COOK CHRONICLES

3^rd Quarter 2017

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

OCTOBER

2 Damien Alexander Cook (2009) – Allen

2 Tean Corwin Cook (2016-Deceased) - Logan

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)

1 Brantzen Richard Wood
5 MARILYN LYSTRUP COOK

10 Blaire Elise Cook (2016) - Philip
15 Courtney Michelle Kiffer Whelchel (1989)
15 Aaron Kenneth Kiffer (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 (1982)
6 Isaac Jacob Keenan (2000) - Kandace
7 Ruby Ann Romig (2005) - Ashley

7 Mckenzie Jane Cook (2016) - Matt
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)

20 Karina Jones & Adam Lewis (2016)

20 Kaleb Eirik Cook (2016) - Allen
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)

30 Henry Dunsmore Romig (2016) - Ashley

 CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER!!

Laura Cook and Kurtis Steger are engaged to be married!

December 16th

Salt Lake City Temple

Rachelle Ruth Koyle & Brantzen Richard Wood

Married in the Bountiful Temple on May 20th

Sarah Felicity Grace Reynolds Smith and Kevin David Benner

Married in the Anchorage Temple on May 27th

Griffyn Cook son of Neil and Jami Cook born 

26 June 2017

(Would love to add a picture of this beautiful little guy!)

Mary Olivia Koyle daughter of Matthew and Carrie Koyle 

11 July 2017  6 # 8 oz

Dallen Cook – Masters in Education?

Shaun Nelson – Masters of Public Administration BYU

Johnny Keenan reported to the MTC Sept 13^th

Scotland-Ireland Mission

Landon Cook played the lead in High School Musical

Courtney and James Whelchel - a daughter - October 

Jordan and Sonya Koyle - a son - November

Les wanted to remind us that we should be writing letters to Mom/Grandma Cookie occasionally!  Thanks!

THANKS to Darryl for the super family reunion this summer!  The overnighters had a great time, as did the Saturday arrivals!  Justin, Robert, Emily & Families came great distances--it was so good to see and visit with everyone!!

DANNA AND DON:

Jared and Jen are settled in their new home in Hallsville, TX.   The children are enjoying having a dog, chickens, ducks and 2 calves.

Don and Danna went to TX over labor day weekend.  We went to a Civil War prisoner of war camp and the zoo in Tyler and enjoyed spending time with family.

Eldon and Courtney went to Iowa and Kansas City, KS in August.  Courtneys' parents moved back to Iowa earlier this year.  They enjoyed their trip.

Jordan and Sonya will be staying in Japan another 2 years while Jordan does ship duty.  Danna is excited to be able to go to Japan in November when their baby comes.

Jonathon is glad to be done with school and working.  Whitney is still in school but excited to not have to work as much.

Rachelle and Brantzen are living in Cedar City; both working and going to school this semester.  They keep busy and happy.

LORINDA AND JAY:

Lorinda and Jay appreciated Jacob's visit in August. He and Jeremy removed a wood stove, the brick surrounding it, replaced the wall and textured it, replaced 1000 square feet of flooring and replaced doors and knobs. Lorinda spent the next two weeks painting and cleaning. Now their house is for sale and as soon as a firm buyer appears, they are planning to move to Cedar City.

Back to school story.... Iris began first grade and one day Lanette went to pick her up from school and she couldn't be found. They searched The Whole building and was about to call the police when Iris' kindergarten teacher came to the office. She remembered Iris telling her that she always talked about wanting to ride the bus. Sure enough, that day she jumped on the bus and got off with a random boy and his mother who called the school to let them know.

Lanette added:  We spent a good chunk of our summer on the road as part of our family goal to visit something in all 50 states before Iris graduates high school. We enjoyed checking off seven states this year, and are excited to start planning next year’s adventure. The kids did better than we expected, especially with all of the camping! Iris, Mack, and Theo’s favorite sites were Mount Rushmore and the Redwoods.

