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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
July 2011 - Executive Office of Ken Woodward
Dear Family,
We are now into the third week of summer vacation from school. Joshua and Zachari are adjusting very well to a new schedule. Their only regret is that it will not last long enough.
The three of us took a trip to Franklin to participate in the annual Idaho Days celebration. As you can appreciate, my social schedule while there was very tight, but overall, it was a delightful and relaxing experience. We stayed in a motel in Logan. I have decided that hereafter, neither the price of the motel nor the quality of its accommodations are of any concern so long as it has a reasonable continental breakfast and Zack is with me. If it does and he is, the motel loses..
I thought I should attend this year as it may be my last opportunity. At my advanced age, I realize my future is very uncertain. I wouldn’t want this to go beyond the family, but I now subscribe to the Ensign only 3 months at a time.
There were co-Grand Marshalls chosen for the celebration this year, a set of identical twins, Dilly Morrison and his bulldog. Remarkable look-a-likes. Dilly is now in his 90's and was fined $50 recently for assaulting one of the local citizens.
The 3-floats parade was outstanding,. It started on 1st and Main, continued east to Heber Lowe’s old home on the corner, turned around and returned to the starting point. This way we could view both sides of each float without getting out of our lounge chairs. Some had been there since the night before to assure a favorable location on the route. The Grand Marshalls rode atop the city’s waste management truck, an impressive sight, streamers and all.
The afternoon activities were somewhat disappointing. While the ladies mud-wrestle was top-notch, the hanging could have been better planned. The program committee thought they had a viable candidate in Bill Hull, arrested for changing the brand on one of Tom Mendenhalls’ bulls. At the last minute, Bill.asked for a jury trial. But as some of the spectators in the grandstand had to get home to milk their cows so they could get back for the evening melodrama, they couldn’t wait for the verdict.
The word on the street later was the jury was leaning toward acquittal.
The attached picture is the float ridden by the Idaho Days queen and her attendants but after the first block the wind changed, so they had to finish the parade atop of a front-loader.
I can hardly wait for next year.
Love, Dad
We are now into the third week of summer vacation from school. Joshua and Zachari are adjusting very well to a new schedule. Their only regret is that it will not last long enough.
The three of us took a trip to Franklin to participate in the annual Idaho Days celebration. As you can appreciate, my social schedule while there was very tight, but overall, it was a delightful and relaxing experience. We stayed in a motel in Logan. I have decided that hereafter, neither the price of the motel nor the quality of its accommodations are of any concern so long as it has a reasonable continental breakfast and Zack is with me. If it does and he is, the motel loses..
I thought I should attend this year as it may be my last opportunity. At my advanced age, I realize my future is very uncertain. I wouldn’t want this to go beyond the family, but I now subscribe to the Ensign only 3 months at a time.
There were co-Grand Marshalls chosen for the celebration this year, a set of identical twins, Dilly Morrison and his bulldog. Remarkable look-a-likes. Dilly is now in his 90's and was fined $50 recently for assaulting one of the local citizens.
The 3-floats parade was outstanding,. It started on 1st and Main, continued east to Heber Lowe’s old home on the corner, turned around and returned to the starting point. This way we could view both sides of each float without getting out of our lounge chairs. Some had been there since the night before to assure a favorable location on the route. The Grand Marshalls rode atop the city’s waste management truck, an impressive sight, streamers and all.
The afternoon activities were somewhat disappointing. While the ladies mud-wrestle was top-notch, the hanging could have been better planned. The program committee thought they had a viable candidate in Bill Hull, arrested for changing the brand on one of Tom Mendenhalls’ bulls. At the last minute, Bill.asked for a jury trial. But as some of the spectators in the grandstand had to get home to milk their cows so they could get back for the evening melodrama, they couldn’t wait for the verdict.
The word on the street later was the jury was leaning toward acquittal.
