Happy Fourth of July! Nine of our grandchildren having fun while we prepared for a barbecue and fireworks. We had some of our own to light off but we were also positioned between two organized fireworks displays. It was a fun day and evening with a parade, games, food etc.

The Humphrey Reunion. This is with Dave's brothers and sisters. We have it every two years. Part of the activities was the Amazing Race Humphrey style. We went all over Salt Lake finding clues and taking pictures of where we were to see who were the winners. The places we went and the things we did were all related to family history. It was really fun, especially when our group WON.

Dave's brothers and sisters. He is the second oldest one in his family. His sister Ruth came to Norway to visit us while we were on our mission.

Gabriel, our grandson, turned 19 in June and here he is with his
birthday cake.

We took Paxton (15) Allie (17) and Nina (12) to the temple to do family names for a member of our Haugesund branch. They did the baptisms and confirmations. We had a wonderful day!

On May 17, we had Alex and her family over to dinner. We had Norwegian food. It was nice to have them come to our house and meet some of our family.

The Norwegian community in Salt Lake City always have a celebration around May 17 to honor their Norwegian heritage. We took some of our grandchildren and went this year. Notice the sign highlighting Tromsø. We had to get a picture.

We go to Cedar City every Memorial Day Weekend and put flowers on the graves of our parents. We spend the weekend with my sisters and brother. Here we all are at the grave of my dear parents. Dave's parents are buried very close to mine so we decorate all the graves. I have one sister who has died but the rest of us are still enjoying this annual get together. Believe it or not I'm old but I am the youngest in my family.

A sign showing Haugesund. We served in Haugesund and Tromsø

so we had to take pictures of both at the May 17 party. We also got to purchase and eat Norwegian chocolate. Wow, we do miss it! There was a sign for each of the 29 counties in Norway.

Another picture showing the fun festivities. There were games for the children and alot of Norwegian Bunads. However, the rest of us dressed the American way

of celebrating our national holiday. CASUAL!

We were so excited to actually participate in the teaches of Alex Garcia who we had taught the missionary lessons to in Haugesund. She came back home without being baptized but did get baptized on April 25 here in our area. We had kept in contact with her and she invited us to be there for her reteaches and to participate in the baptism.

We are with Alex's family the day of her baptism. Her younger brother also got baptized a month before Alex. We went to his baptism also. Their grandparents lived in our Haugesund branch. We know how happy they are about the baptism of their grandchildren. We are too!

We went down to Las Vegas right after Easter to visit our son and his family. We went out to dinner at Famous Dave's Barbecue. It was yummy!

The grandchildren: Jayden, Trevor and Rylee chose the place to eat. It is one of the family favorites. We had a great visit with them.

Enjoying the hot tub in our backyard. The grandchildren like it as much as the adults.

Happy Easter! We had several grandchildren around on Easter weekend. On Saturday, we had an Easter egg hunt in the backyard! We put dollar bills in plastic eggs with some candies and they loved that!


Happy St. Patrick's Day! Grandpa has had a silly Leprechaun hat for quite sometime. He enjoyed sharing the moment with his grandson, Christian.

Sage, our grandson who lives in Tokyo, was here to see us when we got home. We took him and his brother to a new place called Kangaroo Land that had opened while we were gone.

Hard to see brother Joseph. However, he was having a ball bouncing in all the different areas at Kangaroo Land. Joseph will be two in September. He was born shortly after we left on our mission.

After we had been home only a few weeks, we flew to Montana to tend five grandchildren while our son Jeff and his wife went on a cruise. As you can see, grandpa was enjoying himself with Jake and Cody Max. Cody was born the day we arrived in Norway!

Soon after we got home, we attended the Open House of the Draper Temple with family members. Our son-in-law Jeff had his mother visiting from Detroit. She enjoyed attending the Open House with us.

Two daughters and two daughter-in-laws at the dinner following our Homecoming. They make for a pretty picture!

Aunt Marie and her sons brought a cake with the Norwegian flag. It was great! We had alot of friends and family come to welcome us home. We were overwhelmed by their support and the love we felt from everyone.

Our son that lives in Montana came down for the Homecoming event. He has his hands full! He and his wife came over to Norway to see us. It was very special to have them with us in Norway.

Norway to Utah

We had a five hour layover in Chicago. During that time we met a sister who was headed to the MTC in Provo. She was from England and guess where she was going to be serving, NORWAY! Also, another sister was just returning to Utah after having served her mission in Madagascar. We traveled the rest of the way home together. It was great!

We left Stavanger by train and traveled to Drammen where we were picked up by this couple. Elder Humphrey baptized her when he was a young missionary. Her name is Gerd Pedersen.

Salt Lake airport upon our arrival. We were greeted by two of our daughters and three of our granddaughters. They had made a very festive welcome home sign!

The train station in Stavanger. We drove our car from Haugesund to Stavanger and then gave our car to the Elders and boarded the train to continue our trek home. A picture at the station shows us with four Elders that we had grown to love and a couple from Stavanger that Elder Humphrey knew from his first mission. Sister Peterson was a young girl when he served the first time in Norway.