COOK CHRONICLES

3^rd Quarter 2016                                                                                                                                       July-September

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

JULY
1 Rachelle Ruth Koyle (1996)

3 JUNIOR ALLEN COOK (1925)
3 Christian Richard Cook (2008) - Allen
6 Travis Price Thomas
8 Joseph Todd Cook (1983)
8 Chloe Ann Cook (2007) - Todd
10 Phillip Andrew Cook (1985)
10 Elizabeth Mae Thomas (1999) - Andrea
12 Rebecca Ann Thomas (2005) - Andrea
12 Laura Lee Cook (1979)

12 Brittany Baxter Cook (Phillip)
14 MaLyn Jane Cook (2005) - Neil

14 Lillian Olivia Cook (2011) - Mark
15 CRAIG VON REYNOLDS
15 Kaylee Cook (2003) - Seth
17 Julie Darlene Anderson Reynolds

17 Avilynn Cook (2012) - Ryan
19 Sarah Reynolds Smith (1987)
19 Katelyn Jane Thomas (2003) - Andrea
20 Ashley Marie Morgan Cook
20 Kirsten Reynolds DeCampos (1977)
20 Tasia Nicole Cook (1996)
21 Brittany Gitner Cook
21 Heidi Cook Webster (1976)
22 Ashley LaDell Cook Romig (1985)

23 Benson Matthew Cook (2012) - Matthew
25 KENNETH JAMES KIFFER

27 Marc Allen Reynolds (2012) - Daniel
28 Mark Landon Cook (1978)

28 Sierra Jewel Reynolds (2011) - Benjamin
29 Adam Michael Cook (1977)
30 Catherine Thomas (2002) - Andrea
31 Emilee Cook & Vinson Richard Wood (1999)

AUGUST
4 Joshua Joaquim DeCampos (2009) - Kirsten
6 Chester Jordan Reynolds (2010) - Jordan
8 Hyrum James Koyle (2004) - Matthew
8 Hannah Faith De Campos (1999) - Kirsten
9 Jared Allen Koyle (1981)
9 DEBORAH PEARL WHITING COOK

9 Logan Keith Cook & Joycelyn Durfee (2013)

10 Lincoln Carlton Cook (2012) - Robert
12 Emmaleigh Annetje Thomas (2007) - Andrea
13 Derek James Cook (1983)
14 Courtney Michelle Kiffer & James Carleton Whelchel (2010)
16 Kandace & John Joseph Keenan (1997)
18 Lanette & Shaun Martin Nelson (2007)
19 Andrea & Travis Price Thomas (1997)
22 Seth Allen Cook (1976)
22 Crystal Lee Scholes Reynolds
22 Delphia Mae Freeman (2007) - Erin
24 Darryl Bruce & Helen Mary Dredge Cook
25 Erin Marie & Isaac Shane Freeman (2000)
25 Caleb Wood (2002) - Emilee

27 Nixie Ann Cook (2015) - Derek

27 Robert Lyndon Romig (2015) - Ashley
29 Hugo Von De Campos (2004) – Kirsten

30 Andrew Montgomery Cook (2014) - Phillip

31 Phillip Andrew & Brittany Baxter Cook (2013)

SEPTEMBER
1 Carrie Ann Barnard Koyle
4 Benjamin Craig Reynolds (1981)
4 LYNDON BLAIR COOK
6 Andrea Reynolds Thomas (1978)
7 Lisa Jean Boyle Cook

7 Theo Martin Nelson (2015) - Lanette
8 Morgan Bruce Webster (2010) - Heidi

8 Levi and Heather Cook Crane (2011)
9 Deborah Jean Christensen Cook (Jesse)
12 Jeremy Michael Jones (1996)
13 JAYLYNE COOK REYNOLDS
15 Annalise Cook (2009) - Ryan
17 DARRYL BRUCE COOK
18 John Joseph Keenan
22 Erin Marie Cook Freeman (1981)

22 Lindsay Memmott Cook
25 Anna Jean Koyle (2008) - Matthew
27 JANEY LYN DONAT COOK
29 Carrie Ellen Morgan Cook
29 Edie Rose Thomas (2009) - Andrea

A NEW ADDITION!

Robert, Tiffany, Blake, and Lincoln welcomed

Cohen Sander Cook

April 17, 2016

8lbs 1 oz      21 ½ “ long

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Heather and Levi Crane – a girl (September)

Logan and Joycelynn Cook – a boy (November)

Phillip and Brittany Cook – a girl (October)

Jesse & Debbie Cook – a boy (October)

Matt & Lindsay Cook – December

Ashley & Jed Romig - December

Call for Family Group Sheets

Jaylyne is trying to get a copy of each family group sheet for

Grandma’s ten children as well as one for each of

the married grandchildren and their families.

It is our hope that having all of this information in one location

will help in keeping our family records!

Mary H. Cook, Children  & Spouses  -

Gathering in October!

What does your schedule look like during the October 7-8 weekend?

Let’s get together and talk about a

COOK FAMILY REUNION for the summer of 2017!

Darryl has offered his cabin.  Or we can do dinner.

Please email or call Karleen and we’ll firm up the plans!

