2059: April's Fool's Day! April 1, 2026!

2059: I'm starting to write about my son, Wayne, and his wife Julie, and going on their mission to the historic sites in New York, and Pennsylvania.  They leave to go into the MTC on Monday, April 27th, 2026.  Their farewell is on Sunday April 26th, the day before.

This is my husband Wayne, and his twin Blaine on the left. in their high school yearbook, probably 1950, as seniors.  Today is April Fool's Day, 2026, 76 years later!


Wayne and Blaine were both pranksters!

This story happened, probably in the 1960's or 1970's.
Blaine was teaching in Las Vegas, and Wayne in the Jordan School District in the Salt Lake City area.

Blaine had told his principal, in the school where he taught, that he had been in touch with a Hungarian educator, and that he was coming to visit their school on April 1, 1965? (Whatever day it was that year) and he wanted to check out their school.)  His name was Lirpa Loof!  So the who school was primed to be very polite ad attentive to Lirpa Loof!  The day came with the whole school waiting to see him come! 
He never showed up, and Blaine was asked why?  He told them to spell his name backwards!  The name was April Fool!  It was so successful that my husband Wayne did the same thing the next year, with similar outcome!  It has become a family joke!

My daughter Anita, loves to get something on her 4 sons, now grown, all but one married!  
Have a happy April Fool's Day to everyone!
This picture below is Anita and her husband Reed Lunnen!  It was taken on a reunion with Blaine's children, about 2 weeks ago, when they were having a "twin cousin's" reunion.  The funny thing about that is, that Blaine's wife Joyce was the oldest of 7 children, and Reed was the youngest, about 25 years younger!  After Anita was divorced, and Reed was divorced, Blaine's son asked Anita if she would like to meet his uncle Reed.  Anita said "Sure!" And they really liked each other, and soon became engaged, and married a few  months later.  So Anita was first counsin's to Blaine's children, and she also became their "aunt"!  Reed had been their uncle, and then became also their "cousin"!





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