Together forever!

 So happy to see them sealed together forever. Saturday, March 20th at the Los Angeles Temple.

I love to see the temple!

 So happy to travel to Manti to attend the temple with Esme!!

Happy Birthday Keesa!

 We have not seen a lot of Keesa since the pandemic began! Hopefully that can change as the pandemic landscape changes. In the meantime, wishing you the happiest of birthdays - and looking forward to celebrating with you soon!

Another important February birthday

 February means we celebrate our dear friend Ry Nebeker. He and Harry were college roommates and our lives have stayed connected ever since.

Ry died 6 years ago - but we always remember his birthday - and think about how much we miss him. Thankfully a lot of his art work adorns our walls, so it feels like he is always with us!!

February Birthdays

 February means some Terrill family birthdays - Phoebe's David and Bonny and Bruce's Esme. Both of whom are wonderful additions to our family.  We know they had fun birthdays - and that both are looking forward to new situations in 2021:  Esme is going on a mission to Finland in July and David - and Phoebe and family - are moving to Idaho in June - although David has been there awhile already.

We are excited for their new adventures!

Groundhog Day - and what it means to the Terrills!

 Happy Birthday Grandpa Terrill - aka Pop - a long ago birthday celebration that we were not in attendance at - but it shows a lot of the rest of the family!!

Grandpa was a great blessing in our lives - and he left us all much too soon - but thanks indeed for the memories!!

Happy Birthday Ara Grace!!

 It's February now - I have a tough time keeping up with blogging - not sure why I do - but there may be a viewer out there!!

This beautiful young lady made me a Grandma - a job I love! And I love how learning to be a grandma - with such a great little "mentor" - has been such a blessing in my life.

There are 23 grandkids now - and there will be a great-grandchild in May - looking forward to learning that role too!

Have a wonderful year Ara - look forward to when in-person visits are the norm once more!!

Happy Birthday Leslie!

 Sisters are the best - and I have 5 of them - a real blessing in my life.

So Happy Birthday today to Leslie - often called "Leslie Junior" in an earlier life! I was almost 14 when she was born, but over the years, we have developed a good, close bond. For which I am grateful!

Bonne Anniversaire as they say in French!!

Happy happy day to Theo!!

 Happy 14th Birthday Theo! So sorry we haven't been able to meet in person for a year now!! I miss seeing you - but love our weekly Zoom sessions!

Have a great year - we love you and are certainly proud of the great young man you are!

And now for the January events I have missed so far!!

 Looks like I missed Richard's birthday - January 1st! And Jim's - January 3rd! And Dale's - January 7th! And the 132nd anniversary of my paternal grandmother - Agnes Marietta Busath Clayton.

I hope to get on schedule soon!! Let's see if I do!!

And another December event I missed!

 When you get married at Christmas time, you sometimes don't always get the recognition in the ensuing years for celebrating your anniversary. We usually keep the kids and send Matt and Eliza off on a getaway - because they are usually here for the holiday. 

Not so this year - and we were sad about that!! But Happy Anniversary wishes were extended - and I think they celebrated pandemic style!!

We love you both!! And are so glad you found each other!

December events I missed!

 I missed Bonny and Bruce's wedding anniversary - 30 years! And our anniversary - 53 years! And Harry's birthday - 76 years! Just like the big trombones!!

Sorry to say goodbye -

On January 2nd, my sister-inn-law Rose Ann died. She and I shared a birthday, same day, same year. We had a bond. Each year we exchanged greetings. So when she did not send a card two years ago, I was a little concerned. As it turned out, she was beginning the Alzheimer's journey. It was sad to watch, but beautiful to watch as her family lovingly cared for her.

Rest in peace, Rose Ann.

Happy Birthday Mary - a December Birthday!!

 A belated notice of Mary's 70th Birthday - celebrated virtually this year!!

December Birthdays!

 Happy Birthday Bobby - in December!!

Belated Bday Greetings!!

 So, I'm pretty sure no one reads this blog, but while doing the monthly update,  I saw that I had left out Porter in the October birthdays.

So here's a shout out to Porter - who shares a birthday with Phoebe and several others actually - which might be why I goofed!!

He's the big 16!! 

Never too late to say Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Rhoda!

 Happy Birthday Rhoda!! 7 years, how can it be?  And we do miss seeing you guys more often, like we used to do!! Have a great year!

Let Bontober begin - and a few other celebrations too!

Bontober begins with Bonny!! Who celebrated her 50th birthday this year - how can that be??

