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Moroni cut the bands & fed the thrasher so many years, that it set his blood rushing in later years. Whenever he heard a
thrasher running he wanted to be there. I remember the big meals I got for the thrashing hands when our grain was thrashed. The first one was when Lou was about two months old. It was a big job for me, I was only seventeen & hadn't had much experience in cooking but got along fine. I know the Lord helped me those first years of my married life to learn & Moroni was so kind & helpful. His mother & sister Ruth too, were so good to me, showing me kindly how to manage. I always tried to make the best of all I had. Our Forest & Hugh worked out as their father could spare them or helped at home. Lou worked for others too & got nice things we needed. One spring she got us all white embroidered dresses. Mine had trimmings of a little black in it. We got them made for the Sunday School May Day program & when we were ready to go, it was trying to snow but didn't amount to much. We enjoyed our Sunday School meetings so much, all taking part. There were so few of us that we had to each take part, we learned so much doing it. It was about this time Forest was Superintendent when he was nineteen years old. Everyone came that lived in the valley, Hugh taught a class & Nellie was Secretary when she was nine years old. Hugh made a desk for her with a lid & place for
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the minutes & Sunday School books. Lou & I taught classes.
We would take our dinner & stay for meeting at the School house. We took potato salad & cake or a dessert & sandwiches. We had a good spirit. Sometimes we had visitors from St.Johns, St.Johns was our ward & we were just a branch. I have always been glad for the part we all took, it has helped prepare them for other & all church duties.
The winter Daisy was born, 24 Jan 1915, we stayed in St.Johns all winter. Forest stayed at the farm with his father to grub out willows & plow, but they were here when Daisy was born. They were all so lovely to me, Lou, Bessie Josephine & Vivian the boys were grown & the girls too all but Vivian & Jay he was six & a half years. The older children all loved to see the little clothes I made preparing for our baby. We all rejoiced that a baby was coming into our home as Moroni & I always did. Hugh did Janitor at the High School to help him through & gave me money to get some things I needed badly for we were in hard circumstances. The milk, vegetables & fresh ground graham was so good & when Moroni & Forest came down to see us they always brought lots of milk & feed for the one cow we kept here & chickens, Hugh was so happy & busy often only having three minutes to eat dinner.
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