Skip to main content

02/20/11 Double murder

2/20/11
The neighborhood was shook this week with a double murder and an attempted suicide just 8 houses from ours this week.  It was on wagonwheel drive over straight across our street and then 3 houses in on the next block.  A 47 year old man (Richard Jones) killed his wife (Michelle Jones) and her 19 year old son (his step son) Christopher Ellis Friday night.  He gunned down his wife in the driveway and the son was found in the garage and then tried to kill himself and he was found in his bedroom.  So far he is still alive, last I heard, but with gunshot wounds to the head...who knows how long he'll last.
I didn't know any of them.  Did you?  I think they may have moved here within the last couple of years.   Not sure.
We had one of those in December in St. George.  Sad.  All the ugliness in the world today.
We had ward conference today and it was pretty good.  Although a LONG time to sit.  They had the grown ups in the chapel the WHOLE TIME!!!  President Ellsworth gave a talk about how we should be in the process of raising our best friends.  I hope you consider us your best friends!  He said how much he enjoys spending time with his kids and how great of friends they are.  He said people always used to tell them to wait until the kids were teenagers...then they wouldn't enjoy them so much.  But that he DID still enjoy his teenagers.  So far I feel the same way.  You gave us a groan or two but for the most part you are a cool fun kid and we enjoy you!  Same with your bro's and sis's.  I am really enjoying having girl time and "playing" with the girls.  
This year for Stake Conference we are doing a pioneer trek up Cedar Mountain and tonight we are having a fireside talking about that...getting everyone excited.  It should be fun I hope.  I'm already excited.  Course I never did that as a kid.  Dad couldn't be paid to do one again...hmmm....maybe I should be worried!!!  You never did get to do one.  Too bad.  I really think it has it's benefits.
Friday evening dad and Dallas went up to a playoff game between Judge and Hurricane (Hurricane lost) and so given I had a little free time on my hands I painted the girls bedroom.  It is a pastel green. It came out kinda pretty.  (For all the world the paint looked tan before applied to the wall though...???)  
They are painting everything at work and it inspired me to do another room.  The girls room was boogery and gross so it really did make it look nice.
We still have no furniture in our man cave but dad says he saw a bed/sofa type contraption at COSTCO that we may check out and get if it will fit.   We want you to still have a bed for if you ever decide to come sleep over here again!
Well I am getting ready to head to the fireside so I'm gonna sign off.  Things have been pretty much the same here...love you lots!!!
Have you gotten any of the dear elders?  I sent a couple and Bro somebody (my mind is blank) said he sent you one about 2 weeks ago too.

Love you lots and can't wait to hear all about your week!!!!  Keep up the good work.  You are amazing!  Love Mom.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

11/09/24 The temple

St George Temple This morning I woke up early and continued to read "Your Endowment", a book Grandma Griffin gave me several years ago but that I never read cover to cover. It is of course, about the temple and the meaning behind the endowment and the other things we learn about in the temple. I'll be honest, a lot of it feels "over my head".  I am seeking to learn and know and understand more but I don't have a thorough understanding at this time.  Kathy and Steve Spring Yesterday I went to visit Kathy Spring. She worked at Washington City for many years and retired almost 3 years ago. We were good friends and she helped me in the court for quite awhile. Her husband died in January of 2020...looking back she is convinced it was covid but it was just before covid really became a thing. So it's not official. In about a years time she lost her Dad, her husband, her son and a grandson. Life was pretty rough when we were friends back then and I could see the...
1 comment
Read more

10/06/24 Repairs, Funeral, Marathon, Retirement Party, Car Show, Murder Mystery, Dr Visits, Pets, Food & Church. O my!

Macy Bundy, Hudson Jones, Emily Francis It's been a wonderful, packed week with good stuff going on all around. Sunday during church I went to Andy's class for 1/2 of the second hour. The kids are nine and kind of a handful sometimes...but there was only three and they were pretty cute and fun. After Andy taught his class he went to Primary singing time and I went to the second half of a combined YW/YM class.  We had Sunday dinner with Randy & Kay, AJ, GPA, and us. Eldon and Diane are on an Elderhostel trip and will be gone for a couple Sundays with other responsibilities. Andy smoked drumsticks and I made homemade bread and cookies (both new recipes). All of our dinner was SO GOOD!!!!  Sometimes it just works, and this was one of those! YuM! Raspberry filled cookies Delicious homemade bread Bryce and Marlee and Mo left fairly early on Sunday morning. They went out to Enterprise to see her brother's kids in the primary program. They had lunch and then stopped at Holly a...
Post a Comment
Read more

11/10/24 Election, 28 year Anniversary, 1 year Anniversary and a Sealing

Well I'm starting this early cause tomorrow morning I'm going walking extra early. But I'm still calling it 11/10.   I'm gonna run through this week and see if anything was exciting.  But first...this picture...It just kills me!  When church is just too much! Haha.  I think that was at youth conference a couple of years ago and I think it's one of the Francis boys...but I couldn't swear to it! I know you're not supposed to take pictures in the chapel.  But seriously...I couldn't resist! Speaking of the Francis family. Today at 2:30 p.m. at the Red Cliff's Temple, they sealed Laith to their family. Laith will make child # 10 (or 12?)  (And he is 10 years old).  Laith's mother died very unexpectedly within the last couple of years. Shortly thereafter his father was arrested and has been sentenced to spend the rest of his childhood and beyond (I don't know the # of years) in prison. He's a challenging child AND he got bumped around a little....
Post a Comment
Read more