Greece

 Lincoln is now in Greece and having a great time.  BYU President Shane Reese and his wife joined the students.

Meg and Katie

This is the cake that these amazing daughters made for their mom for Mother's Day.  The colors on the cake are baked in.  Impressive!!!

Graham

Graham was asked to speak in Sacrament meeting today and I was able to attend.  I had to share it with all of you.  Not yet 9 he was truly amazing and did a beautiful job.  Read to the end or you'll miss the part of the talk that caused intense laughing by the whole congregation!

"When I think of mothers I think of a lot of things, like does all the work, makes the dinners.  One really important thing is that Jesus wants us to be alive on the planet because he loves us.  So he sent moms to earth to help us get here.  That helps make God's plan possible.

It's not always easy to be a mom.  Moms have to clean the toilets, bring you a throw up bucket when you are sick and even worry a lot about their children.

Recently my cousin Sara was going to have her second baby.  We heard that the baby was going to have problems.  He would need a heart transplant because he had a bad heart.  I prayed that he wouldn't die and that he would get his heart transplant and he did!  I also prayed for Sara because it was hard for her to be at the hospital so much and still take care of her other son.

I still pray for baby Lonnie and for the baby that gave his heart to my cousin.  If you have a mother or a wife you should treat her well and politely.  When she asks you to do something you should help her.  Not just on Mother's Day but on every day.

My favorite things to do with my mom are mother-son dance night, bingo night, reading books in bed together, and just having dinner together and playing games.  My mom loves me so much and loves to spend time with me.  She taught me to pray and to shower in the sink when I was a baby.  She taught me that we can be forgiven of our sins.  She told me that when we pray and repent we can be forgiven.  One of the best things about my mom is that she loves my Dad's big old bald head.

I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen

Happy Birthday Aunt Becky!

 49 Years Old

Happy Mother's Day

I have had the incredible privilege to be around four of the most amazing mothers.  Each of them have always been an example of selfless love and sacrifice for their children.  I honestly believe Cathy, Angela, Becky and Amy are the epitome of motherhood.  I believe that their children will each testify that their mom is the best.  Thank you for your example to me and for raising truly amazing children!

"No love in mortality comes closer to approximating the pure love of Jesus Christ then the selfless love a devoted mother has for her child."

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Ruth

Ruth found out that she has been selected to be one of the counselors at the For the Strength of
Youth (FSY) summer programs.  I looked on the Church website to find out more about the program.  It said they look for young single adults who are worthy and enthusiastic to be counselors for the youth.  According to the information one of the leaders of the program said of those counselors that they make a powerful connection because the youth look up to them.  They see in these young adults that they've made it and they are happy and energetic.  That certainly describes Ruth and I am excited for her to be able to participate in this great program that has been in existence for over 30 years.  She will be going up to Utah for training and then will be assigned  to work wherever she may be needed throughout the summer.  

BYU Graduate

Class of 2025

Ellis finished his degree after the Fall semester.  He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Middle Eastern Studies with a minor in French Studies.   For Ellis the world will be his campus!

Brigham Young University
Enter to Learn--Go Forth to Serve

Lincoln

Lincoln left early this morning with the other students for Greece.  While in England they visited many museums with antiquities from Greece.  He had to write about various things that were in the museum that had been taken out of Greece centuries before.  These of the students he is with for this program.  

California Trip

When Lexy finished up the semester, she and Ellis took her friend and former missionary companion, who is visiting from France, to see the Las Vegas version of the Eifle Tower, then over to California for some sightseeing in Los Angeles, Yosemite, and San Francisco.  Ellis graduated and as soon as I get pictures I will post them as well!  (HINT to ELLIS!)

Prom

Jane and Eric enjoyed their last big dance of high school.  After graduation he will begin serving his mission in Chile and Jane will be headed to BYU in the Fall.

Orchestra Concert

On Friday Highland High School had their Orchestra Concert and recognition of all the Seniors in the orchestra.  I noticed that Jane had a few tears.  Not sure it they were tears of joy or sadness that these four years have come to an end.  I suspect for Jane that it was a little of both!

The Whitney Family 2025

 

ENGAGED!

I got a special call this evening from Perry and Makylee to share the great news that they are engaged!  If you haven't met MaKylee yet you are in for a treat.  She and Perry both have very good taste!  The wedding will be on September 26th.  More information will follow as I get updates.  Thank you both for sharing the great news with me and now with the whole family!

London

Lincoln made it safely to London for his semester abroad program.  He will be there for a week and then he and the others will leave for Greece. 

Abby and Will's Discovery

If you were wondering whatever happened to all the storm troopers, wonder no more.  Abby and Will found them at their local library!

Cosmo!

Meg is working on a display in the museum she works in and found this picture of Cosmo the BYU Cougar.  I loved how creepy their mascot was in the early days of his life .  I remembered that I had a picture of Ruth with Cosmo back in February of 2023.  So what do you think is he better now or then?

He's Going to be a Corn Husker!

Jeremy has decided to attend the University of Nebraska in Lincoln!  He will be majoring in Music Education with a possible Japanese minor.

Happy Birthday Aunt Amy!

 47 Years Old

Southern Utah

Yesterday Uncle Bill and Aunt Cathy drove down to St. George to attend the temple with some of his ward members.  Afterwards they visited the Jacob Hamlin home and the jail at Silver Reef.

Easter Sunday

Here are some of the Easter Sunday activities at Clovis.  Uncle Andy made a coconut cake for their dessert and Caleb was toasting the meringue and coconut before it was served.  They also got a nice picture with their Papa Dahlberg with Ava and Caleb.  Notice that the youngest one is the tallest of the three!

Happy Anniversary!

 3 Years

Owen

Both Owen and Evangeline have been busy and enjoying their time in Florida.  As you can imagine this has been a busy week full of Holy Week traditions.  She sent me a video of one of Owen's sermons and it was really impressive.  I copied a little of it for all of you to hear.  Also a couple of pictures of him during his presentation.  I have the most amazing grandchildren!!!

Evangeline

Evangeline sent me an article written about a new addition to the Naples Zoo.

"The Naples Zoo has developed an opportunity for visitors to get to know its Galapagos Tortoise up close.  “Our tortoise encounter involves going behind the scenes, and with our Galapagos tortoise. Her name is Poppy. And she loves people and loves interacting with them,” said Evangeline Kilmer-Duncan of the zoo’s education department.  She leads visitors right up to Poppy’s habitat."

Easter in AZ

I did Palm Sunday Dinner last week for everyone and this Sunday the Whitney's did the Easter Dinner.  Unfortunately, A cold with a nasty cough kept me home but I know (because I know Aunt Amy does amazing things for holidays) that it was great.  The kids made Resurrections rolls which I am sad that I missed!  But it's okay because from the looks of the pictures it will become a family tradition at their house.