Family Time

Stephanie enjoying the company of little friends

Emily and Anthony at their wedding

Garrett and his girlfriend Stacey

Manda and her boys

Chuck and his growing family...soon to be three kids!

Beth and Todd with their beautiful kids on Easter 2009

Troy and Barbara enjoying a vacation at Disneyland

Troy/Barbara--Barbara has been nothing short of miracle in Troys life lately. Troy had a quadruple heart bypass in the middle of October and with a hard, slow recovery, Barbara has remained a rock in his life. Troy has recently been able to come home from the hospital and they are enjoying the simple things in life now.

Beth/Todd--Beth and Todd have 2 beautiful boys, Max and Milo. Todd continues to work with retirement plans which allows Beth to stay home with the kids. Beth has recently found a new joy, business owner. She loves being able to work out of her home with, The Skinny. Max started preschool this year and only recently decided he will like school. Having Milo around reminds us all of the simple joys in life as he continues to learn new things each year.

Chuck/Aly-- Chuck and Aly recently found out their brood is going to be expanding next summer! Bailey and Peyton will be big siblings once again. Chuck has taken over the family business which has been very helpful with Troy's recent health issues. Aly continues to work at a medical billing office and enjoys being out of the house and contributing to their finances. Bailey is also in preschool and loves meeting new friends all the time. Peyton enjoys when she is at school and spends the days at Mamau and Papas.

Manda--Manda continues to work full time, go to school, and take care of her two boys, Brayden and Michael. Brayden is in full day kindergarten even though it seems like just the other day he was a brand new baby! Micahel enjoys preschool while Brayden is at school, and they love to talk about what they have learned about at school. We miss the family everyday as they are the only ones who dont live in Modesto. Manda has made their home in Rigby, Idaho. We can only hope after she graduates next December they will make a new home in California.

Garrett--Garrett is also in school and working full time. He recently moved back home and has been a great help with the new health issues in the family. He is hoping to be able to transfer from the local JC in the next year or so. For now, he enjoys having his foot in the door with school systems as he works with the after school program for local jr high kids

Emily/Anthony--Our newly married couple! They were married in January and their wedding was a wonderful event in every aspect. Anthony continues to work for a local family fun park while Emily is a teller at a Bank. They recently added a new addition to the family...their precious little dog, Sally. For now, we will take the dog but we hope they too will add kids to their family in the next couple years!

Stephanie--Steph is counting down the days till her college graduation. Constant reminders are sent to the family daily for when we will be arriving in good ol Idaho. She will be moving home to get a California teaching license while going to night school to obtain a Masters in Special Education. She continues to make us smile and laugh and be Miss Organized...we are pretty sure she has the next 30 years of her life planned out in full detail! We are all stunned our little girl is going to be a college graduate in the next month! My oh my how time flies!!!

*The family continues to get by day by day. This year has brought joy, sorrow, laughter, and tears, but perhaps the best thing of all, is how close the family has become in the past year.*