COOK CHRONICLES

APRIL
1 Courtney Jo King Koyle
2 Vinson Richard Wood
3 Amber Nicole Kiffer (1988)

5 DANNA COOK KOYLE
5 Jesse Manson Cook (1979)
5 Kaden Gonsales (2002) - Keith

5 Mikaela Zoe Cook (2015) - Logan
6 RANDALL LEE COOK

6 Emily Elizabeth Cook (2014) - Nathan
7 Quinn Darryl Wood (2007) - Emilee

8 Iris Madeline Nelson (2011) - Lanette
9 David Jay Jones (1988)

11 Carson Nathaniel Cook (2006) - Mark
11 Cohen Sander Cook (2016) - Robert
12 Eli Jedediah Romig (2010) - Ashley
13 Josie  Noelle  Freeman (2010) - Erin
14 Richard Craig Reynolds (1993)

20 Lanette Jones Nelson (1987)
21 Neil Edward Cook (1981)
22 EDMUND ALLEN COOK
22 Mark Landon and Lisa Jean Boyle Cook (2000)
23 Leila Joy DeCampos (2002) – Kirsten

27 Amber Kratzke Cook

MAY
2 Zachary Allen Cook (1983)

2 Theodore Angelo DeCampos (2014) - Kirsten

2 Whitney Ruth Eliason Koyle

5 Nathan Silas Thomas (2014) - Andrea
7 Braden Christopher Cook (2007) – Keith

7 Rachel Jones and Brian Bench (2011)
9 Jordan Craig and Janneece Renae Taylor Reynolds (2008)
10 Loreena Lynn Pederson Cook
10 Matthew Orvin Cook (1988)

11 Richard Craig and Courtney Lynn Ahrens Reynolds (2013)
13 James Benjamin Reynolds (2008) - Benjamin
16 Daniel Craig Reynolds (1983)
16 Nathan Allen Cook (1985)
17 Dallen Bryce Cook (1991)
19 Benjamin Craig and Julie Darlene Anderson Reynolds (2006)

19 Wesley Gabriel Cook (2011) - Allen

20 Julia Virginia Cook (2012) - Nathan

21 Craig Von  and Jaylyne Cook Reynolds (1976)
22 Hugo Angelo DeCampos
23 Ean Clark Wood (2005) - Emilee
23 Penelope Keenan (2009) - Kandace
24 Jonathon Hyrum Koyle (1989)
25 Trevyn Paul Cook (2009) - Seth

26 Tasia Cook and Jacob Thompson (2015)
28 Logan Keith Cook (1988)

28 Margaret Elaine Cook (2015) - Jesse
29 MOM and DAD
31 Robert Daniel Cook (1977)
31 LESLIE VAUGHN COOK

JUNE
4 Jesse Manson and Deborah Jean Christensen Cook (2004)
4 Joseph Todd and Megan Marie Jackson Cook (2005)
5 Joseph Richard Wood (2000) - Emilee
5 Tayden Lee Cook (2005) - Seth
6 Kandace Cook Keenan (1975)
7 Jordan Craig Reynolds (1985)
7 Matthew Glen and Carrie Ann Barnard Koyle (2003)
8 Jenifer Holly Mortensen Koyle

8 Danica Rose Koyle (2015) - Jordan
14 Jacob Bowen Jones (1994)
16 Sabina Keenan (2004) - Kandace

18 Danica Rose Koyle (2015) - Jordan
19 Junior Allen Cook Family sealed, 1964
21 Samuel Willard Jones (1999)

22 Joycelyn Rachele Durfee Cook

23 Luke Allen Cook
24 Jordan Cook Koyle (1986)

24 Gibson Vaughn Cook (2015) - Neil
28 LORINDA COOK JONES

28 Neil Edward and Jamie Walton Cook (2014)

UPCOMING EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

JUNIOR ALLEN AND MARY HENDRIX COOK FAMILY REUNION

Dates: Friday, June 30, Saturday, July 1, and Sunday, June 2

Location:  LDS Girls Camp at Bone, Idaho - east of Blackfoot

We need a count for additional planning—please email or call Karleen

kenkarkiffer@hotmail.com

908-7-247-2680

To let her know how many adults and children might be attending!

Also, do you have an electric griddle or Dutch oven you can bring?

We’ll do another headcount the first of June.

Thanks!!!!

There is a lodge with showers and bathrooms—the rest of the building is open. 

Each camping spot has electricity, a covered area, and places for tents or RVs.

