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Sunday, September 26, 2021

APM FALL BBQ


WE HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME!

We had about 40 adults and 18 children join us for a backyard BBQ September 25.

It was such a loving group of people!  We know we were meant to be in each other's lives!

Paulsens and Fairbanks visiting.  Fairbanks have a baby in the NICU to this is a tender time.  They are amazing people!


Richard and Avril Mortensen checking out the Mission Flag in the APM ROOM of our home!


Daniel and Ashley Jones and Ashley's sister Allison just home from her mission to Ohio.


Our sandbox area is huge...and perfect for a big group of mission grandkids!!


Andre and Courtney Gaspar watching their twin boys play in the sandbox area.



Cutest boys ever!!


Aryssa and David McBride with Lily.


Lily's face after trying watermelon.


Scott with Heather (Belnap) and Tanner Ostler. 


Jesus and Mandy Castro...I did not get their adorable baby in the pic :(


Some RMs checking out the Mission Quilt in the APM Room.

(Crystal Turner)


Here is a pic of Jesus with the baby!


Richard and Avril Mortensen along with Amy and Joseph Barley.  10 weeks to delivery for the Barleys!


More cute sandbox buddies.


Daniel and Morgan Shurtleff visiting from Minnesota just happened to be in town!  Yay!


Creative kids in the sand area.







Alex and Andrew Pehrson with one of their cute kiddos.  Griffin was in love with the sandbox.

Alex Cordero with his little guy.



Nama and Courtney Kamissoko's kiddos, Alexa and Benke in the sand.  This is familiar territory for them since I teach Alexa in Pre-Kindergarten this year.

I missed photos from Brooke (Zollinger) Murphy's family and Dane McFarland and Kamissokos and Albrechts and Caleb Brown and Crystal  Turner.

My phone died.  Poor excuse.

We loved this get-together and are open to any you would like to schedule but we will do this again next fall for sure!
 

APM July 2020-September 2021

I'm pretty sure I am missing photos of other interactions during this very long and interesting time.  But here are a few that I could find to document!

Covid Wedding Receptions are a real deal this year!We sure loved seeing Daniel and Ashley Jones at their reception in August of 2020.


We did the "elbow to elbow Social Distancing just for fun!


We had a fun talk with John Kroger one evening and he shared some photos of his sweet family!

He is living in Missouri but is good to keep in touch.

We love seeing our RMs as parents!


We have surprise visits every now and again from Conner Albrecht...and this time with fiance Sarah Jensen.  Yup, they met at an APM BBQ last summer and at this visit in March 2021 were set to be married.




We were invited by our own Lise Bennett to come speak at the U of U Institute last March 2021.  It was a really fun day for us to get to share some thoughts with some great students, but best of all, to connect with Lise again!  She is an amazing friend!



April 2021 Conner and Sarah got married and I got to attend their reception.  So happy for these two APMers to get together forever!


 



Receptions are happy places, and especially when I get to run into other APM RMs!

Saw Shannon (Magee) & Daniel Newbold 


And Aryssa (Hutchinson) McBride with their new baby, Lily and husband David.

Made.My.Night.

April 2021 Scott and I took a trip down to AZ so I could help my friend Dana with their new home in Prescott Valley and we of course, had to see our wonderful RM couples from the area!
We met up at Waldo's Tacos, a tradition that worked well for Covid to be outside as well.


We love these people so very much!!


In July, I was with my grandkids at Thanksgiving Point and ran into Melissa Lechner Dickey and her kids!  Best surprise ever!  There is something magical about seeing RM's with their own children!


We got to have our friend Kathy Turville come stay for a few days and that was a great excuse to invite over some RMs for a Sunday Sundae party!
With Joseph and Amy Barley


With Katrina and Scott Richardson and their cute baby Mylah!


Juan Castanos and his wife Monica


Paul Wilson
Mikey, Hugh and Brooke Zollinger with baby Jack along with Catie Paulsen (her sick kids kept the rest home)


Alexa, Benke Courtney and Nama Kasmissoko with Kathy


Caleb Brown

August we were so excited to get to go to Brandon Johnsons reception after his marriage to Claire


We love going to some BYU away games and we love seeing RMs that love this as well.

Met Caleb Brown at the Las Vegas game against Arizona.  


And, as we were walking in, we met up with our own Zach Jensen and his fiance London


Then, about a week later, we were meeting up at the Provo City Center Temple to congratulate Zach on his sealing!