COOK CHRONICLES

3^rd Quarter 2016

OCTOBER

2 Damien Alexander Cook (2009) – Allen

5 Noah Allen Wood (2013) - Emilee
6 Alexander Silas Koyle (2009) - Eldon
6 Braxton Joseph Cook (2010) – Todd
6 Madilyn Crane (2014) - Heather
8 Evelyn Marjorie Cook (2010) - Jesse
8 Riley Mary Koyle (2010) - Jared
18 Karleen & Kenneth James Kiffer (1985)
20 JOANNE MARIE JENKS COOK
21 Tiana Lynn Jones Cook
21 Mack Wilfred Nelson (2013) - Lanette               
22 Corwin J & Marilyn Lystrup Cook (1982)
27 Allen Vaughn & Loreena Lynn Pedersen Cook (2005)
27 James Carleton Whelchel
28 Justin Brent Webster
29 Landon Bunker Crane (2012) - Heather

NOVEMBER

1 Allen Vaughn Cook (1979)

5 MARILYN LYSTRUP COOK
15 Aaron Kenneth Kiffer (1989)
15 Courtney Michelle Kiffer Whelchel (1989)
15 Jennifer Nicole Axford Cook
16 Camden James Whelchel (2015) - Courtney
18 Russell Allen Reynolds (2015) - Jordan  
19 Blake Daniel Cook (2004) - Robert
19 Ashley LaDell Cook & Jedediah Ralph Romig (2004)
19 Russell Allen Reynolds (2015) - Jordan)
22 Shaun Martin Nelson
23 Emma Charlotte Cook (2014) - Matt
24 Eldon Silas Koyle (1983)
24 Jesse Carleton Whelchel (2011) – Courtney
27 Emma Kathryn Romig (2007) - Ashley
27 Brian Dennis Bench
28 Randall Lee & Joanne Marie Jenks Cook (1975)
30 JAY MARVIN JONES

DECEMBER

1 Owen Goddard Cook (2008) - Zach
3 Courtney Lynn Ahrens Reynolds
4 Sydnee Lynn Cook (2007) - Mark
5 Lyndon Blair & Deborah Pearl Whiting Cook (1980)
6 Isaac Jacob Keenan (2000) - Kandace
7 Ruby Ann Romig (2005) - Ashley
8 Isaac Shane Freeman
9 Justin Scott Cook (1975)
9 Joseph Koyle (2007) - Eldon
11 Heather Cook Crane (1991)
11 August Price Thomas (2011) - Andrea
12 Eli Koyle (2007) - Jared
13 Janneece Renae Taylor Reynolds
14 William Hendrix Cook (2010) - Zach
16 Tiffany Monae Mock Cook
17 Zachary Allen & Jennifer Nicole Axford Cook (2005)
17 Nathan Allen & Tiana Lynn Jones Cook (2008)
19 Hugo Angelo & Kirsten Reynolds DeCampos (1997)
20 Seth Allen & Carrie Ellen Morgan Cook (1997)
21 Leslie Vaughn & Janey Lyn Donat Cook               
21 Daniel Craig & Crystal Lee Scholes Reynolds (2005)
26 Megan Marie Jackson Cook
28 James Nathan Cook (2009) – Nathan
28 Jaxon Brent Romig (2013) - Ashley
30 Jared Allen & Jenifer Holly Mortensen Koyle (2005)

DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING DINNER

Friday, November 25th

Noon

at the Garland Tabernacle
200 West Factory

Meat and rolls will be provided;

Please bring a salad or dessert to share.
TALENT SHOW:  Please prepare your song, dance, joke, etc. if you want to participate!

Justin Cook will be in attendance, too (his nose-to-the-grind employer is giving him the day off!

NEW ADDITIONS LAST QUARTER

Tanner and Jenna Ann Johnson Cook

August 26, 2016

Rexburg Temple

Heather and Levi Crane 
welcomed a daughter

Friday, September 16th
Emma Rose Crane

Jesse and Debbie Cook
welcomed a son

Monday, September 26^th

Eli  - 7 lbs.

Logan and Joycelyn Cook
welcomed a son
Wednesday, November 2nd
Tean Corwin Cook

Philip and Brittany Cook
daughter was born
November 10th

Blaire Elyse

FUTURE NEW ADDITIONS

Ashley and Jed - December

Matt and Lindsay - a girl in December

Nate and Tiana - a boy in January

Andrea and Travis - a boy in January

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Karina Jones and Adam Lewis will be married

December 20, 2016

In the Brigham City Temple

 

Karina will be receiving her endowments on December 16th,

Mt. Timpanogas Temple, 1:45 pm session

(I believe it's requested that folks arrive 1/2 hour early).

