Adelaide, Australia
89th operating temple
Dedicated: 15 June 2000
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Book of Mormon
Enos 1:1-18
Come Follow Me
Review
April General Conference
"Miracles, Angels and Priesthood Power" by Elder Shayne M. Bowen
I was miserable this morning and missed church, yet again. They are going to put me on the inactive list if I keep doing this. Mornings are my worst time.
James administered the sacrament to me when he got home. He is also fasting for me and my health.
Tom slept on my chair the entire time James was gone. He was my company.
We got a text from Rebecca, James's sister today. She was passing on information that I already knew about from a Lambson cousin, Dian Richins. There is a new Lambson family history book coming out and they are asking all of the families of James's generation to write a brief history of their family. This is what James worked on for an hour or two this afternoon. I typed it up and sent it to Dian. She sent me a thank you. Here is a copy of what James wrote:
Karen and I were married on June 1, 1968, in the Mesa, Arizona temple, over 55 years ago. We started dating our senior year in high school at Snowflake Union High School, in Snowflake, Arizona. After graduation we both attended ASU in Tempe, Arizona.
We both graduated from ASU. Karen graduated in 1970 from the College of Education and I graduate the following year from the College of Liberal Arts.
Since there were no jobs available in my major field, wildlife biology, I started working in construction as soon as I graduated. Karen had been teaching school one year and I had promised that when I graduated she wouldn't need to work anymore, unless she wanted to. After her first year of teaching she became pregnant with our first child, Stacy Michelle, who was born on February 8, 1972. From this time until the present day she has been a stay-at-home mom and grandma.
I worked approximately one year for someone else then started working for myself. Over the next few years I had a goal of becoming a licensed contractor and arranged with several individuals to oversee the building of large custom homes for wages. That is because I had to have two years supervisory experience to get a license. At that time I had the owners hire my dad and my uncle Gene to work for me. They both had a lot of experience. I hired a crew which the owners paid for and by 1975 I was qualified to get a residential license. I took the contractors test and passed. A few years later I also qualified for a commercial license.
In 1975 I built our first home in Chandler, Arizona. We lived in this home while raising our five children. In 2012 we moved to Vernon, Arizona which means we had two homes. We came back down to Chandler for a few months in 2015 to get our home ready to sell, which it did. We loved this home and lived there for 40 years.
Stacy was born three years and eight months after we were married. Kimberly Ann was born on December 31, 1973, a welcomed tax deduction and the sweetest little girl. Her big sister adored her. Sheri Rene was born on February 20, 1975, just 14 months after Kim. Jared Ryan was born November 4, 1976 and Darrel Kay, September 5, 1978. Five children in six and a half years.
My career has been as a contractor. I built custom homes in the Phoenix area during the 1970's and 80's. I began doing commercial projects and golf course work. I believe I have poured cart paths and built bridges on over 50 golf courses, including remodeling work. Some of those courses had over five miles of cart path and took around 500 truck loads of concrete.
I've worked on golf courses throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, and even in Florida. We also did the Little Bighorn Golf Course in Sheridan, Wyoming.
We have also worked on a dozen medical facilities and built an automotive repair sop and a camera store. In recent years I have built 19 airport hangars and worked on 8 more.
In 2002 our summer home that I built in Pinedale, Arizona burned to the ground in the Rodeo-Chedeski fire. We bough 90 acres near Vernon, Arizona next to the forest and built a new home which we currently reside in.
Life has been good. We now have 22 grandchildren, one great and another great on the way.
Stacy married Paul Gonzales on June 30, 1989 and they have five boys:
Adam Paul - February 26, 1990
Jared Ammon - July 8, 1992
Dallin James - June 14, 1995
Michael Aaron - December 19, 1997
Joshua Ivan - August 14, 1995
Kim married Brian Horak on September 29, 1995 and they have one son:
Joseph Ryan - February 26, 1997
Sheri married Ian Trezise on April 19, 1996 and they have four sons:
Alexander Kay - April 16, 1998
Benjamin David - December 16, 1999
Maxwell Frasure - July 1, 2003
Evan William - November 6, 2006
Jared has four children with his first wife Tricia Wallen:
James Hayden - September 15, 2000
Anna Lee - January 17, 2002
Emmalee - June 4, 2005
Molly Jean - August 8, 2009
Jared married Kacey Havens on January 21, 2017 and they have one daughter:
Charlie Mae - August 27, 2018
Kacey has three children that we count as our grandchildren:
Autumn - May 7, 1997
Autumn is married to Palmer Child and they have one daughter:
Scarlett Jane - October 6, 2017
Tanner - March 10, 2004
Tanner has a little boy coming this summer.
Darrel married Trina Case on August 8, 2003 and they have four children:
Adalyn Kay - August 28, 2004
Rowan Case - August 10, 2006
Ruby Jane - June 18, 2009
Lola Suzanne - July 4, 2014
Both Karen and I have been active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all of our married lives, serving in various stake and ward callings.
James said we have a new sister missionary, that Sister Lassen was transferred. I found a later that she is close by, in Eagar.
Jared Ammon texted me today. He really wants to quit his job and come up here and work. I told him we didn't have money to pay him right now but we might in a few weeks.
James broke his fast before dinner and heated up some chili for my dinner and his. He said he got the news that Brother Johnson had a stroke today and is being transported to the valley. We will be fasting for him, his wife Ann, and his daughter Lily
Tom doesn't like the wind and if it's blowing too hard he won't go outside.
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