First Bi-Annual Reunion was a Success!!!

The Family reunion was enjoyed by all who attended. Friday included the family picture and time relaxing in the pool. Saturday the BBQ was delicious and fun and games were enjoyed by all.

Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad

Group Picture

Group Picture

A Sea of Grandkids

A Sea of Grandkids

The Siblings

The Siblings

Sunday, July 25, 2010

















Terrie and Gary have been married for 36 years. They live in Layton, UT. Terrie is a nurse onthe post-pardom floor at Davie Hospital. She enjoys spending time with her grandchildren. Gary works for Zions Bank and enjoys a good game of golf. They have 6 children (oldest to youngest: John, Jim , Nick, Mike Krista, Kelsie) and 11 grandchildren ranging in age from 12 to 2. They will soon be empty nesters in October when their youngest gets married.

John is married to April. John works as a sales manager for RCWilley in Murray, UT. April loves being a stay-at-home mom. They have 3 very busy and active kids.They both stay busy with kids' activities and responsibilities at church. John enjoys coaching the boys' ball teams and April volunteers in their school classes. Their oldest child, Isaac (age 11 ), is going into the 5th grade. He loves to read and write, play football and basketball, and just earned his Arrow of Light in scouting. Levi (age 9), is going into the 3rd grade. He loves to play football and basketball, play outside, and just earned his Wolf in scouts. Anna (age 3) is the princess of the house. She loves to dance, sing, read stories, and ride her bike and she is excited to start preschool and dance lessons in the fall.

Jim is married to Monica. They have been married for 12 years. They live in Cottonwood,AZ. Jim is an optometrist. Monica helped Jim through school teaching elementary school, but now stays at home with their girls. They have adopted two sets of twins! The sets of twins are 3 years apart. The oldest two are 6 and as different as can be. The older of the two is kind of a tomboy and the younger is all girl. The younger set of twins just turned 3 and are sure a handful, but very sweet. Monica is really good about keeping them engaged and entertained with fun activities. Jim is the one they go to if mom said "no" because Dad will probably say "yes".

Nick is married to Susan and they live in Boise, ID and love it! Nick is a salesman at RCWilley and working on a Civil Engineering degree. Susan works for a local developer. They have two gorgeous girls. Arianna (age 12) and is very excited to be going on her first pioneer trek this summer. Sadie (age 7) is ALL girl. She loves to have her hair done curly and wear dresses.

Mike is married to Anya. Mike just finished grad school and received his pharmacy license! It was a long road and they are glad to be moving past the college student days. They are especially excited to be getting into their first home after 7+ years of apartment living. Mike currently works for Walgreen's Pharmacy. Anya is a stay-at-homemom and loves "thrifting" and doing random craft projects. They have 2 beautiful girls. Lucy (age 4 in October) thinks and acts like she is 12. She's a smarty and loves everything princess and animals. Lydia (age 2) follows closely in her sisters footsteps, but has a style all her own. She loves anything outdoors.

Krista is married to Jason Linderman. Krista and Jason are both currently working as CNA's. Jason moved to the new VA nursing home in Harrisville and Krista has been working at Apple Village Assisted Living for 4 years. Jason is going to WSU in Ogden,UT. and planning on going to Nursing school. Krista is just waiting to get into nursing school at the OWATC so that seh can get her LPN. They enjoy going to the temple regularly, spending time with their brothers and sisters, and fulfilling their church callings. Krista is the Wolf Scout Leader and Jason is the redeem the dead committee chair in the Elder's Quorum. They don't plan on having kids until jason has gotten through nursing school in a few years.

Kelsie just got engaged to Josh Wayment. They met in March and got engaged on July 10th. They will be getting married on October 9th. Josh is a student at Weber State hoping to eventually receive a law degree. Kelsi cuts hair at Great Clips.

Sunday, July 18, 2010



















Kevin and Deb met at a Pleasant Grove High School Dance. Deb was there with a date and saw this really cute guy who had come to the dance with a bunch of guy friends. It was honestly love at first sight. Deb disappeared from her date and asked this really cute guy to dance with her. Deb only knew this cute guy's name was Kevin and didn't even know where he went to school. A few weeks after the dance, Deb's front doorbell rang. Deb answered the door and WOW!! It was the cute guy from the dance. Kevin was just as surprised as Deb was when the door opened because he was at this house to ask for a job. Come to find out, Kevin's step-mom, Carol, and Deb's Aunt Kathy were sisters. Uncle Gary Harding had told Deb's dad that he know of a young man who needed a job and Deb's dad was hiring to install chain link fencing. Kevin and Deb started dating and were married two years later. They have been married now for 35 years. They have 5 children and 11 grandchildren (#12 is due in December).

