ONE YEAR OLDER AND WISER, TOO!

HERE WE ARE...THE TRIPLET BIRTHDAYS!

LORI, OCTOBER 10  

HEIDI, OCTOBER 25

ME, OCTOBER 26

LORI TURNED 27 ON THIS BIRTHDAY.  

SHE IS MARRIED TO MY NEPHEW, McKAY.

LORI IS A WONDERFUL MOM TO COLE, 9...HALEY, 5 1/2...AND LILY, 21/2.

WOOT!  WOOT!  LORI IS THE BEST COOK!  SHE'S FABULOUS AT BAKING, TOO!

NO ONE MAKES CAKES AND CUPCAKES LIKE LORI!!!

LORI LOVES TO COOK, BAKE, AND PINTEREST.

SHE LIVES IN OREM.

HEIDI ANN WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!

SHE IS NOW 26.  SHE WAS THE SWEETEST, KINDEST GIRL GROWING UP!

I ALWAYS WANTED HER TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY ALONE...BUT SHE WOULD INSIST

WE CELEBRATE TOGETHER!

WHEN SHE WAS 4, I TOOK HER TRICK OR TREATING TO A FEW FRIENDS.

SHE WAS CINDERELLA.  INSTEAD OF SAYING "TRICK OR TREAT," SHE WOULD SAY:

"BIBBITY BOBBITY BOO...YOU'RE THIN AND RICH!"

WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE HER A POUND OF CANDY AFTER THAT!!!

HEIDI'S KINDNESS MADE IT A NATURAL THAT SHE WOULD GO INTO NURSING.

SHE HAS DONE HOME HEALTH CARE, AND IS A HOSPICE NURSE.

HEIDI, HER HUSBAND MIKE, AND DAUGHTER, OAKLEY (2 1/2), ARE EAGERLY AWAITING THE BIRTH OF TWIN GIRLS!  PROBABLY IDENTICAL.

(SHE ACTUALLY WENT TO HOSPITAL ON MY BIRTHDAY!)

HEIDI GRADUATED FROM DIXIE STATE...MY ALMA MATER.

SHE MARRIED MIKE SCHMUTZ, FROM ENTERPRISE.

SHE WAS RECENTLY RELEASED AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TO TEENAGERS.

HEIDI LIVES IN CEDAR HILLS...OVER LOOKING THE MT. TIMPANOGOS TEMPLE.

 10 OF THE 11 GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.  

PLUS ASHLEY DUCKING DOWN TO HOLD ADDIE.

APPARENTLY THEY LIKE TO STRETCH OUT THEIR MOUTHS A LOT!

 HOW DO YOU LIKE MY GIANT DIET COKE?

PRESTON SURE HAS HIS EYE ON IT!

 CHRIS & KIM'S FAMILY GAVE THIS TO ME. 
I ALSO GOT THE "DISNEY VILLAINESSES" FROM McKAY'S FAMILY.
THERE WERE MUGS AND JOURNALS.

THE REST OF MY FAMILY GAVE ME MAGNET BOARDS AND
ASHLEY MADE A SHADOW BOX WITH ITEMS THAT SET ON MY DESK
OR FILING CABINET FOR 33 YEARS!

 THE LITTLE TINY BELL ON THE TOP SHELF WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY GRANDMA.
SHE SAID, "EVERY TEACHER NEEDS A BELL!"
SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2OOO.

MY MOM GAVE ME "ELIZABETH SMART'S" AUTOBIOGRAPHY
AND SOME BIRTHDAY MONEY.
WITH MY BIRTHDAY MONEY, 
I BOUGHT JOHN STOCKTON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, "ASSISTED" AND
ADONNA AND KILEE IVERSON STOOD IN LINE TO GET IT AUTOGRAPHED FOR ME!
I ALSO BOUGHT A SILVER AND PURPLE CHRISTMAS TREE TO GO IN MY BEDROOM.
IT'S SOOO COOL!  YOU PUT 2 POLES TOGETHER,
HOOK A PIECE TO THE TOP,
THEN LET IT DROP...IT'S ALL DECORATED...BOWS, RIBBONS, LIGHTS, AND ORNAMENTS!!!

THE OCTOBER 3 GIRLS

October 3rd was a great day for two special girls!

Katie turned 23

and

Camry turned 8.

 Camry is finally 8 years old!  

She is #4 in the grand/great grandchild order.

She loves to dance, play with Jaycie, and do crafts.

Her teacher says she is very smart!

She is in the 2nd grade, and lives in Saratoga Springs.

 Katie is now 23!

She is the youngest of my brother's 6 children...and really took advantage 

of her position in the family! 

One of her nicknames growing up was "Queen of the Front Seat!"

Katie likes to swim, play basketball, and be "Aunt Katie!"

Katie played 4 years on the Pleasant Grove High School girls basketball team.

She graduated from Pleasant Grove High School.

Katie lived in Seattle for 2 years...being a life guard, teaching aerobics, being a nanny, and taking classes.

Last May, Katie became an LPN.

In April, she will become an RN, and graduate from Weber State University.

She lives between her home in Pleasant Grove and Camille's home in Salt Lake City.

