Merry Christmas!
We
achieved a milestone this year –
We celebrated our 40th Anniversary and
we are empty-nesters!!!
In
June we enjoyed revisiting our honeymoon sites in California.
Our family
continues to bring us so much joy.
Here are our family updates and highlights for
2012:
AMY (26) & SAM
(25)
¨
AMY started new
job (Dec. 17) U of U Health Care Outpatient Service Specialist
¨
She is the new ward
Primary Secretary
¨
SAM senior at the U of U, majoring in Spanish, with a History
Minor
¨
ALSO works at U of U
Health Care in Bi-lingual Services – office romance?
¨
Serves as a Ward Missionary
- Spanish Speaking
MATT (28) & LAUREN (28)
¨
MATT earned his Five-Year
pin from Disneyland where he is Nursery Lead in the Horticulture Department. Manages
New Orleans Square and Adventureland (if you know Disneyland’s layout)
¨ Serves
as Young Men’s Teacher Advisor
She is becoming
quite professional and very busy with many photo sessions.
¨
Teaches the 14-15
year-olds in Sunday School
¨
Took a relaxing cruise
to Mexico in February
o MATTISON (4) loves pre-school, ballet, anything princess or girlie
o CLARK (2) into everything, all boy, sniffs you if he likes you
HEIDI (30) &
JEFF (29)
¨
HEIDI loves being
home with her girls
¨
New ward Primary
Secretary and sings in the Ward Choir
¨
JEFF works at C.R.
England in new position as Network Manager
¨
Serves as new ward Executive
Secretary (farewell to Scouting)
¨
Enjoyed trip to
Disneyland in early December with Jeff’s family
o RILEY (3 1/2 ) shy, loves anything princess, enjoys pre-school
o KAYLEIGH (19 months) petite, smart, talks and allergic to everything.
JENNIFER (31) & BEN
(38)
¨ JENNIFER is
enjoying her free time & volunteering
at Carter’s school
¨
New ward YW Mia Maid
Advisor
¨
BEN is software engineer for Insight in Phoenix
¨
Serves as Ward
Missionary
o NOAH (14) 8th grade, good student, loves video games
o MOLLIE (12) 7th grade, good student, cheerleader,
Beehive in YW
o CARTER (6) Kindergarten, likes to draw & ride his bike, play
with friends
HEATHER (34) & DAN (34)
¨ Built beautiful new home in Saratoga Springs/ Cruised
Bahamas & swam w/ dolphins
¨
HEATHER continues
to teach Zumba classes 4 times a week
¨
New Beehive Advisor
in YW
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DAN works for Venafi
(computer co.) as Customer Support to Quality Assurance
¨
New ward Employment
Specialist
o LINDSAY (9 1/2) 4th grade, piano, 3 hours dance/weekly
(competition team)
o ZANE (8) 3rd grade, loves to read, piano,
basketball, baptized in September
o GAVIN (6) 1st grade, good student, great at sports –
especially soccer
o BROOKLYN (3 ½ ) pre-school, tap & ballet lessons, loves Disney
Princesses
KAREN (36) & CHRISTIAN (36)
¨
Bought cute home around the
corner from Mom and Dad – keeps them out-of-trouble
¨
KAREN stay-at-home mom,
scanning her Grandpa Skousen’s journals
¨
New ward Primary Chorister
¨
CHRISTIAN continues in
Sales at Electrical Wholesale & as Security Officer for Jordan River Temple
¨
Executive Secretary for
ward
o NATHAN (6) Kindergarten, great memory and loves math problems, good
artist
o HARRY (3 ½ ) pre-school, ready for Primary, writes his name, plays
soccer
MELISSA (37) & CHAD (36)
¨
MELISSA is a stay-at-home
mom (laid off in September)
¨
Ward Nursery Leader
¨
CHAD is Site Supervisor
for Ricoh at Intermountain Health Center
¨
BISHOP of the Kearns
16th Ward – just finishing his 1st year
o KAELYNNE (13 ½) 9th grade, on the honor roll, YW Beehive
1st Counselor, plays the
viola in orchestra and the keyboard in
jazz band, choral group & dance
o MARCUS (10) 5th grade, plays piano and trumpet, Bear Scout,
loves Ninjago Legos
o SPENCER (7 1/2) 2nd grade, fastest reader in class,
is a Tiger Cub, will be baptized next year
o ANDREW (4 ½) pre-school, writes name, plays Nintendo, cutest
smile
LAUREL (39) & SAM
(39)
¨
LAUREL works with her dad
at Ensign Publishing & Productions
¨
Treasurer for the PTO at
her kids school – North Star Academy
¨
Serves as Visiting
Teaching Coordinator & Stake Primary Chorister
¨
SAM is still employed with
Sprint as a Project Manager and works from home
¨
Serving as ward Executive
Secretary
o KELLY (16) 10th grade, competed in cross-country at Riverton High
School, driving, dating, earned her Young Women Medallion
o BENTLEY (13 ½) 8th grade, also ran cross-country at NSA, Deacons
Quorum President
o JAROM (12) 6th grade, ordained a Deacon, taking 7th
grade math, LOVES tigers
o JONAH (8) 2nd grade, getting baptized in January,
playing Jr Jazz, loves playing board games
o TERON (5 ½) Kindergarten, learning to read and write, still changing
clothes all day long
o MARY (3 ½ ) loves pre-school, nursery, anything princess, music
and singing songs
HAROLD &
ANNE
¨
Didn’t know being
Grandparents could be so exhausting, so busy and so rewarding!
¨
HAROLD still
produces, duplicates and sells his father’s books on CDs and DVDs at www.skousen2000.com.Video
records & edits special events. Part-time prof. cameraman
¨
Substitute Primary teacher,
Stake Historian, and Veil Worker at Jordan River Temple
¨
ANNE still at
Rosamond Elementary in the Media Center - 13 years and loving it
¨
New ward Relief
Society Second Counselor
We
are all excited to be together for New Year’s as
Ben & Jennifer are going
to be sealed together in Salt
Lake Temple on December 31, 2012!
At
this time of year we are especially grateful for our beautiful family and wonderful friends. The world
may be in peril, but the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Atonement of our Savior
will give us hope.May
you have the spirit of peace and joy this holiday season. Merry Christmas and
Happy 2013!
Love,
Harold & Anne Skousen and Family
