Jerry and Linda Valentine's Family
We have been living in Evanston WY for almost 14 years. We are doing great and keeping busy. Our family is very grateful for our heritage...especially for being raised with the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives. We are grateful for each of you.
Our #1 son, Troy and Leslie Ann "Les Ann" (Walker) have been in Fairbanks AK 15 years. Troy is a psychologist for the school district. Their son, Kyle, is serving in the Tampa Florida Mission teaching the Haitian Creole people. We love sharing his mission via e-mail. Troy's daughters Kyra (almost 18), Kyndra (14), Kelsey (11), and Kyrsten (almost 9) are enjoying school again this year.
#2 son, Lance, and Cynthia "Cyndi" (Welch) transferred from Anchorage AK to Vernal UT. Lance is an engineer for the U.S. Forest Service in the Ashley Forest. They have Garret (almost 17), Lindsey (almost 15), Hayden (12), and Austin (10). They miss Alaska but are very happy in Vernal. We love having them closer. This week Lance flew to AK to hunt with Troy.
Our 3rd, Dawn, is married to Gregg Hadlock. They have lived in Fredericksburg VA three years. Gregg is a Lt. Colonel in the Army National Guard in Arlington. He has been serving a tour-of-duty in Kosovo since June. Dawn, Grady (12), Denali (10), and Davin (7) are doing well and staying busy. Dawn's sister, Crystal is visiting this week. We'll visit in November. Gregg will be home for a short leave after Christmas then return to finish his year+ assignment. So far, Kosovo has been peaceful. 
Brett is #4. He and Airaminta "Minta" (Searle) live in Pleasant Grove UT. Brett does marketing for Neutriceuticals in Park City. They have 5 children: Victoria "Tori" (11), Carter (9), Gloria (6), Ethan (2), and Jadon (6 months). The children keep life very busy and happy.
Crystal is married to Joshua "Josh" Garner. They live in South Jordan (Daybreak). Josh is a Human Resource Manager for a firm in Salt Lake City. They have Gabielle "Gabby" who will be 2 in Nov. She is a joy.
Our youngest (#6) is Trevor. He is pursuing his college education and other interests right now. He is very loved by his siblings and 18 nieces/nephews.
Posted by: James Farrer on December 14, 2008, 4:20 pm - 0 Comments
Rick Law Family
Rick is the oldest son of Jack and Carol Carter Law. He is married to Allyson and they are parents of three daughters and greandparents to one grandson, Dayson.
Rick loves the out of doors. He works in it, plays in it, hunts in it, and dreams in it. He has been the co-owener of a poperty management company for the last twelve years where he can live his life totally outdoors all year round. He is involved in mostly commercial properties but loves working on select residential water features and rock work. Although his hunting days are somewhat different than they used to be, he still looks forward to fall when he can grab a buddy (which has now become Dayson) and head to the hills. Tick served as Bishop for several years and now enjoys working as a ward missionary.
Allyson enjoys being a stay-at-home mom, and even more recently, a stay-at-home nana! She does keep herself busy working with a sister-in-law doing wedding floral work and design a few times a month. She enjoys being with her girls both at home and in her stake, as she serves as Stake Young Women's president.
Megan is their oldest daughter, and mother of the "cutest boy in the world!" She is the office manager at DaVanci Academy (a charter high school in Ogden) and also works part time as a hair stylist. She and her family, Isaiah and Dayson, live in Layton.
Madison (Madi) is currently a senior at Fremont High School where she is involved in everything! She serves on the sminary council, and is very involved in drama and choir and everything scholastic. Madi is a very talented singer and participates in many musical opportunities. she recently was awarded one of three finalists for the America's Junior Miss Scholarship Program and will be competing at the state program in March of 2009. She has aspirations of studying biomedical engineering and music when she heads off to college soon.
McKayle is in the ninth grade at Rocky Mountain Junior High. She is following in her sisters footsteps by being active in student government and music and drama interests. McKayle is a sweet friend to everyone and draws peo9ple easily to her. She loves to read and learn and sing and play!
