Late Summer Activities--2017

Charlotte starts preschool.

Kate starts preschool.

Kate reads to Victoria.

Victoria, Kate, and Charlotte enjoy their wading pool in their backyard.

Victoria is learning to climb.

She can get into a lot more stuff.

Who wants to color when I can dance on the table!

The water table is multipurpose.

Grant and James, Lillian,  Victoria, John and Amelia, Ethan and Lydia at Eliasons' home.




Though both Victoria and Lydia were walking, crawling was the best way to get up steps.



Crawling works on Grandma and Grandpa's stairs also.

Ethan turned four in August and will attend preschool beginning in September.

Lydia at 18 months is darling and daring.

Lydia

John and Kathryn Ann at the Rasband Swimming Party in Lindon

The Lindon House.

The kids had as much fun on the trampoline as they had in the swimming pool.

Mount Timpanogos from Lindon

Kira and Keith

Eliasons getting ready to get into the pool.



Daniel and Neal playing games waiting for their plane to leave to go to Boston to visit Neal's family.

John, Barbara, Neal, and Daniel at a Red Sox baseball game in Fenway Park.

 Neal

Daniel

Daniel and Neal

Nancy Carter, Neal's step-mother, died of cancer in Ohio on August 20, 2017 at age 68.  Neal attended her funeral.



Rexburg enjoyed a full solar eclipse on August 21, 2017.



Kim's birthday

The sand pile is a a favorite place for the grandchildren!

 Emily--6th grade

Mordecai -- Fourth Grade

Ruby-- First Grade

First day of school.

Kira and Talisa--First day of school

 Kira -- Third Grade

Talisa--Sixth Grade

First day of school.  James and Grant are in 5th Grade at Emerson Elementary.  Amelia and Lillian will attend 1st Grade at Hawthorne and John will attend preschool.

Grandpa with Amelia and Lillian in the music room at the Museum of Curiosity for their birthday.

 Lillian and Amelia built this Lego tower.

Mark and Keith made a bike trek to the five nearest temples --a total of 86.2 miles.  The temples were Jordan River, Oquirrh Mountain, Draper, Salt Lake, and Bountiful.

Goodbye to the white car.



FLASH BACK TIME:

 John--Young missionary



Kathryn Ann-- young missionary

Kathryn Ann and John -- missionaries, August 2017

Catharine Hicken Rasband with her grandchildren in 1955
Back row:  George, Jan, and Lynne
Middle:  Laurel, Joe, Marlene, Grandma Rasband holding D'Ann and Edie, Kathryn
Front:  Karen, Norma, Doyle, and Clyde

Herdis Christoffersen Whitlock with her 14 of her 25 grandchildren about 1963.  This is the only picture I know of that has all eight of the granddaughters in it.
Back row:  Patsy holding Scott, Karen, Pam, Kathryn holding Debbie,
Middle row:  Kenny, Ron, Steve, Grandma Whitlock, Robyn, Melinda
Front row:  Jim, Brent and Edie

 Kathryn Ann about Second Grade.