4 Bits and tidbits

Kay's family

Kay and Karen made a trip to northern Utah this past weekend (August 24-26) to see a grandson play football and another grandson ordained.

Ray's family

We recently received a message on Facebook from Richard, Ray's oldest son: "Have not heard from dad's side of family in long time. I'm living in West Yellowstone, Montana. Been here 11 years now. I work at Parade Rest guest ranch in summers, Yellowstone Arctic Yamaha snowmobile shop winters. Do you still have family newsletter? Please send info to sign up if you do. Congrats on retirement. Hope all goes well."

Dean's family

Robert and Rachael and their four daughters came from Illinois for a week's visit, arriving Friday evening, August 10, and returning home Thursday, August 16. While here in Utah, their daughter Esther (who had turned eight on July 26) was baptized and confirmed in Layton on Saturday afternoon, August 11. Afterward our entire family gathered at a nearby Golden Corral for dinner together.

The next day we had our family birthday party for the August birthdays (one of which is Rachael, who doesn't normally get to be here for our birthday celebrations). Another day I went with them up to Malad, to check on their house that they still own from when they moved three years ago from Idaho to Illinois.

And on their final evening in town, Claudia and all the girls (our daughters and daughters-in-law and the two oldest granddaughters) got together for a sisters' night out. Everyone was here except our daughter Eliza in Atlanta. I took some of the grandkids to buy pizza, and we took it to a park, where we ate and played for a couple of hours, and ended with ice cream cones at Arctic Circle before taking the little ones home to their mothers.