Tuesday, August 28, 2007

INTRODUCTION TO OUR FAMILY

Hello from the Robert & Ree Family. This our first posting, so I thought I'd start with some background on our family. Robert (Bob) was born in Ogden, Utah on Sept. 30, 1950. He grew up in Bountiful, Utah as the oldest of 6 children. I (Ree) was born in Dade City, Florida on July 5, 1952. I was the oldest of 5 children. We met in Provo, Utah, where Bob's sister, Joan was my roommate at BYU. Bob came home from his LDS mission in 1971. I had already known his family for a year, but I got to know him during Thanksgiving 1971, and we started dating. We were engaged for quite awhile, but didn't tell anyone until August 1972, and we were married in the Salt Lake Temple on December 15, 1972. This year, we will have our 35th wedding anniversary. We have been very happy and very blessed. We have two beautiful daughters, Angela and Monica. Angela was born on September 19, 1973. Monica was born on February 22, 1976.
We have been lucky to have some special times together, and I like to take lots of pictures. We have taken lots of trips together over the years, and lots of fun times together.
We now have 5 grandchildren, who are just the greatest! Angela had Ian on September 23, 1997. Monica had Ariel Malone Evans on January 22, 1998, and over 3 years, I got to tend them while their Moms' worked. Monica had her second daughter, Tatum Sloan Evans, on April 23, 2003.
Monica was married to Bryan Evans from 1997-2006. They are still good friends. Angela married Richard Locker on March __, 2003. So, now we have 2 more grandkids. They are Anakhan Skye Locker, born on August 21, 1997, and Azure Gizelle Locker, born on November 9, 1999.