Weldon and Barbara posing with William Shakespeare at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Cedar City, Utah, October 2, 2004.Barbara and Weldon at Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii on the eve of their 30th wedding anniversary, October 24, 2004.
John (left) with Barbara and Weldon at Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii, October 24, 2004.
John (center) with Michelle Kogure (left) and Bonnie, Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii, October 24, 2004.
Barbara standing on the entry bridge to Byodo-in, Oahu, Hawaii, October 26, 2004.
Weldon at Byodo-in, Oahu, Hawaii, October 26, 2004.
Nick and Natalie at their wedding dinner, Ruby River Steak House, Provo, Utah, December 29, 2004.Natalie and Nick, cutting their wedding cake at Ruby River Steak House, Provo, Utah, December 29, 2004.Nick and Natalie, cutting their wedding cake at Ruby River Steak House, Provo, Utah, December 29, 2004.John and Missy at Nick and Natalie’s wedding dinner, Ruby River Steak House, Provo, Utah, December 29, 2004.Just married. Natalie and Nick upon exiting the Mount Timpanogos Temmple, American Fork, Utah, December 30, 2004.Newlyweds Natalie Marie (Walus) Whipple and Nicholas Christopher Whipple, December 30, 2004.Back row, L–R: Wilford Whipple, Brooke Whipple, Derek Whipple, ?, Katie (Whipple) Ruch, Justin Ruch, John Whipple, Scott Martin, Stefanie (Whipple) Martin, Elisabeth (Whipple) Wing, Gregory Wing, David Smith, Nathan Whipple. Front row, L–R: Susan Whipple, Cynthia (Smith) Allred, Dehbra Smith, Stuart Smith, Donnette (Stringham) Smith, Melissa (Whipple) Peterson, Natalie Marie (Walus) Whipple, Nicholas Christopher Whipple, Barbara Whipple, Weldon Whipple, Walter Whipple, Mary Whipple, Emily Whipple, William “Bill” Whipple. Outside the Mount Timpanogos Temple, American Fork, Utah, December 30, 2004.Back row, L–R: Nick, Natalke, Anthea (Whipple) Tassainer, Cameron Tassainer, Spencer Tassainer. Front, L–R: Schylar Whipple, Jayda Tassainer, Morgan Tassainer. At the Mount Timpanogos Temple, American Fork, Utah, December 30, 2004.Natalie Marie (Walus) Whipple, dancing at the wedding reception, December 30, 2004.Nick, doing a traditional Maori dance at the wedding reception, December 30, 2004.Brothers John and Nick at the wedding reception, December 30, 2004.
2005
Kody and Missy’s daughter Abigail McKole Peterson, probably early 2005.
Barbara (left) and Weldon on a short hike east of Cedar City during a visit to the Utah Shakespeare Festival to see “Romeo and Juliette,” “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and “Love’s Labors Lost,” July 29, 2005.
Barbara and Weldon decided to visit Missy, Kody, and Abby in Lakenheath, UK. They flew from Salt Lake City to London Heathrow Airport, leaving August 9, 2005, and arriving August 10. They rode the Gatwick Express (train) to London, then the subway (tube) to King’s Cross, then the train to Cambridge and finally Brandon. Here Barbara is shown sitting with the bags at Brandon Station awaiting Kody and Missy to take her and Weldon to their quarters in Lakenheath.
On the London Metro to London, August 11, 2005. Missy drove from Lakenheath to the outskirts of London and parked a rented VolksWagen car, then went with 10-month-old Abby, Barbara, and Weldon to downtown London. The Metro wasn’t terribly crowded on this particular day.
Abby, Missy and Barbara at the parish church of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, August 11, 2005.
Weldon (left), Abby, and Barbara at the Tower of London, August 11, 2005.
A trip to Bush St. Edmunds Cathedral followed the next day, August 12, 2005. Here Barbara, Missy, and Abby are shown strolling through the gardens there. It was at Bury St. Edmund’s on November 20, 1214, that Cardinal Langton swore at the altar that they would obtain from King John the ratification of the Magna Charta.
Ten-month-old Abby was a very pleasant traveling companion. Here she is, smiling, at the Bury St. Edmund’s Cathedral, August 12, 2005.
Abby was all smiles after breakfast in Lakenheath, UK, on August 13, 2005.
On Sunday afternoon, August 14, 2005, we visited the University of Cambridge. One of the stops there was the Whipple Museum of the History of Science.
Weldon and Barbara standing on Cambridge’s namesake bridge over the Cam River, August 14, 2005.
On August 15, 2005, Missy drove us to St. Mary’s Church in Bocking, England. Missy’s 10th great grandfather, John Whipple, was christened in this church in 1596. He migrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1638.