 

And Deacon turns 7 - and is pretty excited for his birthday to come - his Golden Birthday actually - 7 on the 7th!! And Phoebe turn 43 - oh my, I remember when she turned 3!!

                                                           

                                                              And the lovely Miss Ida - 12 on the 12th! Another Golden Birthday!!

                                                                         

                                                                And sweet baby Jonah - a Heavenly Happy Birthday to him.                                                                                                           

 And our boy Calvin - do they call it "Sweet 16" for boys??

Many fall birthdays - and they start now!

There are an inordinate number of birthdays on my May, July, and September calendars! Not sure why - but a nurse once told me that lots of babies are conceived over the holidays - hence September babies! It's as good an explanation as any.

On my September calendar, there are lots of Birthday Buddies too.  For example, Andrew, Eve, and Helen - as well as Dana Bozek of whom I don't have a photo.

 And Ella and Taylor are one day apart - and this is a fave bday photo in my archives.

Andrew - practically a member of the family.

Damond - our first friend in Monrovia - and the first of September.

  My brother Bill on the 2nd.

   

Harry F. on the 7th - and the first of many others on the 7th.

Helen and Eve who share the 4th.

  Sue Cornwall - sharing the 29th with Ella.

Sarah Nebeker on the 5th.

 

   

Our beloved Marjorie on the 22nd.

 Susanne - who likes to ignore her bday on the 10th.

  Bernie - another 7th.

And Arlene Burdick - on the 7th also.  Randy Clayton is on the 7th but I couldn't find a photo of him!!

Many happy returns of the day to the gallery of September celebrants.

And if I forgot someone, that's to be expected!! 

Shared birthdays!

David was born on Lyn's 19th birthday. He jokingly said, "Well, now you have someone to celebrate on my birthday so I can leave." And he did - he left on a mission to Ireland!

This photo is from David's blessing day - and Lyn's missionary farewell. The significance here is that it is a picture with Grandpa Clayton and all of his grandchildren - at the time anyway. Byron and Gilbert each had one more child after this.

Obviously the bulk of the grandkids came from the Bob and Mary Clayton crew!

But it's fun photo to play with - and see how many you can name!

Happy Birthday Lyn and David!!

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Today is Hannah's 35th birthday - how can that be?? It does indeed seem like yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital!

Hannah came 2 days early - something really unheard of in our tribe - the previous 4 had come 11 to 13 days late! Also, they were trying out a "shortened stay" plan and I came home just after 24 hours. It was hot too! So it was all pretty memorable.

Since she is one of "the little kids" she got in on all the grandkids coming when she was a teen - so she's pretty much one of the favorite aunts!

She is in France right now - and we miss having her nearby - but we are eternally grateful for all the ways we have to connect virtually!!

Happy day Hannah!

August so far!

August is the birthday celebrations for Los Dos Hannahs - my Hannah comes later in the month, but the 7th is Hannah Kerksiek's big day.  Alice and I lived many miles apart - in different states, neither one of us knew we were having a girl, and neither one of us let on that our name of choice for a girl was Hannah! 

So when her Hannah was born, Harry and I weren't sure if we needed to choose a new name - it could be a boy after all. And when it was a girl, we decided that since they wouldn't live in the same state even, it wouldn't hurt to have "Los Dos Hannahs."

It mostly confused them when they were little and together - they mostly thought they were being talked to pretty often! When the girls were small, and Alice and Dale were in the foreign service, they came home each summer for several weeks - and spent some of those weeks with us - good times for sure!

 

My grandpa Stevens was born in 1890 - so this is his 130th birthday!  Loved my grandpa - he was not a member of the church and actually criticized my parents for being active - but he was always good to us. In her later years, my mom would tell me about him when I asked questions - turns out he came home for dinner every night - and they had Sunday dinner together every week. Explains why my dad was there every night for dinner. He had his own machine shop, but would come home for dinner and then go back to work.  I guess my mom felt like if her dad could do it, my dad could too!

 

Marcie Hoopes has a bday to day also - the 7th - loved having her as  colleague at Clifton Middle School. I do not miss working - I do miss our daily lunches in the staff room though!

 

And August also featured Sisters Day -  I have 5 sisters - the best gift a gal could have is a sister - so 5 of them is 5 times as good!!

Love my sisters -  shown here at Leslie's wedding. Eliza had been born 4 days before - I'm impressed I was there!

Hopefully I can keep up with regular posting in August!!