News from Uncle Howard and Aunt Margaret

We have enjoyed this fall so much.  I cannot believe the calendar when we are still running around in the warm sunshine, the flowers are still blooming, and my garden is still producing.  It has been a wonderful fall in Wyoming.

I am going to North Carolina on Saturday because my mother is not expected to live.  Uncle Howard won't be able to go with me this time.  The daily oxygen he is on now made traveling such a hassle.  Plus if he gets sick while we were back there, it would be such a strain on him.   (It is hard to be sick away from home!)  And it seems he does get sick when we are not home. 

So that is what is going on with us.  We think of you all and wonder what is happening in your busy lives.

Continuing the dominance!

This post will be about Elisabeth, our oldest child.  Here she is with Peter about a week ago. They have just climbed Cache Peak.

Elisabeth lives in Brooklyn and is an actress and singer.

Here is the cast of one of her plays: She is on the far right in the back.
 You can hear her newest song here:

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Elisabeth works a variety of day jobs when not acting. She got to work at fashion week and see lots of great shows. This week she is working at comic con following around a yeti for Animal Planet TV-- kind of like the people who follow the Disney Princesses around. 

She and her boyfriend Q come out to Idaho whenever they can. They like to golf, hike, snowboard, and fish.

I don't know how to flip this, sorry! 

Sometimes she is a hair model for bumble and bumble.

They do all kinds of crazy stuff.

And that is Elisabeth.

And now for the promised report on my visit with Uncle Marvin and Shirla--also waving to Bryan and Mike in the driveway--they were working. 

Time was short, it took much longer to get there from Layton than I thought, plus there was construction and a marathon. But it was good to see them both. Shirla has a beautiful welcoming home just like you would think she would. Uncle Marvin is thin but still alert and sharp. We didn't talk long, well, mostly I talked,  but I think Uncle Marvin was getting tired, so that was probably a good thing. Shirla is pretty as ever and so kind. So that is my report.

What I would like to see in future posts, not by me--Valery's wedding pictures. Any news about anyone else but me and my family!

C'mon, somebody, post something!

Or I will be forced to take over as I have been known to do! Forgot to say that it is once again Amy.

News of the Tofts--this will be the Peter Toft chapter.

Peter and Andrew just got back from a trip to the Wallawa Mountains in Oregon. They hiked every day with Peter's cousin, Warren Youker. I think Peter said they hiked 37 miles in 3 days--usually 11 or 12 miles a day.

So he loves hiking. Also skiing--teaches at Pomerelle, the family ski area near us. He loves golf too. And TV. And me!

Peter works at US Bank in Trust. He is good at it.  Old ladies really love him.

Peter hasn't joined our Church yet, but I know he will someday, even if I have to wait for him to die first! Kidding! Sort of!

Cooking! and wearing fake tattoo sleeves

He is a great cook, but doesn't bake.

In Wyoming near the Tetons, which I did not seem to get in the picture

And here is a great family picture of all of us!

OK, Let's make this husband week! Post about your husband if you dare. Sorry, Pam, I can't help bossing !

Love to everyone from Amy Toft

And saturday I will get to see Shirla, Bryan, and Uncle Marvin. There will be a report!

Little Amy

It's Amy!

Ha I am in!  Hmm, now what? Is this just about Hein family stuff or my family?  Well, I liked seeing the pictures very much. And thank you Aunt Jackie for the recent family history from Grandma Hein. She did not have an easy life, that's for sure. Did everyone else laugh when Grandma said to her sister, "I feel like I should give you my baby." (It was Uncle Lee--I'm glad she didn't!)  Because her sister, I think Maren, had come to help Grandma shortly after Maren's own baby died. That's not the funny part yet. Then Aunt Wilma, who I'm guessing was about 4, said "Mother, then you would feel the same as Aunt Maren." Can't you just hear Aunt Wilma saying that? That's when I laughed. OK, maybe that's only funny to me!

It's the first day of school here, which feels like New Year's Day to me. I miss Mary, who is a senior, but I am getting a lot done being home alone.

Someone tell me if this is only Hein stuff, or if it is for all my news. I will try not to take over and boss everyone, like I did when we did those programs at the reunions when we were little.

 I know, let's take every Primary song about mom and dad, stick the words grandma and grandpa in it, and spend a lot of time practicing it with me telling everyone what to do, then make everyone watch us perform! Doesn't that sound great? Let's do it every year!

Then we can hang around and watch Shirla--the coolest girl ever do her hair and makeup! She always had a date! We can gaze at Ron and Don from afar in awe. They are so cool! And cute!

Then we can get mad at Natalie because Andy always makes her giggle. Andy was the funniest boy ever!

Then we can eat Hawaiian haystacks and watch my mom's barbershop group sing in their red and white striped jackets and beehive hair!

Then Aunt Jackie can throw away Kerri's blanket because it looks like a rag, and there can be a big hunt for it at bedtime. Then Kerri's mean big sister can whisper to poor Kerri that her blanket smells like garbage all night long.

Somebody stop me!  What do you remember, and tell me about the reunion that I just missed.

Love, Amy

Four Living Children of Alvin and Katherine Hein (August 2010)

Hein Reuniion 22 August 2010 Sibling Dinner