The attached picture is the float ridden by the Idaho Days queen and her attendants but after the first block the wind changed, so they had to finish the parade atop of a front-loader.
I can hardly wait for next year.
Love, Dad
July 2011 - Cannon, Aaron & Mindy & Family
Hello June. Goodbye June.
June has been all baseball all the time in the Cannon home. Jakob made his first all star team and was immediately greeted with daily 4 hour practices. His thought was the same as mine....what? He had a brief little tournament in which he hit a game winning home run (inside the park) and now it's on to football.
Hannah comes with us to the games and appropriately cheers for her big brother and yells at anyone else who is not cheering for her big brother.
Mindy had girls camp and is happy to be done with that.....again. She is still baking and has a blog out there somewhere with some really cool pictures of some of the stuff she has thrown together.
I ran a marathon in Utah on June 11. It was a bad idea when I thought of it and it was a bad idea when I was running it and it was a bad idea for about a week after I was finished. I will never run again. Not if there is a fire. Not if there is a riot. Not if a car comes zooming at me. Never.
And that's all.
June has been all baseball all the time in the Cannon home. Jakob made his first all star team and was immediately greeted with daily 4 hour practices. His thought was the same as mine....what? He had a brief little tournament in which he hit a game winning home run (inside the park) and now it's on to football.
Hannah comes with us to the games and appropriately cheers for her big brother and yells at anyone else who is not cheering for her big brother.
Mindy had girls camp and is happy to be done with that.....again. She is still baking and has a blog out there somewhere with some really cool pictures of some of the stuff she has thrown together.
I ran a marathon in Utah on June 11. It was a bad idea when I thought of it and it was a bad idea when I was running it and it was a bad idea for about a week after I was finished. I will never run again. Not if there is a fire. Not if there is a riot. Not if a car comes zooming at me. Never.
And that's all.
July 2011 - Cannon, Cassie
Family- It's official! I am finally done! I am now a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of California. I will now only respond to the name "PSY24315." The coolest thing ever? If you look on the California Board of Psychology website under "License Verification" and look up "Cannon," you will find Dad, Aaron and me.
What's next? I'm looking at my options and taking my time in making a decision. Fortunately I like my job and they're not rushing me out of here quite yet. Hope all is well with the rest of the family!
-PSY24315
What's next? I'm looking at my options and taking my time in making a decision. Fortunately I like my job and they're not rushing me out of here quite yet. Hope all is well with the rest of the family!
-PSY24315
July 2011 - Haupt, Levi & Torrie & Family
We have re-surfaced; It feels like we haven’t stopped since moving back to the West coast. We are officially in our first home. We closed on May 19th, over Memorial weekend we went down to see Levi’s youngest brother, Jordan, off on his mission to Minneapolis. We headed back that Tuesday and were officially moved in by the first of June. It’s a wonderful home in a nice neighborhood. We have been busy painting and have greatly enjoyed the help of Reuben, another brother of Levi and his wife Chantile. They have been staying with us for a while now and will be with us through part of August. They have gotten us "hooked" on geocaching! Using GPS coordinates you locate "treasures", you take a trinket and you leave a trinket and you log that you've found it, both online and in the logbook. the girls love it and our rainboots have come in handy bushwacking through the various gulches. We tried to start our our own cache but its ended up going out to sea. We also have visited the tide pools and had fun learning about the different marine life around us.
Levi and Reuben are gearing up to ride in the “STP”, a bicycle ride from Seattle to Portland. Their dad has been doing it for 10 years and has convinced them to join in doing it “Mormon” style, meaning all 200+ miles in ONE day. Hopefully you’ll hear from us next month.
We love you all.
Until next month
Charlotte, Emma, Levi and Torrie
Levi and Reuben are gearing up to ride in the “STP”, a bicycle ride from Seattle to Portland. Their dad has been doing it for 10 years and has convinced them to join in doing it “Mormon” style, meaning all 200+ miles in ONE day. Hopefully you’ll hear from us next month.