Activities: Lake, rowboats, hiking trails, orienteering treasure hunt, retirement class, video night, Genealogy update (Kandace and Les), horseshoes

Meals:  Friday dinner – Hotdogs, root beer, salads, watermelon, potato logs,

Saturday breakfast – Pancakes and eggs      

Lunch – sandwiches

Dinner – Burritos and all the fixings, ice cream and Dutch-oven cobblers 

Sunday – Fast Sunday J

Wedding Shower for Rachelle Koyle

Saturday, April 8^{th  -}  Open House type 11-1

At the LDS Church in Garland (not the Stake Center)

Rachelle Ruth Koyle & Brantzen Richard Wood

Reception:  May 20^th – Garland, Utah

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Address: 5313 W American Acres Drive (12550 N)

*Next street north of Koyle’s

(Big house and big barn)

Sarah Reynolds Smith and Kevin David Benner
May 27th

New Addition
Jami and Neil are expecting a son in June!

The Church History Library has digitized George Goddard's papers and put them online, https://eadview.lds.org/findingaid/002233191/. There's a journal, letters to George from family and other acquaintances, etc. It's not news about me, but maybe other family members would be interested in looking at that. 

FAMILY NEWS

JAYLYNE & CRAIG:  Hannah Celeste Reynolds was baptized March 4.  Eric Daniel Reynolds will be baptized April 8.

Jordan was sustained and set apart today as a counselor in his ward's Elders Quorum Presidency.  Richard and Courtney have been called to teach the Sunbeam Class in Primary.

Hannah and Chester are anxiously awaiting soccer season.

Ben's job has been very slow of late.  He has worked just one day a week for several weeks and it looks like this might last for a couple of months, so he is looking at options.  

Hugo just got back from taking a group of students for a ten-day 'class' in Brazil.  He was home only a couple of days and Kirsten left for a Graduate Student Seminar in Ann Arbor.  Her adviser had recommended she apply for it and helped her with the process.  She is not a graduate student yet but is headed that way. Hannah is graduating this spring and has been accepted at BYU-Provo.

Andrea's family came up during their spring break which coincided with ours.  We had a great deal of fun.  I could not say which is best:  holding grand babies, playing with the toddlers, listening to the singing, playing games or having thoughtful conversations with thoughtful teenagers.  (Elizabeth and Catherine are in the midst of writing a paper on whether the two-state solution will really solve the problem in Israel/Palestine).  Grandchildren are just wonderful.   And when two or three families all get together and they get along, it is marvelous. 

Andrea added: We just got back from a trip to Idaho where we were Able to visit Grandma Cook and Ed and with my siblings who live in the area and other "non-Cook" family members.  

Elizabeth, Catherine, Katelyn and Rebecca are running track so we have three meets a week! Travis helps coach at the middle school.  Travis was released from the Elder's quorum presidency and is now with the 11year old scouts. I am still serving in the Relief Society presidency.

Elizabeth graduates this May and has been accepted to UNM and BYU.  Catherine and Katelyn are still playing in the school orchestras and Catherine also plays in the Albuquerque Youth Concert Orchestra.  Rebecca is in her school's choir.  The younger kids are enjoying the nice weather we have been having.
Kevin and Sarah are engaged! I moved to Juneau, Alaska the first part of March - which means Aunt Karleen now has extended family living in the same stake as her!  

We have decided on May 27th for the day of wedded bliss to begin. Currently in the process of working out the rest of the details. 

Had a tire blow out on the car and had to order a whole new set - drove on a spare for a week....we are going to turn it into a storage seat later this summer. 

RANDY & JOANNE:  Matt will graduate from A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Missouri, in Osteopathic Medicine on May 20. He will start his residency in family medicine in Tyler, Texas, in June. 

Karyna will graduate in June and has been accepted to BYU for the Fall. 

We blessed Mckenzie in Febuary and Nate and Tiana came to Utah this week, and we blessed William.  Several of Tiana's family were able to join, too. They were both wonderful family times. 

It seems like the fast for Joanne in March has helped her turn the corner (slowly). Since January 7th, she has had headaches, nausea, and stomach acid - which have led to sleepless nights, weight loss, and as you might expect a fair amount of anxiety. Doctors have found three dissected  arteries in her neck, which explains the headaches to some extent. We are fortunate there was no stroke or brain damage. Cancers and other severe issues have also been ruled out. She has started eating a little more and is sleeping better. We are full of hope and faith. We would appreciate your continued prayers. 

Nathan has moved to Reno to start a masters program at University of Nevada. He is researching the migration patterns of ducks. 

Speaking of migration, we will be empty nesters again. 