Saturday, December 17th,

Open House in Ogden

250 N 1500 W for all family and friends

Les and Janey.  Les is still Bishop! Lorinda came and visited while Janey was at Mom’s.  Justin is living and working in Las Vegas at Lyndon’s store.  He’s joined a choir and plans to stay until April.  Robert and Tiffany moved to Tustin, CA.  He’s working in Scouts—Assistant Scout Master.  They are busy with three boys!  Mark had lower back surgery last week.  Allen and Loreena are expecting a boy in December. Philip and Brittany – girl November  He’s in the MBA program at the U. Keith and Amber are in Pocatello and is hoping to get a job at the site.  Neil and Jami are in Blackfoot and Gibson keeps them busy!  They have a tiny poodle, a big boxer, and a pig, but Gibson rules the roost!

Darryl and Mary.  Jesse just completed the LoToJa Classic 206 mile bicycle race from Logan to Jackson Hole.  It is a non-stop race, in which riders cross three mountains.  It was 31 degrees in Preston at 6 a.m. when he rode through there! This was the first time he competed in the race.

Darryl is driving to Washington to visit Emilee, Vinson and family.  Kandace and John's older son Johnny received his eagle scout award!  Congratulations!  This is an amazing accomplishment!

Jaylyne and Craig. Julie is teaching Special Ed at Highland and mostly enjoys it.  There are that handful of students who see it as their mission to make life miserable for any teacher, even more experienced ones, and that is difficult for everyone.  Ben is working for a small engineering company in Idaho Falls and feels good about going each day.  They have truly been blessed in finding a duplex with a family nearby who loves watching James and Sierra when they are not in school and James and Sierra love being with that family.  The teacher at Edahow is challenging James academically, which wasn't happening in Texas.  So, in spite of dealing with a refrigerator that didn't work and a dishwasher that didn't work and someone smashing a corner of Ben's car while it was in the parking lot at work, they are grateful to be back in Idaho.

If Andrea and Travis do not respond, they are expecting a boy the end of January.  Elizabeth is tutoring a couple of nights each week and Catherine is looking forward to Drivers' Training in December.  

Except for the long drive, Craig and I enjoyed our Church History trip immensely. We spent an hour or so at the visitors' center in Martin's Cove on the first day of our drive.  Then, we took a couple of days to Michigan and from Michigan, caravaned with Andrea and Kirsten's families to Palmyra.  We visited Grandin's Print Shop, the Smith Family farm sites, the Whitmer home, and of course, the Sacred Grove.  We also attended Church in Palmyra and were grateful for the welcome.  It was before the pageant, but even so, there were lots of visitors:  from Arizona, Virginia, Utah, and of course, Idaho, Michigan and New Mexico.  I am thinking at least eight sisters introduced themselves in Relief Society.  I was also blessed to be able to witness Hannah, Leila, Elizabeth, Catherine and Katelyn to baptisms for ancestors in the Palmyra Temple.  

Our next stop was Kirtland.  We enjoyed the tour there and also stopped at the Kirtland Temple and took the tour there.  The young man who guided the tour was knowledgeable, but he never once said, "I believe" or "I know."  And I must admit it was strange to hear him speak of people and historical events which we share while at the same time knowing that his beliefs are so different from mine in important ways.... like eternal families and priesthood.

We took time to visit the Johnson farm about a forty minute drive from Kirtland while Kirsten and Andrea's families and Elise drove to Sandusky.  As with the Whitmers, to realize what the early Saints consecrated and sacrificed to aid in the building of the kingdom was very humbling.  We also contemplated the impact of the revelations received in the Kirtland area.

We arrived in Nauvoo a day before the others.  That gave us a chance to look around and discover where things were.  The next morning, we did initiatory work for ancestors and then we each went through an endowment session for one of them.  Karleen had shared her feelings of being in the Nauvoo Temple:  How could they leave this?  I shared that sentiment.  Throughout our trip, my love for the Hendrixes, the Allens (both families), and Craig's ancestors who experience that early Church History really grew.  