Emma is 5, as she reminds us daily, and can’t wait to start Kindergarten, she’ll be going half-day starting September 7th. Charlotte is trying to keep up with her big Sis and is very put out that its NOT her birthday yet. They sure do love their dad and there are days that I wished I had gotten the Master’s degree, Charlotte has already told me to get a job so that daddy can stay home. RUNT. I know they love me too, most of the time.
We are continuing to enjoy the gorgeous surroundings and moderate temperatures. If any of you get tired of the smog, the arid climate, the deserty surroundings you know who to call……
Oh, and Grandpa, you need to pick up your phone when someone ( grand and great-grand kids) calls you for Father's Day. We love you all.
Until next month
Charlotte, Emma, Levi and Torrie
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| Tide pools with Aunt Channi |
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| gotta love that new home "honey-do" list |
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| Charlotte logging our geocaching adventures |
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| Emma finding geocaches |
July 2011 - McClintock, Robert & Susan
What a terrific June The McClintock had. There was no spring so the Carmichael land-grant jumped into hot weather briefly.
A visit to Idaho/Utah to fix Grandma's Church Family History information brought enlightenment, inspiration, and tons of fun.
Kristy and Susan found themselves on the wrong city Trax train at 10 o'clock at night. Instead of heading for Sandy they found themselves up at the U of U, which no loyal BYU grad
would ever want to do without a bevy of other BYU folk about. (Sorry Kelly.) They eventually got headed back on the right train. How did it happen you asked? See the next paragraph!
Visiting with Kristy, Todd, Kelly, and Jilina can best be described as a 'gab fest'. Visiting with Aunt Ina and Uncle Eldon can best be described as a Woodward-style 'gab fest.' Visiting with Aunt Bonnie was very touching and a Nielsen-style 'gab fest.' Visiting with Aunt Clarice, Uncle John, Tom, Jill, Bill, and Louise was an all out Nielson-Condie Curse 'gab fest.' Catching up on family news and seeing the spirit work in each one's life cannot be
described, but The McClintock can invite you to inquire, through the spirit, regarding the commission and results of the journey.
Accompanying this submission is a picture of Aunt Bonnie in the Logan Nursing home and a picture of Grandma Corene's school which has been moved to the corner of the Preston city park and awaits renovation into a museum. (I don't think Grandma would particularly like that designation but
since she is on the other side with some of her school mates, who knows..they might be cheering.)
Also attached is a picture of Emily and Justin during the McClintock's visit with them on Memorial Day Weekend.
Aunt Bonnie is entirely dependent upon the nursing home to feed, bath, cloth, and move her. She can move forward and backward in a sitting position and that's it. She turns the pages of books and magazines with her tongue. While we were visiting with her sweet tears flowed and we had to 'mop her up' as she described it. You can call her and visit on the phone, which she loves. To do so one must tell the Nursing Home staff to put on her phone head-set.
The remainder of June was the usual church work, yard work, house work, and work-work.
Here's wishing you all a happy July.
The McClintock
A visit to Idaho/Utah to fix Grandma's Church Family History information brought enlightenment, inspiration, and tons of fun.
Kristy and Susan found themselves on the wrong city Trax train at 10 o'clock at night. Instead of heading for Sandy they found themselves up at the U of U, which no loyal BYU grad
would ever want to do without a bevy of other BYU folk about. (Sorry Kelly.) They eventually got headed back on the right train. How did it happen you asked? See the next paragraph!
Visiting with Kristy, Todd, Kelly, and Jilina can best be described as a 'gab fest'. Visiting with Aunt Ina and Uncle Eldon can best be described as a Woodward-style 'gab fest.' Visiting with Aunt Bonnie was very touching and a Nielsen-style 'gab fest.' Visiting with Aunt Clarice, Uncle John, Tom, Jill, Bill, and Louise was an all out Nielson-Condie Curse 'gab fest.' Catching up on family news and seeing the spirit work in each one's life cannot be
described, but The McClintock can invite you to inquire, through the spirit, regarding the commission and results of the journey.
