355. Valentine's Day! Photos of couples of our ancestors and posterity!

This is a repost of # 97 which I posted last Valentine's Day, 2014, with some new additions.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, ALL!  Wayne and I have had a tradition for many years on Valentine's Day, and on our Wedding Anniversary -- Wayne is so thoughtful and always gives me a gift that has a feminine flair!  The little tradition involves something Wayne found years ago, and between special days, it has a spot in our storage cabinet.  He gets up earlier than I do, and has it all set up and lighted!  A fun TRADITION ! ! Anita took pictures of it.




We tried a black background, and a white one, so I'll put both on.  As you can see, it has a cord, and when plugged in, the roses have a light inside!  A simple thing, but it is a TRADITION! !

These photos below are not in any particular order!  Us, our parents, and the grandparents we have photos for, mostly wedding pictures.  We do have pictures of other ancestors, some of which are on the blog already.  but we will add them later, with their stories.  If you'd like to read more about someone here, please go to their names and click, and it will bring up the blogs that include stories about them.   My parents are in several blogs, which you can find by their names.  I'll put some others on here ---

                      Pal's parents, Pratt and Ruth Miles, taken about the time they were married, in 1933.
Pratt and Ruth, Pal's parents, about 1955, when we were married, 


     Pal's great grandparents, Samuel and Hannah Marinda Miles, pioneers in St. George. Story on blog # 79

                                  Pal's sister Vina and her husband, Bud, who live in LaVerkin, Utah.
                             Our daughter Delsy, and her husband Gordon Nielson, when married.
 Our son, McKay, and Kim Lu Eckman, on their wedding invitation.  Their wedding picture is on blog # 40.

                       This is a picture of McKay and Kim with her parents, when they were married.
      Wayne's parents, Gladys and Roy Eckman, when married.  Story on blog # 93. (more to come)

       Pal's father's parents, "Gus" and "Pal" Miles, lived in St. George, and came as children when their parents were pioneers in St. George in 1861-1821.  William's story is on blog # 58, and Paralee's (the original Grandma Pal) story is on blog # 29.
         Our daughter Pamela, and her husband Robert Nicholson, the day they were married.

       Our daughter Tacy's wedding line, Tacy and Dan DeSantis, parents, and our daughters as bridesmaids.
                                               Tacy and Dan recently taken.
                                                                   
Tacy's daughter Calli Ann, and her new husband Chris Albano, taken on their wedding day.


                                        Our grandson, Curt and his wife Peggy Eckman, Allen's son.
                                  This is Curt, Peggy, and their 3 children more recently.
                  Wayne M. Eckman and Julie Cox, engagement picture, on their wedding invitation.

                               Our wedding picture, September 24, 1955

This is Wayne and Pal taken around 1970, after 15 years of marriage.
                 Our daughter Angela, and Michael Bulloch, wedding picture, with parents, and bridesmaids.

                                                  This is Mike and Angie recently.

Our son Allen, and Holli Atkinson Eckman's wedding picture, and parents.
This is Allen and Holli's daughter Marion, on her wedding day, married to Micheal Cardwell.


    Pal's mother's parents, Levinah Emeline and John Butler Allen's wedding picture, taken in 1893 when they were married in the Manti Temple.  Levinah is mentioned on several blogs.  Check their names in the "labels" column.

Wayne's twin brother Blaine Eckman, and his wife Joyce, wedding picture.

 These are Wayne's mother Gladys's parents, Ann Henwood and Joseph Henry Dayton, when married.  
  These are Wayne's mother Gladys Dayton's maternal grandparents, pioneers from England.  Their stories are on blogs # 68 and 69.  They were parents of Ann Henwood above, who married Joseph Henry Dayton


Our granddaughter Melissa (Missy) Eckman and Willie Beavers wedding picture.  They have been through quite a challenge of their own.  Willie has had chemo, and a bone marrow transplant, and is now doing good from having leukemia.  She has a blog "Strength For Willie" that inspired me to write this blog.  Now 2015, Willie is doing well!


               Delsy and Gordon's daughter, Amanda Nielson, and Brent Peterson, -- their engagement picture.  They were married last summer on June 22, 2013, in Canada.
      


Anita's son, Sam Lieske, was engaged to Rebecca (Becca) Francom on January 31, 2015.

  We hope you enjoy seeing them, and also have your own traditions, and couple pictures.  We hope we aren't missing any that should have been here.  These are all we have.  Please send us some if we're missing them, and we'll put them on soon!    Happy Valentine's Day again!

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