FAMILY NEWS

LYNDON & DEBBIE are doing great.  Debbie is serving as 1^st Counselor in the Primary Presidency and loves it. Lyndon has been serving in the Stake Presidency for 7 1/2 years. The kids and grandchildren are doing great!  Shane is working at the Orem Costco as Assistant Manager.  Dallen is busy with work and school.  The family is looking forward to a family vacation at Darryl’s cabin in July.  Ashley and Jed write that Eli is enjoying his extended school year during the summer. The kids are most happy when we are on the go, so after chores are complete we spend a lot of time at splash pads, using our Thanksgiving Point passes, playing at the pond and visiting parks. I was called as the primary chorister and am greatly enjoying it. We are expecting our 6th baby in December, and I think my family is eager for me to be out of my sick and grumpy phase.

CORWIN & MARILYN are doing well.  Both continue their callings in a BYU-Idaho Stake serving with Young Adults.  They continue to teach and model Family Home Evenings and Date Nights at their best!  Derek, Ashley and children are loving their new home!  Ryan is doing well and enjoying his work.  Logan and Joycelynn are settling into their new home in Kearns, Utah. Heather and Levi are moving to Pocatello.  Levi starts the Physical Therapy graduate program this fall at Idaho State.  Tanner is attending BYU-Idaho and is participating in an internship program in engineering—as a freshman!

LORINDA & JAY are doing the same old…however, Jay has signed up for Facebook! Lorinda is once again unemployed (sort of)—she works one morning a week—which is great for the summer so she can do yard work!  Sam has his learner’s permit—Mom and Dad are growing grayer—and will be a senior this fall. Jeremy is doing well—returns in December (get writing those letters!).  Lanette, Shawn and family are coming to Oregon to visit for a week.  YEAH—a Grandma’s dream!  Jacob bought a ‘77 Celica to work on.  He’s working for a contractor laying floors (carpet, linoleum) earning money to continue college. Karina is in Provo and planning to take a class this fall at BYU—the Provo School District will be losing a great teacher!  Rachel and Benson are enjoying spending time at home right now—he’s growing and changing. Brian finished his bachelor’s and is working in Sandy.  David is living in Bountiful and is involved in his Ward (serves as a clerk, and participates in FHE and weekly basketball). 

GRANDMA COOK is doing well. Her leg is still bothering her, but she’s still a mite feisty!  She enjoys visiting on the phone—or in person, so if you happen by, please drop in!

LES & JANEY are stilll quilting and enjoying their peaceful time.   They spent a week with Robert and Tiffany and boys (Les and Robert share a birthday—so they celebrated together) in Anaheim.  They brought Blake back up to Blackfoot with them and had a great time.   Blake did some hefty hiking with Grandpa and camping with Mark and boys. He was also able to spend some time with friends in Pocatello.  Robert and Tiffany are moving to Tustin, CA—an area more in line with their family (not just old folks and young couples).  Justin is doing a lot of camping this summer.  Mark just had shoulder surgery (on the other shoulder) and will be returning to work in a couple of weeks.  Allen and Lorena are doing fine.  Lorena went to girls’ camp—and Danna watched the boys during the day.  Neil works for Alsco and Jamie works for a contractor for the site—and their little guy is growing!   Keith and Amber reopened their store in Pocatello.  Brittany and Phillip are expecting a baby girl in November. Phillip starts MBA school in August at the University of Utah. Brittany repelled from 45' at Camp Williams in Utah at 5 months in her pregnancy to the cheering of all of the young men and women in our Ward at youth conference. 

DARRYL & MARY. Darryl just works, rides his horse, rides his bike, and works at the cabin. Darryl is serving as the Ward Financial Clerk—when he was called, he asked, “Can I just hire someone to do this?  Do you really want someone who hasn’t balanced a checkbook in 40 years?”  Mary is doing fine.  Their oldest grandchild will be a senior this fall and going on a mission in a year!  Ivy is becoming quite a pianist, as are Kandace’s daughters.

JAYLYNE & CRAIG are driving to Michigan to visit Kirsten, Hugo and family.  Andrea and Travis and family are meeting them there, and then they’ll go to Palmyra, Niagara Falls, Kirtland and Nauvoo.  Elise is flying out to meet them as well!  Kirsten and Hugo are heading into a crazy summer with Scout Camp, Girls Camp, a Church History family reunion with my parents and Andrea and Elise and their families.  Hugo plans on climbing Mount Rainier in August and the kids have other activities scattered throughout the summer.  Hannah is prepping her college applications already as she is now a senior! We’ll be looking forward to Julie and Ben moving to Pocatello. Julie has a job teaching Special Ed (Math and English) at Highland in Pocatello.  Jordan is working at Home Depot, but is looking for work in his degree area.  Daniel and Crystal and boys visited over Memorial Day.  Sarah is training at the hospital in the labs and works at JC Penneys on the weekends.

RANDY & JOANNE - Randy is still working for McKinsey and will be for a few more years.  His work address is the world. He has traveled from South America, to Asia, to Australia to Europe.  He has worked on five of the seven continents. He loves the work and the travel but hates the separation from Joanne.

