Hello Dear Reader,
I have to apologize. I still have a lot more to write about Grandpa (Wesley Carol) and Grandma (Mary Hall) Carter. I have lots of pictures to post and more events I hope you will find interesting. Getting started in a new semester has been difficult for me. I find myself spinning my wheels a lot but since I already have a grade for this blog it is not top on my list of priorities right now.
I'm hoping things will settle down this week. Sometimes I can post a lot at one time and then just have the posts appear on schedule. Don't give up on me yet. I will see what I can do. If it becomes too difficult I will take a hiatus for a while. But I think it will be ok.
Love,
Aunt Genni
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Growth in the Church
Hello Dear Reader,
As Grandpa (Wes) Carter became more at ease in his position as a teacher he was asked to pray and even gave a two-and-a- half minute talk—which he said he did very poorly. After about seven or eight months of teaching Sunday school the second counselor in the SS superintendency, Brother Thurgood, moved away.
Bishop Dunford asked Wes to his office along with Earl Johnson and Claude Billings who was Sunday school superintendent. The bishop asked Wes to be 2nd counselor in the superintendency. He gladly accepted. He had grown a lot during that short period of time.
Love,
Aunt Genni
As Grandpa (Wes) Carter became more at ease in his position as a teacher he was asked to pray and even gave a two-and-a- half minute talk—which he said he did very poorly. After about seven or eight months of teaching Sunday school the second counselor in the SS superintendency, Brother Thurgood, moved away.
Bishop Dunford asked Wes to his office along with Earl Johnson and Claude Billings who was Sunday school superintendent. The bishop asked Wes to be 2nd counselor in the superintendency. He gladly accepted. He had grown a lot during that short period of time.
Love,
Aunt Genni
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Becoming a Teacher
Hello Dear Reader,
The bishopric eventually, after visiting with Grandpa (Wes), asked him to teach a Sunday school class—the twelve year olds. Wes’s first reaction was a firm, “No.” “But,” he said, “After a few minutes of friendly persuasion, I consented—with reservations.” He told them if they ever asked him to pray or talk in church he would never go back.
Wes managed to get through the first Sunday but didn’t go the next week. That evening Bishop Dunford showed up at the Carter home and asked Wes why he hadn’t been at Sunday school that day. He replied that he wasn’t a teacher and he couldn’t stand the noise of the bratty kids.
The bishop told Wes some in the class liked him and he hoped Wes would return. Wes decided to try. He taught the class several months and learned to love those children very much. He remembered all of his first students the rest of his life.
Love,
Aunt Genni
The bishopric eventually, after visiting with Grandpa (Wes), asked him to teach a Sunday school class—the twelve year olds. Wes’s first reaction was a firm, “No.” “But,” he said, “After a few minutes of friendly persuasion, I consented—with reservations.” He told them if they ever asked him to pray or talk in church he would never go back.
Wes managed to get through the first Sunday but didn’t go the next week. That evening Bishop Dunford showed up at the Carter home and asked Wes why he hadn’t been at Sunday school that day. He replied that he wasn’t a teacher and he couldn’t stand the noise of the bratty kids.
The bishop told Wes some in the class liked him and he hoped Wes would return. Wes decided to try. He taught the class several months and learned to love those children very much. He remembered all of his first students the rest of his life.
Love,
Aunt Genni
Saturday, September 12, 2009
A Little Kindness
Hello Dear Reader,
It’s been a while since I posted here. New semesters are always stressful but this one has seemed particularly so. I apologize for the lack and will try to do better.
After Grandma (Mary Hall) Carter returned from Las Vegas to Provo with her four children the family settled into a routine. It wasn’t long until Bishop Dunford along with his counselors, Leo Taylor and Andy Terry, arrived at the Carter household. Grandpa (Wes) answered their knock and gruffly asked, “What do you want?” They must have appeared kind and unflappable as they replied that they had come to visit. Wes relented in his attitude, invited them in, and asked them to sit down. Wes always said, “A little kindness goes a long way.”
Love,
Aunt Genni
It’s been a while since I posted here. New semesters are always stressful but this one has seemed particularly so. I apologize for the lack and will try to do better.
After Grandma (Mary Hall) Carter returned from Las Vegas to Provo with her four children the family settled into a routine. It wasn’t long until Bishop Dunford along with his counselors, Leo Taylor and Andy Terry, arrived at the Carter household. Grandpa (Wes) answered their knock and gruffly asked, “What do you want?” They must have appeared kind and unflappable as they replied that they had come to visit. Wes relented in his attitude, invited them in, and asked them to sit down. Wes always said, “A little kindness goes a long way.”
Love,
Aunt Genni
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
In Las Vegas, Then Back to Provo
Hello Dear Reader,
Here are a couple of photos taken in Las Vegas while Mary and the children were there the summer of 1946.
While we were away Wes used his free time to remodel and make an addition to the house in Provo. He could hardly wait for his family to return to see what he had done. Also, I’m sure he missed us very much because he was devoted to his family.
Love,
Aunt Genni
Here are a couple of photos taken in Las Vegas while Mary and the children were there the summer of 1946.
While we were away Wes used his free time to remodel and make an addition to the house in Provo. He could hardly wait for his family to return to see what he had done. Also, I’m sure he missed us very much because he was devoted to his family.
Love,
Aunt Genni
Monday, August 31, 2009
Orneriness
Hello Dear Reader,
After Grandma (Mary Hall) Carter had been released from the hospital a few days Grandma (Caroline) Hall took Mary and all four children to Las Vegas on the train. The three older children were recovering from the mumps. I don’t know how long we spent in Vegas while Grandma Hall helped with the new baby and she and Grandpa (Laning) Hall enjoyed playing with the children and taking care of their daughter.
I often heard the story of Wes taking us to the train to see us off and trying to get me to say, “Bye, bye.” Instead I stuck out my tongue and said, “Bah, bah, Daddy.” I guess I was ornery even at that young age. Now you know—it’s in my nature!
Love,
Aunt Genni
After Grandma (Mary Hall) Carter had been released from the hospital a few days Grandma (Caroline) Hall took Mary and all four children to Las Vegas on the train. The three older children were recovering from the mumps. I don’t know how long we spent in Vegas while Grandma Hall helped with the new baby and she and Grandpa (Laning) Hall enjoyed playing with the children and taking care of their daughter.
I often heard the story of Wes taking us to the train to see us off and trying to get me to say, “Bye, bye.” Instead I stuck out my tongue and said, “Bah, bah, Daddy.” I guess I was ornery even at that young age. Now you know—it’s in my nature!
Love,
Aunt Genni
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Pampered Childbirth
Hello Dear Reader,
Grandpa (Wes) and Grandma (Mary) Carter’s third daughter and fourth child, LeAnn, was born in July of 1946. Mary’s mother, Caroline Hall, traveled to Provo and stayed with the other children while Mary was in the hospital with her baby. In those days new mothers were usually confined for ten days. I remember Mary saying by the time they were released from the hospital new mothers were weak from lying in bed so long. It took them longer to recover from the ordeal because they were so pampered. Those were the “good old days.”
Love,
Aunt Genni
Grandpa (Wes) and Grandma (Mary) Carter’s third daughter and fourth child, LeAnn, was born in July of 1946. Mary’s mother, Caroline Hall, traveled to Provo and stayed with the other children while Mary was in the hospital with her baby. In those days new mothers were usually confined for ten days. I remember Mary saying by the time they were released from the hospital new mothers were weak from lying in bed so long. It took them longer to recover from the ordeal because they were so pampered. Those were the “good old days.”
Love,
Aunt Genni
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