WELCOME! To the TRIPLETT family web site

2003 NEWS

12/20/03 JASON RETURNS
Yesterday Jason Lamb returned from his mission. Jason honorably completed two years serving the Lord and the people of Chile. Well done, Jason!

11/17/03 CODE AMBER
I have added a 'Code Amber' ticker at the top of our Home Page. Code Amber is a service to broadcast information on missing/abducted children as soon as possible, to aid in the recovery of these children. It will automatically tell you if a child has been abducted anywhere in the U.S., and give you information about the child and the abduction.

10/19/03 DERRICK ARRIVES
Derrick Jewkes arrived in the Bonnie and Leon White family at 1:35 this afternoon. Derrick and Bonnie are doing fine. Derrick arrived at 8 lbs. 10 oz., 20.5 inches long. Congratulations!

8/2/03 JOHN AND JOAN VACATIONS
Our (John and Joan) recent news is two vacations to Whidbey Island, Washington. The first trip was June 25 - July 10. Mostly we boated in the San Juan Islands and Gulf Islands (Canada) with our friends Dick and Pat. We lived on the boat and sailed from port to port.

We spent one night in Reid Harbor on Stuart Island. We hiked to a one-room one-teacher schoolhouse (K-8) that serves the entire island (7 students), and to a light station (doesn't quite qualify to be a light house). Spent two nights at Port Sidney on Vancouver Island. Visited Buchart Gardens on Vancouver. Dick and John almost buy a restored Model A Ford truck. One night at Ganges in the Gulf Islands. Two nights tied to a bouy in Blind Bay on Shaw Island. Here there is a small general store run by nuns (who graciously posed for us). Took a ferry to Friday Harbor, which is a cute tourist town.

Then we went again August 4 - 19. This trip was special because Chris and John Brodersen were with us for a week. We did the quaint, picturesque towns on Whidbey Island (Oak Harbor, Coupeville, Langley), then Friday Harbor, Port Sidney, Victoria (capital of British Columbia, on Vancouver Island), Buchart Gardens. We took a ferry from Whidbey to Port Townsend, a quaint old town on the Washington mainland.

The next week Dick and Pat and Joan and I toured a Russian submarine (the Cobra) in Seattle Harbor. Then we took a ferry tour of Seattle Harbor, then out to Tillicum Village on Blake Island. At Tillicum we had an excellent salmon dinner, then were treated to a show of Northwest Indian cultural dances.

7/30/03 RUSSELL TO GERMANY
Russell left for Germany for a year of study. He will study German for four months, then study architecture for two months at a German institution, then he will work for an architecture firm for six months. His first location is Saarbrücken. Click here for a picture of his apartment building. He is in a program called CDS which is sponsored by the American Congress and the German Bundestag. This is the same program Murray attended several years ago. I will put Russell's E-mails on his personal web page.

6/24/03 WILL AND FAMILY VACATION
Will and his family broke away from Florida to vacation in Utah and Wyoming June 11 - 24. It was wonderful to see them! They and Joe and family spent several days at Yellostone Park. Ben spent an evening playing Dungeons and Dragons with his uncles and cousins. Josh and John spent some time observing local geology, including the ragged edges of the techonic plate that forms the Wasatch Front Mountains.

5/10/03 LLOYD TANGEN GRADUATES!
Lloyd Tangen graduated today from Montana State University in Accounting and Spanish. Congratulations, Lloyd! Lloyd and family will shortly be moving to California.

3/28/03 BABY CALEB RODGERS ARRIVES!
Caleb Loren Rodgers debuted to Kenny and Carrie Rodgers on March 27. He tipped the scales at a whopping 6 pounds 10 ounces, and slipped under the wire at 19 3/4 inches. Carrie and Caleb are doing fine. Congratulations!

3/20/03 BABY ANDRA KAYE BRODERSEN IS HERE!
Hans and Shannon Brodersen brought little Andra Kaye into the world January 9th. Andra weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 20 inches long. Congratulations Shannon and Hans. Click here for a picture.

3/19/03 CHRIS WILKINSON GETS MARRIED
Chris Wilkinson and Vida Bytautiene were married March 18 by Steve Wilkinson. Chris inherits a ready-made family--two daughters, Monika (13) and Ieva (12). The next morning Chris left for a six-week assignment on an accident investigation board. Congratulations, Chris and Vida! Pictures will be posted as soon as available.

1/24/03 LINNEA HELPING MOM
Linnea is staying with Mom a few weeks, helping with Mom and giving Iris a break. Thank you Linnea and Iris. And thanks also to Marie and Priscilla for assisting.