Season's Greetings

Season's Greetings from the Garlock Family

The Great 8 Garlock happenings of 2010

1. Jay continues to work downtown SLC in the Church Office building/Welfare Dept. He teaches accounting classes, faculty chair for Masters of Accounting Program at University of Phoenix, and does tax work the first of the year.

2. JoAnn started her 6th year as Office Manager at Freedom Academy: K-8 2010 Utah Charter School of the year! We celebrated 33 years of wedding bliss this year!

3. Amber, Ryan, and Josie Kelly live in a beautiful place. We enjoyed water skiing and wake boarding behind their boat on the serene Flaming Gorge Reservoir and basking the the quiet peaceful nights of Dutch John.

4. Cyndi, Paul, Eden, David, and Ruth Ordyna spent 3 months with us this summer while Paul studied to take the Bar exam. (he passed!!) Then off to Lafayette, IN to pursue his Ph.D in accounting at Purdue University.

5. Tyler was on Institute Council at UVU this last school year. He worked at the Flaming Gorge Dam this summer as a Tour guide. Many mornings Tyler would water ski to work. He is attending UVU.

6. Lisa spent 6 months in Ukraine teaching English. She was able to spend a couple weeks touring Europe. Her favorite place was Italy. Lisa is also attending UVU and is vice pres. of Institute Council.

7. Bradley graduated from High School, is preparing for a mission, and is currently working at Sundance Ski Resort as a ski instructor.

8. Edward is from South Korea attending Timpview High School this year. He is applying to several Universities in the U.S. He is a delight to have around. We have enjoyed having a little Korean culture in our home.

Bradley's Graduation

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Saturday morning, January 23,2010: This is the gorgeous view we had from our breakfast table. Jay spent about 4 hours shoveling/Bradley spent about 4 hours skiing. Ummmmm.... is there anything wrong with that scenerio? We are happy that he LOVES to go skiing and it only last for a few months out of the year. We do encourage him to go as often as his grades and time permit. He is always willing to help whenever asked and sometimes on his own when not asked! What a great kid!

Martin Luther King weekend was the three days decided on for our "Girls Weekend". Cyndi and baby Ruthie flew in. Unfortunately, Lisa and Cyndi missed each other by hours. We didn't know Lisa's departure date to the Ukraine until after we booked the ticket. Another unfortunate mishap was that the pictures from the whole weekend were wiped off my camera before they could be downloaded> so sorry no pictures but know that we had a FUN TIME! Here's our itenary:
Thursday: Amber picked up Cyndi and hung out at Temple Square, had lunch with dad,, came home, had dinner and watched Julie/Julia - Bed 12:30 a.m.
Friday: shopping at IKEA, lunch at IKEA (my first trip), Amber went to work, Cyndi and I made bruschetta, smoothies and ben soup for dinner - Bed 12:30 a.m.
Saturday: Dad and Cyndi went on a run, Girls had facials (another first for me), had a great luncheon with family and friends at the house, went to the Hale Theater and saw April Ann (an original play written by Nathan and Ruth Hale) - Bed 1:00 a.m.
Sunday: Church at 9:00, lunch and off to the airport.

THANK YOU PAUL FOR LETTING CYNDI AND RUTH COME

On Christmas day we packed the car and headed for Pahrump NV. We enjoyed a weekend with the Bateman family celebrating Christmas. Creating a legacy of love was the theme of the reunion. Dad and Mom had saved their "love letters" from his mission. They courted during his mission. We were able to create a book of love letters and present it to them. It was a tender, fun weekend for Utah and Calfornia cousins to get together. Pictures coming.

For Thanksgiving we decided to break tradition and drive down to Southern Californa. The boys (Tyler, Bradley and Jong-Seung), and Yunseo (also from South Korea) went to Disneyland on Thanksgiving day. We enjoyed the day being in sunny California and visiting friends. Thanks to Jerry and Eileen for letting us stay with them -

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A four hour drive from Oxford Mississippi to Prospect TN through the Gorgeous Southern scenery. Amber and I listened to "Hunger Games", talked, laughed and remembered all of wonderful friends and times we had as a family in Alabama. We love the SOUTH!