Posted by: James Farrer on December 14, 2008, 9:47 am - 0 Comments
Layne and Lindsay Carter
I am the son of Gary Richard Carter, grandson of Richard Lyle Carter. This coming July Lindsay and I will have been married ten years. We have two children Skyler Layne Carter and Spencer Richard Carter. Skyler is in 2nd grade and doing really well in school. Spencer misses his brother when he is at school.
Currently we live in Morgan Utah where I teach US History, US Government, World Civilizations, Geography, and Psychology in the high school. I also coach the cross country track team.
Lindsay works down in Kaysville three days a week cutting hair. She has been cutting hair for thirteen years and has many clients that try to keep her busy.
In our spare time our family likes to play games together, and watching movies.
When I am not busy with family, school, cross country, or church callings, I help run a website called Carterville.com
We are very happy and enjoy life!
Posted by: James Farrer on December 14, 2008, 9:30 am - 0 Comments
Grant & Diane Stewart Family
Thirty six years later, six children, 15+ grand chilren, a few wrinkles and a little gray hair...Grant and Diane are back where we started...just the two of us. It's nice...
Our days are busy and productive.....we get together often with out children, sweat with the "gym rats", attend the temple, Work at our callings in the church, socialize with our neighbors and friends, work, read...and anything else we want to do.
nanette and Mike have 5 children, who are Rhett 13, Riley 11, Catherine 7, Annie 4 and Henry 18 mos....they are busy and she IS a carpool mom. They live in Draper after being in Seattle for 8 years, it is nice to have them so close.
Grant and Heather keep the neighborhood hopping in Sarratoga Springs with 5 children, also. Savannah is 8, Mason is 7, Gracie is 5, Lily is 2 and Faith is 5 months*. It is a very hopping household.......busy, fun and happy.
Dave and Suzanne keep things busy with two little boys....Max, 4 and Carson, 18 mos. Carson is our famous freeway baby......Dave delivered this little guy on I-15 at Sugarhouse. One pain at home sent them on their way....two pains later "Carson" was on his way. With the help of the dispatcher, Dave brought the little one into the world in the front seat of the Subaru.......his nick name is Subie. Suzie doesn't suggest this event to anyone.
Mike and Sammi Jo live with two princesses in Spanish Fork. They are Princess Haylee 3 and Princess Mikayla 5 mos*. They love enjoying the home town events of this wonderful, small community where the Carter family first started....The new additions to their family is a H1 open top Hummer, he's a car guy.
Jennily and Rob at presently living in Omaha, NE.....where Rob is attending law school at Crieghton. He is in his last year and they are so excited to be done. They have loved living there and enjoying that part of the country. Their life has changed with the addition of a new little boy.......Will, 5 months*. Of course, he is the center of their world now. They were home for the summer and so we are really missing them.
Kristen and Lorin live in Bountiful and are thrilled to be having their first addition. They are busy working fulltime, going to school and living daily life fulltime. They love camping and hiking and just climbed King's Peak in August. That was a fun accomplishment for them. They are cute, fun and happy.....
*We had 3 babies born within 9 day s of each other....it was a wild and crazy time.
Posted by: James Farrer on November 16, 2008, 4:24 pm - 0 Comments
Ferrel E. Carter Family - Sept. 2008
It was a great blessing to be one of the children born to John F. and Alice Carter. I cherish their profound influence for good upon their children and grandchildren. I honor their names. I am grateful for exemplary brothers and sisters whom I love.
My call to serve in the Northern States mission from 1937 to 1939 was an great blessing. It proved to be a learning experience for me. My faith and testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith, and the Lord Jesus Christ was firmly embedded in my life. I saw lives changed and families blessed as they responded to the message God's Plan of Happiness.
