2015 In Review

 Us

Because you are all curious: Rick is working out of town. He works in Salt Lake County, and rather than commute every day he stays in the basement of the family he works for and comes home for the weekends.

Christopher and Deleise and their dog Risu are still busy in Orem working, schooling, and performing .. Christopher with his a capella group and Deleise with her ballet and modern dance.


Ryan and Chiara adopted two beautiful rag doll cats. They live, work, and school in Logan, and they frequently visit her family in Salt Lake County.

January started out with Angela donating one of her kidneys to her co-worker. It was on inspiration, and both parties have had tremendous recovery success.  Angela's parents came to Utah to take care of the family during the first 3 weeks of recovery, for which we are all thankful. Also, thank you for all your prayers in our behalf. If you'd like to read about her experience, go to MyKidneyDonationExperience.blogspot.com.


 February, March, and July Chanelle competed American Rhythm Open with her dance partner, Braden. They made winner's circle every time they danced, and most of the time took first place. They also competed International Standard with only a few weeks' notice, and took 2nd in that.

In March Jonah and Vanessa got engaged! They are very low-key and didn't take a whole lot of pictures.


My girls: Chanelle, Deleise, Vanessa, Chiara

In April Jacob was baptized by Christopher and confirmed by Rick, Jordan was ordained a Deacon by Ryan, Aiden was ordained a Teacher by Jonah, and Jonah was ordained an Elder by Rick.



June 1 Chanelle went to Disneyland with her ballroom team and was surprised to run into Nana and Grandpa Steve there while exiting Haunted Mansion.

Vanessa and Jonah

Jonah and Vanessa were married in June. They were married in the LDS Brigham City Temple and honeymooned in a cabin at Odell Lake in Oregon. Then in November, on Thanksgiving weekend, Jonah and Vanessa announced their excitement to become parents! Their baby is due in May 2016.


July, Chanelle started her first job at a new ice cream shop in town called BJ Buckets, owned by Braden's family. Then in November, Angela quit her job as a school aide to take a job as Assistant Manager at BJ Buckets, in charge of the morning shift and marketing. 



My boys: Aiden, Ryan, Jacob, Jonah, Jordan, Christopher

September, Aiden started ballroom lessons. November, Jordan started ballroom lessons. Also in November, Chanelle started teaching private ballroom lessons to Aiden and a girl we go to church with named Kaylee. In December Aiden was moved to the top team for his age level. Jacob loves to dance, but he does not want to perform or compete, so for now he is not taking lessons. You should see Jacob shimmy! It's his favorite way to express himself!

December, after 5 1/5 years, Chanelle got her braces off!!
Also, in December, our whole family, including married kids, spent two nights and three days in a cabin at Bear Lake to celebrate Christmas on December 31, as we always do, and New Years. Here is a picture of Bear Lake from our balcony.