Wilson Family Blog

Garry's Family Newsletter Post

2008-10-19T20:02:00.000-07:00

Dear Family

I thought we were due for a newsletter. Sure enough, I got the word from Joan today. Get something to Travis. I’ve got my first pressure sore in years and so the Dr.’s are saying stay off it. I tried to type leaning over in my chair but couldn’t do it so I’ll write 5 minutes and then lean over. Oui Oui ?

June was a lot of fun. We had our 50 year high school ( I graduated at 13) reunion. I’d been on the planning committee for two years and all of us were excited to finally witness the fruits of our labors. Fri. night was an all school reunion at the high school where the spotlight was on us youngin’s. Sat. we had a catered dinner and dance (nope, I didn’t try) with a nice program. Sunday was a farewell breakfast which is what I was in charge of. We had almost 400 people attend. It was so fun to reminisce. It had to be one of the best ever. The class of ’59 has got a lot to live up to. Favorable comments came in for almost a month from all those who attended .

July was the Kent Cornucopia days at which we get to see Fran and Walt. It’s their annual Jewelry bazaar that’s closest to us. Actually, they did come just before that just to visit. Walt was restless to go someplace and so they came here. That may have been a part of the last newsletter. We like to “hang” with them. July was also the 12 Stake dance festival at the Tacoma Dome. The Mutual kids had been working on their dances since January. They did one performance Fri. night and two on Sat. Finally on Sat. I picked out Rebekah. She’d been on the front row all the time. She looked so grown up and with her short hair I didn’t recognize her. She can move pretty good. The dances were great. The place rocked from first dance to last. Trina was in the Young Women presidency and so had to chaperone. The last time I saw one was when she participated. A while back, huh?

In August I broke my leg in two places. Piddle Farting around down by the river across the road from my Mom’s. My leg tucked back under my chair while I was zipping along on the rocks. It took a couple days before the swelling made me nervous enough to go get an x-ray. I was kind of sweaty and clammy too. Nice going! It hasn’t been that big a deal. I’ve been wearing one of those boots around . I go in Oct. 17th. If everything looks O.K. I can take it off and get rid of the sweat pants with the cut open leg.

Sept.
Jan’s grandson Michael (Sherry’s boy) died from an over dose of prescription drugs. He was only 25. He was bipolar. It was kind of sad. That was the day before Jan and her girls were going to Rexburg to take Jenice back to college. Trina and I took her instead. It was a lot of fun. Trina showed us the old and new stuff. We met Travis and Misako for lunch at Applebees and googled over the cute baby. I don’t think they like me calling her JazzyMoMo. For a sad reason for being there we had a good time. The long drive is where I picked up the pressure sore. I hope it heals fast. I hate this laying around.

Well thanks again Travis for putting the letter together. Deb is enjoying the break, I’m sure. It’s nice to get Joey’s letters. I’ve got to get to the airport and get some African Money to send him for lunch. It doesn’t sound like his new area has a McDonald’s. I guess Andy and Kyoko are back in Afghanistan. Sorry about your cat Kyoko. Nice getting your newsletters Karen. See you at Christmas. I hope Lori and Joan are doing O.K. I talked to Mom the most. You all keep her moving. I love it… It’s nice to be part of the family.

I love you guys. Garry

In Loving Memory: Yoshiko Saito

2008-08-16T20:10:00.001-07:00

Kyoko's mother, Yoshiko Saito, passed away on August 16, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan. She is survived by her four living children, Kazuhiko Saito, Hidetoshi Saito, Harue Shirabayashi and Kyoko Wilson; twelve grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her loving family members.

Yoshiko Saito
August 18, 1918 - August 16, 2008

2008-08-05T11:58:00.000-07:00

This is my little Photoshop design that I played around with in the hospital. Little boring sitting around doing nothing.
This was in the recovery room about an hour after Jasmine was born.
Misako is pinned down on the table in the back. She didn't get to hold her own baby for about an hour after I did.
This is my new born baby sun bathing trying to get tanned because it's just not cool to be pasty white. Gotta look good for the other baby boys in the nursery.
She's mad because all the other girls in the nursery weighed less the 7 pounds.