Accompanying this submission is a picture of Aunt Bonnie in the Logan Nursing home and a picture of Grandma Corene's school which has been moved to the corner of the Preston city park and awaits renovation into a museum. (I don't think Grandma would particularly like that designation but
since she is on the other side with some of her school mates, who knows..they might be cheering.)
Also attached is a picture of Emily and Justin during the McClintock's visit with them on Memorial Day Weekend.
Aunt Bonnie is entirely dependent upon the nursing home to feed, bath, cloth, and move her. She can move forward and backward in a sitting position and that's it. She turns the pages of books and magazines with her tongue. While we were visiting with her sweet tears flowed and we had to 'mop her up' as she described it. You can call her and visit on the phone, which she loves. To do so one must tell the Nursing Home staff to put on her phone head-set.
The remainder of June was the usual church work, yard work, house work, and work-work.
Here's wishing you all a happy July.
The McClintock
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| Aunt Bonnie and Aunt Kristy |
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| Emily and Justin visiting |
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| Onida Stake Acadamy |
July 2011- Westover, Mel & Carol
Hi family! We hope that you are enjoying your summer. I know that we are. It is nice to be on vacation, although I do get involved in numerous projects at home that sometimes seems more like work than a project. Mel and I just got back from our ACN convention in San Jose. It was awesome! ACN is also going into energy, so expect us to ask you for a favor!
A couple of weekends ago I got to do grandma duty. I had Adam and Erica's four little girls so that the parents could have some time away at the coast. We had a great time together and it only took me two days to recover.
It has also been a sad couple of months. Sis. Maxine Jones passed away May 30, after fighting cancer for 20 years. We also had some other ward members pass away. I guess it is considered the Circle of Life. Thank goodness for the Gospel.
I also love keeping in touch with all of you on facebook. Now we just need to get dad to join us. I'll bet that he doesn't even know that I used his military picture for my profile picture for Father's Day.
We love you all. Have a safe and wonderful July!
Mel and Carol
A couple of weekends ago I got to do grandma duty. I had Adam and Erica's four little girls so that the parents could have some time away at the coast. We had a great time together and it only took me two days to recover.
It has also been a sad couple of months. Sis. Maxine Jones passed away May 30, after fighting cancer for 20 years. We also had some other ward members pass away. I guess it is considered the Circle of Life. Thank goodness for the Gospel.
I also love keeping in touch with all of you on facebook. Now we just need to get dad to join us. I'll bet that he doesn't even know that I used his military picture for my profile picture for Father's Day.
We love you all. Have a safe and wonderful July!
Mel and Carol
July 2011 - Woodward, Kevin & Tammy & Family
Dear Family:
We had a rather eventful month of June. On Saturday the 4th, I had the privilege of having lunch with Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve and Elder W. Christopher Waddell of the Seventy at the home of President Mark McConkie of the neighboring Colorado Springs Stake. They were having their stake conference that weekend, and Elder Andersen and President McConkie were very gracious in making time to invite the other two stake presidents in the area and myself for a 2-hour gathering. Elder Andersen was delightful. As a bit of trivia, he told us that when he proposed to his wife, before she answered in the affirmative, she asked him if we would be willing to live in Florida, the place where she was from and where her family then lived. That's where they spent their entire married life prior to his call as a General Authority. In comparing notes with Elder Waddell, I remember meeting him and his wife when they were first married, since he married the daughter of a family Tammy and I knew well in the Palos Verdes Stake back in the mid-80s.
We had our annual stake Girls Camp during the first week of June. I, along with our stake presidency and most of our bishops, were able to spend the week with our Young Women. We started that week with a two-day backpacking excursion with our 4th year YW in the Lost Creek Wilderness area about 90 minutes west of where we live. We spent the balance of the time at our stake Camp Joseph in the Sange de Cristo mountains in southern Colorado. The Girls Camp experience set the stage for preparation for our quadrennial pioneer trek scheduled for July to Rocky Ridge and Martin's Cove, Wyoming.