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Mississippi October 2009

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On October 7th Papa and I went down to Mississippi to see our 4th grandchild, an adorable little girl named Ruth Dawn Ordyna. Papa came down just for the weekend and went to the Alabama/Mississppi football game with Paul. I stayed another week to help out with the Ruthie, Eden and David. Cyndi is super woman and I'm sure could have handled it on her own but it was wonderful to spend some time with the family. Amber flew down the second weekend and we were able to go back to HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA to the wedding of one of her best friends - Her mom is one of my best friends so it was heartwarming to visit with friends and see the sights, smells and sounds of Huntsville. We love that place - A little heaven on earth for us. Enjoy the smileboxes of some of the fun things we did.

Happy Halloween

April 2009

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Jerry & Eileen brought Scott up to take him to the MTC. We had a family dinner to wish Scott farewell and best wishes as he serves in the Idaho Boise Mission. We love you Scott!

Morp - 3/09

I was lucky just to get the one picture!!!

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President's Weekend in Dutch John

Thanks Ryan, Amber and Josie for the hospitality of good food, good company and a great place to relax.

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Winter 2008

I'm doing a little backtracking. I spent several hours putting all of these smile boxes together and then lost them. Sorry they are out of order but enjoy!

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Mississippi

Paul and Cyndi were gracious enough to have me stay with them. I had so much fun going to parks, eating sweet potatoes fries, (don't knock it until you've tried them - so much better than traditional fries), going to the library, walking on campus, going for a walk around a beautiful fish pond, enjoying ALL the blooming trees and flowers in their brilliant colors of pink and white, just laughing, playing hide and seek (my favorite), talking, putting together a computer cabinet until 1:00 in the morning, sleeping in and just being with my cuddlebugs!

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A Dangerous Weapon or Beauty Enhancer? You decide.

Ever since I was fourteen and started wearing mascara, I've had to use an eyelash curler since I inherited my mom's straight lashes. Over the years as I've been curling them the thought has occured to me, "wouldn't it be awful if this gadget ripped out my lashes?" Well I've been safe for the last 36 years. A couple of months ago I was in a hurry getting ready for work. My hand slipped and the next thing I knew my eyelash curler was full of MY long eyelashes. I thought, "Well, I did it. I hope they grow back, so I don't look like a chemo patient for the rest of my life. I do have some false eyelashes from my "dress up make up" that I could try and put on. " After 15 minutes of trying to get the glue and the lashes in place, I said, "To heck with it". I'll just wear eyeliner and my glasses instead of my contacts for awhile! Just so you know, eyelashes do grow back but SLOWLY!

Winter Wonderland

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I tried to post one picture at a time but it was taking too long, so here's another smile box.

More pictures

Since it usually takes a roll of film to get a few decent pictures, thought a share a few.

Happy New Year!

We survived the annual Christmas picture! As we are taking the pictures, Tyler leans over to Bradley and says, " I hate this!" I lean over and say, "Smile, it's only once a year!" As you can see from the pictures it was a beautiful clear day. In Utah that doesn't mean it was WARM and clear, usually COOOLD and clear. I'm surprised our breath didn't show up in the pictures. (It felt like 10 deg. with the wind! I was jealous of all the So. Cal Christmas card pictures.) We do enjoy the beautiful scenery the snow blesses us with, and I don't think Bradley could survive without snow skiing every winter.

We do want to take this opportunity and thank EVERYONE for their Christmas cards. We enjoy getting your letters and keeping updated with your family. After last year, I decided to send our family Christmas cards the cheaters way, by way of blogging. 2008 bought many joys and blessings to our family. Family vacations, family reunions, Tyler coming home from his mission, Lisa going off to college, visiting our children and grandchildren in Mississippi and Dutch John, going to Hawaii, working, reorganizing, and enjoying life. Again, as with each year, we wish each of you a safe and peaceful new year and may the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ dwell in your heart. If you are EVER in Provo, please give us a call. With only 4 people in a 6 bedroom house, we always have room for guests.

Happy Holidays!

Trying to get EVERYONE for a family picture was impossible this year! So stay tuned for a family picture early January.