Dianna's Birth, Hyrum Easter Egg Hunt

Dianna was born the day before Easter, April 9.  In Hyrum every year Easter was a special day.  The Lion's Club put on a community Easter egg hut every year the Saturday before Easter.  Mom had gone with my father to the hospital early in the morning.  As a result, my older sister drove us to the square.  She would have been 16 at the time.  We had a good time.  There were always races, gunny sack, speed and three-legged.  The usually let a rabbit loose for the kids to chase, and the person who caught it got to take it home.  As the festivities were ending, my sister announced to us that our baby sister had been born.  So we welcomed Dianna into our home, who was five years younger that Charles, the baby born before her.  Dianna liked dance and dolls.  However she had some skills.  We traveled a lot with Dianna in the back of the camper.  We moved twice while she was small.  I remember one time I was eating cookies and she wanted one.  I threw it to her, and she caught it. 

Mom and Dianna

She was very small at the time.

The Elevator by: Charlie Wardle

The Elevator by: Charlie Wardle
The first couple of days that we were in Carbondale, we stayed in a big sky-scraper hotel.
Connie, Weldon, Billy, Charlie and Dianna were in the love downstairs looking around in the gift shop.  After awhile, we decided to go upstairs to our room.  Weldon stuck Dianna on the elevator and pushed our floor number and jumped out.  You could hear Dianna screaming while the door on the elevator closed.  Luckily, Dad was waiting for the elevator on our floor.

[This would have been after our first year in Carbondale.  We were moving from a rented house to university apartments.  However the apartments were not ready on time, as they were being newly constructed.  The high-rise hotels were actually on campus.  I think they were used both as a hotel and as student housing.  However we had to stay there a couple weeks while waiting for our apartment to be finished.   Dianna would have been two years old.]

Lost Dianna by: Dianna

Lost Dianna by: Dianna Norman From Childhood Experiences of the Wardle Family, editor Charlie Wardle
When I was five years old my family and my sister’s family went to Soda Springs, Idaho to watch my brother Bill play in a Pony League Tournament.
I was very restless watching the game and so I took my nephew, Buffie, and we went to a little park to swing.  I came back just as the game was over and went to get in the car with my sister and family; but she told me I couldn’t ride back to Hyrum with them and I was to wait for my folks.  I decided I would go back and play on the swings while I was waiting and when I came back I looked everywhere for my folks and couldn’t find them.  I started to cry and some older girls came and asked me what was the matter.  I told them I couldn’t find my mother and dad.  They took hold of my hand and told me not to cry and took me to the police station.  The policeman had me get in the police car with me and we drove around Soda Springs looking for my folks.  I finally recognized someone from Hyrum (The Lundbergs).  They told the policeman they would take me home after we had dinner.  I really was glad to have someone take me home but I felt dumb because I didn’t have any money to pay for my dinner.
When my folks got home they were really surprised because I hadn’t come with my sister and family.  They called to the police in Soda Springs and they told them they had found me and the Lundbergs were bringing me home.  I was so frightened and I never went wondering off again without letting my parents know where I was going.

Dianna Wardle Norman

These are pictures of my youngest sister, Dianna.  She was born April 9.  This was the day before Easter, and all of us kids were at the Hyrum Easter Egg Hunt, when my oldest sister informed us that we had a baby sister.  Dianna is the youngest sibling, born five years after Charlie.

dance outfit

Sara's wedding

Illinois

Hyrum parade.  I am not sure which one is Dianna

Mark wrestling meet

I think flying to Palmyra pageant

Dianna, Heather, Nicole, Natalie, and Joshua

Mountain Crest High School Caprielles 1983 (inaugural year of  school)

Dianna is second from the front