APM UTAH REUNION WEEKEND FALL 2015

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We had a GREAT REUNION in Provo this fall!

Couldn't have pulled it off without the help of some of our awesome RM's!  Thanks especially to Trazer, Conner and Natalie for all your help setting up!

 We had our usual table of sign-ups for APM SUNDAY DINNERS...message me if you missed out, I can squeeze you in almost any month.

Here you see Jesus Castro writing a little note to the GRIFFINS...we are always mindful of what a great service they are providing down in PHOENIX!!  We sure do love them!

 We were blessed to have some of our wonderful senior RM's and currently serving missionaries come spend the weekend with us!


Sister Cherry and Kathy Turville pose with Spencer Brame here...the afternoon before he had yet another surgery for his brain tumor...keep him in your prayers!

 And you see here that we had Sister Templeton and Elder Cherry visiting with Zach Jensen.

We have a few more MISSION BABIES that we got to OOH and AHH over...

The Grasleys little guy...

...and the Kleckner's little guy!

And they even SMILED for us!!

We did not have a photographer for this reunion so please look at the link to see the photos that I took...not tons, because I was busy talking just like you were...but a good sampling of who was there!

 We always bring over the ping pong just for fun!
Jay rocks it here with Parley.

An "HERMANAS" photo!

And just a good mix of some English speakers.

 And, we got one photo with President T and I in it with Heather Hale and her fiancé Adam.

 We have some of our RMs who are finishing up their time in Provo and moving on...as Eric and Carly Turner will be moving to my home state, Iowa for more schooling.

We will miss seeing them around!

 And at the end of the night we had some TWIN SIBLINGS show up!


Jenny Greenwood and her twin (Jenny is on the right)

And Landon Bangerter and his twin brother (Landon is also on the right)
GREAT NIGHT!
THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO TOOK TIME TO HELP SET UP OR TAKE DOWN!!!  It meant a lot to us!

 We had our older missionary friends stay with us the weekend so we took a little trip to show them Payson Temple...





We also went to Provo City Center Temple, and then SHOPPING for craft components for our own LADIES NIGHT craft activity while the men were at Priesthood meeting!

 We cooked marbles and then cracked them so we could use them to make some pretty bracelets, earrings or necklaces with them.

 Then after Priesthood we had over a few of our RMs for playing some games...

 Don't Eat Pete...


...the Candybar Game

 And some good old SMORE'S!!

Thanks for a great weekend all of you!
We look forward to our Sunday Dinners, Hikes, Sealings, Temple Trips and any time you want to just come visit!

Til we Meet again...with love, Taylors

REXBURG ROADIE REUNION September 2015

AND WE'RE OFF!  Headed to Rexburg to visit the APM in that neck of the woods!


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We tried heading up north last spring to say hello to RMs in Rexburg and it was so much fun we came back for MORE!!!

We had some of the same and a whole lot more new faces this time!

This crew checked out their space on the quilt...


...and then on the flag!!

Ty Pemberton, Fred Rushton, Douglas Hicks, Austin Lane, Tyler Bolinger and Austin Smith.

 And Logan Longhurst who was cut off in the last photo!

 Can you tell we were excited to see each other??

 We saw the Dunns...they were the first sealing we attended the weekend we returned home from our mission 14 months ago!!

 AND...we got in on a NEW ENGAGEMENT!!!

Congrats to Ben Fagersten!!

 I loved how we got the girls all chatting it up:
Hailey, Rebecca, Saundra and Sarah!

And the guys in their own MAN CIRCLE!

Michael, Blake, Tyler, Dane, Austin, Ty, Austin, Jake, Drew, Dallin and Logan.

People brought snacks to share...and Rebecca Carter made the BEST TURTLE SNACKS!!
Pretzel plus Rolo plus Pecan piece =Turtle



We didn't get a big group shot of the 50-60 we had here tonight.
But here's one group: The Kailee and Douglas Hicks, Qwinton Brothers, Nathan Davies, Dane McFarland, John Kroeger and Roger Pollard and in front, Desirrae Barnett and Ryen Seaman.

 The next morning we headed to the temple with a small group to do sealings.  The temple was a holy madhouse of activity after being closed for 3 weeks and only being open till noon!  Oh, and Idaho Falls temple is also closed!  CRAZY!
Nama and Courtney Kamissoko, Roger Pollard, Taylors, Roni and Kyle Harris, Jett and Collette Hall.  We also had Blake Mullenix and the Hicks in our session with us but not in photos.

