Don and Michelle Morrison: 2007

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

What's Happening

March 9, 2008: Dani is home from USU for spring break. Emily and Bria are is Las Vegas visiting Chris and Emily. Don and Michelle will take a short trip April 4-6 while Brady is in Texas visiting Emily and Dave.

All of the kids were able to come home for Christmas: Chris and McCall from Las Vegas, Emily and Dave from Lewisville TX, Becky and Ryan from Syracuse NY, and Dani from Logan UT. It was fun to have everybody home for the holidays.

Here's a recap of 2007:

Brady was the number 5 seed in the District high school tennis championships October 10-20. Brady won his first match, but subsequently lost to the top seeded player in the tournament.

Don attended the International City Management Association annual conference in Pittsburgh, PA October 6-10. He attended the BYU MPA Association 's Sunday testimony meeting and Monday evening Alumni dinner.

Michelle is back in school teaching 4th grade. She is doing quite a bit of "train the trainer" work, training teachers how to better teach various elementary school math and science curricula. She has done several trainings this year, and has requested to do a few others before the end of the year, including a return trip to San Francisco. Don joined her July 20-22 for a weekend vacation at the end of the training (see photos).

The family had a summer reunion July 28-August 4th at Snowbird, UT.

They returned to Utah the 3rd week of August for Becky and Ryan's BYU graduation ceremony, and helped them load up their things to move to Syracuse NY, where they are both attending graduate school (Becky in social work, and Ryan in IT.

At the end of August Don and Michelle took Dani to Logan, UT to attend Utah State University. She has nice room mates, and is doing well. She is playing the piano in church, and got a job at a tanning parlor. She was bitten by a spider and had to have a Tetnus shot and antibiotics, but has recovered.

Brady went BYU tennis camp July 16-20. He has started fall tennis at the high school, and was named the number 1 tennis player on his Curtis HS team - pretty good for a sophomore. To date, he has won most of his matches.

Don is working for the City of Bonney Lake as their City Administrator. He is playing in the Tacoma Community College (TCC) Symphonic Band. He is still involved in his other hobby – archery. He doesn’t have as much time to shoot, but found time to attend the World Archery Festival in February (which was in Las Vegas). He was able to visit Chris, McCall and grandson Cash. At church, Don teaches the Valiant 10 class in primary and is the seminary principal, and the cub master for the cub scout pack.

In February, Don's mother, Vernell, passed away. She died peacefully just 2 months shy of her 96th Birthday. She had a nice funeral service in Tremonton, with most family members able to attend.

Chris and McCall live in Las Vegas. Their blog address is http://chrisandmccall.blogspot.com/

Emily and Dave live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Their blog address is http://theparmas.blogspot.com/

Becky and Ryan are in graduate school at Syracuse, NY. Their blog address is http://thegleeds.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas 2007

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Don the Archer

As part of his mid-life crisis, Don took up a couple of his high school hobbies after a 30 year lay off. One was playing the trumpet (he has played in the LCB jazz ensemble and the TCC Community symphonic band). The other HS hobby was archery. He is currently on the Board of Directors of both Skookum Archers (Secretary), and the Washington State Archery Association (WSAA) as the Public Relations Director. For 7 years, Don produced an 8 page newsletter for Skookum Archers. Don took this photo to include in his final edition. Don has won a couple of state titles for his division (he isn't that good but doesn't always have a lot of competition among the old farts in his class). He placed 2nd in the Marked 3-D Nationals in 2006.

Don and 3-D/Hunting Bow

Every month for the last 7 years, Don has produced an 8 page newsletter for Skookum Archers. Don took this photo to include in his final edition next month. Finally, the Club has found someone else to do the newsletter, which are posted online on the Skookum archery site. Don will be glad to have a break from the monthly chore.

Friday, October 19, 2007

News Flash!

Brady was the number 5 seed in the District high school tennis championships October 10-20. Brady won his first match, but subsequently lost to the top seeded player in the tournament. He played hard and did very well. He is just a sophomore.

Don attended the International City Management Association annual conference in Pittsburgh, PA October 6-10. He attended the BYU MPA Association 's Sunday testimony meeting and Monday evening Alumni dinner.