For diary entries beginning Thursday, February 26, 1959, go to Dorothy's Idaho Diaries. As of that date the family lived on a farm south of Nampa, Idaho.

Saturday, June 19, 1999

Sunday, June 19, 1949

We all went to sunday school. it was cold & stormy. Lyle went home with Melvin. We came home and fed the Kids then Ivard & I went up to Ray & Evelyns and spent the afternoon, we went over to Laurence & Aftons a min. then ate & went to church, rode back home with Ray & talked awhile then came home.

Friday, June 18, 1999

Saturday, June 18, 1949

Berniece had a 8 lb 6 oz baby boy today. Ivard, Lyle & Gail went over to Lee's and hayed all day. I spent all day makeing diapers and finishing my dress. didn't get much work done. It rained all night.

Thursday, June 17, 1999

Friday, June 17, 1949

Ivard went over to Lee's to hay & I did up work & sewed on my dress. Lyle and Gail went over to Lee's to haul hay at 1: & Jerry was home alone. Glen & Ad came & took me & 3 little Kids to Caldwell & got shoes & had icecream & went to Park awhile. Lyle & Gail went swimming tonight with Decons at Caldwell & Ivard went miss. & Jerry went over to show with Ivard.

Wednesday, June 16, 1999

Thursday, June 16,1949

took Ivard over to Lees to hay & never got back till 10: then Syble called & said they'd be over to do our hay for dinner because it was blowing too hard to haul. We ate & they went to cut our hay but it was too wet so Ivard & Kids did beets all afternoon. sure an awful wind all afternoon.

Tuesday, June 15, 1999

Wednesday, June 15, 1949

feed Kids & took Ivard over to Lee's to hay & Syble & I went to Parma & got feed & Pd bills. got home at noon & fixed lunch then Mrs. Wooley came & got me & we went & got Syble & Mrs. Stoker & went up to Garners to shower on Delorus came home & ate & Ivard & Lyle & Gail went to scout meeting & I got books up & crocheted.

Monday, June 14, 1999

Tuesday, June 14, 1949

took Ivard over to Lees to hay then I came home & had a bath & took 3 little Kids over to Sybles & I went to all day relief society meeting, had nice lunch. came back & got Ivard & Kids & brought them home then I went over to Ad's. while Ivard & Lyle went to thin beets at church farm had supper. got home at 10:

Sunday, June 13, 1999

Monday, June 13, 1949

made cottage cheese & did up work. Ivard did chores & tended water and at 10:30 he went over to help Lee hay. called Glen for bull had nap with Kids. got supper & me and Kids went to bed early & Ivard went out missionarying.

Saturday, June 12, 1999

Sunday, June 12, 1949

Ivard & I, Lyle & Gail went to sunday school got 5 qts icecream & groc. & brought Melvin home & we had Jerrys birthday dinner. Lee Syble & Kids came over all afternoon. Kay, Gene & Ray stayed home & the rest of us went to church. Little Kids couldn't go, no shoes.

Friday, June 11, 1999

Saturday, June 11, 1949

to wet to hay till noon so they thinned beets & we ate dinner then I took Ivard, Lyle & Gail up to neighbors & they finished up his hay. We did chores & all of us but Lyle went to Adrian to the show, for Jerrys birthday. no cake. I hemmed 25 diapers.

Thursday, June 10, 1999

Friday, June 10, 1949

Ivard & Lyle went up to neighbors and hayed all day. I did up work & got dinner & got ready & at 1: went over to Rhody's to my shower. I got a lot of nice, expensive presents. not too many came. I won prize. got home at 6: & we had a hard rain for about 1 hr. Ivard didn't go miss.

Wednesday, June 9, 1999

Thursday, June 9, 1949

Ivard & Lyle went & hayed all day & Gail & Jerry did beets. I did up work and sewed on my new dress. got dinner & got ready & at 2: I went down to Bullens to a stork shower on Mrs. Studyte. won prize got a box of baby clothes from Berniece. came home & sewed & went to bed early. finished dress.

Tuesday, June 8, 1999

Wednesday, June 8, 1949

Kids did beets. We had dinner & I bathed & Kay, Gene, Ray & I went to Ontario to the doctor then they bought Jerry a birthday present. came home by Parma & got feed & groceries. Ivard didn't hay today, he did beets & watered. I've gained too much weight. went over to Farm Bureau meeting at high S.

Monday, June 7, 1999

Tuesday, June 7, 1949

Ivard went & raked hay all day and Kids did beets. I did up the work & cut me out 2 house dresses. this afternoon I went and did my relief society teaching alone. Syble is working. We ate and went to bed early. had letter from Berniece.

Sunday, June 6, 1999

Monday, June 6, 1949

Ivard went up to rake for neighbor & Kids did beets. I scrubbed & cleaned house good & wrote to Mother. had a nap with Kids. this afternoon I went to Adrian and got dairy feed. got supper & Ivard went missionarying. I sat out side until he got home at 11:00.

Saturday, June 5, 1999

Sunday, June 5, 1949

Got up & ate & bathed & at 7:30 Ivard, Lyle, Gail & I went over to Max's & went to Weiser to conference. sure good but hot. Ezra T. Benson was up. we bought our lunch. after Ivard had a miss. meeting so Ivard & I rode home with Shorts, stopped & had a root beer float. stayed at Max's awhile, got home at dark.

Friday, June 4, 1999

Saturday, June 4, 1949

Kids did beets all day and Ivard watered then they hauled the hay off the piece west of the house. I iorned all day. we ate & at 6:30 Ivard went over to Shorts & went with him to priesthood conference. I went to bed early. Ivard came at midnight. got letter from Louie.

Thursday, June 3, 1999

Friday, June 3, 1949

got books up & dampened clothes. Ivard fixed flat tires then they did beets. after dinner I got ready & went over to Rhodys, it was supposed to be my shower but its not till next week. I visited all afternoon. Ivard went miss. but short couldn't go so we went over to Adrian to show & took Kids to see "Red Stallion in the Rockies."

Wednesday, June 2, 1999

Thursday, June 2, 1949

did a 3 weeks washing & Jerry got dinner at 2:30 I took Kids over to Big Bend Park to closeing primary party. had hot dogs, punch, cookies, icecream Kids got presents. Took Stokers home & went to Adrian. got supper & cleaned up house & got clothes all in & put away. sure cold today. got letter from Berniece. they did beets.

Tuesday, June 1, 1999

Wednesday, June 1, 1949

did up the work & got dinner, had a nap with the Kids. Ivard & Kids thinned beets all day. I took Lyle & Gail up to Woolies to go to Nyssa to a stake Priesthood banquet. They got home at 11:30 & brought 3 boxes of lunch.