My Great Great Grandfather

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_v._United_States

My Great Great Grandfather was George Reynolds. I have been going through family pictures, and I found this one interesting. George was a polygamist with three wives, and these are this twelve sons. Note the little one in the front in a dress! Grandpa Reynolds was a General Authority under Brigham Young, and he was his personal secretary. He was the test case for the government charging him with the offense of practicing polygamy for religious reasons. It was known as Reynolds v. United States. Actually the Mormon Church asked him to be the one to charged in the case. The case was decided in favor of the government, and George was sent to federal prison in Omaha, Nebraska. Apparently he did not learn his lesson, as he took on another wife upon his release and return to Utah .

The Two Olivia's

When daughter Jenny was pregnant with her third child, which she did not know what it was going to be, she said she wanted to name it a "ancestor" name. The name that came to mind, was OLIVIA if her baby was a girl. Anna Olevia Rasmussen was a extremely beautiful ancestor, that I had long admired her beauty. She was the daughter of Christian and Mette Rasmussen, my great, great grandparents. So when her little girl was born, she named her Olivia. Olivia was also born on the same day that Sadaam Hussein was found in that spider hole. Recently, on our trip to St. George for spring break, we stopped at the Parowan cemetary. We visited the Rasmussen graves, and when looking at Anna Olevia's grave, we noticed one thing: Both Olivia's were born on the same day, December 14th. It was meant to be that she was named Olivia!

Mother's Day

Since this weekend is Mother's Day, I thought I would post my picture of my mom and dad when I was about three years old. My parents were Don and Shirley Daley Rasmussen, and they were divorced when I was about five years old. Both of them have passed away. I remember after they were divorced, my dad would always get a card for my brother and I too give to my mom on Mother's Day. I thought that was very thoughtful of him, since we were too young to get a card. I love you both and miss you on this special day.

That was then--this is now!

Last weekend, our whole family went to St. George, Utah for the grandkids spring break. Some of us stayed in town, and others stayed at Green Valley resort. We had a great time swimming, biking and eating. The weather was wonderful. SO glad to see the sun again. Many years ago we were there when the girl's were younger. Their grandpa Joe Murphy took this picture with my old Minolta SR202 camera. The old picture was so good, decided to try and do it again!!!! This time dad Joel Murphy and others, took the picture!!!!

Olivia and Jayda

There is never a dull moment when these two get together! They were playing around the other night with coats and hats, and they looked like the trenchcoat Mafia......

The Missionary--Mitch Murphy

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Joel , Phil, Brice and Steven

Mitch and Sharon
The never ending food
Missionary Mom Miriam, who put this all together
Natalie and others

Joel's brother Phil, and his wife Mariam had a open house after church on February 21st for the farewell for their missionary son Mitch Murphy. He was called to serve in the Monterrey, Mexico Mission. Mitch is such a special nephew and cousin to all. He is kind and thoughtful and has a great sense of humor. After church we went to his house for visiting and food. There was sooooo much food there and so many people, that one could hardly get around to get to the food, and one could hardly visit--there were so many well wishers. I brought homemade tamales, that my friend's mother made. I delivered them to the kitchen and could not get out, so I helped serve the mountains of food. I have never seen so much anywhere in my life---not even on a cruise!

President's Day Weekend, Valentines, and Joel's Birthday

The Family had a great weekend get-a-way. All of us went to Midway, Utah and stayed overnight for the weekend to celebrate the holiday, Valentines, and Joel's birthday. The first night Ashleigh and Randy brought Pizza. The next morning for Valentine's the men (Eric and Randy) fixed a wonderful breakfast of red scrambled eggs and bacon. After breakfast the grand kids opened their valentine gifts. We gave them pajama's. Poor Chloee was sick with a fever and other not so fun things and spent most of her time in bed. We watched the Olympics, Michael Jackson's movie "This is It" and the kids went swimming at the Homestead. That night Jenny and Eric went to Park City for dinner. We stayed up late and watched ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Parker never made it off the couch. The next day we watched tv and the kids went ice skating in Heber. On Sunday night was had a birthday dinner for Joel, I made my famous spaghetti. The next day we got ready to leave. Before the weekend was over we had chocolate dipped strawberries to end the weekend. It was great and Joel turned 61.

