2010-2020: The Next Ten Years

This is my latest installment in the next ten years of family pictures. It has ironically been the hardest to put together even though in theory all my pictures from this time period are digitized. But it has become obvious that I need to work on my picture organization!

July 2010 in the Conference Center, our tour after Talmage's baptism

May 2010 in the foothills, David was on his mission

November 2011, after David came home and before Jan left--one of my favorites except we don't have a good digital copy

August, 2012: David and Stephanie's wedding, Cardston, Alberta LDS Temple, Jan was on his mission

April, 2013: in the foothills (Jan was still on his mission, Garrett was preparing to go--I think this was the day before his shoulder surgery and before David and Stephanie left for the summer for an internship in Virginia)

October 2013, in our backyard, right before Garrett left on his mission, right after Katie was born, Jan was on his mission

June 2014, shortly before Lincoln left on his mission, Garrett was gone

2014 Nauvoo pageant; right after Lincoln left on his mission, Garrett was still gone, David was in Virginia, Jan was attending BYU

Jan's and Sallie's wedding, December 2015, Newport Beach, California LDS Temple

August 2016, right after Lincoln got home (with Bell's palsy after shingles) and before Everett left and David and Stephanie went back to Louisiana. We were all together for a day. Rock Canyon, Provo, UT

Lincoln's and MiCayla's wedding, May 2017, Houston, Texas LDS Temple

June 2017, Garrett's and AnnaSue's wedding, Boise, Idaho LDS Temple

2018 Nauvoo pageant; older 4 boys were married, Everett was on his mission in Armenia

September, 2018, right after Everett got home from his mission at our family reunion in Bountiful, UT

Nauvoo 2019

Our latest family picture, December 2019, in Provo, UT

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