Dorothy

celebrating Becky's birthday on St. Patrick's Day

March 19, 2014
Hello Family!
Here is a brief summary of what is going on with our family since the 2013 Winter edition of the Lingo.

Snow in Georgia - January

Ariane served in Lafayette, Georgia the first six months of her mission.  She was transferred to Morristown, Tennessee the middle of February.  She’s getting to know the area, working hard, and adding new words to her southern vocabulary all the time.

Ariane meets her new companion - Feb. 14

Marcus and Kevin continue to live with us while they work, trying to earn and save enough money so that eventually they’ll be able to move out and live on their own.  Both of them tried the YSA ward early on, but then chose to stay in the family ward. Marcus is the 3rd Sunday Elder’s Quorum teacher.  Kevin is a ward missionary, plays the piano for the boys ranch’s Sunday meetings, and is on the institute council.

Engaged!

Penny just became engaged to Chad Wallace last weekend.  They both live in the same apartment complex in Provo.  They plan to be married in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple on Friday, June 27.  We are very happy for them! Penny has three jobs, but each one varies with the hours she works.  Her most recent one is at the U of U where she will be doing Health assessments full time during May and June.  Until then it is one or two days each month.  She is the temple coordinator in her ward and helps teach the temple preparation class.

Penny and Chad

Daniel played the part of Japeth in Michael McLean’s musical, “The Ark” at the Draper Historic Theatre in February.  He seems to enjoy his job testing out those new go-pro camera’s so he can be knowledgeable and helpful to those needing technical support with them.

Daniel using a feature on a Go-pro camera

Heather continues doing a variety of things besides work, like dancing and singing.  She drops in on Grandma Martha often to bring her library CD’s or groceries. She also helps her with filing. She took Katherine and David to see the theatrical production of “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse” at UVU’s Norda Theater a few weeks ago, and then they spent the night with her… what a wonderful aunt!

Jason has been working in his yard every chance he gets so he can get their vegetable garden growing.  They haven’t been able to do this since they moved from Hyde Park two years ago.  They are really enjoying their ward and their neighborhood friends.

Last weekend James and Lynnette started moving from their apartment in Fort Union to Diane and Manfred’s home in Bluffdale.  They will be house sitting for them while they are on their mission for 18 months at the Hill Cumorah and surrounding church historical sites.  Lynnette is especially excited to have a little farm to take care of and to be able to plant her own vegetables.

Alan and I were serving as Saturday morning shift coordinators at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple until February.  We were released from that assignment so that we could have more time during the week for our ward and stake callings.  However, we continue to serve as regular ordinance workers every Saturday morning.  We love it too much to give it up completely. 

We’re looking forward to the reunion.  Thank you Lucy for getting it all organized. We’ll be seeing you soon.

Love, Dorothy