In late June, we held a Sunday evening stake fireside featuring three women who came to speak to the membership about the pioneers in the Willie and Martin handcart companies. Two of the women are younger sisters of Marjorie Pay Hinckley, wife of President Gordon B. Hinckley. They spoke of their pioneer heritage, namely the Goble and Pay families. The other woman, Jolene S. Allphin, is the author of a work entitled "Tell My Story Too." http://tellmystorytoo.com/books/tell-my-story-too-jolene-s-allphin Earlier in the day I met Sister Allphin at one of our ward sacrament meetings. I introduced myself, and immediately she asked if I was related to William Woodward. I told her that William was my great-great grandfather. She proceeded to tell me stories of William Woodward related to the Willie Handcart Company for which he served as a captain of a hundred. Later during our conversation, the subject of Preston, Idaho came up. I told her that my mother was from Preston, and that her maiden name was Condie. She ask me if I was related to Gibson Condie. I told her that Gibson Condie was my great-great grandfather also. She then told me stories of Gibson Condie (rescuer) and Elizabeth Robison Condie who along with her sister and mother were members of the Martin Handcart Company. Elizabeth and here family were rescued by Gibson. They were married three months later (February 1857) by President Brigham Young in the endowment house.
During the course of our fireside that evening, Sister Allphin asked if I would come join her for a few moments at the pulpit. She then shared these and other stories of William Woodward, Gibson Condie and Elizabeth Robinson, some with which I was not familiar. What amazed me was her command of so many biographical sketches of these pioneers. She was able to share a number of stories about pioneers who were related to other members of the stake. It was indeed an inspiring event. As a Woodward family, we each share a rich pioneer heritage.
We love you and wish you the very best during the month of July.
The Woodwards
We had a rather eventful month of June. On Saturday the 4th, I had the privilege of having lunch with Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve and Elder W. Christopher Waddell of the Seventy at the home of President Mark McConkie of the neighboring Colorado Springs Stake. They were having their stake conference that weekend, and Elder Andersen and President McConkie were very gracious in making time to invite the other two stake presidents in the area and myself for a 2-hour gathering. Elder Andersen was delightful. As a bit of trivia, he told us that when he proposed to his wife, before she answered in the affirmative, she asked him if we would be willing to live in Florida, the place where she was from and where her family then lived. That's where they spent their entire married life prior to his call as a General Authority. In comparing notes with Elder Waddell, I remember meeting him and his wife when they were first married, since he married the daughter of a family Tammy and I knew well in the Palos Verdes Stake back in the mid-80s.
We had our annual stake Girls Camp during the first week of June. I, along with our stake presidency and most of our bishops, were able to spend the week with our Young Women. We started that week with a two-day backpacking excursion with our 4th year YW in the Lost Creek Wilderness area about 90 minutes west of where we live. We spent the balance of the time at our stake Camp Joseph in the Sange de Cristo mountains in southern Colorado. The Girls Camp experience set the stage for preparation for our quadrennial pioneer trek scheduled for July to Rocky Ridge and Martin's Cove, Wyoming.