All of her nieces and nephews ADORE her!!!

LOVE MY OCTOBER 3rd GIRLS!!!

BAM!

ANOTHER BROKEN ARM!

Jaycie broke her arm...again...at school...again!

This time, she fell off the "tricky bars."

Love that the cast is matchy matchy with her dress!

JAYCIE'S BAPTISM

ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, JAYCIE 

WAS BAPTIZED AND CONFIRMED BY UNCLE MIKE.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, JAYCIE, AND THE WONDERFUL CHOICES

YOU ARE MAKING IN YOUR LIFE!

JAYCIE

PRESTON  JAYCIE  ADDISON  

DAD  MOM

              

 AUNTIE ANN

                                                                                  POPPA REID & GRANDMA LAUREL

POPPA REID

                 GRANDMA LAUREL

GRANDMA DIXIE

                                                                                                    CAMRY

AUNT KIM

                         AUNT KATIE

MOM

                                                                                                        DAD

UNCLE MIKE   HEIDI  

(AND TWINS)

             AUNT LORI   UNCLE McKAY

GRANDMA NAMY

JAYCIE LOVES JESUS

JAYCIE LOOKED SOOO BEAUTIFUL IN THE DRESS THAT HER MOTHER MADE

SHAYLA'S SOCCER

I WENT UP TO SALT LAKE TO WATCH SHAYLA PLAY SOCCER.

SHE IS ON A TEAM WITH BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS.

HER DAD IS THE COACH.

I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO GO UP TO HER GAME!!!

THE SEPTEMBER 26 GIRLS

On September 26, two of my great nieces had a birthday!

Courtney turned 13, and Shayla turned 7.

Courtney was my first relative to be born in this new century.

She is the oldest of my mom's great grandchildren, and my brother's grandchildren...#1.

Her parents are my oldest nephew, Chris, and his wife, Kim.

Courtney is very fun and creative!

She loves to dance, attend Young Women's, and is a great babysitter!

She is in 7th grade and lives in Saratoga Springs.

Shayla is #5 in the order of grand/great grandchildren.

She loves to go to the zoo, the Children's Museum, and Lagoon.

Shayla plays basketball and soccer.  Her dad is her soccer coach.

Shayla is kind and compassionate...and loves to spend time with her cousins.

Her parents are my oldest niece, Camille, and her husband, Mark.

She is in the 1st grade and lives in Salt Lake City.

 Auntie Ann with the Birthday Girls...Courtney & Shayla

13 & 7

 Grandma Dixie with Shayla & Courtney

MY NEW BUDDY

THIS IS MY NEW BUDDY...

COOPER PAUL FINLAYSON.

I WENT TO HIS SHOWER AT THE SCHOOL ON

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.

HE SEEMS TO LIKE ME...PROBABLY BECAUSE

I INTRODUCED HIS PARENTS!

PAUL FINLAYSON TAUGHT AT ALPINE WITH ME.

CORTNEY IS MY 2ND COUSIN, ONCE REMOVED.

(GOT THAT?  CORTNEY'S GRANDPA, MARRINER, AND MY DAD ARE COUSINS.  HER GREAT GRANDFATHER AND MY GRANDFATHER ARE BROTHERS.)

 

 I AM A FABULOUS MATCHMAKER!

THE RETURN OF SISTER WESTERN

Linda Western and her husband, Jim, returned in September from serving in the 

New York Rochester Mission.

I taught 4 of her 6 children...Laura, Matt, Marie, and David.

She taught 1st grade over 20 years at Alpine!

Glad to have her home!

Great friends at Jim & Linda's homecoming:

Adonna, Don, Linda, me, and Maureen

ZAC'S FAREWELL

 ZAC SNELL (TOP), HAD HIS MISSION FAREWELL ON SEPTEMBER 15, IN KAYSVILLE.

HE IS MY AUNT'S GRANDSON.

HE IS SERVING IN THE WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION.

THE DAY HE ARRIVED, IS WHEN THE WACKO LADY ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE

THROUGH THE WHITE HOUSE GATES!!!

ZAC WAS IN THE DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.

HE WENT TO THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE ONE YEAR AFTER WE DID.

WHERE WE HAD 70-80 DEGREE TEMPERATURES, THEY HAD 40-50 DEGREE TEMPERATURES, AND POURING DOWN RAIN!

 ZAC WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS, AUNT PAT & DARWIN

 MY MOM, ME, AUNT PAT

ME WITH MY FAVORITE AUNT.

SHE IS 14 MONTHS YOUNGER THAN MY MOM.

SHE SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE AS AN RN.

SHE ALSO OWNED A STORE, AND A SCRAPBOOK STORE.

SHE HAS SERVED IN THE BOUNTIFUL TEMPLE, AND AS A

MISSIONARY AT THE DESERT LAND AND LIVESTOCK.

SHE WORKED ON SCRAPBOOKING THE FARMHOUSE, AND AS A

NURSE ON THE TREKS.

HER AND DARWIN LOVED THE AREA SOOO MUCH, THEY DECIDED TO MOVE UP TO WOODRUFF, UTAH, AND MAKE IT THEIR HOME!