Rober and Elaine cutting a rug.

Lhasa and Adam's Wedding!

Sidney, Candice, Elaine, Marjean and I flew to Davis Calif.
for Lhasa and Adam's Wedding on the 9th of Sept. It was a
lovely wedding....I think I can speak for loved the ceremony
all when I say it was a lovely ceremony. The Groom was so
sweet. such a gentleman, and the Bride was radiant!

When we arrived we were surprised with yummy treats and
snacks for our stay.

There was a blue grass band and lots of dancing....Robert, as you
will see in the video can really cut a rug.

The whole family was there and it was so fun to spend some
time with all of them...they made us feel soooo welcome!

It was a rather warm day, but we were provided with little umbrellas and
the evening cooled down and we all had a great time.

Mom story

I went this week to Utah for Shaleys shower. Cammi Cox, her Mother said last week she was announcing in Relief Society that Shayley was marring a boy from Mesa Arizona. A sister in the ward asked what the Mothers maiden name was and when she told her the woman got all teary eyed and told her that she grew up in the 10th ward and she remembered the day I was born because Betty Ray was her young womans leader. She went on to tell Cammi that Mom had such an impact on her that she would never forget her. Cammi was telling me this all teary eyed and of course that made me bawl. I thought oh how sweet it is that Mom left such a legacy. It was a little tender mercy for me to know that Roman's in laws had a glimpse of the good heritage he comes endowed with. Thought you'd all like to hear this story because I know I just love it when ever I hear that she is still remembered and thought of so dearly. Makes me want to step up my game and make sure I honor both Mom and Dad in all I do.
I just wanted to thank everyone that came to the shower I really appreciated having my family there.

Pioneer Days

It has been a long held family tradition to celebrate the Saints reaching the great Salt Lake Valley on July 24th in Pine Arizona. We are VERY proud of our pioneer heritage. My Great Great Great Grandfather Edmond Ellsworth was married to Elizabeth Young, Brigham Young's eldest child. He asked Edmond to lead the first handcart company across the plains. On this journey he married our great great great Grandmother Mary Ann Bates in 1856. So through the years we have put on our Pioneer finest and marched down the main street of Pine in the parade.

My Father and his brothers and sisters

About 1958

1995

Set the date

It is now official Roman and Shaley Cox are going to married in the Timpanogus Temple 12:00 on October 9Th

Shakespear 2009another great summer of Shakespear Plays...I'd like to suggest
that we do this as a family some time....I think you'd all love it....
if you live shakespear that is. They also do an assortment of other
fun plays.

Thursday, July 16, 2009
Happy Birthday Baby Sister






Happy 50 Julie! Ah the memories... Poor girl had to follow behind my reputation of not being very friendly in High School.(not true I was just shy). But you should really thank me because it just made you more out going. And besides you had the use of my fabulous wardrobe. Remeber when we were the "pixies" and left little love notes and treats for Mom and Dad. You had this special little cookie you made, you took the middle out of cheap white bread rolled it into a ball popped it in your mouth and when it was nice and wet rolled it in brown sugar. Yum Yum.
Posted by Sidney at 9:53 PM 0 comments

Julie's 50th Birthday (2 days early)!Marj was about to leave for home so we decided to
celebrate at a spontaneous get together.
Happy Birthday Julie.

Family History

The first day home visiting with Dad he fairly quickly drifted to the topic of his longevity. He wondered why he was still here, what was it he still needed to do here on earth?

When I asked him what his best guess was he said he felt like he had learned so much the last few years. It seemed he was acknowledging that the last few years weren't a waste in any way but wondered what more there was for him to accomplish still. The only thing he could think of was that he needed to finish his life history. It really weighed on him that he couldn't leave it in such disarray. He felt very pressed to complete it.

So that's what we worked on the entire week.

We certainly didn't finish it but we made some headway in sorting and thinning materials so that it wasn't overwhelming to Dad or anyone able to lend a hand to help. I thought that if there was a central clearing house for the project people could discuss what has been done, what still needs to be done and coordinate the effort so that it gets done, and not in duplicate (or 11 i cate)

I'm not sure this will be this blog site will be the best venue or whether we can up and down load files to this site. I'll find out shortly.

Its late and I'm falling asleep typing. I'll try and summarize the where we got to soon.

Love,

John Ray
youngest of 11