Aurora Turns One

My granddaughter Aurora turned one this month and the family gathered for a celebration. Aurora very quickly demolished her birthday cake.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Kaysville, Utah.

Giving Thanks The Pilgrims Left

Occasionally I am asked if we have Thanksgiving in England. My stock answer is always is the same: We do have Thanksgiving in England. We give thanks those annoying pilgrims left.

Steven Celebrates Birthday At Lone Star

In November Steven celebrated his birthday with a meal at the Layton Lone Star Steakhouse. Well big deal you all may be saying. But for us it was a chance to get together, take some photographs, and eat some great food. Steven loves steak so he came to the right place.

Aurora Is Blessed

Today family gathered to the Pleasant Valley 6th Ward for the blessing of Aurora Willoughby. With all the babies being blessed and extended family in attendance it was virtually standing room only in the chapel.

Thanksgiving 2008 in Perry

Thanksgiving this year was at my brother-in-law Randy’s home in Perry, Utah. Steven brought an extra turkey to fry. He heated the peanut oil to 350 degrees. When the breast of the turkey reached 170 degrees it was done. It was cooked perfectly. Last year it was burnt.

Birthday Celebration: Steven

On Monday we celebrated Steven’s birthday at our rickety Family Home Evening. Jill, Paul, Jake, Steven, Adelaide, Sarah, Derek, Bryson, and myself were there. After the Family Home Evening we blew up balloons, tossed them in the air, and then burst them.

Thanksgiving In September

Daniel is leaving for the MTC in October and from there to Mongolia for two years. Jill decided to have a Thanksgiving meal for Daniel today because he won’t be with us in November.

Birthday Celebration: Adelaide

Reed Sprague graciously invited us to join in celebrating Adelaide’s 24th birthday with their extended family. We congregated at the Barnes Park Bowery on Saturday afternoon. Before we ate, the younger elements played an obscure rickety ball game that they seemed to enjoy. They worked up an appetite for the great potluck meal.

Melissa’s Bridal Shower

We celebrated with a Hawaiian luncheon and 25 relatives came to join in the fun. We had Hawaiian haystacks with all the trimmings and Connie made a lovely cake. There is an Update to this post.

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