE.
ANN & LARRY SERVED AN 18 MONTH MISSION IN SOUTH AFRICA.

5.  ANALEE WISER BROWN
I TAUGHT WITH ANALEE FOR 8 YEARS.
WHEN SHE CAME TO ALPINE, HER HUSBAND, LORIN, WAS
WAITING FOR A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET ONE, AND LIVED A FEW MORE YEARS.
SHE ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE
MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR UNTIL SHE TURNED 60.
IT WAS GREAT TO GO TO THE CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
AND GET CD'S AS GIFTS.
WHEN ANALEE WAS IN COLLEGE, SHE TOURED
SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH THE USOS, ENTERTAINING THE TROOPS
IN THE VIET NAM WAR.
WHILE I KNEW ANALEE, SHE TAUGHT AT GREENWOOD,
ALPINE, WESTFIELD, AND FORBES.
I ATTENDED HER SON, JOSH'S WEDDING IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE.
THEY WERE MARRIED BY ELDER RONALD A. RASBAND.
HE WASN'T AN APOSTLE THEN, BUT WAS
JOSH'S MISSION PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
HIS WIFE, MELANIE, IS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF MY
HISTORY TEACHER AT DIXIE.  SMALL WORLD.
JULIE WISER KELLY WAS IN HER MOM'S 5TH GRADE CLASS.
I ATTENDED HER AND HER HUSBAND'S WEDDING AT
THE FALLS AT THANKSGIVING POINT.
EVEN THOUGH LORIN WAS ON OXYGEN, HE WAS
ABLE TO WALK HER DOWN THE AISLE.

ANALEE ALSO LIVED IN MY WARD AT TIMES.
SHE LIVED ONE CONDO COMPLEX OVER FROM ME.
WE WERE IN THE 11TH WARD TOGETHER WHEN SHE
FIRST MOVED IN.  THE NEXT WEEK, WE WERE DIVIDED.
AFTER 4 OR 5 YEARS, WE WERE BACK TOGETHER.
HER AND HER CURRENT HUSBAND, LANE BROWN,
HAVE SINCE MOVED NEAR THE TEMPLE.
I ATTENDED THERE WEDDING AT THE LITTLE
CHAPEL AT "THIS IS THE PLACE" PARK.
THEY TRAVEL.  ALOT!!!

EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT JUST MY TEAMMATES,
BUT, THEY HAVE ALL MADE ME FEEL LIKE A PART OF THEIR FAMILIES!


Saturday, June 23, 2018

RIP . . . MY DEAR FRIEND

Jane Boulter.
What can I say???
One of my greatest friends for the last 35 years!!!

I first met Jane in the 1981-1982 school year, my 2nd year of teaching.
She subbed once for me, and was the BEST!!!
I was thrilled when she was hired to teach 2nd grade!
She later taught 4th, 5th with me, and 6th.

Tutoring buddies
 Team member 
Substitute
Ukulele duet of"Sweet Violets" in the Faculty Frolics 
Temple escort for me along with Ann Searle the
first time I went to the temple
Movie friend
Dinner companion
Thanksgiving hostess
Christmas parties
New Years Eve parties
Chef Extraordinaire

Broadway Shows:
Les Miserables
Phantom of the Opera
Wicked

Roommate on trips to: 
Cedar City
St. George
Caribbean Cruise
New York City 
(Ann Searle was my roommate in San Francisco)

Temple Worker
Missionary
Retired Teachers Lunch

Jane's first year of teaching.
Front row, third from left.
Brian Page, Principal.
1982-1983

1983-1984
(Year 2)
A better picture.  Jane is to the right of Principal Roger Olsen.
This was the year that Jane and I did the first cross-age tutoring
 at Alpine Elementary!  

2004-2005
Last year of teaching.
Second row, next to Cathy.
Principal David Stephenson.

After retirement, Jane went on for many years to substitute
at Alpine Elementary.  She was my sub once for 5 weeks!
I had torn tendons in my foot (the beginning of my foot problems).
I talked to my students the day after Thanksgiving break.
I told them I was going to be gone until after Christmas.
I sent a letter home with the kids.  In the letter, I told
them that Jane Boulter would be the sub.
All of the parents were
 happy about that!  
I worked for 3 weeks on lesson plans, running off papers,
and I even had a Christmas Box with activities!
After Christmas, the foot doctor said I was not ready to return. 
 I was out another 2 1/2 weeks.  Jane had just said, "No Problem."
When I returned, I kept finding things around the room
and in my desk.  The kids said, "That's Mrs. Boulter's."
One student said, "She sets things down all over, just like you!"


