Family History: Grandma and Grandpa Boothe

I have been going through boxes of family history items that my aunt sent to me after my Grandma Peterson passed away several years ago.  I haven't done too much with them besides sort them and pull them out everyone once in a while to look at the old photos.  It has been fun to go through them again recently and I decided I wanted to write down some of the stories of ancestors.  I am going to start today with my Grandma and Grandpa Boothe, who are my only living Grandparents.   They are my maternal grandparents.

 (from left to right:  aunt Susan, Uncle Todd, Grandma, Uncle Greg, Grandpa, my mom, Uncle Leslie, Aunt Christine was missing)

Let's start with Grandpa:
Leslie James Boothe was born in Idaho.  He was the third oldest of six children.  He is the kindest, friendliest person I know.  He served in the Navy around the close of WWII in the Pacific.  He also served a mission and met my Grandma while in college.  He is always so sweet and loving toward my Grandma.  Grandpa was an institute teacher at Weber State.  He was and still is, a fantastic teacher.  I remember visiting him in his office when I was a little girl.  He always had a yummy treat hidden away that he shared with me.  He also worked at Sears in the shoe department.  I remember going to see him there as a really little girl and he would always give me a quarter.  After retirement, he and my Grandma served a mission to BYU Hawaii, where he continued to teach.  Some of my favorite things about Grandpa Boothe:

His kind heart
He loves people and loves talking with them
He is a friend to everyone
He calls his grandchildren regularly to check on us
He makes everyone feel like a million bucks

Now, Grandma:
LuElla Velda Johnson was also born in Idaho, in a little valley of the Teton Mountains.  She grew up on a farm, the sixth of twelve children.  She was the fifth girl before five little brothers.  She was the second mommy to all those little boys and the all adored her.  She taught herself how to play the piano, started a gang that stood up to a bully and lost her Christmas ring down the hole in the outhouse.  (Those are just a few of my favorite stories.)  She went to college and became a teacher.  She and my Grandpa were married and they had seven children.  Her first child died a few months after birth and that story always breaks my heart.  Grandma ran a preschool in her home for many years and also taught piano lessons.  She is loved by all those kids she taught.  Grandma loves a good party and she has had some great ones over the years.  Between the annual Christmas Eve party/talent show and all the cousin sleepovers she hosted, I can't believe she never got sick of us.....and if she did, she never let us know!  Grandma and Grandpa have 19 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren.  Some of my favorite things about Grandma Boothe:

She is very generous
She makes delicious food and shares is with everyone
She is fun to talk to
She is funny
She has great style

That is all for now....I am so grateful that I have been blesses with such great Grandparents.  They are such amazing examples and I look up to them so much.  I am grateful that my kids get to know them and love them as well.  They are pretty awesome.