808. Tonight -- Family pictures over the years!



Our family life began on September 24, 1955, in the St. George, Utah, Temple


Our family when we had only 6 children!  About  1968.

About 1971, in the backyard of our home in Sandy, Utah.


In 1975, just before Wayne M. went on his mission to Ecuador.



About 1988, at my mother Ruth's 80th birthday party.





About 1982, after we had moved to St. George, Utah

                                                                                                                         

About 1983, just before McKay went on his mission to Taiwan.


About 1993, before Pam got married.  


About 1994, when Wayne and I were in the MTC before our mission to Sweden.



Taken the day of our farewell, before going to Sweden.  These were our grandchildren at the time.



Sometime in the 1980's I think ?  Taken in front of the small yellow house of Wayne and Julie's in Bountiful



Taken in 2005, at our Golden Wedding celebration.  Blaine's children are on the front row and ours on the back row.



The family at our Golden Wedding.  We had grown considerably in numbers!





Wayne and I with our 9 children at my 80th birthday party in September, 2014.





Wayne loved to play with his false tooth and surprise our great grandchildren.  This is Aiyona!

This is Wayne and me at the celebration for our 60th wedding anniversary!  I couldn't get the family picture from Dropbox!  Wayne is wearing a shamrock they made for him which says :  " I Feel Lucky!"  He was a perennial optimist!

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