tribute to J Harold Call-

J Harold: such qualities of loyalty, humor, --always accepting whatever was asked of him in his work, and in the church. He was ever willing to be a listening ear for those who came to him as a friend or as a stake pres. he was great at gardening and took such pride in his garden. He often chuckled at the grandkids and the funny things they would say. He had qualities of spiritually, physically fit, determination.
He worked hard mentally and physically. He had goals and reached so many of them. He liked the out of doors and that included fishing, and camping. He loved his extended family and when the kids were young traveled back to his home town of sparks to see his parents and siblings-and share time with them.

tribute to my dad Ray O. Gertsch--*&happy father's day this weekend

HAPPY FATHERS DAY--DEAR FATHERS--bryan sr., stephen, bryan scott, brad
harold, ray---------
one of the most wonderful things about my mortality--is having had good a good good husband Bryan Call, and good sons Bryan, Brad Call,and Stephen Kirk and a good father Ray O. Gertsch and a good father in law--J Harold call, and brothers, Lyle, Laren and Ralph so --here's to all of you a happy fathers day..
A Shout out for my own dad--
Ray O. GERTSCH-such a kind gentle postive man --were some of my favorite qualities about my dad--especially after his open heart surgery there seemed to me such a gentleness about him. many were his abilities--he was characteristic for: --always putting the Lord first --always putting his family --first ,before himself. --always looking for the bright side of life--enjoying humor and funny situations and stories, looking for the positive. Ever fulfilling his duty and ever willing to help anyone who asked. Ever thoughtful of his siblings. Always grateful for the blessings of our Heavenly Father and always proud of Maeda and all us kids. Weekly writing to his own kids on missions and to many others--often writing letters--to others to give them a booste. I have saved such a letter written to me and so love reflecting on it. He was Often found reading-on a Sunday afternoon or when riding to and from work, as he was part of a car pool I remember that he love reading -and learning and loved learning new things. he had a love of knowledge and was so happy when his own family pursued education and learning.

Temple tour

we took a tour of the new temple fri--& loved it!!

parked right on the temple grounds-- not even a crowd--went right through on a self guided tour--and loved it all--what a spirit--there in... "I love to see the temple"!! as the song said--

rain --showers bring june flowers --is that how it goes?

this is pretty much after--the fact of the water

settling--down--but just imagine twice that much rain--before we got it under control...

dear family--I love that we are not lacking /hurting for moisture right now--but when your rain gutters need replaced (and the will be shortly) --and with a slanted driveway--well it makes for lots of bailing out water with buckets and a pump--we've done that many times this spring but sat (the 13th) the water got ahead of us more than usual and started flooding the garage--dave lobach grabbed a second pump and brought it to our aid and stayed and helped us--it was pretty crazy--but in the end nothing got damaged--except maybe dad's back being strained and damaged--from all the carrying of buckets of water that I filled up---good thing we have that brown chair downstairs--

out with the old --in with the new

new door from inside (I loaded up the pictures backwards I meant to do the old then the new) New door from the outside view--we'll be adding a screen door in front of this is a few weeks--

a work in progress...................... its a pretty wide opening when the door unit is all out

old door unit with old screen door--this is how it was about for the last 10 years

old door unit w/out screen in front --this is how it was for about the first 10 years we lived here

the latest and greatest project for the house was a 20year long dream of ours--taking out the old door and single pane windows and putting in a more efficient not to mention "prettier door' old= door goodbye new door hello--I think it turned out nice--how do ya like it?

reporting in on bonneville seabase

fun to have snorkling gear on again I thought all those days were "past"
feeding a shark

another angle looking at the shark--swam in the same pool as this guy

the semi-enclosed pool that had most of the fish in

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okay family --as I told ya--I went swimming and snorkling at the seabase--tried out three different pools--one enclosed --on particially enclosed and one open --the one enclosed had sharks in there (2) they or course were just the curious type not man eating --and the only time I saw them was in in the picture below when the owner was feeding them the fish to lure them to the top--after that--they went deep--I did some some pretty large fish, med sized and small-I don't know all the names-besides an angel fish but this is my take--visiability a minimal--due to recent rains too-

nice and warm water--I'd say great swimming in the salt water--fun "bobbing along" much like you would in the great salt lake --water--and if you just want a great swim --do it! if you want to snorkle or have had great snorkling experiences--(like I have in sharks cove in Hawaii) then not so much--great snorkling--but I was prepared for that--so I really enjoyed myself--and the time I spent there--

fun going swimming --this summer

I LOVE summer and -
this summer seems to be a great summer for swimming in spite of the little rain on and off
earlier I went with the kirks to seven peaks--and then yesterday to the water aquatic pool in tooele with the brianne and the kids--then at the end of the week I'm going to try out a place out by grantsville and see how this boneville snorkling place is--wish me luck--supposidly its cool and reasonably priced and should be a lot of fun--for someone who loves tropical fish like I do.