Iris started first grade in a French immersion program. Half of the day she has an English teacher and the other half a French teacher. Her French teacher doesn’t speak English to the kids at all. It’s been a challenge, but she seems to enjoy it overall. 

LYNDON AND DEBBIE:

Ashley writes:  I feel like we are moving into a busier phase of life. Ruby and Emma are participating in Ballroom this year. They love it and are looking forward to competing (both are hoping they will qualify for the BYU competition) Ruby ran in the student elections. She didn't win, but I know she learned and grew from the experience. Eli loves school and giving me a report on what the other kids do that get them in trouble, he is famous for taking Jed's tools and stashing them away so he can "fix the trampoline and the house." We recently ordered him his own recycling can because he was stealing our neighbors and lining them up in front of our house. He will be happy when it is delivered on Tuesday. Jaxon fills our house with his loud singing, accompanied by his swiveling be hips and quick smile. Robbie is tenaciously two, he climbs on everything and loves to turn on the water in the bathroom and get wet, he likes to pray at meal time and make Henry cry. Henry is good at making me smile. He is such a prince. We are taking every opportunity to this the fall weather and like to be out walking in the evenings. I am pleased to report that my Christmas shopping is done, and we are looking forward to traveling to Cedar City to visit Jed's parents and attend the Cedar City Temple Open House. 

First day of school for Delphia and Josie!

KARLEEN AND KEN:

We're in Utah to welcome a new grandbaby! This week we're at Grandma Cookie's house!
Courtney adds: We're enjoying our days as official 'home owners' (let's not look at how much of the actual home we own with our mortgage) and are excited for Dad and Mom to come visit and help change out our water heater! Our oldest (Jesse) started kindergarten, and he and daddy enjoy riding bikes to school on Fridays. We're due to have a baby girl joining our family around October 21st and are excitedly getting ready for her arrival! I've picked up a few more piano students and have also developed some lesson plans to keep Jesse (and Brycen) busy when he's 'off track' from our year round school system. A couple weeks ago James and his brother replaced some boards on our deck and I painted it blue!

JAYLYNE AND CRAIG:

Craig and I served our last week as LDS Family Services Missionaries in the Addiction Recovery Program in mid-September.  We may still be called occasionally to substitute.  Craig has been serving two and a half days each week in the scanning center and really enjoys that.  I am glad that my birthday is past because the Medicare Phone calls have stopped.  I am certain I received over 100 from about May until mid-September.  So, those of you approaching 65, brace yourself!

I took two personal days and we met Kirsten and Hugo and their family at Henry's Lake State Park and spent that afternoon and the next day in Yellowstone with them.  We thoroughly enjoyed that.  They were here the day Andrea and her family brought Elizabeth up to Provo.  But Elise and Daniel and Crystal and their boys met Andrea's family in Provo.  So, Hannah and Elizabeth are settled in at school, and from a brief visit with them yesterday, are really enjoying it.  

(Someone else may share this, but they have two classes together and that was totally unplanned).  If our children don't respond, here are some things we know:

Ben and Julie have a new address:  264 Stuart   Chubbuck, ID  83202  Their ward has been terrific as there are other members who deal with autism.  Ben is taking a class toward an Associate's Degree in Auto Cad and has a job in that field in the afternoons.

Jordan and Janneece also have a new address:  73 Kopp Road, American Falls, ID  83211   They are in the same ward and are grateful for that because Jordan began serving a few months ago in the Elders' Quorum Presidency.  He still goes to Primary to help Janneece during the Sunday School time.  Their new home is larger than the trailer they had been in and they have their own yard and are delighted, in spite of the number of things that have had to be fixed after they moved in:  faucets, etc.  

Elise is serving as assistant secretary in the R. S. Presidency in her ward.  She still enjoys making bound hard-cover books (an amazing craft) and playing the keyboard in her spare time, the very little which she has.