I served for a time in Cincinnati, Ohio. The day I was departing Ohio to make my way to Southern Indiana, a couple of sister missionaries arrived in Cincinnati. One of them was Myrtle Winger. Later she was called to serve in the Mission office in Chicago. Not long after my release in February of 1939, I once again met Myrtle, from Driggs, Idaho, at a missionary re-union in Salt Lake. We started dating, and on April 10th 1940 were married in the Salt Lake Temple. Not long after we settled in Eugene, Oregon where our firs child, linda, was born. We were able to build a small home in Springfield, across the river from Eugene. On Dec 7th the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. We returned to Ogden, and I was employed at Hill Field.
We were blessed with five more children, Bruce, Robert, Diane, Judy, and Kent. Today my posterity includes 23 grandchildren, and 45 great-grandchildren. After the War I was able to develop my own business as a Wholesale Distributor of Electronic Parts and Equipment, Cater Supply Co. After 40 years, I retired, and sold the business. By that time we had sold the home we built on Tyler Avenue to Weber College, and moved to our present home on Country Hills Drive.
It has been a joy and challenge to serve as a Bishop twice, and to serve in a Stake Presidency twice. In 1973 I was ordained a Patriarch, and serve in that calling today. In 1982 I was set apart and given the Sealing power, by Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley and served in the Ogden Temple as a Sealer for 26 year. For 11 of those years I was the Co-ordinator of the Sealing Dept. with Ila Jean serving as secretary. We were released Aug 15, 2008. It was been a marvelous experience. I have been honored to perform temple marriages, & also give Pat. blessings, for a number of my grandchildren.
Myrtle suffered from asthma, and in her later years had to use a nebulizer to inhale medication. I had an early morning assignment in the temple on June 8th 1985. When I returned home later that morning I found Myrtle had passed away. It was a great shock and a time of much sorrow for me and my children. I was very lonely. Some months later I went to my good friend LaMar Buckner and sought his counsel. After visiting a while he said, "Ferrel, you need to start dating. I suggest you look for someone 13 years younger than you." I did start to date. The third person I dated was Ila Jean. I had know Ila Jean before. She and her husband lived in the 34th Ward when I was the Bishop. I stood in the circle when her husband Bert Corkey blessed their first child, Pam.
We stared dating, enjoyed each others company, and on June 14, 1986 were married for time only in the Ogden Temple. It has been a good marriage, and she is 13 years younger than I am. We have had a happy relationship, and her four daughters, Pam, Denese, Jolene, and DeeAnn and their families are very compatible with mine. It has been a blessing in my life, and keeps me young.
Posted by: James Farrer on November 16, 2008, 4:10 pm - 0 Comments
Roger & Julie (Law) Brunker Family
I (Julie) am the daughter of John and Carol Carter Law, John and Alice Carter's youngest child. My family consists of my husband Roger Brunker and my son James Dugan Brunker.
Roger and I met in 1982 while we were both working for Weber County. He worked for the County Treasurer and I was preparing to graduate from WEber State and working part time for the County Recorder. At the time I was giving private flute lessons and Roger thought it would be fun to learn to play the flute. We made an arrangement that I would give him a lesson and he would take me to dinner. A fair trade for a single, college student trying to make it on her own. Needless to say, he was a terrible student. He didn't want to "learn" to play the flute, he just wanted to "play" it. Even though the lessons failed, we developed a great friendship. Roger plays the piano quite well (by ear), so we had a lot of fun that way - me on flute, him on piano. After five years of being best friends we took our relationship to the next step. We were married on September 10, 1987 in the ogden Temple.
We made our first home in Ogden. We both continued to work for the county. I continued giving flute lessons, Roger enjoyed his free time doing musical theater. We both served in our ward in various callings that helped us grow spiritually.
We built a home in roy in 1990. Then, in May of 1992 our lives changed forever. Our son Dugan was born. We feel very blessed and fortunate to have him in our lives, as he is our only child. Being a parent is the greatest job in the world.