In late June, we held a Sunday evening stake fireside featuring three women who came to speak to the membership about the pioneers in the Willie and Martin handcart companies. Two of the women are younger sisters of Marjorie Pay Hinckley, wife of President Gordon B. Hinckley. They spoke of their pioneer heritage, namely the Goble and Pay families. The other woman, Jolene S. Allphin, is the author of a work entitled "Tell My Story Too." http://tellmystorytoo.com/books/tell-my-story-too-jolene-s-allphin Earlier in the day I met Sister Allphin at one of our ward sacrament meetings. I introduced myself, and immediately she asked if I was related to William Woodward. I told her that William was my great-great grandfather. She proceeded to tell me stories of William Woodward related to the Willie Handcart Company for which he served as a captain of a hundred. Later during our conversation, the subject of Preston, Idaho came up. I told her that my mother was from Preston, and that her maiden name was Condie. She ask me if I was related to Gibson Condie. I told her that Gibson Condie was my great-great grandfather also. She then told me stories of Gibson Condie (rescuer) and Elizabeth Robison Condie who along with her sister and mother were members of the Martin Handcart Company. Elizabeth and here family were rescued by Gibson. They were married three months later (February 1857) by President Brigham Young in the endowment house.
During the course of our fireside that evening, Sister Allphin asked if I would come join her for a few moments at the pulpit. She then shared these and other stories of William Woodward, Gibson Condie and Elizabeth Robinson, some with which I was not familiar. What amazed me was her command of so many biographical sketches of these pioneers. She was able to share a number of stories about pioneers who were related to other members of the stake. It was indeed an inspiring event. As a Woodward family, we each share a rich pioneer heritage.
We love you and wish you the very best during the month of July.
The Woodwards
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| At the McConkie Home |
Saturday, June 4, 2011
June 2011 - Executive Office of Ken Woodward
Dear family,
Less than two weeks of Middle School left for Zachari and Joshua. How I will then feel, with a full summer of house arrest ahead of me, will depend on the glass full/glass empty outlook I will have at a given moment.
Torrie and Levi should know that my Topsy Turvey upside-down tomato planter is performing well but hardly looks yet like the picture on the box. But out of an abundance of caution, I did plant a few in mother earth as back up..
May was a busy month church-wise. Joshua and Zachari were teacherized, installed as 1st counselor and president, respectively, of the teacher’s quorum, each participated in a youth baptism session at the Sacramento temple, and Zack gave his first talk in a sacrament meeting. He did well.
Healthwise, we are all doing well. Although I sense my hearing is slipping a bit and the light in my reading lamp is getting dimmer, there is nothing wrong with my memory. I can still vividly recall details of event that never actually occurred.
Love, Dad
June 2011 - Bos, Kristy
May has been a long cold month here in Utah. It is Memorial Day and the weather temperature might reach 57 degrees and there will still be rain and manybe a little snow mixed in. However, the weather tomorrow is going to be 75 degrees. Go figure.
I have been silent for a few months but that is because I have continued to battle infections, etc. In short, "I've been sick," (said with a sad face and a bit of a whine.) This has been a 6 month long fun fest of doctors, meds, etc., but it seems the worst is over.
Kelly and Jilina have been living here in Saratoga Springs, with me, since February 24. They are making the adjustment, Kelly is getting stronger (she arrived very ill,) and Jilina is happily entrenched in school, softball, and Primary. Jilina, however, broke her foot.
Kristy Bos
June 2011 - Ekins, Justin & Emily
The month of May was a good one, with lots of new news to report. I'm continuing my research for my dissertation. This will probably analyze limited government movements throughout American history with careful study of the Tea Party. I'm also continuing research at The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington DC. I'm working on projects on the Tea Party movement and credit rating agencies oligopoly. I also started a new job at the Reason Foundation doing their polling. I've found it to be really interesting since we are conducting nationwide public opinion polls like Gallup for public opinion questions.
Justin has some good news as he was just admitted to Harvard Business School. So this summer we're moving back to Boston. Fortunately I will be able to continue my dissertation research and polling work for Reason and be closer to DC to continue working with Cato. This is really funny in a way because my first job out of college was doing research at Harvard Business School and now we're moving back. We got an apartment right on campus, so please let us know if you're visiting the Northeast and come visit us!
Emily Ekins
June 2011 - McClintock, Robert & Susan
"June is Busting out all over" at least so wrote Rogers and Hammerstein for the musical 'Carousel'.
