June of 1976 some of my roommate and I decided to go to Hawaii. I had a good friend whom was from there and had invited us over to stay with their family and I had a very good job making too much money for my good. We saved up the money and headed for Hawaii and had a delightful trip.
To my surprise when I got home whom was there waiting for me but Ed. He without hesitation asked me to marry him and we were married in November of that year. I was not out of Mesa community College and had a wonderful job and Ed was finishing up.
Within a month or so Ed found a job in Salt Lake City and by January of 1977 we were living in Salt Lake City, Ut. This was a great adventure for both of us. One year later he was offered a terrific job with Salt River Project in St Johns and we have been there since.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
High School Years
Ed was always the life of the party. He had something going all the time and it was so fun to be around him. I remember being excited when Candace (his 1st cousin) would say he was coming to town. It was party time. We got together, played games and loved our water bottle and buckets of water fights as we drove around town trying to find eachother and attack!
By 8th grade we heard that Ed was moving back to St. Johns and Candace and I were delighted. I remember cheerleading out at the old fairgrounds. I was up in the stands and seeing him walk around the corner and knowing he was home to stay was the best part of the night. It didn't matter if we won the football game or not. We were all merely friends, but loved being together as a group.
He was able to graduate from St. Johns. His goal was to home and march down the graduation isle with the St. Johns 8th grade graduating class and that he did. He was home.
In his Freshman year of High School, it wasn't hard to rekindle all the friendships he had before leaving St. Johns and from his visits of coming home often. Everyone seemed to be delighted he was back, but most of all him.
From his Freshman year through out High School we dated oft and on. My cousin Garth Drain and I were fast friends and usually walked home from school together for years playing basketball, football or whatever sport we could talk our parents into letting us play before time to do chores or homework. Garth and Ed became best friends and it made it easy for all of us to hang out with one another. Garth and Ed had pleasant personalities so of course the girls liked them. Well everyone like both of them for they had a good sense of humor and were nice guys. They didn't act like they were better than any one. By the time Ed was a senior he had achieved many things, but becoming Student Body President was that suited him well. He loved to be in charge of things. Of course, it was a land slide election raise.
During our senior year we were going "steady"....wooo!....... So I was wearing his class ring which was a big deal back then.
I was one year in class older than Ed, so after graduation I headed for college at Mesa Community and he continued. I really do think he loved High School.
Whitings owned and ran most everything in town. There weren't many that were not benefited by them through employment or some other business way.
Ed's father was killed in a plan accident when he was a boy of age 7 along with Far Whiting, leaving two families without fathers and no Whiting son's left to E.I Whiting. This was a tragidy to the family as well as the town. Not much remained the same after that.
Ed left town not long after that and moved to Mesa, Arizona. We didn't know much about eachother at this time, but Candace Gibbons was not only my cousin, but best friend from 2nd grade throughout High School and she was close to Ed, so every time he came to St. Johns, we all enjoyed one another.
By 8th grade we heard that Ed was moving back to St. Johns and Candace and I were delighted. I remember cheerleading out at the old fairgrounds. I was up in the stands and seeing him walk around the corner and knowing he was home to stay was the best part of the night. It didn't matter if we won the football game or not. We were all merely friends, but loved being together as a group.
He was able to graduate from St. Johns. His goal was to home and march down the graduation isle with the St. Johns 8th grade graduating class and that he did. He was home.
In his Freshman year of High School, it wasn't hard to rekindle all the friendships he had before leaving St. Johns and from his visits of coming home often. Everyone seemed to be delighted he was back, but most of all him.
From his Freshman year through out High School we dated oft and on. My cousin Garth Drain and I were fast friends and usually walked home from school together for years playing basketball, football or whatever sport we could talk our parents into letting us play before time to do chores or homework. Garth and Ed became best friends and it made it easy for all of us to hang out with one another. Garth and Ed had pleasant personalities so of course the girls liked them. Well everyone like both of them for they had a good sense of humor and were nice guys. They didn't act like they were better than any one. By the time Ed was a senior he had achieved many things, but becoming Student Body President was that suited him well. He loved to be in charge of things. Of course, it was a land slide election raise.
During our senior year we were going "steady"....wooo!....... So I was wearing his class ring which was a big deal back then.
I was one year in class older than Ed, so after graduation I headed for college at Mesa Community and he continued. I really do think he loved High School.
Whitings owned and ran most everything in town. There weren't many that were not benefited by them through employment or some other business way.
Ed's father was killed in a plan accident when he was a boy of age 7 along with Far Whiting, leaving two families without fathers and no Whiting son's left to E.I Whiting. This was a tragidy to the family as well as the town. Not much remained the same after that.
Ed left town not long after that and moved to Mesa, Arizona. We didn't know much about eachother at this time, but Candace Gibbons was not only my cousin, but best friend from 2nd grade throughout High School and she was close to Ed, so every time he came to St. Johns, we all enjoyed one another.
Ed and Nanette Whiting Family
We love the Christmas season in our family and are sad to see it go. This year we were able to all be together (all married kids, grandkids and 1 son ready to go on his mission, the only one not physically here was his twin that is our on his mission and was able to talk to us Christmas morning for 3 hours.)
We feel this is a season that reminds us how blessed we are. It helps us reflect upon the Savior, the Atonement and the importance it plays in all our lives and the spirit of giving.
We are so grateful for our beliefs of knowing where we came from, why we are here and where we will go after death. We gladly meet this challenge even when life can be tough because we know though our Temple marriage we call all be sealed to eachother forever and this in itself can bring peace to the soul. We want to share to others suffering with lost ones and troubles in their life that though "life" is not always easy, the Lord is willing to lighten our yoke and maybe there are things that can't or won't change, but the peace in our minds can and also can the welcome support of friends and family being ready to give and be there for you.. We so need eachother. I wouldn't know what to do without those that have met my needs in times of trouble which are mostly simply the respect of "listening" and letting me figure out what it is that I need to do to improve my own situation. I am so grateful! I hope we all learn to be more grateful for each little thing in our lives. When we do, it grows and more and more positive comes our way because we recognize more and more positive.
I love to chat and be friends. I have my dear late mom's trait of loving to talk.
To all my family and friends, "I love you dearly".......as I do all!
We feel this is a season that reminds us how blessed we are. It helps us reflect upon the Savior, the Atonement and the importance it plays in all our lives and the spirit of giving.
We are so grateful for our beliefs of knowing where we came from, why we are here and where we will go after death. We gladly meet this challenge even when life can be tough because we know though our Temple marriage we call all be sealed to eachother forever and this in itself can bring peace to the soul. We want to share to others suffering with lost ones and troubles in their life that though "life" is not always easy, the Lord is willing to lighten our yoke and maybe there are things that can't or won't change, but the peace in our minds can and also can the welcome support of friends and family being ready to give and be there for you.. We so need eachother. I wouldn't know what to do without those that have met my needs in times of trouble which are mostly simply the respect of "listening" and letting me figure out what it is that I need to do to improve my own situation. I am so grateful! I hope we all learn to be more grateful for each little thing in our lives. When we do, it grows and more and more positive comes our way because we recognize more and more positive.
I love to chat and be friends. I have my dear late mom's trait of loving to talk.
To all my family and friends, "I love you dearly".......as I do all!
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