Roger is in his 26th year with Weber County. He now works as Chief Deputy Clerk/Auditor, as well as county Tax Coordinator. He is our Stake Activities Chairman. He continues to love musical theater and just completed a production with the Clearfield Community Theater. He has a real knack for directing. He also enjoys long bike rides.
I retired from WEber County 5 years ago. I've worked a few hours a week at our local elementary school teaching art and music. I also do some volunteer tutoring a couple of times a week. I am currently serving in the Stake Young Women's Presidency. I enjoy card making, cooking and reading.
Dugan is a junior at Roy High. He just turned 16 in May, being ordained a Priest and getting his drivers license. He is serving as 2nd Assistant to the Bishop. He loves to sing and has a great voice. He sings in the Chamber and Royal Choirs at school as well Choral Edition ( a performing group). He is very out going and has a lot of friends. He loves soccer and plays o a state competition team, and hopes to play his 3rd year on the high school team in the spring. His favorite place in the whole world is Disneyland, (except maybe for EFY at BYU).
As a family we enjoy soccer. Roger and I never tire of watching, Dugan hasn't tired of playing yet. We also enjoy being with family and friends, playing board games, attending music and theater productions and traveling.
Posted by: James Farrer on November 16, 2008, 3:52 pm - 0 Comments
Who Are We? Becky Slaydon Wilford Family
I, (Becky Slaydon), Almina Carter & Jim Slaydon's daughter, have lived in Alpine, Utah for the past 21 years.......NO, not one of the huge Alpine mansions everyone hears about in Alpine...I live in a VERY small, humble pioneer house (100 yr old) in the center of town. I completed my BS Degree in Geology (BYU) many years ago, but I work with seniors as an Activities Director, as a profession. I raise Alpacas and I hand spin and weave their luxurious fiber (as well as other fibers ...wool, flax, cotton, etc.). I have been a single mom (for about 20 years), of 4 wonderful children. They are all grown up and making their way in the world as follows:
Kara (27 yrs old) is married to Ben Allen and they live in Eagle Mountain. They have 2 darling boys (11 mo. apart)...my only Grandchildren....Kaden, age 2, and Gavin, age 1. What a joy....these grandkids!
Erin (25 yrs old) is a senior at BYU. She returned last year from a mission to Argentina and she lives in Orem.
Carter (23 yrs old) returned last year from a mission to Georgia. He has been working and attending College. He lives in Alpine with some friends. He loves to hunt and is a General Falconer.
Kimberlee (22 yrs old) still lives with Mom in Alpine and is in her last half of training as a cosmetologist. She attends Paul Mitchell school in Provo.
Posted by: James Farrer on November 16, 2008, 3:34 pm - 0 Comments
John F. and Alice B. Carter Family Reunion
Getting to Know You
Date
Saturday September 13th 2008
Time
12 Noon – 4:00 p.m. (Lunch at 12:30)
Where
South Ogden Park
40th Street (Approx. 3950 Adams Avenue)
What to Bring
Your own plates and utensils (Meat and Beverage will be provided).
Family Representatives from each “group” (e.g. Alvin’s family, Ferrel’s family, Carol’s family etc.) will assign each family unit (e.g. Kristen would assign each of her married kids) to bring one of the following:
- 1 Salad
- 1 Dessert or
- 1 Bag of Chips
There will be activities and games. As part of the “Getting to Know You” theme, we would encourage each “family unit” to prepare a 1 page description of “who you are” so that we can get to know each other better. Please make copies to share!
Posted by: Patty Langlois on August 17, 2008, 8:31 pm - 0 Comments
2006 Reunion Pictures Posted
A number of pictures from the reunion this year have been
posted. Feel free to add any that you have, as well as pictures from other past events or
whatever else applies.
Enjoy!
Posted by: James Farrer on October 15, 2006, 10:57 pm - 0 Comments
Welcome to the Site
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Posted by: James Farrer on September 10, 2006, 2:26 pm - 0 Comments