Faith of Our Fathers

I have tried to e-mail this transcript of an old radio show about my great-grandfather to a relative with no luck and hope he will be able to download from here.

Faith of Our Fathers

Family Reunion & A Wedding

This past week has been crazy busy. We headed up for the Hall family reunion in Oregon on Sunday. It took 22 hours (mapquest lies- or maybe it doesn't have 3 children). Important note - there are not very many places for rest stops going through Reno. Note to self - NEVER go that way again!

The reunion was at a KOA on the Oregon coast near Astoria. It was a great place. The first day we went across the street to a State Park only to discover we were on the beach. That kind of explained all the Sunami warnings posted around. We weren't really thinking very clearly after 22 hours of driving! John's family arrived on Tuesday and we were able to spend a day in Astoria with them on Wednesday. On Thursday we visited a lighthouse in Washington where we discovered Audrey's great fear of port-a-potties. I don't know if she'll ever be able to go to girls camp. I tried to make her but she was screaming so loud, I was afraid someone was going to pull out the video camera and report child abuse. Why do my children always make me feel like the worst Mom in the world in front of my in-laws! We finally drove to the nearest town to find a flushing facility!

The girls had a GREAT time playing with their cousins. We are very blessed to have many children around the same age. The cousins all made a little vampire movie together. It's quite entertaining! It must be that we were in Twilight country! The last night we all gathered around a camp fire to celebrate my nephew's birthday. I had a strong desire to say how much I loved everyone and bear my testimony but resisted the urge! Friday we headed out early to go to my brother Gary's wedding in Provo. It was another 18 hours in the car. I must say the kids were real troppers! The wedding was beautiful! I'm so happy that my brother found such a great lady to marry with such a great daughter. We were able to spend a few days with their kids after the wedding at Mom's house. It was lots of fun to be with so much family.