2012 Christmas Letter

We wish you a joyous Christmas and many blessings during 2013. As we look forward to the holiday for celebrating our Savior's birth we hope that we can bring kindness, love and service to those around us.

We have not had a very healthy year in 2012. Bill is still suffering from the shingles for over a year now. He itches all over and is not as strong as he was. In spite of all this he put in a beautiful, large garden, cut and hauled fire wood, and has done all the physical work here at the ranch. Kaye is having real pain in her shoulder and in her back and leg. She does the housework and laundry, but not much more. It's a pain to have your bodies age when your mind is still young.

Our daughter, Cathy, is still working hard at the retirement home. Marvin has his framing business. Lisa and Greg Mapel and their family are busy with their country home in Trail. Greg does building inspections. Gavin has a job and Corbin is growing tall and smart. Mike and Amy's family is growing up fast. Mike is busy with his job and Amy has her hands full with Ethan, Kaya and Dylan. Ryan and Melissa and their boys moved to White City and seem to like it there. Dustin goes to different locations to do his electrician's job. Ian is working part time for Mike's company.

Our daughter, Cindie, and her husband, Rob, are doing well in Utah. Rob is still doing accounting. Cindie has applied for retirement from American Airlines in May. Amber teaches school in Utah. She has two kids, Maia and Lincoln. Austin and Stacie have two sweet girls and would like to have more. He has a great engineering job at the Kennecott Copper mine in Utah. Ashley and Casey Summers and their 3 children live in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Adam and Annalisa are coming back to finish up their degrees at BYU Idaho now that Annalisa has finished her student teaching in Washington.

Our son, Greg, is very busy with his work in NASA. He travels, lectures, etc, in addition to his regular job. He and Louise just got a divorce. Jimmy, his son, works for James Construction. He has a cute two year old son named Carson. Alicia, Greg's daughter, is a hair stylist and works another job, too. She keeps Bill and Kaye looking good. This year she married Mitch Jaffe. He details cars. Megan, Greg's youngest daughter is a senior in high school. She lives with Louise.

That is all the news about our family. We wish you joy, love and happiness!