It is all a blur now. With Ben and Jeff I was working as a TV repairman for American Television Service in Orem and for the rest of you I was working at Signetics, an Integrated Circuit manufacturer in Orem also. The thing that comes to mind first and foremost was the fact that we had a baby or another baby in our home and it was a lot of work and a lot of fun but mostly a lot less sleep during that first month after each of you came home. Usually Marie was in the hospital for three days with each of you as was the practice during that period of history.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Nov 23, 2010
What was the address of my first childhood home?
For Ben, Jeff and Hayden it was:
(Dawna and Scott's address now)
2023 S 800 West
Mapleton, Utah
84663
For Tia it was:
333 W Maple Street
Mapleton, Utah
84663
For Loren and Brittany it was:
(our current home)
2101 S 800 W
Mapleton, Utah
84663
Then sometime later the zip code was changed to 84664 for this address.
Nov 22, 2010
Many people remember just what they were doing when they heard of the assassination of President John F Kennedy. If you are not old enough to have that time etched in your memory, relate any other childhood story. President Kennedy's assassination
I was old enough alright and remember it well. Here is how I have written the story in my history.
President Kennedy's assassination
Nov 22, 1963 was a day that I would end up never forgetting. It was one of those days that in the years to come you would always be able to remember what you were doing, where you were doing it, and why you remembered it so well. I have had several of those years in my life and this particular one comes to mind now since it is Nov 20, 2005 when I am writing this and in two days we will remember as a country the day that John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
I was in elementary school, 4th Grade, and 10 years old. Mr. Leo Foy was my teacher and playing marbles was the highlight of our recess periods and lunch hours. We usually spent our recess in doors during this time of year due to the cold weather but that day we were outside. My school always made me think of the Texas Alamo even though I had never been there or visited it. The front had a part that was built like the front of the Alamo. Coming straight out from the front doors was a wide sidewalk that was level and had a couple of steps several feet apart that ended up making the sidewalk level with the street by the time it got to the street. My classroom was on the second story to the right of that built up part. We had to go up a lot of stairs as I remember to get to it. But at that age that was no problem since I was built to run so it seemed.
I had some real good friends and always played with them. Marbles was not always the choice of games because we would often play kickball or baseball. Other times we would play on the swing set, pumping as hard as we could until we several feet in the air and then bailing out to the ground below. It was a contest to see who could go the highest before bailing out. I think back on it now and wonder why we didn’t have numerous broken legs and arms from the activity. Then there were the days when we simply chased the girls for whatever reason but mainly because it was fun and some of them were really cute.
This particular day however I was content to play marbles on that huge sidewalk in the front of the building. It was our noon recess so we had a little extra time to play. I had my favorite taws just like everyone else but I don’t remember ever really playing marbles for keeps. It always seemed more fun just to see how many we could win and then give them back to each other at the end of the game. There were just two of us playing that day as I remember but I can’t remember who the other person was at the time. Someone came out of the front doors in a rush yelling to us to come inside because Pres Kennedy had been shot. I don’t remember any of the rest of the day but do have some memory of the funeral services a few days later.
It was ten years later, while serving as a missionary in Texas, that I had an opportunity to go to the place where it had all happened and to see where the motorcade had gone and where the rifle had been fired. There was a special exhibit in an old building that housed all of the information. I remember it being a somewhat dumpy part of Dallas and understand that in the years since my mission it has been cleaned up and made into a very beautiful memorial for JFK.
One month and four days later, the day after Christmas, Grandma Poulson passed away in our home after suffering for an extended period of time from the effects of a stroke. That is another story but part of that memorable holiday season of that year.
Nov 21,2010
If you have a baby picture of me to share, place it here.
Ben Kent Poulson
Payson Hospital
Dr. Thomas Judd
Feb. 23, 1976
Monday, 6:13 A.M.
6 lb 9 oz
21 1/2 inches long
Jeffery Kermit Poulson
Payson Hospital
Dr. Thomas Judd
Oct 31, 1977
Monday, 4:39 A.M.
8 lbs 11 1/2 oz
20 inches long
Hayden Verl Poulson
Mountain View Hospital
Dr. Thomas Judd
Oct 16, 1979
Tuesday, 3:03 P.M.
7 lbs, 13 oz
20 1/2 inches long
Tia Marie Poulson (Underwood)
Mountain View Hospital
Dr. Thomas Judd
Aug 27, 1981
Thursday, 8:32 A.M.
7 lbs, 9 oz
20 inches long
Loren Ray Poulson
Mountain View Hospital
Dr. Frampton (Judd was on Vacation)
Jan 26, 1985
Saturday, 3:40 P.M.
10 lbs
21 1/2 inches long
Brittany Poulson (Averett)
Mountain View Hospital
Dr. Steven Nance (Judd had retired, he had been the one who delivered Marie as well)
Apr 22, 1987
Wednesday, 8:0 P.M.