Little Baby Jasmine Momoka

2008-08-05T11:47:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone here are some pictures of my little baby. She's doing great. Surprisingly she sleeps rather well at night. A good 5-6 hours of sleep is a blessing to me and Misako. We are both extremely tired. As most of you know She has a c-section. I watched and took pictures of the whole thing. Rather nasty but none the less quite an experience. I'm taking time off work to be with the baby and My wife until she feels she can do the basics around the house by her self. We are having a great time here in Little Rock, AR. The members here are more then anything we could have asked for. They are taking care of meals, They are throwing Misako a baby shower, And even one member gave us a lazy boy rocking chair for Misako to be able to nurse easier. Now the trick is getting it back to Idaho. All is well. I will post the other pictures I already send out in a bit. Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts. We should be back in Utah around the 26th or 27th of August to spend a week there before school starts in September. Love you all
Travis and Misako

Hamlet's enjoy the 4th!

2008-07-05T20:54:00.000-07:00

Here is Gary talking with with one of our friends Sister Weaver. Enjoying the show. He even went across the street to checkout the competition.

Here are the guys planning the next big bang!

Hanah's enjoying her Waterlemon! Mmmm...

Here is Emma telling Trina she's done with her Waterlemon! She loves Waterlemon (watermelon for the rest of us).

Here are the Hamlet kids (Hanah, Bekah, and Scott) along with our friends the Bradshaw's firing off some of the smaller fireworks before the big show...

Here is a shot of one of our blasts! Good times...

For more fun check out our Hamlet Family Blog!

Lake Qargha Near Kabul

2008-06-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

Lake Qargha, near Kabul, is a resevior that collects the snowmelt from the mountains surrounding Kabul. It's Kabul's primary water source. I attended a seminar sponsored by some military colleagues at Qargha Lake.

The green trees and clear, blue water are a nice change from the dusty, brown streets of Kabul.

We enjoyed kebobs made from lamb, beef and chicken. This was a rare opporunity for me to get away from the Embassy compound and enjoy some local food and culture.

In my job, I work closely with Colonel Tony Zabek (right), who is Brigadier General Safiullah's (center) advisor on military prisons. Safiullah is a former Mujahedeen fighter, now with the Afghan National Army.

Kabul LDS Servicemen's Group

2008-05-24T01:26:00.000-07:00

We usually have a lot more uniforms in attendance. This last Friday (our sabbath) was a bit unusual. We also have a couple more sisters that usually attend. Our Group Leader, Eugene Wikle, is on the far left of the photo. I teach Sunday School and PH, while Kyoko is the RS Leader.

Your 90th Birthday

2008-05-18T21:35:00.001-07:00

Dear Mom,

1963 Who would know how my life was going to change. I’m coming out of the elevator at a Business College. She was going in. We’re both in W/C’s so naturally we said “Hi”. Not long after we are talking in the cafeteria. She’s LDS. So am I. She doesn’t come back to school for awhile. She just had surgery. She’s very ill. I check up on her. She lives with the Building Missionaries. I drop back by here and there to see how she’s doing. Pretty soon we talk a lot. She hates being in a W/C. “You can’t be lady like.” We finish school. I go to work for Boeing. She goes to work for the PNW Bell. We talk a lot. She isn’t very “gutsy”. Doesn’t try many new things. Me, I’m the opposite. Do they attract? We do a few movies and a few dinners. She moves into her own apartment. I’m still at home. We do a few church meetings and I meet her friends from the Tri-Cities when they come over. Next thing I know we are headed over the mountains to meet the folks. I’d never been to Benton City so we drove through on the way to Richland. It was hot and the top on my convertible was down. As we drove through we were laughing and yelling “Judy’s back”. She showed me where they lived and where she got in the wreck. We saw Fran and Walt’s farm although they didn’t live there at the time. We drove to Richland. The folks lived on Cottonwood.