Joanne stays busy quilting, gardening, doing family history and spoiling grandchildren.  She is learning to play the piano as well. She thinks this may be useful when she and Randy serve their missions.  When Randy was working in Australia in February and March, Joanne was able to go with him.  They went sightseeing on the weekends and saw some amazing sights in the Land Down Under.

Seth and Carrie are still living in Michigan, going on 12 years now. Seth was released from being Bishop and shortly after Carrie was called as the Stake Young Women's President.  Seth is now serving as Young Men's President.  Never a dull moment! Karyna is now 17 and looking forward to her senior year in high school.  She played Lacrosse for the first time and really loved it. She stays very busy with a job at Dairy Queen and an active social life.  Tyler will be a sophomore and has really done well in school. He enjoyed running cross country for the first time and even lettered as a freshman with a PR of 18:30 for a 5K.  He's working on getting his Eagle if he (we) can make it through the paper work! Kaylee is going into 8th grade and enjoyed playing volleyball this past year.  She has taken up baking and has heard "this is the best cheesecake I've ever had," said by all who taste it.  The white chocolate raspberry is to die for!  Tayden will be a 6th grader and keeps everyone on their toes with his never-ending bits of knowledge.  Bored with "regular" math he began teaching himself Algebra (only because his mother told him to start with that when he really wanted to figure out Trigonometry to help him with his computer programming.)  And last, but certainly not least, Trevyn just turned 7 and will go into 2nd grade.  He does well in school and has taken up Karate, earning his orange belt and is excited to keep learning.

Adam still lives in Pocatello with the Mecham family.  He is working again at New Day where he assembles trophies. He swims and skis in the Special Olympics and loves attending Special Mutual.  He loves his books about dinosaurs, insects, animals and birds and other critters.  He enjoys learning things on his iPad.

Laura has a job teaching seminary at Bountiful High School seminary.  She is still pursuing martial arts and is involved in the Young Women’s program.

Nate and Tiana  enjoy the outdoors in northern Idaho.  Nate is still working for Idaho Fish and Game as a Senior Wildlife Technician and serves as the Scoutmaster.  Tiana loves being a wife and mom and volunteering at school. She is working on developing home science projects and lessons with her dad and sister.  James is an absolute go getter, loves to draw, and just finished kindergarten. On field day he got first place, for 3 kindergarten classes, in the chicken throw (discus throw with a rubber chicken) and the 50 yard dash.  Julia is sweet and fun and just finished her first year of preschool and received the award for stick-to-itiveness.  Emily is a spunky and talkative 2 year old.

Matt and Lindsay-Matt is in his final year of medical school. He is currently on rotation in the ICU and loves it (just like every other rotation, which makes choosing a specialty very difficult).  He is also in the Ward Sunday School presidency and is determined to sign up for a triathlon this year (fake it ‘til you make it, right?).  Lindsay is enjoying “morning” sickness and home health IV fluid with their third baby. She’s making a deal with the baby that if she’s this sick he or she will have lots of hair and be well behaved. Things are starting to look up, now, so she can get out and enjoy the sunshine on most days. Matt will be rotating in the delivery hospital in December around the due date, so we’ll see what the nurses do when the medical student starts kissing the patient. Benson just finished preschool and is a smart and energetic little boy, emphasis on energetic. He started swimming lessons this summer and finally dunked his head! Emma is a fun, energetic, and independent 18 month old, emphasis on energetic.

KARLEEN & KEN are replacing the ends of the eaves on their house so they can put soffits on—and then, of course, re-side the entire thing. Karleen is spending nearly as much time doing homework for Seminary Teacher Training this summer as she spent preparing lessons during the school year!  But the training is pretty amazing!  Amber just finished participating in the June Special Training in California (Karate) and is in one piece—she’s loving where she lives, but is not especially fond of the heat (is that an oxymoron?).  Aaron is back to work—drum roll!  He’s working 40-68 hours each week, but is a much happier guy—got a little tired cleaning out kitchen cupboards for his Mom!  The Whelchels have great summer plans even though their attempts to cajole grandma and grandpa down for a visit were fruitless! James is biking to work and still taking voice lessons. Jesse is doing a Little Imaginations summer camp (arts and crafts) and loving his little brothers. He asked if we could have another baby last Saturday (we did our best to explain it was not possible :). Brycen is doing a summer camp with Courtney this summer and loves anything with sugar. Camden likes sitting better than tummy time but isn't interested in crawling! Courtney is teaching piano and taking voice lessons to help with her calling as Primary Chorister.

  

DANNA & DON is busy doing yard and garden work. The cherries are about ready, the cabbage is in—it’s all weeded even!  Eldon and Courtney are going on a Trek with the youth in their Ward, so Danna is babysitting the kids. Rachelle is home on a medical release.

ED is doing well—he has a different van and is on the road again.  He has an x-ray of his pelvic girdle that is unbelievable—it really does look like a honeycomb! Tasia and Jacob are moving into their first home in Pocatello in July. Tasia received her Associate’s Degree in May at Iowa Lakes Community College and is enrolling at ISU to get a teaching certification in Math.  They will both be working.