Friday, February 8, 2013

Our Family

This year (2013) we will have been married 45 years. What a great experience it has been to share our lives together. Little did two country kids from Idaho dream of the places we'd go and things we'd see and do over these years.

We have one daughter and five sons born to us. Each was born in a different place during the years that we served in the Marine Corps. Most of them, except for the youngest, were born about two years apart. Blake was born in Idaho, Jeffrey in Virginia, Melanie in California, Gregory in Washington, Kenneth in Oklahoma, and Ryan in San Diego. All the boys earned their eagle scout rank, and all turned out to be well over six feet tall. Stephen has had boys with which to play basketball. 

We moved to 1730 Oak Lane in Provo, Utah upon retirement from the Marines in 1990. We've lived here ever since except for three years in Virginia and two in Hawaii. All five of our sons have served full-time missions for the Mormon Church: Blake in South Africa, Jeff in Arkansas, Greg in London, England, Ken in Micronesia-Guam, and Ryan in Lithuania. Our children have all graduated from college. We have in the family: a chiropractor, dentist, mortician, mother and real estate broker, a computer/information management specialist, and a university registrar. We are expecting our 20th grandchild. No great grandchildren yet, but that isn't far off!


Our Family in 2012

Our children (L-R: Stephen, Greg, Blake, Ryan, Ken, Jeff, Melanie, Elaine)

Our Grandchildren

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