How it all began--
In the beginning there was the handsome young returned missionary who happened to live in Fruitland, Idaho. Looking for other people his own age (or was it curiosity) he decided to attend the weekly Institute class in Ontario. There he met a young lady who lived in Weiser, Idaho, who also attended this same class and worked in Ontario for a photographer. It took Kent a year to decide that this girl from Weiser as the one for him, and they got married in the Logan Temple on September 11, 1980.
The happy couple made Fruitland their home where they raised their four kids, Tyler, Derek, Heather, and Kelly. Life was good for this family where everyone worked on the dairy and the farm, played with the family dog, Apollo, went camping, tried to go on family vacations, and just had a lot of fun playing sports.
Well, the years have gone by fast and now we have four grown up kids! Tyler, Kati, and Quincy live in Boise and we are so happy that they are close even for us to see them a lot. Derek is at BYU where he is planning on graduating as a history teacher and is a manager for the college basketball team. Heather and Trevor live in Provo where she works full time while Trevor finishes up at BYU. Kelly lives at home while attending TVCC and then in June will transfer to BYU to finish her degree.
Our family has meant the world to us and we wouldn't trade our memories for anything. Like everyone else, we have had our trials and struggles, but they have made us strong and who we are.
After many years of getting up and milking cows at 3 am Kent thought it was finally time to sell the milk cows and just concentrate on farming. What a difference this has made in our lives. Now we can be gone for more than 5 hours at a time! Kent is now serving as a counselor in the bishopric for the Singles Ward. He is perfect for the job.
After staying at home while the kids were growing up, Teesy started working at the high school when Kelly started 1st grade. After a couple of job changes, she now works for a physcial therpay clinic as the office manager.
Well, that's a short history of our family. Our family is growing and we couldn't be happier!