Hannah's address is 1102 David John Hall   Provo, UT  84602

Elizabeth's address is 27 Heritage Halls  #4105  Provo, UT  84602

Hugo and Hugo Von accompanied Hugo's father on a fishing trip to Alaska.  They are enjoying the salmon which they were able to ship home.  While they were gone, Leila enjoyed a trip to Columbia with Hugo's mother.  They were able to find family records in one of the churches they visited.  Between Scout Camp and Girls' Camp, Joshua's eighth birthday and baptism, and Hannah's summer jobs (nannying and working at Jimmy John's), their trip out west couldn't happen until it was nearly time to bring Hannah to BYU.  They camped in some lovely places along the way and, once in Yellowstone, discovered all the campgrounds were filled.  So they camped at Henry's Lake State Park (where Jaylyne and Craig met them and spent a day and a half with them) and drove in to Yellowstone.  Before moving Hannah in, they were able to hike up Mount Timp (but not summit) and make other traditional stops.  They arrived home just the day before everyone had to be back in school!

Kirsten has registered as a non-degree seeking graduate student, which allows her to take up to 9 credits and have them count toward her graduate degree once she applies and is accepted to grad school.  Her heartfelt interest is Medical Physics.  

Andrea and Travis and the family, except Katelyn who had to stay behind for Flag Team practices, brought Elizabeth up to BYU near the end of August.  Their summer was full, too, with Girls' Camp and a Family Reunion and Elizabeth working at Sonic and also cleaning/ grooming the park along the Rio Grande.  Andrea enlisted the aide of Elise to advise Elizabeth on grocery shopping for one.  Daniel and Crystal also met them in Provo and helped move Elizabeth in.  She had deliberately chosen a fourth floor room to give her the opportunity to stay fit, but admitted moving in and carrying everything up and down the stairs (and discovering the elevator only when they were practically finished) was challenging.  

Elizabeth and Hannah are both employed in custodial positions and work from 5 am to 8:30 am.  Early morning seminary was great preparation for this schedule.  Delightfully, they have 2 classes together.  Hannah also is in a BYU orchestra.  

Edie's 8th birthday this week brings the occasion of her baptism next weekend!

DARRYL AND MARY:

Heidi adds:  Ivie is busy with swim team, chamber orchestra, piano festival and school work. Morgan is just a BUSY body! He keeps us on our toes. Justin helped him take apart an old vacuum and then reassemble it into a smaller, portable vacuum for him to call his own. He asks me several times a day if I have anything I need "vacuumed up". Justin is finishing up the community garden that he headed up and planted in the lot next door to us. We have had 4 missionaries leave and one wedding (between our families) in the last month. Life is busy but wonderful.

Kandace writes:  We have had big changes at our house recently! Our son Johnny reported to the Provo MTC on Sept 13th. He is flying to the mission home in Edinburgh, Scotland on Oct 2nd. His mission includes Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. He is enjoying the MTC experience, but not a fan of the food. If anyone is interested in writing to Elder Keenan, his email address is johnny.keenan@myldsmail.net.

We sent only four kids back to school this fall and that was weird. Isaac (16) is a junior. He recently went on his first date to homecoming. Sabina (13) is in the 8th grade. Mallory (11) is in 6th grade, and Penny (8) is in third grade. Currently, we are enjoying a 2 week break from school for harvest and hoping to finish up the fall soccer season with good weather. John and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in August. Between that milestone and sending off a missionary, we are feeling old:)

RANDY AND JOANNE:

Laura's News -- Laura and Lyndon went hiking during the family reunion. He gave her number to a single guy in his stake. He has turned out to be "the one."  It's all but official. They are waiting for the perfect day to get engaged. 

Two of Joanne's nieces have moved in and it has been great having them here. Teri, (Tiana's niece) who has been here the last two years, has received her mission call and will be leaving in November. 

Joanne continues to improve and is feeling much better. She is about 75-80% back to normal. Thank you all so much for fasting and praying for her.