Ray & Becky 2011


                                                                                                                                                Feb 4, 2012

Dear Family,                                                                                     

                Ray still didn’t want to write the newsletter so I’ll do it again and TRY to stay brief!

                I reviewed our old 2011 calendar. We babysat the grandchildren a few times, went to work, did genealogy, got some exercise, attended the temple, did our church callings, went camping, got grass, trees, garden and flowers to grow and enjoyed family parties and holidays.  Not too many health problems, feel blessed! That was the year in a nutshell so only read on if you want details! Ha!

 The grands are getting cuter all the time and growing up fast. We feel blessed to say we now have 10, the two oldest turning 8 last Fall. What a wild, noisy, but fun bunch they can be! They are such unique individuals, too.

                Ray is still the P.E. teacher and special tutor at Eaglecrest Elementary and going strong. He has gone skiing twice with the kids (besides playing b-ball with the YM) as he starts his sixth decade! Go Ray!

 I’ve had fun finding more relatives to add to the family trees (and yes, many are on the Humpherys side, so if you want to know who they are let me know). I kept up the swimming until Dec when the bubble over the outdoor pool blew up from a quick wind storm. I will soon be working at the new U of U Daybreak area clinic.

We both were released from our two plus year church callings at the retirement center branch. Ray still spends Thursday evenings at the temple. He was called to work with the Young Men, me to be  the Primary secretary.   We still look at the obits to see which resident has passed and then remember their sweet personalities. It has been different going back to our old ward: the meetings are longer than what we were used to and we aren’t helping people with walkers! Most everybody is middle aged like us and we see where we are headed. Eeek!

                We enjoyed our 2nd annual family reunion in April, Michelle and Ben hosting. Everyone but Drew could come so we had 19. The games and basketball were great. We had a fun time at Newell and Sally’s in California for the annual Humpherys reunion in July, too.  Keep up the reunions to keep the family close!

We enjoyed about 6 camping trips with the tent trailer and then Ray was able to sell it. It was a lot of work for him. He is on the lookout for another RV.

                Stephanie and family moved back to Utah in August and have been our basement dwellers. Ha!  We have had fun having their family living with us.  Steph is such a good cook. She was such a great example on how to “endure to the end” as she went through another hard pregnancy and delivery. Yeah Steph! Stockton is darling!

                                See you at the 2012 reunion in Star Valley!

                                                                                Love, Ray and Becky

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