Rush and Pat

You know me and my politics, and my opinions........................but
Pat Robertson is a complete ass and
Rush Limbaugh is a bigot

http://www.nilesstar.com/2010/01/15/editorial-limbaugh-robertson-comments-inconceivable/


unbelievable

Pig out at the Asian Buffet

Saturday night was Ray Wimmer's birthday. We all went out to dinner to celebrate. My twelve year old grandson Parker had a great time. Here are the rounds of food he ate:
1. plate of fries, chicken nuggets, pizza
2. plate of assorted Chinese food
3. bowl of chocolate ice cream
4. plate of won tons
5. plate of crab legs with drawn butter
6. plate of more won tons with sweet and sour sauce, covered.
7. full plate of assorted jello's
8. two more slices of pizza

I could hardly believe what I saw. He turns twelve this Thursday........ what a kid.

Chief Stanley Brown

Today was the funeral for the former Provo City Fire Chief Stanely Brown. He was such a great part of my life. I have known his family since I was a teenager. His daughter Kate was one of my best friends. We were in the same LDS ward, and her mother Lois was our Mutual teacher. I spend a lot of time at their home hanging out, listening to records and calling boys. There was always a party at the Brown's home. It was the gathering place for Kate's friends, and also for her brother Ed.

Sadly, Kate was killed in a car accident in Provo Canyon in 1971. She was a passenger in a car driven by her boyfriend Pat. Life was never the same without her. Her parents took her death hard, and she was always in their hearts. I think of her often and I still miss her after all these years. When I hear a certain song from the 60's, it reminds me of our great times together. The "Chief" is with her now, along with his son Sam. Farewell for a while, but we will see you again................

Farewell to a "Chief"

Vintage Christmas

I just love old things. These are some of the old ornaments that I put on my tree this year. These are from my Grandparents, Jack and Lyla Daley's collection from the 1950's. It reminds me of my childhood. It is always sad when the tree has to come down.....

Temple Square and the lights

I have a darling friend who I work with that has never been to Temple Square at Christmas time. Her name is Maritza. I have not known her very long, but I have really grown to love her dearly. Joel and I picked her up and took her to see the lights. Notice how short she is compared to us!!!!!!

Christmas Day

We had our annual Christmas day dinner at Jenny and Eric's home. We had a traditional dinner and then exchange our gifts . The grand kids were so cute, and they were so excited! Eric's dad Ray and his wife Pat were there too, along with their cat "Cry Baby". We brought our dog Jake along for the Christmas excitement, and he had fun teasing the cat and the Wimmer beagle Max. It was the best Christmas ever! We all were so blessed!

Christmas 2009

December came and went and I was asking myself why it went so fast. In a flash it was over! We had the Murphy Christmas party, thanks to the kindness of Natalie. She planned it, notified everyone and had it at her clubhouse where she lives. It was great to be together for the holidays, and Santa made a surprise visit as well. It was the first Christmas party without the family party planner: Gayle Cornaby, who died in February. We had some tender moments in her memory, and Phil and Mariam gave her family some snow globes with her pictures in it. The pot luck food was wonderful too.

hot dogs, football and the U

Joel's friend from high school is now the President of the University of Utah. He is very kind to his high school friends, and we get invited to many things are the U. We were invited to the U game, and they played the University of New Mexico. Of course the U won, and it was an exciting game. The weather was mild, and comfortable. Before the game started, we had our choice of all kinds of food. We had Mexican food, drinks, cookies, and there was hot dogs available too. Grandson Parker ate more than the rest of us. He had at least three hot dogs, tons of cookies, lots of Mexican food, pop corn, ice cream, and more hot dogs. He had the best time. During half time, we were sitting next to Frank Layden. I started talking to him, and he was the best sport. He is so cute, and a true gentlemen. We had our pictures taken with him, and he asked us all our names and where we were from. He gave me his card and told me to send him a picture and he would authograph it and send it back. He said he only comes to Utah county two times a year, and that is to ferment his wine............... (get it: come to Utah county and you go way back in time......) Thanks to Mike Young for inviting us to the game and letting us spend some time in his presidential suite.