Misty (age 34) is married to Scott Ross and lives in Alpine, Utah. Scott owns his own business and is a financial advisor. Misty is a stay at home mom to 4 very busy children. When she is not chasing children all over, Misty enjoys running and has participated in the St. George marathon and other running events. They are expecting their 5th child on Deb's birthday-Dec. 8th. Hallie thier oldest child, is almost 11 years old and is a dancer, gymnist, pianist, soccer player and the most happiest and sweet young lady you will ever meet. Matthew is almost 9 years old and is a major debator. He will try to negotiate anything. He loves sports and does really well in school. Dallin is 7 years old and is a major character. He says the funniest things and enjoys his Nintendo DS immensely. Kathryn (Kate) is 3 years old and rules the house. She is so busy trying to figure out new ways to wear Misty out. There is no cupboard high enough that Kate won't figure out how to get into it.

Kellie (age 32) is married to Sterling Naumann and lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Sterling is Kevin's right hand man in the business, KC Steel Construction. Kellie works out of the home as a preschool teacher. She is a very talented photographer and has taken many wedding and family photographs. She is currently managing her daughter, Kaylie's triple A soccer team, Kellie is also a runner and is training for a race in a few weeks. Sterling & Kellie have 4 children. Kaylie is 14 years old. She is an amazing goalie for her soccer team. In this high level of soccer, she is trained by players from the Salt Lake Real soccer team. Brooklyn is 12 years old. She also plays on an accelerated soccer team. Kaylie and Brook love to hang out with Uncle Brayden (Kaylie is only 4 months younger than her uncle Brayden). Lily is almost 8 years old. She is Kellie Jr. She is a little tom boy and is constantly on the go. She loves soccer, running and especially creative projects. Give Lily scissors, glue, paper, feathers, glitter and in no time she will have a masterpiece that she will display on her bedroom door. Landon is almost 7 years old. He is one of the funniest little guys you will meet. He keeps our entire family laughing so hard.

Jamie (age 31) is married to Clint Tomlinson and lives in Lindon, Utah. Clint works with his father at Tomlinson Auto Body and builds ATV roll cages. Jamie has a vinyl lettering/sign business that keeps her really busy along with being the mom to 3 overly active kids. Jamie love life and keeps our family laughing. She and her family can be found at the sand dunes or in the mountains riding ATV's or out on the lake boating. She love to work out... no one messes with Jamie- she is so strong. (She has to be able to handle ehr 3 active darlings). Brock is 10 years oldand has inherited both of hsi parents strong genes. Brock is very creative at building things. He loves to ride motorcycles and play basketball. Kory is 8 years old and is a great at soccer and loves to come to Grammy's to slide on the waterslide. Rachel is a runaway. You have to watch her every minute or she has disappeared and has found an unlocked neighbors door and is inside helping herself to the food and watching TV with them. Jamie is constantly looking for that girl. She love changing her clothes many times a day and especially loves princess clothes(tells something of her personality).

Skyler (almost 19)- just graduated from Pleasant Grove High school and is currently taking a summer class at BYU before going full time this fall at BYU. She will be living on campus (which will be really hard for mom and dad). Skyler was on the PG Drill team all through high school and has danced ever since she was 3 years old. She is an amazing dancer. She took 3 years of French. She was on the Seminary Council last year and gave an amazing talk at Seminary Graduation. She even wrote a song for Seminary Graduation that was performed that night. She is currently working at Jamie's vinyl lettering business and also at American Eagle in the Provo mall.

Brayden (almost 15) will be getting his driving learners permit in a few months... Holy Smokes! He is as tall as Kevin and has many of Kevin's characteristics. Brayden will be a Freshman this year. Brayden's greatest interest is sports. He was on a super league baseball team this spring and is currently playing on the High School Sophomore baseball team. He was chosen to play in the All Stars game last week that takes all the best players from the state. He is looking forward to playing football in the fall (his 2nd love next to baseball). Last fall he was a starter for his school basketball team. Brayden loves to camp, fish, play with his many nieces and nephews and spend time with his dad and friends.

Kevin has been serving as Bishop of their ward for 3 years now. He is a great Bishop and can connect with so many people because of the trials and experiences he has had. There is nothing that Kevin and Deb love more than being with their family. They make and effort to have one "all family" vacation every year. This year they went to Disneyland and the California beaches. Last year the took a trip to Nauvoo and the Black Hills. They have traveled to Moab to ATV, they have ran the river in Jackson Hole Wyoming, they have camped at Yellowstone where some of the grandkids said the hot pots smelled like Papa (Kevin), hiked Zions and Snow Canyon, and the adults went on an Alaskan Cruise. One of their favorite things to do is blow up the huge waterslide ( it has 3 waterslides on it) in the backyard and have a BBQ. It can be a challenge trying to have vacations with so many little ones but the memories are priceless.

