Goodbye 2012

The Girls

It has been so much fun teaching Jordyn, Heidi, Juliet, Mauren, Maddison, Eliza, Ally, and Jasmine this year in primary/young womens.  They are super smart, fun, and chatty.  I will miss them a ton.  Sundays will be different not having a group of 8, super chatty girls to learn with.

Oregon

While it was so nice to go see family in Utah, it truly was wonderful to go back home to Oregon.  I'm really surprised how quickly this place became home to be honest.  I love the trees, I love the green, I love the rain, I love our ward, I love being 1 hr 20 min from the ocean, I love the waterfalls, I love how goofy people are here, I love that the parks are forests with trails through them, I love how much there is to see and do, I love having a temple 15 minutes away, I love being 15 minutes from Portland and not really even noticing, I love breathing so much easier here, I love it.

Homeward Bound

While I am so glad we had a huge storm while in Utah, I have to admit that I am excited about 20 degree warmer temps and less slippery roads.

Bryant A Miner

Bryant Albert Miner, 78, passed away December 20, 2012. He was born August 9, 1934 to Caroline Eyring and Glen Bryant Miner in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah. He grew up in Logan and Riverton, working on his family dairy farm. Bryant graduated from Jordan High School in 1952. He attended the University of Utah, graduating with his PhD in Chemistry in 1965. He served in the Army from 1957 to 1959.

Bryant married Janice Mabey on June 8, 1960 in the Salt Lake Temple; they were married for twenty-six years. He later married Karen Preece Neff on July 7, 1987 in Ogden, Utah.

He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served an LDS Mission to Argentina. He served faithfully in his callings. He especially enjoyed being a home teacher. His greatest passion was teaching chemistry at Weber State University for 43 years. He was a master teacher.

He had a great love of birds and was a member of the Audubon Society. He loved to travel the world and visited every continent except for Antarctica. Bryant was a diehard fan of the Atlanta Braves and the Weber State Wildcats.

Bryant's greatest love was being with his family. He is survived by his wife, Karen; children, Melanie (Val) Durrant, JaNae (Jeff) Speth, David Bryant (Kerry) Miner, Heidi (Adam) Marberger, Jason Mabey (Nichol) Miner, Jared Todd (Laura) Miner, Elizabeth (Matthew) Neff-Mikolash, Kari (Shawn) Murray, Eric Morgan Neff; 27 grandchildren; also survived by his 3 sisters and 4 brothers, Carol Morgan, Rosemary Fairbourn, Edward Miner, Henry Miner, Camilla Smith, Joseph Miner and Steven Miner.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Janice, and daughter, Helen.

Funeral services will be held at 12 Noon on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at the Forest Green Ward, Weber Heights Stake Center, 1401 Country Hills Drive. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, December 26th from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Myers Ogden Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd. and Thursday at the church from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. in the So. Jordan City Cemetery.

Clarke Cousin Party

I love my cousins.  It was so fun checking off our lists by doing things such as Just Dance, watch football, play 3 card games, play 3 board games, cut snowflakes, color pictures, golf, and ping pong.  It was great catching up on their lives, what they are doing, and hearing some amazingly awkward 'love' stories.  I love that we still play together, no skits, standing on logs for 4 hours, or Mulan/Harry Potter reinactments this time, though we did hang out in the Gryffendor Common Room for a while.

Utah

Reunited and it feels so good :) After a car ride, train, plane, and another car ride we are Utah, with sunshine, low temperatures and lack of snow.

 

Utah!