Here are some pictures, in no particular order.
I screenshot some.  Others were on Facebook.

Jane lived most of her adult life in Alpine.
She loved to drive around it.



Jane, along with Ann Searle were my escorts at the
temple when I was endowed.
January 20, 1996

Some of my teacher friends at the Provo LDS Temple.
(Many more came, but didn't hang around after.)
Cathy Tibbitts and Jane, front.
Mary Baxter, Carolyn Hutchings, Linda Western, Ann Searle, me,
Vicky Haws, Adonna Iverson, Analee Wiser, Jennifer Levine.

We had "Olympic Fever!"  
(Actually, we were going to a Jazz game right before the Olympics.
The weather during the Olympics was the best!!!)

In front of the Salt Lake Ice Center

Jane took Carolyn, Cathy, & I on a tour of the
Church Office Building.  This was her mission.
We did this one day during our Christmas Break.

Top of the Church Office Building

Cheers.  First day of school lunch for retired teachers.

 Birthday singing time for Jane.


If I'm in a pumpkin shirt, and we're eating lunch,
it must be my birthday!
The "Fab Four!

Great picture at the first day of school lunch.
Cathy's mom joined us!

Trying to take a selfie without "Selfie Queen Carolyn."
(Carolyn & Lynn were on their mission in New Zeland)
Draper Temple

 Don Beckstrand's shower

First row:  Jane, Cathy Tibbitts, Vicky Haws, Jack Brown,
Jill Urish, Carolyn Hutchings, Mary Baxter, me.
Back row:  Diane Durrant, Adonna Iverson, Heidi Park, Diane Walter,
Paige Mecham (soon to be Beckstrand), Don Beckstrand,
John Pool, Ann Searle.

Cathy's grandson's Wedding

Cheryl Dominguez Retirement Dinner at her home

Ooops!
Archibald's at Gardner Village





Thank goodness Carolyn worked on her selfie skills!
Jazz game.

"Witches"




Christmas Dinner

First Day of School Lunch 
Blue Lemon
2017

Christmas at Don & Paige Beckstrand's home

Jazz game

First Presidency Devotional

Christmas Lunch at Ann Searle's home

Pioneer Day MoTab concert.
Favorite usher, Don.
He and his wife served as volunteer missionaries
at the LDS Conference Center.

Christmas Dinner

Ran into former student, Aaron Dominguez and his wife, Alyssa,
at a MoTab concert


TRAVELS


July, 1994
UTAH SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL (and teacher workshops),
ZION NATIONAL PARK, ST. GEORGE, TUACHAN

TRAVEL BUDDIES:
Jane, Cathy Tibbitts, Carolyn Hutchings, 
Ann Mitchell, Cheryl Dominguez, John Pool

We took teacher workshops at the
Shakespearean Workshop in Cedar City.
We also got to see plays while we were down there.
The downer to this trip, was Jane got flat tires during
the night while we stayed there.


Since several in our group had never been there,
we decided to go to Zion National Park.



My favorite part, since I was a little girl living
in St. George, was the Zion Tunnel.
In college, "Tunnel Running" was a fad 
at night . . . not for me!



We went to Tuacahn, near Snows Canyon,
just outside of St. George.
When it first opened, they had an original musical
called "Utah", which we saw.  It was about settling
the St. George area.
We also had a dutch oven dinner there.
Now, Tuacahn has great broadway plays every summer,
and many concerts!
My former student, Eliza Payne, was in the Utah play.
Another former student, Ali Fisher, played Marta in
The Sound of Music.  
Both did it all summer long!




January 27-28, 1995
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Travel Buddies:
Ann Searle, Cathy Tibbitts, Jane Boulter, Carolyn Hutchings,
Jennifer Levine, Linda Western and her 3 daughters:
Laura, Carrie, and Marie, Jill & Don Urish, Vicky Haws, and me.

