Carson & Natalie Bennett Wedding

Carson Bennett, (my nephew, Jeanette's son) got home from his mission in July, met Natalie in August at a giant young single adult conference, and got married on Dec 21 in the Draper Utah Temple.

 

Kaylynn's 49th Birthday

I was in Panguitch on my birthday so I got to celebrate with Jill and Will. We went on an adventure to the red rocks outside of Panguitch. We went on a little walk, as much as a 9-month pregnant girl and an almost 3-year old want to walk. We went out to dinner for my birthday.

When I got back to Cardston a few days later, Carly and Austin had another birthday celebration for me.

49 years old!!!

 

Julia & Aaron Harris Wedding

Our niece, Julia Lee, got married in the Payson Utah Temple on December 14, 2024.

Austin was going to drive his parents down in their car, but they made it to Babb and decided they better not go. Grandpa had pancreatitis and was not feeling great, and Grandma's arthritis isn't great either.

So they went back home and Austin and I continued on. We stayed in Idaho Falls at Julie's house on the way down. We did go out to eat with my parents which was also my Mom's birthday. My mom has also been having severe health problems, and it was a miracle that she felt good enough to go out to eat.

Jill was the photographer for Julia's wedding. She said no at first because she was 8 months pregnant, but then she decided she would do it since Julia hadn't found anyone else.

The Payson Temple is beautiful and the sealing was really good. Then we had a couple of hours to kill before the luncheon, so we went with Jill and the young Nunns to Chik-fil-A for lunch and then to a rope store and then to say hi to Brady Pitchford.

Then they had the luncheon and reception. We did say to ourselves that it was a kind of strange to have a reception in a city where neither of them are from. All of their college friends and family who came to the wedding had already been their for the wedding and luncheon. A handful of extra people did come to the reception, and then they had a dance, which we were pretty disappointed in their choice of songs. Even the next morning, Larsen said, their music was disappointing for a couple who had been to the temple that morning. 

Anyway, they had a sparkler send off and off they went. Two peas in a pod.

It was fun to see Les, Hollis, Declan and Katie, as well as Jill's family and all of the Lees.

A few weeks before when Grandpa Buck wasn't doing good, and they knew it was a possibility that they wouldn't make it to the wedding, Aaron asked Sarah to have Grandpa and Grandma recorded a video message he could surprise Julia with and play at the reception.

They were memorable videos....Grandpa told about one time when Julia wet her pants and Grandma was in the background clanking dishes and you could hear Kirbie (the dog) running around. Then Grandma's video was very long (such a surprise that she is long winded....  Bless their hearts.

Austin drove home the next day, and I went home with Jill and Larsen. I went to stay with Jill to help her at the end of her pregnancy, and also my nephew Carson was getting married the next Saturday.

 

Carly Plays Basketball

First tournament: Western Canada Junior Redhawks

Carly was player of the game

Her team beat Western Canada, Harry Ainlay, and William Aberhart

Carly was MVP

-Bus was sliding on the hill to get out of the hotel - came so close to hitting a truck, but luckily didn't

Paisley's Baby Blessing

James and Hanna planned the baby blessing of Paisley so that both families could come and also help with doing the preg checking and fall work of all of the calves. So Austin, Carly and Jill's family came and got to meet Paisley. And we helped James.

The day of the baby blessing was the dedication of the Casper Wyoming Temple. So we went to Gillette to their stake center. Vonda and I volunteered to stay outside with the babies so we sat in the car with Paisley, Will and we volunteered to watch another little boy from Hanna's ward. They said the temple dedication was so good. Elder Quinten L. Cook dedicated the temple. He talked about the handcart pioneers, and we had just come to Martin's Cove with our youth in August, so it was meaningful. Austin also said that the stake president kept saying, Can you believe there is a temple in Casper, Wyoming??

After the first few minutes in the car, I thought it was going to be the longest two hours, but it turned out to be a really peaceful and sweet time. We won't mention how there was cereal and coins spread throughout Hanna's car. I feel like it was a temple blessing.

So then we went in the church after the dedication so we could have Paisley's blessing. 

The priesthood holders were James Teichert, Ron Teichert, Brigham Teichert, Austin Nunn, Larsen Perkins, Bishop Ty Checketts, and Steve Orme.

It was a sweet blessing. Paisley wore the same blessing dress that all of our girls were blessed in.

Then we had a little lunch of sandwiches, chips and brownies.

It was a snowstorm that day, so we all left from the church to head back to our homes.

Paisley Lynn Teichert

-Bless you to know how much your earthly and heavenly parents love you

-Feel and understand the love others have for you

-Develop an understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ

-Live in a way to reflect the gospel and your relationship with Jesus Christ

-Find joy and meaning in your life

-Experience a variety of good and bad experiences in your life. Find the benefits and joy that comes with those experiences.

-Be strong in your testimony. You will see others improve because of your example.

-Be courageous in spiritual and temporal matters

-Ask for counsel from those you love

 

Paisley Lynn Teichert

Paisley Lynn Teichert was born on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 7:24 am in Spearfish, South Dakota. She weighed 7 lb 5 oz and was 21 inches.

Hanna and James were excited to start a family. Hanna's body said it wanted to be nauseous all through pregnancy, but everything else was healthy and went well. 

The Teicherts had a mini baby shower at their family reunion in July. James's sister Mary gave Hanna a couple little BYU onesies that Cosmo had signed. James was Cosmo (the BYU mascot) when he was a college student and had given them to Mary. Then Mary saved them to give to Hanna for their baby. I love that.

Since Hanna was too far away to have a baby shower, she created a baby registry and we had an online baby shower and invited friends to send a gift and advice. So many people were generous and sent lots of gifts, but she said no one sent any advice - she would just be all on her own.

Hanna started having contractions more consistently on Monday, so they drove to the hospital in the middle of the night. The nurses checked her and said she wasn't ready. They would watch her for a couple hours and if she hadn't progressed, they would send her home. So they got home about 5 am.

Then she had a long couple days with contractions about 20 minutes apart. Then on Wednesday night they started getting closer together and more intense. They went to the hospital, and she was definitely in labor. She was thankful for the epidural and then she had her baby the next morning.

I left on Thursday morning to head to Wyoming a little before I had even heard the official baby news. Then we got a text from James that said, "Everything went very well. Both mom and baby are doing great."

Paisley's middle name, Lynn, is named after me, Kaylynn.  Hanna told me that. What an honor!!!

When Jill told Will that Hanna had her baby, he put on his boots to come see "baby plaisley."

Lucy got to call Hanna the day she had her baby - so that was fun.

Hanna, James and Paisley got to leave the hospital about noon the next day. Paisley is healthy and a good eater. She did have slightly high bilirubin levels, so we had to go back  on Saturday for another test. But her levels had gone down, so she didn't need jaundice treatment.

There was a few tears and screaming (from Paisley) when Hanna's milk came in and eating was too hard. But after a couple days, Hanna and Paisley conquered that too.

Austin told Hanna that he had been practicing spelling Paisley's name. P-a-i-s-l-e-y

Hanna thought that was so tender.

Hanna said, "I created this baby on eating cereal."