 

 Bonus Blessings:  Saw Jake Wade's Mom in the dressing room, then saw two APMers, Aubrey and Ryan Fluckiger(cousins) coming from the session where her brother took out his endowments prior to his mission.
VERY COOL!  We got to meet their folks too!

 Then it was lunch at PIZZA PIE CAFE in Rexburg.  We were smarter this time and reserved the conference room for our group.  It was perfect!
We were joined by several we had not seen the night before...
John Shin, Hans Petersen, Lydia Steimle

 The Halls cousins came to eat with us.

And Wes Giles and his fiance also joined us!  Made our day to see everyone!





I had to laugh when I saw John's plates...reminded me of the mission for sure!



And also joined by Kayla Probeyahn and Barry Taylor and his fiance

A lot more people were there this weekend, check out the link on top to see all the photos!
And there were some that we did not get to see this time too.
THANKS ALL!!  We sure love these get togethers!
Sometime we want to do a hike up that way...
And we look forward to whenever you are in our neck of the woods too!
JOIN US IN PROVO THIS WEEKEND IF YOU CAN!!

September Activities 2015

 I cannot believe how busy our September ended up being!  In a good way...


We started in the best way ever, with a couple of sealings of returned missionaries.


Harrison and Katherine Wardle on Sept 4

And Jeff and Brooke Griffin on Sept 5

It was great to have Braden invited to join us at the temple for his first live sealing.



CONGRATULATIONS to Harrison and to Jeff!

We have had a few visitors this month...starting with Dylan Hyer who came with some friends on the way up to Rexburg.

Great to have Andy Marble come over while he was there for a visit too!

 And it made our month to have the WILLIAMS stop in for dinner when they came out for the reception of their granddaughter Mallory who married a young man from Lehi.

 Braden was glad to see them again too!

 We were sad the Williams had to get back to AZ...they missed the SUNDAY APM DINNER GROUP for September!

So fun to show the quilt to everyone!


Can you tell we had fun??

Sign up at reunion for the next 6 months!!

 Front:  Adams Dodd, Greg McCuch, Carly and Eric Turner, Back: Taylors, John COok, Landon Nistler, Jacob Goehring, Melannie Palomino, Jacob Parry and Melannie's roommate.

 OK, the camera set on the back of the couch with a timer is not the greatest...
But we were so happy to have a visit from Kadee Esplin and Alisa Baumgartner Hansen while Alisa was in town from Boston!
Both are doing just awesome!

 I was able to go to a Missionary Report this month to hear Rebekah Wooden!  Such sweet memories of her as a Sister Missionary, and to see how great her service was and how much she grew!
And it was even sweeter as I got to see Shelby Hixson and Elizabeth Young at the meeting too!
Bonus Blessings!

 Speaking of bonus blessings...that is what it is when we get to see the siblings of our missionaries at the MTC.

This week it was Abby Jensen, Zach's sister, headed to Arkansas! And her companion is Sister Hyer...no idea if she is related to Dylan or not, but her Mom messaged me that she is cousins with one of my former student's mothers.

We love serving at the MTC with missionaries!!

 We love seeing them at the temple afterwards too!


This past week was busy with two more sealings.

I met these three lovelies in the Ogden temple for Kristian McCoard's sealing to Taylor Pearce.

Michelle Meyer, Corinne Coleman and Annakiah Messick.

Here comes the bride!  Sweet experience to be there for this!

 Here are all the cute missionary companions!

And our APM representation at the sealing:
Annakiah, Corinne, Michelle, Taylor and Kristian, Elder Templeton, Me, Sister Templeton and Nannette Leigh who came up from Phoenix just for the sealing!  What a sweet woman!

Templeton were over from New Zealand for the sealing and for upcoming conference and reunion!

Stayed up in Ogden and met President T for the wedding dinner for Paul and Hollie Wilson, and met Jake Wade there too!  We had to work the day of his sealing so this was a sweet time to meet their families and visit a bit!
Best reward of the mission is finding that ETERNAL companion!

Rexburg Reunion will be posted separately, that was a blast!


We came home from Rexburg and had a late night visit from Joseph Fife, who met us in Provo when he came down from Rexburg for a funeral.  Had a great visit with him that night!

And were joined in Sacrament Meeting at the MTC by the Templetons, who wanted to come visit their stomping grounds!  can't keep this couple from serving wherever they go!
we had a fun afternoon visit and dinner with them on Sunday!

Looking forward to reunion this coming weekend!  LOVE YOU ALL!  Taylors