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Show in my father's house/ 126 cause if your father returned to Utah, he'd be sent back to prison for breaking parole. First we had to set the rock foundation, everything from tiny pebbles the size of my little fingernail to boulders as big as this pillow mortared in place without a crack. Then the men mixed mud and straw pressing the sticky stuff against their bodies to make adobe bricks. You should have seen your father at the end of the day! His hair stood up straight, stiff with mud. But he said it was a blessing because it kept the flies and mosquitoes off." "LaVona gave birth to Timmy while we were still in the tents, but Elsa had her first baby in the new adobe. Thanks to the digging outside, poor Elsa's sheets pelted with dirt since we had no glass on the windows. She still complains about that, but she got through it all right, and the baby was fine." "Right after we moved into the adobe, Saul was kicked by the LeBaron's mean bronco, Diamond. I don't know which of those LeBaron boys convinced Saul it was all right to ride him, but Saul was bucked off and the horse kicked him right in the face, breaking his collarbone and jaw. I was so frightened! Rulon was away when it happened -- preaching the Gospel to the Lamanites, I think. They almost worshipped him by then -- and there was Saul, unconscious. I didn't know what to do! When your father returned, he administered to Saul and promised him he would get well. He no sooner finished praying than Saul came to." |