JULY ALPINE RETIRED TEACHER'S LUNCH

OUR JULY LUNCH WAS HELD AT

THAI DRIFT IN OREM.

FROM LEFT GOING CLOCKWISE:

ME, CATHY TIBBITTS, DIANE DURRANT,

PAULA RUESCH, NANCY POPE, CHERYL DOMINGUEZ,

LINDA DIBB, PAIGE & DON BECKSTRAND, ANALEE WISER BROWN

THIS WAS DON & PAIGE'S LAST LUNCH FOR A YEAR.

THEY ENTER THE MTC NEXT MONDAY.

THEY WILL BE SERVING IN THE

INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS BLOOMINGTON CES MISSION.

THEY WILL BE TEACHING AT CES CLASSES AT

INDIANA UNIVERSITY.

THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS THE SAME

AS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HERE.

AUGUST 22.

ANNIE

Annie Stephenson 

attended Alpine Elementary.

Her dad is David Stephenson, who was my principal

at Alpine for 8 years!

He deserves a medal for being the principal

who had to deal with me the longest!

After Alpine Elementary, Annie attended

Mountain Ridge Jr. High, and then

Dear Ol' AF High!

She just finished her first year at

Utah State University.

Our favorite principal!

This is a really cute idea!

Paul, Cortney

Carolyn, Cathy, Me

Annie tried really hard to throw the boquet over everyone

to me in the back.  It didn't work, and was stuck in the netting.

Thank goodness her dad got it out.

Unfortunately, it dropped to some your single kid.

Father-Daughter Dance

Bonus points for twirling.

Bride & Groom Dance

 And then, some guests sang a song,

and after threw dollar bills at her.

I'm pretty sure it was a gang of Nephites!

Check out money on floor by chair.

Great crepes!

THE 3 NEPHITES

My mom grew up with two brother and two sisters.

She is the oldest in her family.
They grew up in Nephi, Utah.

The reason for the title of this post, "The 3 Nephites",
comes from the Book of Mormon.
They were 3 disciples of Jesus Christ in the "New World."
(We also believe that after His death, Christ appeared
to the people on the American continent).
They were blessed by Jesus to "never taste of death; but
ye shall live to behold all the doings of the Father unto
the children of men, even until all things shall be fulfilled."
Therefore, they are still on the earth today.


Mom 
Dixie Alice Howard was born March 12, 1935, age 82.
She was named after the "Dixie" area in southern Utah,
because my grandparents lived in Washington, Utah for a little while.
Her middle name, Alice, was her mother's youngest sister.
She attended and graduated from Utah State University.
My mom was a school teacher for 38 years.

Aunt Pat
Patsy Alyth Howard was born May 28, 1936, age 81.
I don't know where Patsy came from, but Alyth is her
mother's first name.
Aunt Pat was an RN for many years!  
She attended and graduated in nursing from
St. Marks/Westminister.  She also owned
a boutique and a scrapbook store.
She married Elmer Engstrom in the mid-60's.
He passed away in 1975.
Aunt Pat lived in Salt Lake City when I grew up until
the mid-80's.  She then moved to Centerville.
After marrying Darwin, her second husband, they moved to Bountiful.
Aunt Pat & Darwin went on a mission to the
"Desert Land and Livestock" in Woodruff, Utah.
They loved Woodruff so much, they moved up there.
About 3 years ago, they moved to Yuma, Arizona.

Uncle George
George Mat Howard was born June 20, 1938.
George was named after his grandpa's brother.
His middle name was his father and grandfather's first name.
He attended Snow College and graduated from the
San Francisco school of Mortuary Science.
Uncle George was a mortician for many years.
He also was involved in scouting.
He passed away 7 years ago (the last time the 3 Nephites were together).
His funeral was 2 days before Carter was born.

Uncle Bruce
Bruce Bigler Howard was born May 23, 1944 age 73.
I don't know where his first name came from, but
Bigler is his mother's maiden name.
Uncle Bruce graduated from Dixie Jr. College, and lived with us
when I was in "nursery school" and kindergarten.
He also graduated from Weber State and a 
physical therapy school in Galvaston, Texas.
He is still working as a physical therapist.
He worked in Racine, Wisconsin and currently in Ocala, Florida.

Aunt Jean
Ruby Jean Howard was born October 16, 1945.
She was born premature and had to share time
in an oxygen tent with another premie.
She was mentally retarded.
Her first name is after her mother's younger sister.
My grandma cared for her until 1975.  She then
resided in the "Training School" (aka Developmental Center)
in American Fork, across from the
Mt. Timpanogos Temple.
She passed away in 1993.