KARLEEN & KEN:  Courtney and James have bought and moved into a home in Layton.  They are enjoying the additional space—the boys love the stairs and Brycen and Camden love the two-car garage.

DANNA & DON:  The Koyles are looking forward to their next family gathering—Rachelle’s wedding in June!

ED:  No news is good news!

LYNDON & DEBBIE:  We don't have a lot of new news around here.  Lyndon is busy as usual with Church and work responsibilities, not much has changed there.  I am still serving in the primary presidency and loving it!  I spend a lot of time quilt making, embroidery and am involved with some quilting clubs.  I have made a lot of great friends in these groups and I really enjoy it!

I spent last week with my mom and had a fun time being with her.  In June Lyndon and I will be going to Girls Rough Camp.  I have been called to be the Assistant Camp Chef.  It will be a lot of work, but fun to be with all the young women and leaders for the stake.  Then two weeks after that, the last week of June we will be going on Trek with our stake youth.  We are going up to Wyoming for our Trek.

All of our kids are doing well.  Erin's daughter, Delphia and Ashley's daughter Ruby just finished performing in their school play, "Peter Pan, Jr".  It was fun to watch.  Ruby was Tinkerbell and Delphia was one of the faries in the play!  It was a good experience for both of them.  Todd's daughter, Chloe has been in many cheer competitions and they have done really well.  She loves performing!

Dallen has just finished student teaching and graduates with his masters in Elementary Education.  He is going with a group of students to Mexico the end of April for a week.  It is part of their college curriculum before graduating in May.  He will be glad to be done and hopefully start teaching this fall. 

We are all doing well.  We are so grateful for our many blessings and for the blessing of such wonderful family near and far.  Looking forward to the family reunion in June.

Ashley writes: We completed toilet training with Jaxon mid February. As it goes we had a few occasions where he got to experience doing his business outside, like on road trips and it inspired him to take his business outside our front door. Our neighbor got a dog and asked if we would want one eventually. I responded "No, there is no need when I already have a child who pees and poops outside." I am happy to report that a few time outs has broken him of his habit and he is now house trained. J Life never slows down with Jaxon and at the end of February he got his finger caught in our treadmill and sustained 3rd degree burn. We have been traveling to the burn clinic up at The U hospital every 10 days for the past month and it is healing well. We are now scheduling his appts a month out at a time now. I am grateful for good medical care.

Emma cried everytime we had to brush her hair, and after talking about solutions she decided to donate her hair to Locks of Love and is very happy having a manageable wig again.

Ruby just finished up her last night in the musical Peter Pan Jr. It has been a wonderful 4 months for her and has been a good experience. 

Jed was promoted to L2 in his company and is enjoying learning new things and working more closely with engineering. He will be working from home every Monday and will be in the weekend rotation to work one Saturday a month.

CORWIN & MARILYN:  Not much going on in Idaho Falls.  However, after serving for five years in a BYU-I Stake, Corwin was released.  Marilyn continued serving as the Stake Relief Society President.  So Corwin was attending their home Ward in Idaho Falls while Marilyn was driving to Rexburg each Sunday.  After nearly three months, a single sister in their Ward, who saw Corwin at Church each week, but had never seen Marilyn, called and invited him to her home for Sunday dinner. 

LORINDA & JAY:

News from Grants Pass, Oregon:  

·        Jay and the Jones boys will be going to Priesthood Session of General Conference this coming weekend.

·        Lorinda is now the Webelos leader in our Cub Scout Pack. 

·        Brian (Rachel's husband) recently had hip surgery and is doing well. He is scheduled to have the other hip done in a couple of weeks.

·        Iris (Lanette and Shaun's oldest) has been accepted into a French Immersion school in Provo. 

·        Samuel graduates from High School on June 7th. 

·        Adam (Karina's husband) will be doing an internship this summer... (where/what??) 

·        Other than that: no new babies, no news about sports, no news of moving or new job - but looking. 

LES & JANEY:  Les and Janey still have their property and plan to build a home with the washer and dryer on the main level.  They are doing well, although Les has muscles in his lower back that are not recovering as easily as they used to—and he’s also dealing with gout—is that hereditary?  Janey is serving in Young Women’s and with the temple being closed, the YW are able to take family names and visit area temples (there are some advantages of having the Bishop in your family!).  She has been involved in indexing for quite some time and has been serving as the Stake Indexing Director, but changes to indexing are coming.  There are five Stakes in Blackfoot—and four of them are involved in a re-alignment.

DARRYL & MARY:  Johnny is graduating from Shelley High School—he’s also participating in track.

Ivie made the Select Orchestra at Rigby High School.