My first visit. (I actually can’t remember if I met them in Seattle before that visit.) Mom was the same then as she is now. I’m not kidding. Laid back and full of stories. She had too many kids with too many things going on to sit and worry about them all. Woodrow ( I tried to call him Dad but no one else did) was into sports. Yeah! We could talk and talk about the Seahawks. The girls all called him Daddy when they talked about him. Deb and Andy got away with murder! “If we would have tried that!” That’s what they all said. I guess I came on the scene when he mellowed out. Our favorite times were our trips to the Tri-Cities. I don’t know what the family thought when she told them we were getting married. Two “gimps”? What can they do? I know my folks wondered how we were going to take care of ourselves. It was 1967. We headed to Oakland with a friend (Gaylen). We met Gram and Amos. My friend Karey showed us where the temple was. Grandma Virgie went through with us. (I was instructed not to let Gram Know). Karey set us up in a nice hotel and had flowers, etc. delivered. Me, I had sunburned lips. They would plaque me (maybe Judy was relieved) until after our two receptions.

Richland and Seattle. I read one time “not to think that when you marry, you don’t marry the in-laws, too.” I’m lucky. I loved mine from day one. I’ve always been shown that I am a part of the family. Marriage was great. It was fun sitting up house. A landlord put in a ramp so that we could rent their house. We both worked. Judy watched me “play” w/c sports. We did some thing fun together. Square dancing and bowling. It wasn’t fulfilling enough for her. I kept playing. She called adoption agencies. After a couple of lengthy home studies, we were dropped. Judy persevered.

In 1971 we got the call. There was a baby waiting for us in Wenatchee. But !!! I was in a sports meet that weekend! How could I not go? We waited until Monday and headed over the mountains. They brought us the blonde, blue eyed, Gerber baby. After a few hours they took her back. We had to sleep on it. Maybe something would rub us the wrong way and we wouldn’t want her. Next day after reassuring the case worker that she would fit in just fine we packed two w/c’s and a baby into the convertible and headed back. The best days of our lives were about to start. I had been laid off for 6 months. Didn’t need a job. I was busy with my sports and Judy was working. I was the baby sitter. After my w/c games in June Judy told me that she had given her two weeks notice. I quit playing and went to work for King County. I loved the job but it wasn’t long before Boeing called me. The company was going downhill and they needed me back! Trina filled our lives with a purpose. Judy knew this before we even had her. There was a special spirit waiting to be placed in our home. We ran back and forth across the mountains to visit family.

Judy loved hanging around her Mom, Dad, and Sisters. (O.K., and Andy) As much as she hated driving the mountains during the winter, we still went for the holidays. One year we got caught in a snowstorm and had to stay in a motel in Ellensburg. They wondered why two people in a w/c with a baby were traveling in this kind of weather. For the most part we had good experiences. We had those neat dinners down in the basement. Gram played the piano upstairs and Amos sang. Judy was so excited when Lorraine moved to Benton City and when Karen moved to Seattle. She had all of her family around.

One year Mom and Dad (Woodrow) came for Thanksgiving. A rare treat because as we all know, he doesn’t like “socializing” and especially sleeping at relatives. He decided to build a fire in our nice fire place but forgot to open the flu. Needless to say, Mom spent a few hours scrubbing down our walls. Nice Thanksgiving! Judy had her share of illness while Trina was growing up. Mostly bladder and urinary problems. There were mostly good times though. Trina took dancing, piano and sax. She loved school. She jumped back and forth to friends houses when her Mom did her hospital stints. We all rolled with the punches.