We went on a whirlwind trip . . . which means less than 24 hours!
We arrived in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m.
We arrived the next day back in Salt Lake City at 6:00 p.m.
The purpose of the trip was to see the Broadway play,
"Phantom of the Opera."

I had some cute pictures of the trip on my board by my
desk at school, but couldn't find them after packing up.
So...enter Google!


We rode a trolley car until 1:00 a.m.
"Big Daddy" was our driver.
He'd never seen people have so much fun, so late at night,
and we weren't even drinking!

The next morning, we walked the entire length of the
Golden Gate Bridge . . . over and back!
This is my only original picture of the trip on this post.


We ate chowder in sourdough bowls, and went
shopping at Fisherman's Wharf.


We drove through Chinatown.

The city was soooo full of excitement!
It was Super Bowl Weekend!!!
There were pictures of the players on the sides
of buildings, especially our own BYU QB, Steve Young!
By the Golden Gate Bridge, there were floral arrangements
in the shape of the team logo.
Souvenir stands with 49ers shirts, pennants, etc. were everywhere!
And . . . the 49ers won, with Steve Young as the MVP.



April 24-May 2, 2004
WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE

MIAMI, BAHAMAS, JAMAICA,

GRAND CAYMAN, MEXICO

TRAVEL BUDDIES:
Jane, Ann Mitchell, Cathy & Brad Tibbitts, Carolyn & Lynn Hutchings,
Jill & Don Urish, Heidi & Creighton (Heidi's son) Park,
Doug & Jeanie Vance

That's right!  We missed an entire week of school!!!
Our new principal, David Stephenson, was not too happy about it!
Ruth Anderson was my sub for the week.

FUNNIEST STORY ABOUT THE CRUISE

Corbin Wright, one of my students that year, was actually on the same cruise!
He started telling me in the fall that he was going on a
Caribbean Cruise in April.  I told him, "Me, too!"
He told me that there was no way we would be on the same cruise.
I kept telling him, "I'll bet we are!"
At the beginning of April, after I kept teasing and telling him we would
be on the same cruise, he brought in a paper his mom wrote
with the name of the cruise and ship, departure port, and dates.
I actually had my cruise folder in my file cabinet.
I pulled it out, looked at it, and showed him.
Exactly the same!!!
He just about DIED!!! 
 A cruise with over 4,000 people
on it and one of them is your teacher!!!
Before I left, I showed him the counter with all of the work
that was run off for the week.  I told him that he would have
to do all of the work when he returned, UNLESS, he found me on
the cruise and got a picture with me!!!
He found me before we even left the harbor!!!

I found him and his brother the first night in the hot tub.
I taught his brother, Trevor, about 8 years before.
He was going to the MTC about 3 days after we got home
to serve a mission in Cambodia.
I saw his family all the time on the cruise!
I even found out that his grandparents, who were with them,
lived just south of my house!
I saw Corbin run by when we were in Johnny Rockets,
but I never saw him again.  EVER.
We were in the same color group for our luggage to
be taken off the ship, AND we were waiting at the
Salt Lake Airport for our luggage to come off!
(He went with Trevor to the bathroom then).
Sooooo funny!
He was sooooo smart!
Served a mission.
Currently married.
University of Utah student.
Ventura Capital Analyst at University Growth Fund.


Miami


Miami Beach

 Cruise Ship
Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas

Checking out the La Scala theater room on the ship


Chillin' at Coco Cay, Bahamas
Royal Caribbean's private island

Captain's Table
I guess he forgot to invite us!

Dinner on the ship



Dunn's River Falls


Our ship at Bahamas

Cruising past Cuba.  
10 years later, it would be open to all.
It was like it was frozen in time from the 1950's
when Fidel Castro became the dictator.

Mardi Gras Night after our day in Jamaica

Mardi Gras Parade on the ship

While the others went to swim with the stingrays,
Jane & I rode a boat out with a diver.
We then went to a glass bottom boat, and saw the
stingrays with the diver.


That one time Jane & I literally went to HELL!
Grand Cayman
(Probably not good for 2 temple ordinance workers to go there)



Turtle Farm

Seven Mile Beach
Grand Cayman

Our cabin stewards made fun towels for us.
This was a stingray, after our day in Grand Cayman.

