Ali is 8 - Baptism

March 2, 2019 our first granddaughter was baptized. We are so proud of her.  What a lively, loving girl she is; and, how beautiful she is.  Marc baptized her at their stake center in Woods Cross.  This was the same place that Marc and Brittney were baptized.

We so thank her parents for teaching her correct principles, teaching her about our savior Jesus Christ and for teaching her how to work.  We are proud of her accomplishments at school and at dance/tumbling.

We love you Ali.

 Our little princess.  Here she is with her great grandparents, Wayne and Deyon Spendlove.  They are 86 and 88 years old.

 Here she is with her grandparents, Theron and Shanna Schaefermeyer

Look at this beautiful family!

January to February, 2019 - Winter Living in Yuma

We are now free to roam around the country, we selected to spend January and most of February in Yuma, Arizona.  We left January 2 and drove to Parker, Arizona, where we met Rich and Wendy Poll, Brett and Lori Simonsen, Mike and Kathyrn Monfredi and new friends Glen and Kristi Davis.

We parked for two weeks along the Colorado River and enjoyed the RZR rides, the trips to Mexico and the company.  The burrows are all over the valley.  One burrow came into camp with a soup can around his front foot.  The guys lassoed him and cut the can off.  He quickly fled, so we don't know if he appreciated the operation.

It's not an adventure unless we try to drive over wild terrain.  To keep the RZR from tipping, one of the guys rode on the side over these rocks.

 These are pictures of a cafe built on an old mine site.  They truck the food in and lots of people each Friday and Saturday.

 The kids gave us a muff pot for Christmas.  It's dandy having hot meals along the trail - bbq little smokies, chicken, meatballs, etc.

 As always, there is a fix'em up project.  Don't you like our redneck jack?

 After two weeks, we left Parker and traveled the rest of the way to Yuma.  This year, we drove around a subdivision that has trailer rental sites.  We had full water, sewer, and electricity for the remainder of our trip.  Oh, so nice to have full utilities.

The snowbird branch did a service project every Friday.  We went to the food pantry and in one picture we packaged sacks of various food products and then for two Fridays we picked private grapefruit trees and then the food pantry distributed these to the needy.  Of course, we were needy and everyone took home a sack or two of fresh grapefruit.

 Watching the Superbowl from our lawn chairs.  We strung our TV out the back window and had a potluck special for eats.

 Took a run out to the military base and saw them take the spy blimp down.

Mission #5 - St George FamilySearch Center

December ended our time at the St George FamilySearch Center.  We were able to meet wonderful people and patrons, teach classes, update computers, design new programs and serve the Lord.

Our new friends are Mike and Linda Merrell who were the directors of the Center.  They are wonderful and provided us with special memories and opportunities as they called us to serve as assistants this past year.

We are leaving for Yuma, Arizona, for a month and a half and then going on a 27-day cruise from Singapore to Rome, Italy.  We plan on serving at the Center upon our return in April.

Wrapping Up the Year - 2018

We had a very special treat this Christmas.  We stayed the night at Marc and Brittney's and were able to watch the kids open Santa presents Christmas morning.  I love Christmas with little children; they are fun and excited.

Kacy received two pair of ballet slippers; the sparkle in her eye was worth every penny of the shoes.  Kacy also received a life size Unicorn- how did Santa get that stuffed in his bag; it's a miracle. Tyce got lots of medical equipment so he could be a veterinarian.  Ali Jo went retro this year with an instamatic camera - the old polaroid we used to have and Mason was enamored with the new (retro) Nintendo game console.  Who would have thought pacman and Mario brothers would be back in our lives.

After opening all the presents, we left and traveled to Curt and Melanee's where Adrian and Todd had come to have Christmas.  When you have teenagers, it doesn't matter where you are, Santa will find you.

Cameron got a new stereo for his car and grandpa mentored his on how to install it.  This is a most precious picture of Theron watching as Cameron connects wires together.



Taylor got a lathe and he and his man ponytail are turning some pieces of wood.







Merry Christmas to everyone in our family.  With Love.

WHAT!!!! Marc is 39 years old - can't be

December 25th brings Christmas and our most precious Christmas present - Marc's birthday.  The mission is finished, we can go home, oh wait, we can go to our kids' homes for the holidays.

Marc's birthday is celebrated on December 24th because we want him to know he has a special day.  This year he is 39; which means 39 years ago I had labor pains all day on the 24th, wrapped presents during labor pains and went to the hospital about midnight and had our precious little Marc at 6:00 am.  He was three weeks early and not expected.  Two people so closely related (Theron's dad, Neal and our son Marc) born on the same day; who would have thought this could be; especially Christmas babies.  It was great.

I love this picture.  I haven't seen this sock in a lot of years.  We brought Marc home from the hospital in this little sock.  He fit all the way to the bottom and snuggled into the toe.  After that first Christmas, we couldn't find enough stuff to fill it.

 There is always lots of help lighting the candles.

Happy Birthday, Marc!!!