Trina left for Ricks college in Idaho not knowing that her Mom was infected with HIV. It was the way she wanted it. Why make her worry. More than anything Judy wanted Trina to finish school. We drove her down and helped get her settled. We left feeling so comfortable. Finally we had to tell her. Our last Christmas together was 1990. We went “home” to Benton City. Judy was pretty sick but still loved being around everyone.

In February 1991 Judy died. Even when things were bad at the end she was happy that the family was there. She went around the room and told each of us what we meant to her and that she loved us. It was sad but she was ready. Like I said earlier, “she never liked being in a w/c”. Trina dropped out of school and went on a mission. She came home with her future husband. I now have five grand kids. Judy was so right. There was a special spirit waiting to be in our home.

Now as we celebrate your 90th birthday, I say thanks to you for what you brought to my life. I’m part your family. I always will be. You have longevity in your blood. I won’t be surprised if I see Judy before you do. There are no words to say thanks. I hate your being so far away and wish that I could just dart over the mountains again but I’m glad you are happy. Like your daughter said. “The best times are with family”

I’ll keep calling. Happy 90th,

Love Ya Much,
Garry

Paintball with the kids

2008-05-09T15:40:00.000-07:00

Above is the Before photo
Above & Below - After. As you can see Kate and Bekah both got hit, Scott got hit in the face so he didn't want to pose, (he was tired). And then lucky Nolan didn't get hit at all.... Can you believe it? Next time I say.... Next time...

Trina was still in Utah enjoying the festivities and I took the kids and their cousin Nolan (black hair) to play paintball in a field near us in Graham. Here is the before and after photos:

Kate's first Soccer Game of the year at the YMCA

2008-05-09T15:33:00.000-07:00

Kate at her first game! She was pretty excited!
Thes coach is getting ready to send her out as a forward!
Kate's watching the "purple" team put the ball back into play
After a long hour playing she's done! Kate did really well, didn't hurt that she was also one of the tallest kids in her group. The coach had her play forward most of the game and she did pretty good at keeping the ball in the other teams side.

HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY GRANDMA ANNE

2008-05-04T21:07:00.000-07:00

Getting Hard drive fixed

2008-04-29T05:16:00.001-07:00

Hey there folks. So I was having lots of hard drive situations in December and so Best Buy replaced my hard drive. It took me a while to get help getting the data off the old one because the geek squad said that is was all lost. well little to their knowledge their are ways of getting some if not most of the information off the drive. Well I found a great electronics store here in Atlanta called Fry's and found a little chip that would help get the info off. Anyway last Christmas I was playing the some old pictures at gram ma's house. With the little that I know of photoshop I colorized one of Gram pa's pictures I'm sure everyone has seen this picture before. Now in color. Anyway let's not for get about May's family news letter I would be more then happy to do it again I have some new Idea's of design. let's try to get everyone (including the cousins to contribute to May's FNL. love you all and hope the beginning of the summer is grand for all.
Travis and Misako

crazy hamlet family

2008-04-06T11:36:00.000-07:00

So here we are in Orting with nothing to do so we decided to get a new puppy and then install some new flooring.

Thai Silk King

2008-03-14T06:57:00.001-07:00

Former OSS (forerunner to the CIA) agent Jim Thompson came to Thailand after WWII and single-handedly set up the Thai silk industry--still arguably Thailand's most important industry. He loved Thai art and built a magnificent traditional Thai style home in Bangkok and furnished it with many precious Southeast Asian historical art pieces. His home today is a museum. Jim Thompson silk is Thailand's best silk and his name is a household word in Thailand. We visited the Jim Thompson museum. Here we are sitting on his doorstep.

Here Kyoko stands in the main entrance way to Thompson's home.

Here I am standing next to a huge (and valuable) jade statue of the Chinese god Guan Gong, carved by hand. We visited the Museum of Jade, which was actually a very high-end store to sell jade jewelry. I was impressed with the size and quality of this piece.

Later.

