ASHTON TURNED ONE

Ashton is our darling great-grandson. Our grandkids Kelly and Loren are his parents. His party was darling. Kelly decorated it so cute and invited friends with a little child and Ashton had a monkey suit. He was the cutest monkey ever. He loved his presents and really watched when the other children picked something up.

CHRISTMAS WITH OUR FAMILY WAS GREAT

TOM WENT TO THE REDLANDS TEMPLE

Three Generations

Bob, Tom, and Heidi

FAMILY EVENTS

Maelen at CIF Game

Kendall is 7

Emily, Maelen,Chrissy, Grandma

Jared's Recital

Bob and Heidi at Bob's Installation as President of Tri-County Dental Association

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Hope your birthdays are happy We love you!

6 -- Ashton Cochrun - 1 year
9 - Riley Stevenson --17
12 -- Kris Locken
21 -- Tom Stevenson --19
31 -- Vicki Locken

This comes to you through the courtesy of Lauren, Brooke, and Riley (our grandkids). So what you do is copy this and highlight all of the ones that you have done.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in movie
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Talked your way out of a ticket

Tom Stevenson's High School graduation in 2007. He has now been called to the Denver Colorado, South Mission.

Our new missionary.

Todd is going to the El Salvador/Belize Mission.

Todd's first day in the Newport

Beach Temple.

Jared earned his Arrow of Light.

Congratulations, Jared.

Chrissy's birthday. We are glad you were born.

Tom received his Eagle Award.

Happy Day!

Three Darling Great-Grandchildren

Ashton playing ball















Ali having fun in the backyard

Porter and Melissa at the beach.

A Delightful Summer

Danielle's birthday



Cutting the cake at our 50th wedding anniversary



We went to Natalie's clogging recital.




Laura, Rob, Matt, Nathan, and
Easton Deuvalois visited us

Five Eagles in one family--

Brent, Kiffy, Scotty, Nick, and Todd

Nick and Todd became Eagle Scouts

Brent graduated from Long Beach State.

OUR HAPPY ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Chrissy organized a wonderful anniversary party for us. We loved being with everyone that came and had a great time. We appreciated Michelle getting a family picture together for us in the park. Bonnie did the table decorations and came a long way. Danielle and Mandy took pictures at the party. Vicki helped get the food together and get it there and also brought flowers, Chrissy had lots of fun ideas, did the invitations, arranged for the taco man, tablecloths, the heart shaped cake and all the pretty desserts (Vicki and Chrissy) and probably a lot of other things that I'm too feeble to remember. Matt did the music. It was in the planning for 6 months and Chrissy worked hard on it. Also she got the pictures together and framed them. Sandi Williams did our flowers and the flowers on the cake. Thanks Sandi.

Aunt Nancy and Uncle Bob spent some time with us. Margaret S. and her family, Mary J. and her family and Aunt Shirley surprised us and came. We loved having Melissa and Porter, Mandy and Rob, Loren and Kelly and Ashton, Bonnie, Mike, and Ali, all of Vicki's family, Chrissy's family and Mike and Michelle's family, also Bob, Heidi, Tom, and Christy. You are all the greatest.

May Birthdays and Mother's Day Tulips

Kendall's Program

EASTER AT MICHELLE AND MIKE'S

Tanner was sustained during Easter Sacrament meeting with about 35 family members there for encouragement. He is a great young man. His Bishop Dad presented him. After a nice block of meetings he was ordained a Deacon by his Dad with Uncles, Cousins, and Grandpas participating. It was a very tender blessing and a moment we would like to keep in our memories. Mike and Michelle made a wonderful Easter dinner after and everything was full of beautiful flowers and happy faces. The younger kids had a candy hunt and found plenty of candy. We all had a great time together. Thanks Mike and Michelle and family and all who came.

EMILY'S 15TH BIRTHDAY

Jared Receives Webelos Awards

Jared received several Webelos Awards on February 28. Grandpa and Kendall went to be with Jared. He is excited about his Webelos Awards and has almost earned his Arrow of Light. He's looking forward to becoming a Boy Scout in June.

Art Kent presented the awards and Grandpa went up with Jared.

These are the flowers our family sent for Uncle Lloyd's funeral. It was actually prettier than this with big spider chrysanthemums, roses, and carnations so that it was more filled in with big flowers. We loved being with your cousins and Aunt Donna. Everyone was so loving and kind to us and we thought we were there to comfort them. It is nice to be in a big LDS family. We brought home programs from the funeral so you can see how it was.

SAD NOTE! Lloyd Nielsen died on February 10 and his funeral will be Saturday, February 16. We plan to be there and will let you know the details. He was doing his treadmill and just died with his boots on. He was 79 years old and was a great relative to us all and a patriarch to his stake and his family.

Hooray! We finally registered and got a blog. Now all we have to do is put something on it. We love seeing all your pictures and updates and clever things that you put on. What a wonderful family we have.