Some of the memories that Kevin has is moving to the farm in Pleasant Grove, having to take care of the farm while Dad was in Alaska, living in the shed with a toilet in the corner, milking the cows and hauling the hay. All of these experiences helped him learn how to work hard and appreciate what he has. He remembers going to Bear Lake and camping on the beach, taking the family to Lake Powell with all the sunburns and Dad setting up the scaffolding for the 4th of July parade every year. This tradition still carries on as Kevin will go very early to save seats for the family to watch the parade. Deb remembers coming to Kevin's house to meet his family. Richie was in the high chair, asleep, with his face in his plate of spaghetti. She remembers asking if he was okay that way...wouldn't he suffocate? They assured he that he did this all the time... it was the only time they could get him to take a nap. But seriously, Deb's fondest memories are not really memories but a feeling.... the feeling of Dad's strong arms giving hugs. He had, and still has, the best bear hugs around!

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Dixie is married to Gary Rollins. They have been married 31 years. They met while both attending a singles ward at the University of Utah. They met at a ward Thanksgiving dinner and started dating a few weeks later. They got engaged the following March and got married in June 1979. They have 5 children:

Tyler (age 29)- is currently working for IMC Hospital and will attend SLCC this fall in the Radiology program.

Chris (age 28)- is married to Kerra and they now live in Denver, CO. They were married August 2005. Chris works for Ernst & Young and travels quite a lot being an Auditor for this company. Kerra is a stay at home mom and seems to love it. They added a daughter to their family in 2007, her name is Aftin. Then in 2009 the twins Lace and Page were born.

Spencer (age 24) is currently working for IHC Labs in Murray and is also attending SLCC.

Abbey (age 22) is a licensed Pharmacy Tech. She has decided to go back to school and become a Sonographer and is currently working towards that career at SLCC.

Rylee (age 18) Just graduated from Jordan High School and is working as a Medical Assistant at an allergy clinic. She will attend UVU this fall where she received a 4 year scholarship to go into the nursing program.

Dixie and Gary currently live in Sandy, UT. and have lived there since 1987. They bought the home they are in adn have made a lot of changes and upgrades during their 23 yrs here.

Gary is now currently serving as Bishop of their ward. Dixie is the ward Librarian and YW camp director. Tyler is in a student ward and serves as Elderw Quorum secretary. Chris is a Sunday School teacher and Kerra is the Relief Society pianist. Abbey is a FHE c0-leader in her student ward. Spencer is currently inactive but we are working on him. Rylee is the YSA representative and Suncay school instructor in our ward.

Gary is a CPA and works for Coventry, a third party health administrative company. He went to the University of Utah and decided that accounting was the field to be in because of the demand at the time.

Dixie went into Medical Records at LDS Business College. That career soon ended when children started coming. She has had a variety of different jobs, but currently is working at Canyons School District in the Pre-school for Autistic children as a Para-educator.

As a family they enjoy having Sunday dinner together each week. Everyone is so busy going their different directions this is the one time they can all come together and catch up. They enjoy the time together.
Gary likes to golf, but recently he as been going to scount camps and helping ward members with different projects.

Dixie just works hard at finding time to get the family together for anything that works for everyone's schedule.

Tyler loves working out at the Gym. Right now he does a lot of strength training and loves reading or watching movies that have anything to do with WWII.

Chris and Kerra like traveling together and spending time with family as much as possible. Chris also works in his yard and plays with his girls. Kerra loves creating hair bows or clothing for her girls.

Spencer has a dog named Oliver and spends time with him and his friends playing soccer or camping.

Abbey is very social and seems to have an acitivity almost every day with friends. She does enjoy volunteering at Primary Children's Medical Center of Riverton.

Rylee is also very social and likes planning outings with her friends and for her YSA Group. She also enjoys reading and spending time with mom (Dixie).

As for favorite sports teams.... Gary and Tyler are BIG Jazz fans, they also like college football and basketball. Gary also follows GOlf when he gets a chance. Chris loves all sports as a spectator, he can tell you stat's on most any team or player of all sports. Spencer follows soccer when he can. Dixie watches whatever the family is watching. Abbey and Rylee will sit in on a game when they are around.

Vacation?..... What is a vacation? they have not been on a family vacation since the kids were little. But they used to love to go camping at Granite Flat up American Fork Canyon.

Favorite Family memory....Probably when we went camping together with extended family members to Granite Flat Camp Ground and would sit around the campfire and tell stories.