Meet the Sisters!

I've resorted to emailing everyone for their information. Thank you for your responses!

Courtney White

Courtney's first date with her husband occurred at the Dixie College homecoming dance. Her parents were up north so she got up early to clean the whole house by herself (wanted it to look good for her date). It was the best date she ever had. Probably because she was so excited to finally be going out with the one guy I really liked. About 2 a.m. they were headed home she feel asleep on the way home(remember she cleaned my whole house by herself and she was up very early to get it all done) WELL she didn't realize that my date also was snoozing too. They hit a parked car and put my date in the hospital with a punctured lung and it collapsed. I hit the windshield with my face and broke up the dashboard with my legs. I Poor Kerry was in the hospital for a week. But spending every moment she could with Kerry they really got to know each other. One month later they were engaged and 3 months later they were married. She was 18, he just turned 22. They just celebrated their 19 anniversary, they just had number 8 child, Life just gets better and better.

Trisha Riding

Trisha has been in the ward for 7 years. They moved from Washington Fields. She am married to Brock Riding has 4 kids, Carson 10, Garrett 8, Jacie 6 and Kylie 4. She is a cosmetologist . Trisha loves to watch her kids play sports. Something most don't know about Trisha is that she loves to hunt deer and rope. Her current calling is in young women. She gets to work with the beehives and loves it.

Kourtney Jackson

Kourtney and her husband have been in the ward for 2 1/2 years. They already lived in St. George. They were building their house while they were engaged and moved in just one week after they got married! Kourtney manages SalonCentric, a beauty supply store. She has worked there for nine years and loves it. Her hobbies include anything artistic. She is currently doing photography and has for a couple of years now. Her most favorite vacation has been going to Hawaii just last year--even though she ended up coming home with kidney stones! Something interesting is that Kourtney is terrified to fly in airplanes, but has to travel for her work. She is serving as the teacher for the 11-12 year old in the primary and her and her husband are the Shepard couple in the ward.

Marissa Dyer

Marissa and her family have been in our ward for almost three years. She has 3 kids, 1 girl and 2 boys. Marissa loves to do anything outdoors. She loves running and reading as well. One of her favorite vacations was last year when she and her husband were able to go to Santa Cruz, California on vacation--just the two of them! Marissa loves to write. Creative writing in college was her favorite class. Now she puts her writing into blogging. She is the serving as the secretary in the Primary.

Meet the Sisters!

I appreciate everyone being mostly willing to let me take their pictures and hound them for information. I apologize for when (not if) I get something messed up with all of these spotlights. Please let me know if I need to correct anything!

Malynn Cutler

Malynn has been in the ward for 4 1/2 years. She was in the First Ward until she was split off into the Third Ward and then her family moved back in! She has three girls and one boy. Malynn serves at the 8-9 year old girl Activity Days leader. She loves to coupon shop and find deals. She also loves to ballroom dance, do zumba or just about any kind of dancing.

Edna Cutler

Edna has been in the Little Valley First Ward for 15 years. She came to St. George fifteen years ago from Granger, Utah (what is now know as West Valley) where she raised her four children; 2 boys and 2 girls. Edna has 18 grand kids and 37 great grand kids. Over the years Edna has enjoyed oil painting, crocheting and bowling. She currently is serving as a Visiting Teaching Supervisor and a Visiting Teacher.

Apryl Cox

Apryl's family has been in our ward for six years. She is originally from Alton, Utah. Alton was so small that growing up her family of 10 kids brought the population up to 100! She has 3 boys and 1 girl. Apryl is the CEO of Allstar Excavating. She is a teacher in the Junior Nursery. When the Cox's find spare time, they like to camp, four wheel in the sand dunes or watch their kids play ball.

