Ted and Melinda 2010

 

This year has been wonderful for Ted and Melinda. We have been able to renew old friendships, make new ones, and enjoy the love of a good family. We added a new grandson, and we look forward to another granddaughter to be born in 2011. Our children all live in Utah County now, and so we have the blessing of spending time with the cutest grandchildren in the world. Ted ‘s Allstate Insurance Office keeps him busy, as well as his calling as High Priest Group Leader, and his work as SUU National Alumni Vice-President. Melinda still teaches first grade and loves to have a grandchild, McKenna, attending the same school.  She was just released as Ward Young Women President (which seemed more like a wonderful career than merely a calling).  Melinda and Lisa occasionally do wedding flowers as a fun hobby. We have been able to spend time riding our motorcycle.  We especially love riding to Bryce Canyon, our favorite National Park. In September Ted and Melinda rode a 4-wheeler to the site in Southern Utah where the pioneers cut a hole in the sandstone rock to construct a passage down to the Colorado River (a truly amazing feat). On Thanksgiving Melinda’s brothers and their families enjoyed a wonderful dinner together in Beaver, where there were 80 in attendance.  This December we had a great time with some of our children in Disney World. We finished reading the Book of Mormon by the end of the year (a challenge from our Stake President).  We love the Lord, the gospel, our heritage, and our family and friends.  May every wish of your heart be a reality in this new year- 2011.