Favorite Stirling Memory

Favorite Stirling Memory
April 2010

Gregory Miller
Grandpa Stirling sitting in his chair by the window watching a base ball game on the TV while listening to another one on the Radio, and he could tell you everything that was happening on both of them. The time we were at Boulder dam, the fish were schooling near the spillway and Grandma Stirling voiced her concern that they were going to drown.

Leslye (Miller) Seal
Visiting Hurricane and playing pranks with all of the cousins (I thinks Aunt Sue was the instigator of many!). – Remember the funnel, the quarter and the water, or the bowl of beans(?) and then the flour? Just so many fond memories of visiting Grandma and everyone. It really was the highlight of my childhood.

Eldona Stirling
All the silly laughter

Kelly Stirling
Spending time with Rex and hearing the real story about the Stirling clan.

Kathy Stirling
At past get togethers, Just listening to the fabricated stories and negative chatter directed to the unfortunate folks that have retired to bed early.

Dennis Stirling
Just sitting on the front porch of Grandpa & Grandma’s house.

Teri Stirling
Family reunions on Thanksgiving in Utah & Nevada and eating pies, lots of pies.

Jennifer (Stirling) Steward
Hanging out with the cousins

Chaun Steward
Playing with Brooklyn, Derek & Makayla at Thanksgiving & Christmas. Having Easter at Grandma & Grandpa’s house

Jacob Steward
Playing with Derek

Payton Steward
Playing with Brooklyn, Derek & Makayla at Thanksgiving

Chris Stirling
M & M caper at Lake Mead

Todd Veloni
Catherina & my wedding reception

Catherine (Stirling) Veloni
Hanging out with the cousins

Jackie (Stirling) Pulsipher
Thanksgiving, ball games, reunions, deer hunts, family get-togethers, bowling

Curtis Paul
Hiking near Tom’s cabin

Denise Paul
The “sheet sale”

Erica Paul
Riding 4 wheelers & peeling potatoes with a knife at the cabin

Melissa Paul
When we went to Uncle Tom’s cabin and played with the cousins

Makaila Paul
Playing with my cousins

Didi Pulsipher
Riding quads on the mountain

Craig Pulsipher
Marshmallow blow guns

Robyn Pulsipher
Anything Brad does

Abby Pulsipher
Learning to walk

Rex Pulsipher
Haven’t met anyone yet

Shaun Pulsipher
Eating

Kevin Pulsipher
Hearing about Grandma Stirling bopping the mouse on the head with her cane as it ran across the floor

Jamie Pulsipher
Marshmallow shooters at Aunt Sue & Uncle Clayton’s house

Gene Wilder
Marrying Darlene

Darlene Wilder
There are too many to put here so will give a couple. The camping trips, one time we were at Mammoth creek, Clayton told us that the trunks of pine trees smelled like strawberries or vanilla etc., so we were all smelling the trunks off the trees by the road, several cars went by very slowly, we probably looked really stupid. fishing on Posey Lake, that lasted for a long tine because Bob loved to bring it up to see Cherrie get mad all over again.

Cindy (Stirling) Perdue
Watching Grandma Stirling tell her sandwich story

Brad Stirling
Grandma telling the sandwich story.

Jamie (Stirling) Kittrell
I have so many fond memories of “family get togethers”, I remember a lot of laughter. I remember going to grandma’s house and she would always tell us to go into the kitchen and get a cracker (which always tasted better there). I remember her old tub with the “claw legs” I remember “Tab” as the favorite drink of my aunts and always lots of food. I am so glad I belong to such a great and crazy family.

Sierra Kittrell
Playing softball with Uncle Tom at the family reunion

Dallas Kittrell
Playing basketball at Snow Canyon

Olin Hinton
I have many.

Ryan Hinton
Running around at Grandma Stirling’s with everyone

Nicole (Hinton) Jones
We all used to get together when I was younger.

Fawn Stirling
Sitting around the campfire listening to stories

Gary Croft
The Stirlings know how to cook!!

Sandy (Stirling) Croft
Thanksgivings, summers in Hurricane, riding our bikes to the top of the lane and eating figs, sitting on the front porch and cracking pecan nuts, the family teasing my dad (Tom) about peach fuzz, going to Kolob, dutch oven dinners, the summers when Aunt Mary's family came, Lemon Grove, playing baseball in the street, late nights at Uncle Bob's, Aunt Cherrie taking care of me when I played sick to get out of school, going to San Diego zoo, eating Aunt Eldona's plums, Grandma's--mustard pickles, her sandwich joke, sleeping with her, receiving brand new $2.00 bills for our birthday, coming for a visit, eating tomatoes, toast & homemade tomato juice for breakfast, COUSINS!!!

Eric Sledge
Camping out and riding 4 wheelers at the cabin

Jana (Croft) Sledge
Horse back riding with Heath and my family

Daija Prater
Playing hand and foot

Kayle Prater
When we went to the cabin

William Bryson Huckstep
Watching how excited Gary gets right before getting on Disneyland’s It’s a Small World ride

Andrea (Croft) Huckstep
I have REALLY great memories of going to Sue & Clayton’s cabin.

Dustin Croft
Hangin’ with all the cousins in Hurricane

Holly Croft
Visiting the cabin

Janet (Stirling) Stewart
Hmmm.......A long ago Thanksgiving at Aunt Jack's (Lemon Grove house) with wall to wall relatives or maybe..... summers in Hurricane with partners in crime (the Old's gang) and staying one step ahead of the local cops

Clayton & Sue Olds
The most favorite Stirling memory has to be the year almost the whole family got together at Jackie and Warren's place for Thanksgiving and they had a two bedroom house with one bathroom. There were people sleeping in every inch of the house including under the table. Clayton's sister Pat was also living in San Diego and we went to stay with them one night. They had a large house with three bathrooms. Pam came in Pat's house soon after we got there and said ' I need to go the bathroom" I told her to go ahead and go into the bathroom and she said, " I don't need to stand in line first?" That is exactly what we had to do was to stand in line and wait our turn. That was the most wonderful Thanksgiving we ever had. Another Favorite memory was when Bob And Olin had to leave Thanksgiving Morning to ship overseas, so our mother fixed Thanksgiving Dinner and we ate at 7 am. Our Father always praised mom's cooking and when he tasted mom's carrot pudding and dip he said, "Thelma, you have out done yourself, this is delicious. When the next person tasted the dip they about threw up. and after checking mom found that she had used Italian bomb hand lotion instead of lemon flavoring. We have laughed about this many times. Then there was the sandwich joke that mom told so many times and laughed so hard while telling it that you could hardly understand anything she said, but no one could tell it quite like she could.

Pam Johnson
Summers when Aunt Mary & her kids were here and everyone else would come and we would cause trouble all the time—and after Aunt Cherrie & Uncle Olin went through the temple and we played practical jokes on them.

Interesting Stirling Fact: When Heath was born, Uncle Bob came by and wanted to know what we had named him. I told him Heath, he said Keith? I said no, Heath and he said, “Well, Pete will do!” And he called Heath Pete the rest of the time he was alive.

Don Johnson
Going to the fights during the fair with the Stirling Uncles

Tim Olds
Thanksgiving at Uncle Warren & Aunt Jackie’s sleeping everywhere in the house and waiting in line for restroom.

Kasey Stansfield
Going to “Baby Grandma’s” and making dolls out of hollyhock flowers

Brandi Lyn Olds
Probably anything having to do with us all being at the cabin

Kortney Olds
Hearing stories about Baby Grandma

Cheri Olds
The Italian bomb carrot pudding sauce story (See Sue’s entry).