Lonni Clarke

Lonni has been in our ward for ten years. She said the first six years she was here the ward was divided every year in January! Lonni is an artist. She has a degree in history, was supposed to go to BYU Law School, but went on to Fashion Design school in New York where she stayed and worked in the industry for awhile. Her paintings have been featured in the Ensign, NY Publishers book covers, and in Ralph Lauren's corporate offices. She loves animals (including oversized dogs and horses), gardening, politics, and sewing.

Becca Busk

Becca moved into the area just over a year ago. She has 2 girls and 2 boys. Becca works as a Real Estate Agent. She loves being in the outdoors including running and hiking. She has all kinds of hobbies and is always up for trying out anything new. Some of her most exciting vacations have been the jungles of Bolivia and Macchupicchu in Peru. Becca serves as the 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency.

Alisha Bowling

Alisha moved into the ward three years ago. She has two girls and one boy. Alisha is currently working towards her Registered Nursing degree and that takes up much of her time! She said studying for school is all she does with her free time right now, but she also loves to water ski. However, next May when she graduates and also celebrates her 10th wedding anniversary, the Bowling family is planning a vacation to Hawaii!

Kathryn Andrus

Kathryn and her family built a home in our ward four years ago. She has two girls and one boy. She is a Reading Intervention teacher at Panorama Elementary School. She enjoys scrapbooking, snow skiing, horse riding, camping, exercising and playing with her kids. Kathryn is a teacher in the Relief Society.

Relief Society Party-The Results!

The Relief Society Birthday Party was fantastic!

Last night our Relief Society Activity Committee hosted the birthday party and served us a yummy dinner and everyone pitched in bringing cupcakes. They had the cultural hall all decorated and looking "springy."

When you came in they had you weigh in your purse on a scale and log the weight. Congratulations goes to Rachel McIff for the HEAVIEST purse and Betty Bell for the LIGHTEST. We had dinner and then Mary Murdock gave a great talk on the different stages of life we are all in using different purses from a little girls purse to a grandma purse. They played a game to see what all was being carried in those big bags and gave out a few prizes to add to them. Finally, we got to have lots of delicious cupcakes provided by you, the sisters!

Thank you to the fun committee for putting together such a great night. They worked hard! And, thanks to all who came out and visited and ate and made their efforts worth it!

Cute decorations, right?!

The "Weigh In"

(I should probably remember to take more pictures. I guess I was busy eating and gabbing!)

Meet the Sisters!

I wanted to do a short spotlight on the sisters in our ward throughout the coming weeks (well, months if I am being real here. :) ) With everyone spread out in Young Womens, Primary, Relief Society, as well as our new sisters, it will be fun to put names and faces together.

Nancy Gubler

Nancy raised her family of three boys and two girls in Las Vegas. She lived there for 31 years before returning home to St. George. She has been in the ward for 3 ½ years. She works as an office manager for a dental office. Nancy’s hobbies include reading and all things grandkid! She has 12 grandkids. Something unique to Nancy is that she used to install keyboards in Wurlitzer pianos while her husband was going to school in Logan. Nancy serves as the Relief Society President.

Diane Barlow

Diane has been in our ward for the past six years. She moved over to the Little Valley area from Washington, Utah. She has three girls and one boy. Diane is a Paraprofessional at Washington Elementary working with the children in Special Ed. She currently serves in the Relief Society as the first counselor. Her loves being with her kids and grandkids and spends a lot of time going to their ballgames-her favorite hobby!

Kim Woodbury

Kim and her family moved into the First Ward two years ago. She was born in Oakland, California. She is currently serving at the Young Women’s Secretary. Kim has two girls and one boy. Her husband started surprising her with a “Week of Kim” where he would plan a vacation just for the two of them each year. They have been lots of fun places, but the most exotic was St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Kim enjoys reading, gardening and cooking.

Lauri Nicholas

Lauri was born in Ogden. Her family moved into the ward six months ago from the Bloomington area. She has four girls and two boys. Lauri likes to read, do a lot of genealogy and play the Wii. Some of the family favorites are visiting friends in Phoenix and going to Disneyland every couple of years. Lauri loves being a mom most of all.