I am going to copy my journals from the Vernal Years which were august of 1971 to June of 1985. I get a Diary or Journal of my life. I had it stored in my house at Orem, Utah when the basement was flooded and damaged my Journals. Hence I will try to copy or recreate them on this blog..

AUGUST 1979 to JULY1983

I am starting with this Journal because it is the first one I picked up when I came down to St.George.

July 16, 1979
I am 34 years old, I weigh 195 pounds.  I have a testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Mormon Church it is his church on earth. Spencer W. Kimball is the Prophet on earth.
96 degrees small thunderstorms first in 29 days
It has been a month since I close out my second journal. This is my third journal. Every entry this time I want to enter a thought joke or spiritual story or story of the day that is an inspired message. Mark Twain once said,"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened." one of my hang ups is that I am a nervous worrier,a nd it is true that the greatest share of all the things I worry about never happen.
This past month I had a great opportunity of spending a week in Provo , we took the kids to the 4th of July parade, President Kimball was in the parade, he had 3 body guards which is an indication of the times, but when he passed by we immediately rose to our feet, what a spiritual presence, such a man, so spiritual so near perfect. It was a great occasion.
Next week we are going to Aspen, Colorado for a workshop.
I have been busy around the house, we fixed our utility room..also built a fence to hide our neighbors pigs.
I am working on a grant to encourage teacher talents.
I helped Prent Klag move in last week. he is a great person..Note I hired him as a teacher at Naples Elementary School to teach 4th grade.  He later hired me to be an adjunct professor at SUU. Prent became the Dean of the College of Education at SUU.

August 3, 1979
Our family has been on a 7 day vacation to Snowmass Villiage, Colorado. I went to an Administrative Workshop. It was really great. We stayed at the Timberline Condominiums.We went to Aspen several times. Then we went to Cedarview, Colorado where our friends Sandy and Bill Gappmayer live. We stayed there for 2 days. We really enjoyed our trip.
After that we worked around the house. Then Darolyne flew to Canada for 8 days and I tended the kids.
I sure love my wife very much and sure missed her she flew on a Boeing 727.
It has been super hot  103 and up to 107 in downtown Salt Lake City.