We left for Ephraim Scandinavian Days on Thursday. We stopped in Spanish Fork and dropped off the yellow bench to the woman who purchased it. Oh how she loved it!!
We got to Ephraim, dropped off our trailer and then went to the motel. This one was so nice. Last year was a dive!! Because we did not feel like going out to eat, just went to the grocery store and picked up some chicken and salad then went back to the room to eat.
Friday we were up bright and early to get ready for the day. We set up the booth and was ready to serve by noon. We worked all day and was just closing up when Verdell got there to help us on Saturday. We went to dinner then got a good night’s rest as we knew that Saturday is a very busy, rushed day.
Saturday did not disappoint us. Ta’Mera got there about 9:00 and helped get the stations set up while Verdell worked on funnel cake mix.
Our day was long and hard once the parade was over at 10:30. We had two people on the fryers keeping up with the orders. I love the adrenalin rush once the day begins. You can work forever going as fast as you can work once the rush begins.
We did have a special visitor to our booth. Dick’s cousin Steven Madsen and his wife came for funnel cakes. Steven told us about a picture that he has of the Madsen Family and wanted to know if we had a copy of it. I told him no. He left and went home, made a copy of the picture and brought it back to us. I am so excited because we do not have any pictures of the Madsen side of the family.
Dick is the little feller sitting on his Grandpa Daniel Madsen’s lap. Leon and Zella are directly to the right of them and up. This is such a great gift from Steven to us. This picture is taken to the west side of the house they lived in. Leon was born and raised in this house. The house is still being lived in and is one block from where our booth was sitting. It is now being used as housing for Snow College.
This year we had new banners made by Kelly for the booth that say “Madsen’s Fun Foods” and are used as the front sides of the booth (we have a 10x20 tent). So many people came up to our booth and wanted to know what Madsen’s we were from. Some were relatives and others were not. Some knew our family personally and told us some stories about them. This was a real treat. Just knowing that we were standing on ground that his great grandparents walked and settled.
I do love going to Sanpete County each year. There is such a great feeling of humility and I honestly can feel the spirits of those that have gone on before. They worked so hard to settle the valley, coming from Denmark, Norway, Sweden etc.. and sent by Brigham Young to the valley. Peter Madsen built the first home in Ephraim and it is still standing.
We got home on Sunday and Derek, Kelly, Canyon and Evan (oh and Camo) came to see us on their way home from Idaho Falls. We got to visiting and the time got away and they stayed the night. It was so good to have them with us and had a good visit while the children got to play with their friends here.
We are so lucky to have our families and the heritage that we come from. Thanks for your dedication to the Lord’s commandments and for setting the examples the we might follow. Thanks for the good names that you have passed on to us and may we never do anything to tarnish those names.
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