About Our Family

The Whole Family

Lynette and I were married in 1968 and have 10 children. We live in Provo where we have lived all our lives. I work for Doba, in Orem and Lynette works for Intermountain Healthcare. Our family goes camping every June. Last year we were at Payson Lakes. What a lot of fun. Our family is very close and get together often for birthdays, holidays and any other excuse to have fun. When the rest of the kids add their blogs, you will see more pictures and get to know us better.

The Girls

Our oldest child Laura, graduated from BYU in Nursing. She married Lyle Larsen and they have three children; Megan, James and Andrew. Megan and James are both taking violin lessons. Megan, 8, has been asked to place with a group. She is the one in the back. They both are doing very well and learning to play the violin. Lyle is in the National Guard and just returned from 15 months in Iraq. We are very glad to have him home.

Here is a short clip from Megan's recital.


Elyse is married to Ryan Schmidt. They also live in Lehi and have four children. Three girls, Lindsey, Hollyann and Cassie. Their newest is a son, Benjamin Ryan. Pictures on him will follow. Ryan works for Richmond America, currently working Heber.

Kathryn is married to Michael McNeilis and lives in Orem. Both of them are nurses and work at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. They bought an older home in Orem and completely remodeled it themselves. Kathryn loves to help him and can tear out a wall as fast as anyone.

Carrie married Matt Hellewell and are the only ones living out of state. They live in Palo Alto, California where Matt works in the medical instrument research field. They have one daughter, Roxie. Their blog link is posted here.

Jill just married Mike Austad about three weeks ago. She is a registered dietitian and Mike is attending Weber State. We welcome Mike to the family. They live in Syracuse.

The Boys

Mark Graduated from BYU in Electronic Technology and is currently working at IM Flash Technologies. He loves to mountain bike and ski.

Eric and Annemarie live in Lehi. Eric is working with a surveyor company. Annemarie graduated in Culinary Arts. They have three boys, Bridger, Cedar and Dylan. Dylan was born recently and is doing great.

Greg and Annette live in Spanish Fork. They recently added a dog named Molly to their family. Greg works for Nebo School District and oversees all the computers for the district. Annette works for Intermountain Healthcare.

Matthew and Melanie live in Provo. Matthew is an apprentice electrician and Melanie is a receptionist. They have been married a few months. They went to the Carribean on the honeymoon.

Kevin lives in Provo and is studying massage therapy. He will finish his training next spring.