A Visit With Grandmother Proctor

On Saturday, January 3 the weather was beautiful and we were all able to make a trip to Malad to see Grandmother. It was the first time in more than a year that all five of the Proctor kids were able to get together with their children and spend quality time together as a family.

Currently, Darrel lives with his wife Trish and seven children in Colorado. Darren and Daymon are both welders and travel where the work takes them. For the last several years they have been working in Alaska and coming home every few months to visit their families. During their time in Alaska they very seldom received their scheduled R&R at the same time. Due to layoffs and lack of work in Alaska, they were both able to spend Christmas and New Year's at home in Downey with their families. Deanna and her two kiddos also live in Downey very close to Daymon, Darren, Mom and Dad. Heath and I are only about 30 miles from the majority of the Proctors in Downey.

Our "little" visit to Malad was fun and a little hectic! When you get four generations of Proctors in one room, what do you expect!?!? There were 10 great grandchildren, five grandchildren and their spouses, Mom, Dad, and Grandmother for a grand total of 18 people all in a small conference room at the Malad Senior Citizens Center! What a grand time we all had!
Grandmother was very excited to see all of us! She smiled and joked with everyone! It was wonderful! Doesn't she look so happy?


This is just one of many pictures taken of Grandmother and just ten of her Great Grandchildren. Darrel's oldest is 21 and in the Navy in Florida and was unable to attend as well as three other younger Great Grandchildren who were with other family members. Can you believe we got everyone to cooperate? I was amazed!
And then there are the five of us! What a crew!

And they say it's the girls who are always messing around and never stay on task! Shame on you boys! You should behave yourselves!

WOW! It's been a long time since all of us were able to get together with Mom and Dad! Pictured below from left to right...Top Row: Darren, Darrel, Mom, Dad, Daymon Bottom Row: Deanah, Grandmother, Deanna

And the "Grand Finale!" This is a pic of everyone in attendance! What a crew!

Thank you Grandmother for being so wonderful and giving us the best Dad and Grandpa in the whole wide world! We love you!

PS...There were three cameras taking pictures during our 2 hour visit and over 115 pictures taken! Stay tuned for more snapshots!