Russell, Gay Lyn & Derek are the only ones left living at the Whitehouse. Quick Overview:
Russell: In 25th year working at the Dental practice in Tremonton, and now had our son Jared living in town and has working with him in the Dental practice. Russell is in the LDS Stake Presidency and this keeps him very busy. Hobbies include: gadget geeking, golfing, biking, hiking, mowing lawns and clearing snow with his jeep. His secret ambition is to be a snow plower!
Gay Lyn: Working as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) part time in Tremonton. Website: (whitecounseling.com) working as a busy mother of a teenager involved in a lot of sports, and loving my grandchildren. I am trying to go on as many vacations as I can in my life- I love this world and want to see as much of it as I can!
Derek: 10th grader, is now 6' 3'tall, plays JV & Varsity football basketball & JV tennis. Turning into a real teenager, even though he promised us he wouldn't!
The rest of the crew:
Jared, his wife Kimberli and their 3 children (Madison, Teige, and Trey) Jared is busy working in the office with Russell as a dentist and doing great. Kimberli is a Dental Hygentist and works 1 day at the dental office, but spends most of her time taking wonderful care of her 3 children.
Krista, her husband Scott and their son Lukas live in Tremonton. Scott is an attorney in Ogden, recently made full partner. Krista loves being a Mom and has decided not to work in her field of speech pathology at this time, as motherhood is her preferred full time profession! She has two children, Lukas 2, Lilly 5 months.
Jacob is attending school at Utah Valley University in pre-dental and doing well in his classes! He visits us often.
Lisa and Taylor living in San Ramon California, Taylor is in podiatry school, Lisa has her degree in business management and has a nice job in Walnut Creek area.
Uncle Craig with his Disney hat and Gay Lyn at the Jensen's home for our Spjut Christmas Eve party.
Progressive dinner with our good friends, one course at each home. Rodger and Lani Callister, Rod and Carol Merrell, Ron and Diane Crump and us! Has become one of our favorite yearly traditions!
Lisa and Taylor come home from San Ramon California for just 2 days, so we have an early Christmas Eve celebration with them. What fun memories of family we have at Christmas time.
Our traditional Swedish baking for Christmas: Kakabrod, Koffeebrod, spritz, sugar cookies. Grandpa Spjut, Grandma Spjut, Krista, Jacob all help.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Jared, Kimberli and Madison at Lisa's wedding, they flew in from Canada and were able to stay for Christmas.
Biking in Big Sky Montana with the family
Russell holding an iguana in the Galapagos Islands. We went there with our great friends the Thomas Family.
A fun Spjut family reunion at the Whitehouse this summer. This is a game called Jacob's ladder. Kierstin is doing the race on the boards, Eric, Katie, Craig, Emily, and Russell in the ranks helping.
Our family had a fun week at a Park City Condo this past summer. Always game for a game is our motto! Work hard and play hard (sometimes we get a little carried away with the play hard part!)