Aunt Pat & Uncle Darwin and Uncle Bruce & Aunt Nadene
are here for Katie's wedding tomorrow . . . July 29.
Uncle Bruce & Aunt Nadene got to know Katie & CJ when
he played last season for the Orlando Magic.
Besides the wedding, they all wanted to come
because the last time they had been together was
for their brother, George's, funeral.

NAILS FOR KATIE & CJ'S WEDDING

These are how I had my nails done

for Katie & CJ's wedding.

Also, for the month of August.

MAKELLE

MAKELLE LUDLOW WAS ANOTHER FORMER
FABULOUS STUDENT!
SOOOOO SWEET, KIND, AND SMART!
SHE IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING 
MY ALMA MATER . . . DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY,
STUDYING RADIOGRAPHY.

IT'S REALLY OFFICIAL WHEN YOU SEE THIS . . .

SHOWER

WOW!

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE LAST

OF THE NIECES AND NEPHEWS IS GETTING MARRIED!!!

MARRIAGE DATES

CHRIS & KIM . . . OCTOBER 8, 1999.

ASHLEY & JON . . .  MAY 16, 2003 (1 MONTH BEFORE DAD DIED)

McKAY & LORI . . . MARCH 17, 2004

CAMILLE & MARK . . . APRIL 16, 2006

HEIDI & MIKE . . . JULY 17, 2008

AND

KATIE & CJ . . . JULY 29, 2017.

TIME HAS GONE BY SOOOO FAST, SINCE

CHRISTOPHER WAS BORN ON MAY 24, 1980,

THREE MONTHS BEFORE I STARTED TEACHING SCHOOL!

IN THE 10 YEARS BETWEEN 1980 & 1990,

I WAS AUNT TO 2 NEPHEWS AND 4 NIECES!

IT HAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!

ON THURSDAY, JULY 20, KATIE'S AUNTS

(BUT NOT ME)

HOSTED A BRIDAL SHOWER.

BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW BEFORE SHOWER.

A GOOD LUCK OMEN?

OPENING GIFTS

BLANKET MADE BY KIM

THE BIG PRESENT

A "CALIFORNIA KING QUILT"

MADE BY KATIE'S FAMILY, AND HEMMED

BY GRANDMA NAMY

IT SHOULD MATCH THE

CALIFORNIA KING SHEETS I GOT THEM

FOR A WEDDING PRESENT!

FUN LINGERIE FROM VICTORIA'S SECRET

AUNT ANN GAVE A GIFT CARD FROM

"THE CONTAINER STORE"

6 OF 11 NIECES ATTENDED THE SHOWER:

TOP TO BOTTOM

JAYCIE,12    CAMRY, 11 1/2

SHAYLA, 10 1/2    KATIE, 26 1/2   HALEY, 9 1/2

COURTNEY, 16 1/2   LILY, 6

GRANDMA NAMY

(MOM'S MOM)

CAMILLE (SISTER #1), LAUREL (MOM), LORI (SISTER-IN-LAW #2),

HEIDI (SISTER #3), COURTNEY (NIECE #1), KATIE (BRIDE)

ASHLEY (SISTER #2), KIM (SISTER-IN-LAW #1)

GRANDMA DIXIE

(DAD'S MOM)

AUNT ANN

(DAD'S ONLY SIBLING)

AUNT SHYRLEEN (MOM'S SISTER #1), AUNT SHELLEY 

(MOM'S SISTER #2), KATIE, BRIDE

AUNT JAN (MARRIED TO UNCLE KAYLON...MOM'S BROTHER #1),

AUNT LISA (MARRIED TO UNCLE WAYNE . . . MOM'S BROTHER #2)

ALL OF THE AUNTS IN LAUREL'S FAMILY HOST

BRIDAL SHOWERS FOR ALL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

THEY HAVE HOSTED 28!  1 LEFT!

ALL OF THE AUNTS & UNCLES HELP IN THE KITCHEN 

AT ALL OF THE WEDDINGS!

BRIDAL SHOWER GUESTS.

KATIE'S MOM, GRANDMAS, SISTERS, SISTERS-IN-LAW, NIECES

COUSINS AND COUSINS-IN-LAW ATTENDED.

(SISTER CAMILLE, NIECE SHAY, COUSIN-IN-LAWJACLYN, 

AND FRIEND KK HAD LEFTBEFORE WE GOT THE PICTURE)

48 YEARS

48 YEARS AGO TODAY.

IT WAS THE SUMMER AFTER 5TH GRADE.

MAN WALKED ON THE MOON

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!

I AM A TEACHER