7 lbs, 11 oz
21 1/2 inches long
Jeffery and Ben
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Nov 20, 2010
Who was President when I was born?
(1st United States and 2nd LDS Church)
Ben: Gerald Ford
Spencer W Kimball
Jeff: Jimmy Carter
Spencer W Kimball
Hayden: Jimmy Carter
Spencer W Kimball
Tia: Ronald Reagan
Spencer W Kimball
Loren: Ronald Reagan
Spencer W Kimball
Brittany: Ronald Reagan
Ezra Taft Benson
Nov. 17, 2010
What other names did you consider for me?
Time has erased all memory of any of other names considered for any of you. It seemed to have been a fairly easy choice each time since we named you after you were each born and didn't know your gender until the day you were born.
Nov 18, 2010
How did you choose my name?
Ben not Benjamin was Marie's choice, she liked it as Ben but not as Benjamin. Where she came up with it I do not know Ben's middle name was after me, Kent.
Jeffery not Jeffrey mainly because I just mis-spelled it. I liked it better as Jeffery anyway. I saw a sign for a company in Ferron Utah while doing TV repair and just liked it. Marie seemed to like it also and we have both liked it ever since. Jeff's middle name "Kermit" was after my father who had suffered a stroke two weeks before he was born and passed away three months later.
Hayden named after Hayden McMillan in Midland Texas. We taught him the gospel but couldn't baptize him since he was not quite old enough to not need parental permission and his mother was hook on alcohol and wouldn't give permission. It was the first time I had ever heard that name and since then it has become somewhat common and I even discovered a mountain (or peak) named Haydn that is at the headwaters of the Duchesne river. "Verl" Hayden's middle name was after Marie's father.
Tia was chosen by her three older brothers who liked the name from a show called "Escape to Witch Mountain" with Tia and Tony as the stars. The name Marie just seems to go with anything really well and since it her mother's name we gave it to Tia as well for a middle name.
Loren was a favorite name of mine and I even had a relative named Loren Westover on my Grandmother Hansen's side of the family, in fact it was her brother if I have my facts correct. Loren's middle name was after my Scoutmaster Ray Hansen.
Brittany was a name chosen by Marie. It was one of her favorites and I rather liked it as well. We didn't give her a middle name due to the length of her first name.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Nov. 17, 2010
Tell about the day I was born.
Since I am writing this for all of you I will not put anything here. OK I'll be truthful I can't remember very many details on any of you. For Ben I remember the fat nurse telling Marie, when she voiced here concern that it was a false alarm, "Honey, you will be laughing at the doctor by the end of the day." with Jeff Dad had a stroke the day he was due or close to it and we went to Roosevelt to see him and the nurses were all scurrying to find a wheel chair for her and she exclaimed that she was not there to have a baby but rather see dad. With Hayden I don't remember much other than the fact that Marie was in an actual labor room with him and then was moved into the new delivery room. The hospital was new and so it was really nice and with him being the third one I was able to control my emotions so that I didn't have to go to the bathroom and putting my head between my legs so that I wouldn't faint. I was finally able to enjoy the birth. With Tia we went to the hospital while Stan and Nadine were at our home in Spanish Fork and beginning the move of our things to Mapleton. We left from Spanish Fork and came back to Mapleton two days later. Then with Loren there was a 14 hour period of labor and a lot of worry and stress before that big 10 pound baby was born. Finally with Brittany I really don't remember much other than we now had a second very beautiful daughter and it was a special time. So that is what I remember , now there should be a letter from me and mom that we wrote the day or soon after you were each born.
Nov. 16, 2010
Tell the full names, birthdays, and birthplaces of all of your children.
Ben Kent Poulson Feb. 23, 1976 Payson, Utah in the old Payson Hospital.
Jeffery Kermit Poulson Oct. 31, 1977 Payson, Utah in the old Payson Hospital.
Hayden Verl Poulson Oct. 16, 1979 Payson, Utah in the new Mountain View Hospital.
Tia Marie Poulson Aug. 27, 1981 Payson, Utah in the new Mountain View Hospital.
Loren Ray Poulson Jan. 26, 1985 Payson, Utah in the new Mountain View Hospital.
Brittany Poulson Apr. 22, 1987 Payson, Utah in the new Mountain View Hospital.
Nov 15, 2010
Tell about the most serious problem or challenge you faced during your early years of marriage.
The most serious was probably the fact that I had no job when we got married and then after just three years I was unemployed again. Three months later I was employed again and within a year making three times the income that I had been making at AM TV. Ben came just after 8 months and 1 week of our marriage so we had a family very soon and that made unemployment a little more of a concern. However through all of our years of marriage and many challenges the Lord has always been there to help us and carry us through until his blessings were there again to get us back on top.
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