Ruins at Tulum, Mexico
The crew


We asked to have an LDS tour guide.
Here are the 3 temple workers (Lynn, me, and Jane) in front of the temple.
Our tour guide was Limhi!


SPRING BREAK 2006
NEW YORK CITY
April 17-21

Travel Buddies:
Jane, me, Cathy & Brad Tibbitts, Vicky & Jay Haws,
Carolyn & Lynn Hutchings, Emily Memmott Olsen, 
Misty Killpack, Annalea Warwood, Marilee Bradley Brooks,
Sonya Allen (Marilee's roommate)

Manhattan LDS Temple


Jane, Vicky & Jay and I went to an 8:00 a.m. session
at the Manhattan Temple.  We saw the rest of these
coming in when we were going out!
(The others were a few minutes behind them)
The temple is on one side of the building,
while offices, chapels, etc. is on the other.
The Celestial Room is like a Broadway Theater!
It even has a little balcony!
The doorknobs has the Statue of Liberty torch!
It is across the street from Julliard.


Vicky, Jane, and Me
We are sitting in the median in front of the
Manhattan Temple.
It is all landscaped by the Church.

Statue of Liberty

Jane was sooo nice to me!
I tried to get us into a taping of the
"Late Show."  You could only get a group of 10.
We had 13.  It would be my luck that I wouldn't get
to go, when others did!
Thank goodness Jane knew her way around the city!
(Before "Map Quest" and "Google Maps.")
She walked with me, Cathy, and Carolyn to see the outside of the theater,
the souvenir shop next door, and "Hello Deli."
We also went to eat at the Carneige Deli.
What a trooper!!!

Outside during the taping, a black stretch limo was
sitting outside of the side door, running, with the
air conditioning on.
Out comes Michael Douglas!
The bottom picture is Biff Henderson, stage manager.
He is on the show a lot.




Waiting in the hotel lobby to head to the
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Me, Lynn & Carolyn Hutchings, Sonya Allen, Jane,
Vicky & Jay Haws.

Going to the Statue of Liberty


Waiting for ferry.  It was sooo windy!

Me, Marilee, and Jane riding the subway to catch the
ferry to Long Island.

On the ferry to Long Island.
In between us is the Statue of Liberty.

The reason we went to New York City was to see Wicked.
Here are all of the teachers.


FUNERAL
May 25, 2018

These flowers were soooo funny!
The picture inside were of Jane's four grandchildren
using their electronic devices.
Grandma Jane just shrugs.

Flowers from the Alpine Elementary Retired Teachers


Funeral Program



The speakers represented Jane's 3 families:
Oakes & Boulter Family
School Family
Mission Family





It was a great reunion time at Jane's viewing and funeral.
We may have gotten a tiny bit loud.
But, we are family!!!
Those attending were:
Roger & Floris Olsen, Claudia Wasden Reid,
Paul & Jennifer Rasband, David Stephenson, Jack & Cheryl Brown,
Cathy & Brad Tibbitts, Ann Mitchell, Carolyn & Lynn Hutchings,
Dave Dimond, Cheryl & Rudy Dominguez, Lori Chadwick,
Vicky Haws, Adonna Iverson, Austin & Mary Ann Cowley,
Diane Walter, Diane Durrant, Linda Western, Jill Urish Henrie,
Analee Wiser Brown, Paula & Dan Ruesch, Bonna Hanson,
Ruth Anderson, Ann Searle, Makay Tautu, Telisa Tautu, Linda Dibb,
Loretta Stevens, Joy Alldredge, Jody Fassett Kyburz, Lorraine Lott,
Kathleen Rasmussen, and Maureen Wallace.

Some were unable to be there.  Heidi Park Norton and
Nancy Pope were on trips.  Don Beckstrand is on a mission.
Some have moved away.
And, unfortunately, a few have passed away.

We collected over $500 in donations.
This money bought flowers, and Paula Ruesch, librarian at Alpine,
is going to order a bookcase and books to place in the
library where Jane always used to sit.

This poem is the perfect way of how Jane
would be leaving us these words of wisdom:

We are all better people for having associated
with our beloved friend,
Jane Oakes Boulter.