More from Thailand

2008-03-12T08:14:00.001-07:00

Anyone who's been to Thailand knows that dirty old foreign men like to show off their young, Thai girlfriends. Everyone who saw the two of us together thought Kyoko was a twentysomething Thai.
Of course, no trip to Thailand would be complete without a ride on an elephant ...

... and the dinner with a Thai dance show.
I never got the fingers.

More to come.

Sawasdee Krap from Thailand

2008-03-11T08:58:00.001-07:00

In Thailand for a few days of R&R from the rigors of Kabul. We needed a break, so we decided to live it up:

We had (herbal lemongrass) tea in the Author's Wing of the Oriental Hotel where we stayed. Many famous people stayed there: Joseph Conrad, Noel Coward, W. Somerset Maugham, and, now, A. Chester Wilson and his lovely wife Kyoko.

Kyoko and I enjoyed a morning walk on the beach at Hua Hin in southern Thailand, where we stayed at the Marriott Resort and Spa.

More later.

Snow in Washington

2008-01-28T10:46:00.000-08:00

There was some awesome views of the snow over here that I thought we'd share as well. Though we didn't have the three feet of snow that Kamas did.

We'll miss you President Hinckley

2008-01-28T06:36:00.000-08:00

Visiting Teaching Fun

2008-01-20T10:08:00.000-08:00

This is hilarious, I had to share! You know this could apply to Home Teaching too! - Kevin

Call us crazy!

2008-01-18T14:32:00.000-08:00

Hi! I did not send anything into the newletter, I feel like there is nothing to tell. So I decided to blog instead. The only exciting thing to share is that we got a second puppy! This time a black lab. His name is shadow. He is sweet. The two puppies and toddler (Logan) keep me jumping, literally. Take care. Love, Julie

Photos from Travis and Misako's Wedding

2008-01-14T07:31:00.001-08:00

Happy Couple
Crazy sibs
Grande Dames
...with Simple Ben
Cuttin the cake

Idaho Duck Hunt

2008-01-14T07:20:00.000-08:00

Andy and Arthur went duck hunting with a friend in Idaho.

Arthur's first kill.

Greetings from the North Pole

2008-01-12T08:15:00.000-08:00

I figured if Lorraine and Joan can figure out how to post on this blog...so could I. I'm mainly doing this to see if I can figure out how to post a photo. Hope it works.

Remember your FNL to Travis by January 15. And yes, we've had a little snow here.

Elder Jospeh Wilson

2008-01-11T02:43:00.001-08:00

Joey entered entered the South Africa Johannesburg Mission on November 15, 2007.

Holiday Activities: The Andy Wilsons'

2008-01-11T00:19:00.001-08:00

Breakfast competition at the townhouse we rented in Park City

We spent a day in the mountains on snowmobiles.

Visited Grandpa's grave.

Andy and Arthur went duck hunting in Idaho with a friend.

Kate's baptism

2008-01-05T19:26:00.000-08:00

We had a special day. Kate was baptized. We got to visit with Julie, Jon and their children as they were able to attend.

I hope that all is well for you in this new year

Trina

Doing great in 2008

2008-01-04T12:17:00.000-08:00

Hi all! I have read your postings and this looks like a lot of fun! I thought I would add a bit from the Hicks house. We are all well and glad to be back in the swing of our work/school routine. I am back to my PTA duty's, baby-sitting, cub scout calling and running our household. Nothing very exciting. We had a great Christmas. Jon's sister and new husband were in town. We went into Seattle one day with them, Jon took them snowboarding and the rest of the time we hung out at home. It was nice to visit with family over the holidays. We are thankful for our good health and the many blessings we receive each day.

Julie

Happy New Year!

