2007 Christmas Letter

Bill has completed several projects this year. He built a parking lot next to our driveway. He repaired and painted our old fishing boat, planted a great garden, and cut firewood. Kaye is substitute teaching and teaches Relief Society. We already gave ourselves two wonderful gift this year: a heat pump and a travel trailer.

Cindie and Rob are settled in their new home in Utah. Cindie has to fly to San Francisco where she has a "crash pad" when she is flying. Rob is working in Salem, Oregon part of the week and part of the week in utah. He commutes by plane. Amber and Matt Frazier have a sweet baby boy named Lincoln. Maia is darling and very busy little girl. Matt is finishing college in 2008 and Amber is being a mom. Austin has recovered well from his bike accident and will finish up his chemical engineering degree this spring. His wife, Stacie, is teaching school this year and taking classes for a masters degree. (Side note: I never took classes for a master's degree. he he) Ashley and Casey Summers just finished building their new home in Idaho Falls. They have a sweet little girl named Arianna. Ashley is working part time for the school district. Adam just arrived in Houston for his Spanish speaking mission.

Cathy and Marvin have just completed a web site to sell products online for their store. Lisa, Greg, Gavin and Corbin Mapel moved into their new home and converted their other house into a foster care facility. Mike, Amy, Dylan, Kaya and Ethan Masloski are all doing well. Ryan and Melissa Hunter had a beautiful wedding this summer and combined their two families. Dustin and Leina Hunter are such a cute couple. Dustin is an apprentice electrician and Leina works at a video store. Ian is working for Harry and Davids.

Greg Pace had a second more successful surgery on his shoulder this summer. The first one was a disaster. he just went back to work. Greg brought Louise, Danica and Justin up here for Thanksgiving. Jimmy is living in Vancouver, Washington and has been building bridges. Alicia graduated from beauty college and just got her license. She has traveled to Las Vegas and Los Angeles this year. Megan is really into music. She is playing the flute, the bass and sings in the choir. The choir is going to Disneyland this spring. She also played middle school volleyball and track. 

As you can see all these kids keep us busy and we don't have time to get old even though our joints hurt.