Christmas Letter 2017

 Holly and Sam Rosener Family  Sara, Holly Sam Nora Gary Theo Mia and Tracy.  It was Theo and Mias Baptism Day

 Gary can now officially build a fire.  Watch out world.

 Camping each year at San Clemente Beach is always fun

 This is part of the Rosener family menagerie.  The snake belongs to Tracy, there is also a \Bearded Dragon and Turtle.

 Brad was the one teaching Gary how to properly light a fire. Now if Gary will get up early enough to light the fire so we can have early morning coco.

 Thanksgiving at Wes and Danas house.  We will miss them when they move to Idaho

 Brads family on Kyles Baptism day.  I was lucky to get them all in the picture.

This is our newest grandchild.  Olivia, love the smile.

This was taken when Andy was installed as Chapter President 


The pictures didn't come over with the letter.  I am sure you can figure out where they go.  Love to all.

Merry Christmas to Everyone!

Well it’s a couple of days before Christmas so I thought I better get our annual letter at least drafted!

Emily and Chris moved to Texas.  Chris was promoted at American and with the promotion they moved to Texas.  Not only that but the end of October they had the first grandchild out of state, which is a new experience for us.  Olivia was born in October.  Marlene and I woke up to a flurry of text messages about what was happening.  Marlene was able to go to Texas in November and visit for a week.  Emily and Chris are sending pictures every day. So, we can see Olivia grow and change.  Of course, with all the pictures they are taking now, the next kid will have no pictures at all!  It’s the curse of not being the first child.

Wes and Dana have decided that they want to move out of California and go to Idaho.  So after Christmas is done, Dana will move and get things settled in Idaho.  Wes will follow in a couple of months when his work with FedEx gets passed the busy holiday pick up and delivery season.

Brad and Katie continue to have an interesting life raising their three boys.  Joshua fell of the monkey bars and broke his arm.  It required surgery and some pins to heal correctly.  But he has coped well and it really hasn’t slowed him down much.  All three boys are very active.  Katie sings in the choir at church and has her hands full with the boys.  Brad is developing his woodworking hobby and turning it into a real business.  He participated in several craft fairs during the year and sold several of his projects.  He also sells plans for wooden toys on the internet. 

Holly and Sam have their hands full with their six kids.  Between school, hockey, soccer, performance tryouts, attending performances and awards for honor roll, citizenship and all, it keeps them busy.  Nora keeps reminding everyone that next year she will be in high school and driving soon.  Now there’s a scary thought, Nora driving.  The roads will no longer be safe!  The pet menagerie continues to grow, they seem to favor reptiles, a bearded Dragon, a corn snake, and a turtle.

We took our annual trip to San Clemente State Beach and had a great time.  Our niece Diane, and her sweet family joined us for the adventure, Aunt Janice opted to stay in a nearby hotel.  Gary had to learn how to build a fire for a Cub Scout Requirement.  Brad, was nominated to be the teacher and Gary can build a pretty good fire!

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Marlene has been busy keeping up with attending all the kids’ performances and putting up with me.  Our ward was dissolved and combined with another ward.  Marlene’s calling didn’t change, she is still the visiting teacher coordinator.  The difference is in the old ward she had about 15 districts to manage.  In the new ward she has over 90!  So that has kept her busy.  She still works at the temple once a week and is still president of the local DUP company.  This was a year of reunions for her.  In February she flew to St George to met up with old (former) roommates, and spent the whole weekend laughing.  In September was the 50^th reunion of the formation of the Grand Land Singers which she participated.  The group sang together again. (without choreography) . Lots of laughter and renewal of old friendships. She missed her High School 50^th reunion but has connected with old friends via Facebook.

In 2016 I went back to school to get my MSA – Masters in Accounting.  The primary purpose was so I could teach at the university level.  So this summer I completed my courses, graduated and they are allowing me to teach an intermediate accounting class at Cal Ploy Pomona.  It is fun working with the students and warping their impressionable minds!  I’m also President of the Inland Empire Chapter of CalCPA.  The temple still allows me to come and serve once a week.  I think it is because I provide the transportation for Marlene to get there.  But it has been a fun and rewarding experience. 

I hope this letter finds you happier than last year! And your testimony of Jesus Christ stronger as well.  One of the reasons I like writing an annual letter is because it reminds me of all the ways I’ve been blessed by my Savior!

Hope the New Year is better than this past one!

Love – Marlene and Andy

No laughing at the editing.  This is the first time I have tried to insert pictures. I thought I did pretty good limiting the number of pictures I used.  We didn’t get a family picture this year, so I had to use lots of smaller ones.  Sorry Chris and Emily, next year we need to get a family picture of you all. (Marlene)