ETHAN JARED REESE

 On May 15, 2009,

Jared married Whitni Nisson.

Jared is the only child of my 

best friend of 50 years, Renae.

I loved their wedding, because they were married

in the St. George Temple. 
We stayed with Heidi and Mike, (they were married the July before,and were going to school at my Alma Mater, Dixie!)
and celebrated Mike's birthday.

I took 2 days off from school,

and missed the dance festival!

Woohoo!!!

Jared and Whitni met at Utah State.

Whitni is from St. George.

She is friends with Karen's older girls

and Eric, and is Heather's age.

She was a dietician, and also a Seminary teacher.

 Whitni was soooo excited for their 1st Christmas!

She wanted to do the

"12 Days of Christmas."

The gift for the number 2 was

"2 Jazz tickets!"

 They sat in my Jazz seats.

The next May, Whitni suffered a miscarriage

on Mother's Day.

In June, Whtni and Jared took a trip to where

she served her mission in Switzerland.

Their 2nd Christmas was soooo different

from their 1st.

Whitni was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer,

right around Christmas.

 In March, we headed to St. George.

They had a fundraiser for her.
I went to it with Karen and her family.

 In June, Jared and Whitni went on one

last trip to Disneyland.

In September, 2011,

9 months after her diagnosis,

Whitni lost her battle.

They were married only 16 months.

Whitni and Jared were living in Roswell, New Mexico.

She returned home to St. George,

where she passed away.

In December, 2011, Jared was up for Christmas.
I took him to a Jazz game.
He then went to St. George,

visiting Whit's family.  Renae, Rob, and I

met up with him for breakfast on our way to the

Tournament of Roses Parade.

A few months later, Jared was transferred

to Price, Utah.  He works for the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

In August, 2012, Jared was invited to his friends

for a barbeque.  They had invited Breanna, who was their neighbor.

Breanna was a chemotherapy nurse.
They hit it off right away, 
were engaged on December 22,

and married March 13, 2013, in the

Mt. Timpanogos Temple.

 Engagement photo

Temple

 Jared and I at temple.

 Breanna and Jared were soon expecting,

and on December 22, 2013...exactly one year

to the date of their engagement,

Ethan Jared Reese was born!

Proud daddy

Isn't this the most precious picture???

 ...And baby makes 3!

New parents.

On March 2, I went to Ethan's blessing in Price.

 First time grandparents!

 Four generations...

Ethan, Jared, Rob, and Nancy

 Brayden, Whitley, and McKell with 

Dale's great granddaughter!

Dale is their Grandpa Jay and Renae's brother.

 Grandpa Jay with his favorite student, 

Whitley, left. Her sister McKell.

Jay is Renae's brother, and was

in my ward and my high school biology teacher.

He retired, and started teaching on "A" days.

Whitley wanted her grandpa to teach her.

This is his last year.

Photobombed by Whitley.

Jared, Auntie Ann, and Ethan.

 Ethan is sooo cute!

This is St. Patrick's Day.

He looks just like his father did as a baby in 1980!!!