June holds special interest for this McClintock. The Telephone was invented in June. Charles Dickens died in June. The Battle of Midway was fought in June. The flag of Sweden was adopted in June. The G.I. Bill was signed into law in June. Kentucky and Tennessee were admitted as the 15th and 16th states into the Union in June. Superman came to be in June. Helen Keller died in June. The Beatles released the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Cub Band LP in June. Police chased O.J. Simpson's white Ford Bronco in June. Brigham Young was born in June AND………..tah-dah……..so was Emily! What more is there to say about June?
Oh, as far as May was concerned May was pretty much a bust for this McClintock. Osama was slain. Grandma Anna was diagnosed with Lewy Body Disease. Aunt Susan sang a brilliant solo in the Valley Choral Society's Spring concert series. Zack gave his first-ever talk in Sacrament meeting. The home garage underwent a major clean-out. And The McClintock went down to Los Angeles to visit Emily and Justin on Memorial Day Weekend. Just a ho-hum month.
Love you all!
The McClintock
June 2011 - Wilcox, Todd & Tracy & Family
Dear Family,
April has been a good month despite going back to work. I like being paid to stay home with the family, but all good things must come to an end. I was welcomed back to work with open arms and lots of work.
Easter was good (despite me having to work that day.) The Easter bunny left us lots of candy which was quickly disposed of. My husband and kids had a wonderful dinner at my sister-in-laws house, and I ate dinner at IKEA the Swedish way.
I have attached two of my favorite pictures, which were taken recently. The photographer did a great job, and I think I finally convinced my husband that the Sears portrait studio is just not good enough! There is no comparison to a real photographer in a real studio!
Much Love,
Tracy
June 2011 - Woodward, Kevin & Tammy & Family
Dear Family:
This past month we have enjoyed a visit from Alexis, Maija and Averie while Ryan has been in China on a project for his masters of civil engineering program. With his evening Skype (the morning of the next day for him) we have been kept apprised of his travel schedule and experiences. As for the rest of the visiting Bessey clan, we have toured some of the sights here in Colorado Springs. We took in the Miramont Castle in nearby Manitou Springs, as well as the Territory Days celebration in old Colorado City (old town Colorado Springs). One particular highlight for us was a train ride through the Royal Gorge canyon alongside the Arkansas River.. Maija and Averie took a particular liking to the open-air car.
This past month we have enjoyed a visit from Alexis, Maija and Averie while Ryan has been in China on a project for his masters of civil engineering program. With his evening Skype (the morning of the next day for him) we have been kept apprised of his travel schedule and experiences. As for the rest of the visiting Bessey clan, we have toured some of the sights here in Colorado Springs. We took in the Miramont Castle in nearby Manitou Springs, as well as the Territory Days celebration in old Colorado City (old town Colorado Springs). One particular highlight for us was a train ride through the Royal Gorge canyon alongside the Arkansas River.
The month was full of graduations: seminary, institute and the local universities. We were treated from our back deck to our annual Thunderbirds airshow, as they participated in the Air Force Academy graduation ceremonies.
Rockies baseball is in full swing. With the All-Star game fast approaching, I'm hoping to hold on to my current slim margin of victory in the Baskin Robbins/Leatherby's summer wager extravaganza with Grandpa.
Looking ahead on the event radar, we have a week of Girls Camp up in the mountains, and the privilege to have a Saturday afternoon lunch with Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Twelve, who will be presiding over the conference of the neighboring Colorado Springs Stake.
Love to all,
The Woodwards
Rockies baseball is in full swing. With the All-Star game fast approaching, I'm hoping to hold on to my current slim margin of victory in the Baskin Robbins/Leatherby's summer wager extravaganza with Grandpa.
Looking ahead on the event radar, we have a week of Girls Camp up in the mountains, and the privilege to have a Saturday afternoon lunch with Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Twelve, who will be presiding over the conference of the neighboring Colorado Springs Stake.
Love to all,
The Woodwards
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