2008-01-02T11:26:00.000-08:00

Well believe it or not I got into blog & am now will see if I can add my own words to Wilson Family Blog. This is so cool THANK YOU Kevin! You are so smart!
Many Thanks to Travis who set me up and coached me in this new thing.
Here it is 2008. Hope we all have a happy & stressless (ha-ha-ha) new year. My newest adventure is that I am planning to buy my own place. It is a nice 14 x 70 single wide mobile home. It is in a mobile home park about a mile south of where I am now, here in Springville. It is only $1500 and I am using $ from my 401k that I have to use by time I am 70, which is fast approaching. It has two bedrooms & two baths, one of which will be for my two kittens. I have to keep littler box in my kitchen, which is not always that cool. It also has nice carport (no more scraping snow & ice off my car) & big shed for all of my stuff. Will update as to new address, etc. Have a great new years.
Love to all.....Lori

happy New Year everyone!!!

2008-01-01T10:15:00.000-08:00

Today is New Years day, 2008. I hope this is a good year for one and all. We started our day off by going out to breakfast the Kamas Cafe and now we are going to go to the movie. Hope you are all enjoying your day. Our FNL is due to Travis at travissowilson@yahoo.com by January 15th. I hope you all participate, with pictures. Everyone don't forget to be involved with the blog.
Joan

Howdy from Seattle

2007-12-29T15:59:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

Here is the first post from Garry from Seattle! I'll be adding more soon! Happy New Year

Garry

Mariner Moose Gives me my Christmas Party invitation!

2007-12-10T15:04:00.000-08:00

This picture is when we had Mariner Moose in the office handing out our Holiday Party invitations at work! Only a couple more weeks till Christmas!

We had our party this last Saturday and it was a blast. We held the party at Safeco Field in the diamond club. We were able to tour the facility and walk onto the field (not the grass) and try to bat in the batting cage and try our hand at pitching, which I should never do again! Trina is much better.

Kevin

Photos from Helo Trip to Bagram Airfield

2007-12-09T06:22:00.000-08:00

Ready to lift off in our Blackhawk.

Here I am on the tarmac at Bagram Airfield. Beautiful day and snow covered mountains in the background.

Salam Alekum from Afghanistan

2007-12-08T03:55:00.000-08:00

Sorry I missed Kevin's original advertisement that we now have a Wilson Family Blog. Travis drew my attention to it in a recent phone call. Thanks Kevin for doing this. It's a great idea. It's something we should have done long ago.

Anyway, we are surviving in Kabul, Afghanistan. Looking forward to seeing the Kamas crew in a couple of weeks. As most of you might know by now, we have rented a townhouse for a week in Park City where the (now extended) Andy Wilson clan can spend the Holidays together. We are planning lots of activities to do together as a family; skiing, snowmobiling, board (bored) games, daily brunch team cooking competition, foosball, football, hot-tubbing, etc. Should be a blast. Hope to have some good times and create some good memories.

Afghanistan is cooling off. Haven't had any snow in Kabul yet, though the mountains around us are all snowbound. Kyoko and I stay plenty busy in our jobs. We both work nearly 70 hours per week; 6-day workweeks. We (especially Kyoko) spend 98% of our time on the walled, barb-wired, armed-guarded Emassy compound. I get out occasionally for meetings, but Kyoko only gets out for Church--when she doesn't have to work. Friday (Muslim sabbath) is our day off when we attend church at nearby Camp Eggers. We attend the LDS Servicemen's Group there. We have about 25-30 regular members. Kyoko is RS Prez, with only two women in the entire Group, one of whom is currently home on a three-month leave, so that leaves Kyoko as the entire RS.

We've had a number of security-related incidents. On our fourth day in Kabul, a rocket hit about 100 meters from the Embassy. No one was hurt, but the loud boom nearly rocked us out of bed. We often have IED attacks (car bombs) in our neighborhood, when any nonessential travel is forbidden, and we have to stay inside the Embassy compound. Boring.

Hope you are all well. Let's keep this Blog going. Continue to get the word out so others will start contributing.

