HERE IS THE LINK FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND USE ALL PHOTOS FROM THIS MONTH INCLUDING PHOENIX/ REXBURG/ PROVO REUNIONS! ENJOY!!
WHAT A MONTH! And it started in the best possible way...with a sealing! Shelby Hixson Lane here with Heidi Harris and Sarah Wade and I. Beautiful!!
We left the next day for the PHOENIX area. We had planned to head down for the BYU/AZ football game, and of course, to see people that we love while we were there!
All our dear Mission Office and Presidency couples!
It is always so much fun to be together! We really miss all these dear people so much!
Our son from Seattle flew down to meet us and we all went to some favorite places...
MESA TEMPLE
BAHAMA BUCKS SHAVE ICE over in Mesa, a favorite for after the temple.
And CHINO BANDIDOS!!! One of our favorite hole-in-the-wall places to eat in N Phoenix!!
We met Jeff and Brooke Griffin there!
Checking out the new MISSION OFFICE in the Church complex there on Bell Rd.
And, a great time at the game in the CARDINAL STADIUM!
Here we met up with Michelle Meyer Hall and Tyler...
Zach Jensen and his Dad...
The Kings were with us at the game...
David Yoxtheimer met up with us...
...Alex Whipple
Karalee Glenn Darrow...
Mitch Petersen and Andrew Hall.
So fun to see so many great RM friends at the game!
The next day we stopped over at a hospital to visit BRYCE BENNETT who just had back surgery!
And Sunday night we had a mini-reunion at the TRANSFER BUILDING!
Logan Kirk was one of the first to arrive!
Aaron Johnson came up from Tucson to check in.
Got to see Devin & Ebony Grady and little Adrian and his twin brother!
Talon & Paxton Campbell...
Zach McCook and his Father...
Tyber Parsons...
And much of our office staff friends!
Karalee Glenn Darrow with her siblings and husband and kiddos!
Here is Eric and Chelsea Turner with the Williams.
And David Yoxtheimer and Zach Jensen with their Fathers.
We had a short but very sweet visit back in Phoenix including a visit at the Mission Home with the Griffins! I should have snapped a photo!!!
We had a drive-by visit from Chris Kelley the day we got home!! He was sporting a fun set of wheels! Great to visit with him!
Got this random text and photo from the Mom of one of my pre-K students who sees Javi Castanos on a regular basis at BYU and somehow made the connection that we know him too! Love it!
Sealing for Landon & Laura Bouwhuis up in SLC!!! Made our day to be there with him!
And reception with Spencer Brame and Brittany!!
The Kings came up to Provo area a couple weeks into the month and joined us at the MTC for sacrament meeting which was a blast! Had to get a traditional photo afterwards by the Samuel Smith statue.
And that day was our monthly APM DINNER with Christina Muhlestein and Dani Robinson...
Shelby Hixson Lane and husband Trevor, Elizabeth Young and Rebecca Wooden...
President and Sister T, Tosha Brown, Jesus Castro, Dani Robinson, Rebecca Wooden, Elizabeth Young, Matt Bryson, Carlos and Jane Arias with baby Leah, and the Kings
September 23-24 we headed up to REXBURG for our reunion up there!
Tory Bryant and Alex Cook helping out in the kitchen washing grapes for me...THANK YOU!
Tylo Dawson who we had not seen in forever!
Harrison and Jessica Beck...
Katrina Woo...
Rocking the short stuff with Nathan Davies and Wil Buechter!
Caden and Linsdey Schlund with baby Jet...
Michael & Tabitha Meredith ...
Rebecca Carter...
Becks and Ben Fagersten...
Oh, and we were there too, this is proof!
Wil, Joseph Fife, Rebecca, Jill and Desirrae in height order!
And our last guests who drove hours to make it were the Todd and Lizzie Choules family...now with baby #2!!! SO GOOD TO SEE THEM!
Look at the photo link, there are lots of other photos with other people!
The next morning on the way to the temple we stopped to meet Nama and Courtney Kamissoko's new baby ALEXA...3 days old to be exact!
She is just beautiful!!!
The temple looked almost unreal this morning, the clouds were in prime form!
And lunch afterwards at PIZZA PIE.
Dustin and Jessica Martinsen and her sister...
Ray and Ryen Seaman Bassett...
Dylan Hyer and Jacob Keene had been down to the Tempe reunion the night before and back up on Saturday AM.
Austin Smith...
Clayton and Jamie Murdock...
Desirrae Barnett, me, Rebecca Carter and Katrina Woo...
One of our great visa waiting missionaries, Ben Crapo came to visit us and that made our day!
And we even got some of our Logan RMs to come up! The two Chris's!
Chris Hunsaker and Chris Reid...
Joseph Fife and Logan Longhurst with his fiance Lauretta.
We had the best time...there are more photos of other RMS in the photos!
Love to see RMs when they stop by...and loved having Adams Dodd come say hello!
PROVO REUNION
was as usual a blast!
Could not have done it without the help of our great setter-upers!!
SPENCER CARDWELL...
STEVEN HUNSINGER...
CRYSTAL TURNER
JILL RATTO and her cousin...
And ANDY MARBLE and DANI ROBINSON
THANK YOU ALL YOU GREAT HELPERS!!
You all have a place on our quilt and in our hearts!
Here are just a sampling of the photos from reunion. You will need to use the link to really see who was there, if we got a photo!!
Devon Lynn from Canada...had not seen him in forever!!
The Arave's with Kathy Turville!!
Another from very very far, Denali Lathrop from Alaska!!! So good to see her!
John and Catie Paulsen with Mikey and Brooke Murphy
And yes, this is how we feel about reunion, right Amanda Vallejo M. (Nope, I;m not even going to attempt to spell your last name!)
Getting a little crazy with Trazer Sutcliffe at the end!
See you all again in APRIL 2017. Then we will move to ANNUAL REUNIONS EACH APRIL!!
We love to do Sunday Night S'Mores after Priesthood and we had a couple RM's join us.
Caleb Brown, Maria Garcia and Rebecca Carter.
And...Conference Sunday with Rebecca and Natalie Dayton joining Kathy Turville in the Taylor hotel!
Great weekend with the best people in the world!!
WE LOVE YOU! If you did not sign up for dinner, message me, we will work you in!!
