February Fun!

Grandpa & Grandma:
Family:
There were a few noteworthy events in our lives during January. Both of us had teeth work done to the tune of over $1500. Mine is probably done for now but Donna may require more. She'll go see our long-time dentist, David Christensen when we return to Draper in March. (This trip back will be short-- not for the summer.)

Another special event was a short visit to St George by Arlo (Donna's brother). He came to visit for a few days--read 4. He wanted to visit last December but didn't until January. We kept him on the run for two days and I'm sure he was happy to return home for rest.

Last Sunday was our Stake Conference. We didn't have any visits from General Authorities and the proceedings were fairly standard.

The previous Sunday I volunteered to close up the ward building each night at 10:00 pm starting the first of February for the whole month. I suppose you could say I'm the "night-marshal" of the Morningside 2nd Ward building. I use the term "night-marshal" on purpose because of my dad. Did you know that my dad was the "night-marshal" of Bude for a short time when he lived there? You might say he was the Matt Dillon or Chester of Franklin County. Also did you know that his cronies called him "Dough". I don't know why the nickname "Dough" because he didn't have a pot belly. He was a smoker at the time which killed his appetite so he was thin. Thought you might like to know these little gems of history. Back to the closing of our building at 10:00-- Last night the "Young Men" and their leaders were still in the building at closing time and wanted to continue their basketball game till 11:00. They were from another ward in the Stake and attended a different building. Did I kick them out of our building at 10:00 so I could lockup?What would you have done?

Love to all especially at this Valentine Season.
Mom & Dad


Ron & Maud Mary family:
Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!
We are all wishing for spring and summer about right now. We have had enough of the cold. Only 1 1/2 more months until spring.
Otherwise everything is going great.
Not much change for any of us.
We are all still alive and kicking.

Brent, Melissa and kids,

Not too much new going on here! It seems we are settling into chaos which has become normal for us! Kolby is enjoying scouts and anxious to go in to the Bears. Jordan is loving school and reading! He wants to read everything he can get his hands on! They both just started Swimming lessons and are SO EXCITED! Perci will go in later this week and get tubes in her ears. She is doing pretty good, she’s a little mommy to all the kids, even her big brothers which they don’t always appreciate! Braden is almost 18 months and will be going into nursery! He climbs on EVERYTHING and thinks he is just as big as the big kids and he can do whatever they do. He seems to have a sense for when the front door is cracked open because it takes him about two seconds to get out the door (no matter how he is dressed!) Harley is REALLY close to crawling, he scoots really well and is starting to push himself up to sitting on his own. He’s such a happy fun little guy! Brent is still working like crazy! We feel very fortunate that things are going well with his job, scary times right now! We are blessed! We were just released from Cub Scouts, I miss it already, bit it is nice not having the stress of it! Life is good!

Eric & Shannon family:
The Eric Wilkinson family is doing well. Eric has enjoyed being a "horse" (according to Dal-lin) -- he pulled the kids on a sled while we went snow shoeing. Emma is learning how to read and Dallin wants to learn all the ABC's now,too. Liz is a little monkey -- she climbs everything she can. She is also memorizing all the fun rhymes and songs like 5 little monkeys, loves stories, and to play. We have borrowed the neighbors male sheep to mate with our females -- hopefully the kids don't notice any of the action. . . Meanwhile I am in the final trimester and look forward to being done and having a new little girl to add to the crew!


Dan & Verna family:



Gary & Bev family:

January has been a good month. Bev celebrated another birthday. We won't talk about how old, but it was a great day. We have bought a new house. I know everyone has had to start a new page in your address books for all our addresses, but this change will be easy. The phone number will be the same 480-832-1391, address is 3603 N. Boulder Canyon Mesa AZ 85207. We will be moving in on the 7th of Feb. We are excited to move again. We didn't come to Utah for the Super Bowl this year. So we had our own party. With Kellen, Camille, & Livy, Britany, Jeremy, Maya, & Kenyon. Maya turned 4 years old on Feb 3. My how fast time has gone. It is so great to have 7 wonderful grandkids. Our new house is a little bigger to accommodate all of us.


Dwayne & Patty family:

Nothing exciting since the last newsletter. Jacob ( Ben and Alissa's son) will celebrate his 3rd birthday on the 20th.I can't believe that he is 3. He loves to talk to Grandma Patty and Grandpa Dwayne. Everyone else is doing fine.

**The date for the family reunion has been changed. The new date is July 18 from 5:30 to 9:00 pm. It will be at the same place SunRidge Park in Layton.
We will be sending out sign ups later.


Hal & Diana family:

Josh & Jessica Family:

We had a pretty good January. Connor is growing like a weed and talking so much more and getting into so much more. Kendry is still loving preschool and her favorite thing to do is call Josh on his cell phone because we taught her the number. Josh just got called to be the first counselor in the Elders quorum. He also got a turkey tag so he is getting excited for that hunt. Young Women's is going good and we are just busy with activites and getting ready for New Beginnings on Feb 22. We had the chance to go to Katie's baby blessing this past week. She is so adorable. It was great to see Parker as well. I love that we have two babies in the family cause when we get together there is enough baby to go around! Well we hope everyone's Feb. is a good one!