2021 May -- Ultimate Frisbee, Cousin Fun, Memorial Day

James and Grant have enjoyed playing Ultimate Frisbee and played in the state tournament.  

Kira planted flowers at the Jordan River Temple on her 12th birthday.  

The Manti Temple will be restored and a new temple built in Ephraim, Utah.  This is where we were married and where our parents and ancestors served.  

John

Ethan played soccer with Jason as his coach.  They were on the Lindon team because they live on the northern edge of Orem and do many recreation things in Lindon.  

Kristilyn and Julie at the Provo City Temple.  

Sarah and Spencer swinging with Julie.  

Nine months old.  

Curious 

Happy, loving Lydia 

Bonneville Elementary dance festival.  Ethan attended First Grade there.  

Ivy received the Kindness Award in her class.  

Milly, Emily, Mordecai, Ivy, and Ruby on the last day of school.  

Daniel has his learner's permit to drive in Idaho.  

 

John, Kathryn Ann, and Kathie went to Kanosh and met Craig and Lissa to decorate family graves there.  

Kathryn Ann and John

John, Kathie, and Craig-the remaining siblings at Lillis' grave.  Marilee designed the gravestone and Aunt Tam paid for it in memory of her husband Dave.  

Craig and Lissa 

The cemetery was beautiful with all the large flags.  

Lillis and Frank's grave marker.  

Grant and Mildred Rasband's grave marker in Sandy, Utah.  

Taralyn Keetch's grave marker in Sandy.  

2021 May -- Texas Trip, Anna's Scoliosis Surgery, John's 75th Birthday, Mother's Day

Grandma -- Kathryn traveled to Texas with Julie, Jason, Sarah, and Spencer to look for a home.  We stayed in a duplex in Louisville.  

 Houses in Texas don't have basements but have two stories to provide more room.  

Sarah and Spencer were sitting well but not yet crawling.  We took lots of walks around the neighborhood and met lots of friendly Texans.  One family even gave us cupcakes!

The last night there was a tornado watch and we waited in the bathroom.  Sarah was asleep in the master bedroom closet so she was safe.   We traveled through the new Salt Lake City Airport.  We were gone from April 26 to 29.  Jason's parents cared for Lydia and Ethan.  

    

Anna is our seventh grandchild, born in 2009.  She needed to have surgery for scoliosis to put two titanium rods into her back because the brace was no longer effective.  The long surgery required about 53 screws her back.  She was in Primary Children's hospital from May 28 until May 5 with Katrina with her at all times.  

A special wound vac covered the long incision.  

She was intubated for two days.  

She has to wear a special collar (which took three tries to create) to stabilize the tiny screws in her neck.   

 Ice packs help with the pain along with other medications.  

Anna came home from the hospital on May 5 and stayed with us in Lindon until May 11 when she was released to return to Rexburg.  

John spent part of his 75th birthday serving as a missionary in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on Temple Square 

 The construction of a new plaza continues.  

Mother's Day was extra special this year.  Neal and Daniel came down to spend the weekend with Katrina and Anna since they hadn't seen them in two weeks because of the surgery.  

Keith's family came over for a fun visit on Saturday.  

Sunday dinner was very special to have half of our family together--our three daughters Katrina, Kristilyn, and Julie and their families!

Daniel, Katrina, Neal, and Anna 

Talking together in the front room and playing with the babies.  

 

We visited with Uncle Frank Byers and helped him sort through some of Aunt Lillis's things.  

Frank continues to love his hobby of keeping track of the wards, branches, and stakes in the Church.