On August 16, 2005, Barbara and Weldon rode the Chunnel train under the English Channel to Brussels, then traveled to Amsterdam (and eventually to The Hague, Versailles, and Paris). Barbara was able to see many Vermeer paintings (also many other wonderful paintings) in person. Here Barbara is shown next to Vermeer’s “The Kitchen Maid” in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, August 17, 2005.
From Amsterdam it was a short train ride to The Hague to see paintings (including Vermeers) in the Mauritshuis there. Here Weldon is shown outside the Den Haag Centraal Station, August 17, 2005.
Weldon and Barbara caught an early train from Amsterdam to Paris on August 18, 2005. In Paris they dropped their luggage off at their hotel, then headed to Versailles. Here Barbara is shown standing next to an equestrian statue at Versailles, on August 18, 2005.
Barbara standing in the midst of Versailles’ expansive gardens, August 18, 2005.
On August 19, 2005, Barbara and Weldon visited numerous museums and cathedrals in Paris. Here Weldon is holding his finger between the two famous pyramids in the Louvre.
Here is Barbara inside Paris’ Sainte-Chapelle Cathedral, August 19, 2005.
Weldon inside the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, August 19, 2005.
Barbara in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, August 19, 2005.
Donnette Stringham Smith holding her 4-month old twin great-grandchildren Jaxon (left) and Bella, November 27, 2005.
Barbara holding 5 1/2 month-old granddaughter Isabella Barbara Tassainer, Christmas 2005, at home in Orem, UTJohn visited Orem from Honolulu for Christmas 2005. John, Michelle Kogure, Barbara, and Weldon drove to Salt Lake City to hear Weldon’s brother Walter play the noon-day organ recital at the Tabernacle. This photo was taken December 25, 2007, at the Tabernacle. L–R: Barbara, Weldon, Walter, John.John’s friend, Michele Kogure (left) and John at Donnette Smith’s house in Lindon, UT, Christmas time 2005. Both were visiting from Honolulu, Hawaii.
Abigail Mckole Peterson, about 2005.
2006
Barbara’s father, J. Richard Smith, passed away January 27, 2006. This photo shows (L–R) Richard’s wife, Donnette Stringham Smith, and her brothers Bryant, Lynn, Stuart, and Bruce Stringham at the funeral in Lindon, UT, on February 2, 2006.John at the funeral of his grandfather, J. Richard Smith, February 2, 2006, Lindon, UT.Nick, holding his one-day-old first-born child, Benjamin Gray Whipple, March 4, 2006, at the American Fork (UT) Hospital.Benjamin Grey Whipple asleep, April 13, 2006.Nick’s wife, Natalie Marie (Walus) Whipple, received her bachelor’s degree from BYU in April 2006. This shows her after receiving her diploma at Brigham Young’s Marriott Center, Provo, UT, April 21, 2006.Ben Whipple, May 15, 2006, during a visit to Weldon and Barbara’s home.On August 12, 2006, Weldon met Schylar at his home in Tooele, UT, and the two of them drove to the Golden Spike Re-enactment ceremony west of Brigham City, UT. Schylar is in the foreground.
2007
On May 26, 2007, Barbara and Weldon went with Anthea’s children to Heber City, UT, where Thomas the Train was visiting “in person” [?]. L-R in front of Thomas: Jaxon, Anthea, Cameron, Bella. We had a train ride, food, balloons, and fun entertainment.In August 2007 my insurance company wrote to inform me that they were canceling my homeowner’s insurance on October 20, because we hadn’t re-roofed our house. (They said that they had notified us the previous October. My assertions about not receiving the notice fell on deaf ears.) I telephoned my cousin the roofer, who sold me a new roof. This photo—taken on October 8—was 12 days before the deadline. Fortunately, the insurance company didn’t cancel our insurance! Our 1998 Toyota Tacoma Pickup is in the driveway.As 3-year-old Abby went for a walk with grandparents Weldon and Barbara around the neighborhood, she spied a large rock in the yard of Gary and Holly Glover. Here she is, having successfully climbed up the rock. November 16, 2007.Soon to be two-year-old Ben Whipple, enjoying himself at a party at the home of grandparents Weldon and Barbara Whipple, December 23, 2007.Three-year-old Abby Peterson at grandparents Weldon and Barbara’s home, December 23 2007.Four-year-old Cameron Tassainer and his siblings and cousins were gathering at the house of grandparents Weldon and Barbara Whipple when they heard a knock on the door. In walked Santa Claus. Christmas Eve, 2007.Barbara’s mother, Donnette Stringham Smith, celebrated her 80th birthday on December 27, 2007. Here Donnette is sharing a pop-up book with three-year-old great grand-daughter Abby Peterson.L–R: Ben Whipple (1 3/4 years old), Nick, Natalie, at the 80th birthday celebration of Donnette Stringham Smith, Lindon, UT, December 27, 2007.Ben Whipple (left) with his grandfather Weldon Whipple, looking at Donnette Smith’s large camel collection at her 80th birthday party.