I spent some time in the Land and Records office in Nauvoo.  It was fun to see names of ancestors and copies of records concerning them.  That night, I had a powerful thought:  YOU DID NOT LOOK FOR BLAIRS!  It was such a strong impression, that I asked Craig for time to go back.  He agreed to arrive in Nauvoo a little earlier the next day.  We knew that Michael Blair and Jane McNutt had married and had children, that Jane had died and Michael had remarried Rhoda Lyle (some records say Rhoda Lyle McNutt) and that Michael's sons from his first marriage (Harrison, Carlton James and Tarlton) had joined the church, but right there in the Records Office, I saw a transcript of Michael and Rhoda being baptized for deceased family members:  Michael for his first wife, Jane and Rhoda for a 'relative' Daniel Nyle.  But we also know that Michael and his family went to Texas for a winter and arrived back in Iowa while the Saints were at Winter Quarters, that they then went to Oregon City, Oregon for a couple of years before moving to San Joaquin, California in 1850 and that Michael died there a short time after their arrival.  So, the mystery deepens.  Would Michael have gone to join the Saints in Utah when his sons did had he lived?  But Rhoda did not go to Utah when her step sons did.  We will probably not know the facts in this life.

Our final family stop was Carthage, a sober stop, indeed.  We said good-bye to family there and they all headed home, but we went to Church in Nauvoo the next day and then drove to Missouri, where we toured Liberty Jail and then drove to Adam Ondi Ahman.  By that time, we were tired of taking wrong turns and having to backtrack, so we did not go to other sites in Missouri.  On our way back to Iowa, we stopped at John Wayne's birthplace (Craig's birthday present a week early) and also at the site of the first moving train robbery (Jesse James masterminded it).  We also found an interesting railroad history museum exhibiting model train sets representing the part railroads played in the history of many states:  mining, cattle 'drives', industry, etc.  

We were so glad to get home, but also grateful for the experience!  

Randy and Joanne.  Randy is in Australia, heading home for  a week, then to Indonesia, and then to Papua New Guinea, and back to Australia...home for Thanksgiving, then back to Australia and Japan…in January they could be going to Australia for 6 months to a year. Matt’s in his last year of medical school and is interviewing for residency programs. Lindsay is holding down the fort!  Seth’s oldest daughter Karina is a senior and hoping to go to BYU next fall.  Adam is in Pocatello and doing well.  Laura is teaching Seminary in Bountiful and enjoying working with the youth.

Karleen and Ken.  Sorry for how late this epistle is!  I had planned to get it out before our trip to Utah--but, obviously, didn’t!  It was great visiting with Mom.  We drove up so she could visit with Ed, too.  Courtney and boys came along--she couldn’t remember ever meeting Uncle Ed!  James recently passed the second of three exams for his CIA (Certified Internal Auditor)--one to go!  Amber and Aaron are working hard wishing they were making more money!  Amber was working a 3:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. shift--YUCKY!

Danna and Don.  Rachelle has moved to Cedar City and is planning on going to school in January.  Hyrum received the Priesthood in August.  Anna was baptized September 28^th.  Jordan and Sonya spent 10 days in Utah last month.  They were able to go to St. George with Don and Danna, and Janey came to stay with Grandma.  Alexis was glad to be returning home to Japan.  Jonathan is working at Utah State with Eldon and Allen.  Jonathan is graduating in December and already has a job in Logan, which is great as Whitney is still in school.

Ed.  Tasia is at ISU finishing her degree in Secondary Education-Math. Jacob is managing Rigley’s. They are buying a home on Washington in Pocatello.

Lyndon and Debbie are traveling the world!

Corwin and Marilyn. Jenna is taking classes and working toward a Masters in Counseling.  Tanner is going into Mechanical Engineering.   Logan and Joycelyn have finished their home--next comes the yard.  Heather and Levi are living in Pocatello--Levi is going to ISU.  Heather was doing some family history and found some information about one of our ancestors:  Emma was born in England and when she decided to join the Church, her family disowned her.  She migrated to the United States and went to Utah.  Later one of her sons was called to serve a mission in England and decided to look up his grandmother.  He told her who he was and she asked about her daughter’s handicap.  The son told her his Mom didn’t have any handicap and didn’t know what she was talking about.  He later found out that when his mother had been baptized she walked out of the font--healed. Thus, Heather and Levi have named their new daughter Emma in memory of this marvelous woman!

Lorinda and Jay made a visit to Utah over Labor Day.  Lorinda is serving as Primary President...still.  Sam is a senior in high school!  Jeremy arrives home in December--in time for Christmas!  They'll be in Utah for the wedding in December!