Andy

Hamlet Family 2007 Christmas Letter

2007-11-28T18:05:00.001-08:00

November, 2007
Dear Family and Friends,

Once again the Christmas season has managed to sneak up on me. One would think that a person would try to remember from year to year that preparing early would be a smart idea, but…

Our year has been good. We have many things to be grateful for. The year began with me having surgery on my left hand to relieve the carpal tunnel and I am glad to report that it was very successful. I am still taking piano lessons every week and it has become one of my very favorite activities. I am serving in the primary, at church, as a counselor and that has been a blast. I love the ladies that I work with.

Rebekah turned 12 in June. She is a wonderful young lady, we are so proud of her. She is doing great in school and still takes piano as well. She is in the band again this year playing the sax, and is really enjoying being in the young women’s program at church. She got to attend Girls camp in August and had a wonderful time.

Scott had a difficult year. He had his tonsils and adenoids removed in January. He was in a lot of pain but wouldn’t take the pain medicine or the antibiotic because it hurt him too much to swallow so he got an infection. Finally I did manage to get him to take the antibiotic and he got better. He then got pneumonia and was pretty sick from that. It was not an easy time for him and he had to miss about 3 weeks of school. He is doing well now. He turned 10 in June and is having lots of fun with scouts. He went to Scout Camp in late June and did very well with the rifle shooting, he hit close to the bulls eye every time. He is in the 5th grade and loves his teacher. He also takes piano but doesn’t seem to enjoy it like his mom does!

Kate is having fun in second grade. She loves school and piano. Everything is an adventure for her. She played soccer this year and it was really fun, it was great to watch her and her team progress over the season. Here team only lost (the really didn’t keep official score) three games, the rest of the time her team came out on top. She wants us to find her a winter league so that she can keep playing! She will turn 8 just before Christmas and is really looking forward to being baptized in January.

Hanah is crazy! She loves going to preschool and is really excited about learning her abc’s! She really keeps me busy as she isn’t happy sitting still. She loves to make messes and get into things that aren’t hers so that pretty much keeps everybody in turmoil! She is excited about turning 5 in January and she can’t wait to go to the big school when she will get to ride the bus with Kate, sadly she has to wait until September for that. She is sweet and funny, and can really tell a great story. She adds so much to our family!

Emma is the light of the family. She has curly hair and chubby cheeks and legs! She loves to tell everybody what to do and how to do it. In November, she somehow managed to get 4 good sized beads shoved into her nose and we had to take her to the doctor for their removal. The last one was in there so good that they had to put her to sleep to get it out! Never a dull moment for mom. She loves to sing too. I often get to hear the same song of a CD many times over so that she can sing along. Too funny.

Kevin is well. He loves his job and the people that he works with so that is great. He loves working in the church as well and they love to keep him busy. He did give me quite a scare in November. He woke me up early in the morning with chest pains and shortness of breath. He had severe pain in his left arm and he was sweating. It was pretty scary. I called 911 and then 2 good friends from the church and they came over. They gave him a blessing just before the medics put him in the ambulance. It was a terrifying experience but turned out to be a pinched nerve in his neck! We still have received no answer as to why the symptoms were so similar to those of a heart attack, but we aren’t complaining. From that experience we did learn that he has high cholesterol, poor liver function and low potassium. Poor guy!

We were able to take our family vacation to Utah in June. It was great. We camped out in my grandma’s back yard and did lots of sight seeing. We really enjoyed visiting with our family and friends there. We are planning on going again next year. To celebrate surviving 13 years with each other, Kevin and I took a trip to Disneyland in the spring while our kids stayed home with some friends of ours. We had a great time and can’t wait for our next migration to the mother land!

Our thoughts are with all of you during this glorious season and we pray that all is well and happy for you. May we remember that the Savior should be at the center of our celebrations.

Love,

Kevin, Trina, Rebekah, Scott, Kate, Hanah and Emma

Hi All

2007-11-23T09:46:00.000-08:00

This is a new place for the Wilson family and extended family to post the latest news on what's happening! All we ask is that you post at least once a quarter.

If you have questions just email me at nivekokbar@aol.com.

Kevin