A faithful wife and a loving mother
On this Thanksgiving season, we have many things to be thankful, especially for the principle of eternal family that Amy taught her family
1978 - 1981
Amy loved to create memories for her children. On th way to SLC, we stopped by Idaho Falls Temple.
Visited the Eagle Gate
and the SL Temple in SLC.
Rode the train and
taking a leisure walk in the Hogle Zoo.
Revisited the BYU campus
and the Bridal veil Falls in the Provo Canyon.
Back in Edmonton, she would take children to the park to play with them and
even swing Michelle in the air.
She always regreted that many of Andrew's pictures were lost from birth (April 9) to 3 months because of the photo mail-order service in Toronto. This is one of the few pictures of Andrew she treasured.
When children played in the side walk, her ever watching eyes were in the background.
Even though children played in safe backyard environment, her ever seaching eyes were always there.
Terry wanted to go back to school for his graduate work in August, 1979. She was very uncomfortable with the idea. Until she had gotten her confirmation from the Lord, she left her comfortable environment behind and left for an adventure. Once her mind was settled, she had a mavelous two years and nine months in the Happy Valley.
Clarence spent his "first" birthday in Provo, 1979.
Then the Halloween came
and the Christmas.
She was very grateful that Andrew's first birthday pictures weren't lost
Her parents came to visit during the time we celebrated Andrew's birthday.
She loved her parents and was very grateful that they traveled far to visit from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We took them to visit Sundance, Utah.
Not too long after our arrival to Utah, she was pregnant with our fourth child.
On June 25, 1980 six month before Christmas, Jason was born.
Life all of a sudden became busier with the arrival of her fourth child. She had four children from a few days to 5 years old to look after while her husband was in school. Even though life was hectic at times, she enjoyed the experience.
She loved experiential learning. she would take the children to the zoo and other activities
When Clarence started kintergarten, she made sure he got on the right bus. 
Spiritual education was important to her. She dressed up children as Mary and Joseph while she read from the Bible on the account of the birth of Christ. This lasted for several years. After children grew older, she abandoned the dressed-up enactment idea and children would take turn to read from the passages found in Matthew and Luke on the birth of our Savior.
Jason was born with pigeon toed feet. A couple of months before Christmas, a special device was made to correct them. 
It was another additional task. She never failed to put them on and took them off as schedules by the doctor until his began to learn how to walk
Christmas was one of her favorites. She would make sure the spirit of Chrismas was in the home for the children to enjoy
Occasionally, she would take children to the temple ground to enjoy its surroundings.
In 1981, her parents bought her a new dress suit that she proundly displayed it.
It was Andrew's second birthday. She patiently and creatively decorated his birthday day cake for the event. As always, she helped to blow the candles. This time she had Clarence and Michelle to help her out.
As always, she encouraged and coached her children when they learned how to walk. Jason was trying very hard to reach her guiding hands.
In the fairground, Lagoon, she held Jason while
watched closely the other three enjoyed their "speed" boat advanture.
You might wonder if she introduced Clarence into denistry when in the fairground.
For a person who was afraid of height, this is a big sacrifice.
Never failing, ever watching for the big events in the life of the children.
She would encourage children to love and care for each other. Today, her children truly love and care for each other because of her teaching.
I love to see the temple. I will be there someday....... Because of her examples and love of the temple, all her children have either been through or married in the temple.
2 comments:
even while young, i'm still the man... haha! great post, nice fond memories and pictures dad.
You ARE "the man". I wonder if anyone will dispute it.
It is hard to create the posts but important to honor THE WOMAN. I hope everyone will show the posts to your children. It is important to keep Mom/Grandma alive in our hearts and minds.
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