Derek's Homecoming Weekend

Two years... a really long time to be away from someone you love.  It is amazing how the two years seem to melt away the instant you welcome them back home.  It has been an eventful and fun weekend.  It took Derek two days to get home due to a 12-hour layover in Argentina.  While Derek was on his journey home we were busy making posters and preparing for a family dinner at the park. 

The Airport

Let's get our boy!

The amazing welcome home posters

3 Generations of Missionaries

The long wait is over!

Father & Son Reunited

Derek's little sis all grown up.

Meeting Sister-in-law, Sharlet, for the first time!

Proud, happy parents!

Rockin' the Paraguayan Suit 

On our way to Chuck-A-Gramma

Home

Dinner at the Park

It took 18 feet of Sandwiches to feed this hungry clan.

Grandma & Grandpa Squire

Sisters!

Krystal

Reyn & MJ

Jeff, Verlynn & Tom

Grandma & Grandpa Gallacher & Jeanine

Brooklynn & Maggie

Grandma Amelia Sanders Squire Recipes

Nothing said love like my grandmother's cooking!  Oh how I wish you could have walked into her kitchen and smelled the fresh baking cinnamon rolls made with love and her strong stirring arm.  I love and miss you grandma!

Grandma Squire’s Cinnamon Rolls

Recipe from Amelia Sanders Squire

2 yeast cakes                                                     7 C sifted flour                                  

1 C scalded milk, cool                                      6 T melted shortening

1 C lukewarm water                                        ½ C sugar

1 T sugar                                                              3 eggs

2 tsp. salt

Dissolve yeast and 1 T sugar in lukewarm liquid.  Add 3 C flour and beat until smooth.  Add shortening and sugar, creamed, and eggs that have been well beaten.  Blend well and add remainder of flour and salt.  Let raise until light.  Roll out and add melted butter and sprinkle generously with brown sugar.  Add chopped pecan nuts (or raisins, if you prefer).  Roll up and cut every 1½ inches.  Place in a 9 x 13 cake pan and let raise until double in size and bake in pre-heated oven of 375° until lightly browned.  Ice with glazed frosting while still hot.

Grandma Squire’s Molasses Candy

Recipe from Amelia Sanders Squire

Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan with margarine.

In a large pan combine:

2 C sugar

1 C molasses

½ C dark Karo Syrup

1 T vinegar

1 cube margarine (less greased pan)

½ C whipping cream (or canned milk)

Almonds and Pecans (1 pkg. each) – Cut nuts in large pieces with knife.

Bring to a boil while stirring constantly.  Turn down heat to a low boil and cook until it reaches a firm ball. (Test candy in a bowl of water.)  Add cut nuts (1 pkg. each almonds and pecans) and cook for 3-4 minutes.  Add a heaping teaspoon (use a table teaspoon) of baking soda and stir until mixed in well.  This really makes the candy foam and expand so make sure you use a large pan.  Pour candy into the greased 9 x 13 pan and cool. Cut into squares and serve.

Thanks to my sister, Verlynn Squire Sheffield, for including these recipes in my Dad's life history I can  share them with you.  

Amelia Sanders Squire Obituary

I had to do some digging to find this obituary of my Grandma Squire.  I could not find it online, but luckily my dad had a copy.  I love this lady so much.  You felt loved and important whenever you were in her presence.  I have included her famous recipes (cinnamon rolls and molasses) under the heading "Know Your Ancestors."

Amelia Squire

LAVERKIN, Utah – Amelia Sanders Squire, 96, died Nov. 7, 1995 at the home of her daughter, Sandra Howard, in Leeds, Utah.  Born Oct. 3, 1899, in Millville, Utah to William and Sarah Amelia Wilson Sanders.  She married Loren DeLance Squire on Oct. 22, 1918, in LaVerkin.  Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.

                Amelia was reared and educated in LaVerkin.  She came from a pioneer family.  She loved cooking, sewing, and doing handiwork.  After turning 90 years old, Amelia made more than 100 crochet shawls.  She will be remembered for her cinnamon rolls and molasses candy.  Amelia is an active member of the LDS Church and has lived a Christ-like life all her life.  Her family was the most important thing in her life.  She always put others first and was a loving wife, mother, sister, neighbor and grandmother.  She will be greatly missed by all.

                Survivors include children, DeLance W. and wife Dorothy Squire of Orem, Utah; Phil E. and wife Ruth Squire of St. George; Don S. Squire of Hurricane, Utah; DuWayne and wife Helen Squire of LaVerkin, Utah; Jerald and wife Lorna Squire of Pleasant Grove, Utah; Adrien and wife Louise Squire of Bountiful, Utah; Scott O. and wife Arva Dean Squire of Orem, Utah; Mrs. James “LoRene” Turner of Las Vegas, Nevada; Mrs. Alan “Sandra” Howard of Leeds, Utah; 50 grandchildren; 104 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Allen “Lucille” Humphries, Delma Dutton and brother, Owen Sanders, all of Hurricane, Utah.  She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant daughter.

                Funeral services are Saturday, Nov. 11, 1995, 1 p.m. at the LaVerkin LDS Stake Center.  Friends may call Friday evening from 6 until 7:30 p.m. at the Spilsbury & Beard Hurricane Mortuary, 525 W. State Street, and also on Saturday at the Stake Center from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Interment will follow at the LaVerkin Cemetery under the direction of Spilsbury and Beard Mortuary.

~The Spectrum – Thursday, November 9, 1995 (St. George, Utah)

Derek's Homecoming

Join us in welcoming home Elder DuWayne Gallacher from the Paraguay Asuncion North Mission.  

Dinner at 6:30 pm

Saturday 18 August 2012 

Heritage Park 

(Next to our chapel 1533 N. 1075 W.) 

We will provide the sandwiches, drinks and chips.  We would appreciate if you could bring a salad or dessert.

Derek will be reporting on his mission in the 

Orchard Ward (1533 N. 1075 W.)

Sunday 19 August 2012

9:00am

Loren DeLance and Amelia Squire Family

My Uncle Adrien shared these wonderful family photos with me so that I can share them with all of you.  These are some great photos of my grandparents and their children.  I'm not certain of the year, but I'm guessing around 1960.  This is an awesome picture of my Squire aunts and uncles as follows:
Back Row from left to right: Sandra, Amelia (my grandma), LoRene, Don, Phil, DeLance
Front Row from left to right: Scott, Adrien, Jerald, DuWayne (my dad), Loren (my grandpa)

A more recent picture from 1988:

The Squire Women:
Lorna, Louise, Helen (my mom), Dixie, Dorothy, Ruth, Sandra, LoRene, Amelia (my grandma), Sarah (my great-grandma)

This is my Great-Grandma Sarah Amelia Wilson Sanders.  She is a grand lady who died when I was only 5 months old so I never had the opportunity to get to know her.  But I know that my dad loves her.  My dad lived with his Grandma and Grandpa Sanders from around the age of 6 to the age of 13.  He speaks very fondly of working side by side with her.  She had a very positive influence on my dad during these formative years.