Brady's YM Adventure...

Brady really struggled with whether he should go to the funeral or his YM's activity.  They went up to Lost Lake by McCall and they picked huckelberries and played in the river.  I'm so glad he had fun!

 

Roma Alder's Funeral

Roma Lee (Powell) Alder

December 7, 1935 ~ July 25, 2022 (age 86)

Roma Lee Alder, former longtime Hermiston, Oregon resident of Kennewick, Washington, was born on December 7, 1935, in Beaver, Utah to parents, Albert and Myrtle Mary Woolsey Powell. She passed away peacefully on July 25, 2022, in Richland, Washington at the age of 86 years. 

Her two older brothers, Albert and Gene, adored her. She was sickly much of her early life as well as her later life. Their family later adopted a little girl named Barbara, so she finally had a sister. 

Roma was very active in high school. She took Hawaiian guitar lessons and voice lessons. She performed in operettas and music festivals and preferred singing in small groups and trios. She loved to dance and enjoyed dance festivals as well as youth church dances. Roma and Allan Alder have been friends ever since they were young. They would play together while their mothers were at ward choir practice. They started officially dating in high school and did so until he left on his mission. 

It might be considered scandalous today, but Roma and Allan’s sister and mother went and picked him up from his mission. Roma and Allan were soon married on October 30, 1957, in the Idaho Falls Temple. They have 7 children: Robert (Debbie), Michael (Sharon), David, Diana (Jed), Karen (Aaron), Eric (Nova), and Steven (Cher). They have 36 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. 

Roma loved her service in the church. She was a great teacher and enjoyed teaching children and youth. Her most rewarding ward calling was when she taught early morning seminary. She loved it when past seminary students called or visited. Roma was always a faithful visiting teacher. She knew how to minister to others. 
Roma and Allan served a mission together in the Family History Salt Lake City Mission for 15 months and soon thereafter were called as ordinance workers in the Portland Temple. In 2001 they were called to be President and Matron of the newly constructed Columbia River Washington Temple by President Gordon B. Hinckley where they served for three years which was one of the highlights of their lives. 

Roma enjoyed life. She loved being around her children and grandchildren. She made birthdays and holidays fun and memorable. She even made getting new shoes special and would sing to us and our children the 'Brand New Shoes' song every time. She had a great sense of humor and we spent lots of time laughing and playing together. She loved playing games, telling stories and found lots of ways to share her testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1035 SE 9th St., Hermiston, Oregon with viewing from 1:00 P.M. to 1:45 P.M. at the Relief Society room.  Burial will follow at the Hermiston Cemetery, Hermiston, Oregon.

Scott and I rode up with Mom and Dad to Hermiston for Aunt Roma's funeral.  It was so beautiful and everyone did such a good job!  I felt so bad for Uncle Allan.  He seems so lost without her.  It was nice to see so many cousins.  Diana was such a trooper since she only had surgery a couple of weeks prior.

  

The bookends!

 

Visit with Mckinley & Swimming...

On July 25th Rosie, EJ, and I walked the canal over to Vaughn and Barbara's house.  It was fun!  Then we had a fun visit with Mckinley on Facetime.  She is doing so good, I am so happy for her!

That evening Logan and Emily invited us over to swim.  

Scott and I took swim suites but were too lazy to get in...haha!

They have a beautiful place.  It's so nice that they are willing to share it.

July Birthdays...

On July 22nd we had a little party to celebrate Josh and Braxton's birthdays.  

The kids had fun playing on the slip n slide.

Sunday July 24th we had a party for dad.

It's always fun we we all get together!

 

Mt. Emily...

Over spring break when we went to the coast Scott suggested that we should go to the top of Mt. Emily.  Brady has reminded us about that almost every day this summer and today we finally made it.  The ride was so beautiful and we were shocked that we actually made it to the top, especially because we weren't quite sure where we were going.   It was pretty cool to see this geological marker at the top.

The view was so amazing!

Scott wanted this picture of him pointing at Imbler so he could send it to Zac Cleaver.  

Imbler was the little town he went to high school.

       

I couldn't believe how tall some of the trees were.

So that is where we went to the top of!

Scott and Brady had to get some Dutch for the road back.  

We decided to drive to Anthony Lakes since Brady had never been there either.

It was really crowded because there was an archery tournament going on there so we got a couple of pictures of Brady by the lake and then headed home.  It was such a fun day trip.  I love our little adventures...there is so much more to explore!