August 21, 2009, was the happy day when Doug and Candice's daughters Meghan and Natalie were sealed to them in the Bountiful Temple. Greg and Julie came from Seattle with their family for this significant event. L to R: Coleen, Candice, Doug, Meghan, Natalie, Morris, Julie, Ken, Roger, Greg.
Mom (Candice), Meghan, Dad (Doug) and Natalie stand in front of Bountiful Temple after being sealed for time and all eternity on August 21, 2009.
Candice, Meghan, Natalie and Doug stand in the judge's chambers after their official adoption.
Ayden Jesse James was born to Shilene and Roger James on July 31, 2009.
Dayen (almost 3), Roger, and Ayden pose at St. Mark's Hospital on July 31, 2009.

Big Changes in our little household.

First off, Will was hired by Tualatin Valley Fire and Resuce. We are moving to Sherwood, Oregon the first week in June. He applied for the job on a wim and I cannot believe he got it. It must be right, because everything is falling into place. We even sold our house!

We are very excited about this oppurtunity, but we will miss Crystal dearly. For those of you who don't know her, she has been the best gift for our family. Marti has an amazing daughter and I am so glad we had the privilage of her living with us.

She has moved to another foster home where she is well loved. No matter how much a begged her, she didn't want to come with us, and I understand because her mother is here in Utah. I miss her so much and I am going to miss her even more when we leave. I hope you will all take care of her while we are away. She would love to come for Sunday dinner or just have a visitor. She really cares about this family. If you would like to contact her, let me know and I can arrange it. I am very good friends with her foster mom.

I will keep you all posted about our new adventure and I wish you all well.

Thanks For Reading

Love,
Tara

The Joe James Family Grandchildren

All of the Joe James Family were able to get together in December and we took a challenging but fun picture of all of the grandchildren. We had a great time together, played lots, celebrated two birthday's and enjoyed each other's company. Happy New Year to all of you!

Visit to Palmyra

Last weekend Ammon, Emilie, and I went out to Palmyra, New York to visit my parents on their mission. We visited all the sites and had a great experience. We had several experiences where the Spirit was very strong. It was a very memorable trip. Emilie's favorite was the Sacred Grove although we weren't able to stay there long because it was extremely cold and the wind was really blowing that day. Ammon said his favorite was the Spirit. I really enjoyed the Grandin Building. We also attended their Christmas fireside at the Fayette building. It is a beautiful building and the music was outstanding. This picture is at the Hill Cumorah Visitor's Center.

Birthday document

Hello. This is my first post to this blog. This is a very late response to the June Happy Birthday posting which referenced the transfer of Grandma Ruth's birthday on December 23 to June 14. I recently was given the opportunity to go through some old documents and scan them (thank you to Joe). I found the contract, signed and witnessed, officially transferring Grandma's birthday.

Happy Halloween!

Hi Everyone! Just thought we would post a Halloween pic of our family.

Please take a minute to share a picture from your own family's Halloween fun! Thanks!

Met a Distant Cousin

I wanted to share my great expericne with all of you.

A few months ago, a new family moved into our ward with the last name James. Me, being the curious person that I am, had to investigate. I quickly asked him who his grandfather was and then went straight home and called Millie. She then called the oldest living James that she knew and we discovered that indeed this is one of our long lost cousins. His name is Trevor James and his great-grandfather and my great-grandfather are brothers. Their names William through is line and George through our line. What a small world, but we are continuing the search for more info. Interesting right? Now Jonas has a cousin in his nursery class.

What are your thoughts guys?