Happy Day!! Missy (right) and daughter Abby following graduation from University of Utah Medical School, May 18, 2018.Graduation Day at the University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, May 18, 2018. Congratulations to Missy, now Melissa Ann “Missy” Whipple, M.D. L–R: Dr. Missy, Abby, Barbara, Weldon.Weldon with two younger brothers, May 27, 2018, in the back yard of the Orem Home (1467 S 135 W). L–R: Wilford (Weldon’s younger brother), Wes (Weldon’s youngest brother), Weldon.Nick’s family in the living room of the Orem home, May 27, 2018. L–R: Kora, Natalie, Gilbert “Gilly”, Ben, Nick.Almost three-year-old John Weldon “Jack” Whipple, Jr., with his grandfather Weldon Lavon Whipple, at the home of John and Kelly Whipple, in Mr. Airy, Maryland, June 2018.Weldon with one-year-old Bernie Whipple, Mount Airy, Maryland, June 2018.Weldon at the Weldon Gallery in Williamsburg, Virginia, June 6, 2018.Sign near Antietam National Battlefield, visited June 11, 2018. The Civil War Battle of Antietam, Maryland, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest day in U.S. history, with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing.Brothers with one of Bill’s five Corvettes at his funeral, June 22, 2018, Idaho Falls. L–R: Wilford, Walter, Weldon, Wesley.Weldon with his brothers Bill’s funeral, June 22, 2018, Idaho Falls, Idaho. L–R: Walter, William “Bill,” Weldon, Wilford, Wesley “Wes.” Bill died on June 18, 2018—the day after Father’s Day.Anthea’s children: Cameron Isaac Tassainer (14 years old), Isabella Barbara “Bella” Tassainer (13 years old), and Jaxon Spencer Tassainer (13 years old), heading out for the first day of school, August 2018.Three-week-old Arthur Leon Whipple (4th child of Nick and Natalie), August 29, 2018.Celebrating Barbara’s birthday at the Wasatch National Forest Ponds, Salt Lake City, October 3, 2018. L–R: Barbara, Weldon, Missy.Missy at Yavapai Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona, October 30, 2018.Barbara and Weldon at Yavapai Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona, October 30, 2018.Barbara at Hopi Point, Grand Canyon National Park, October 30, 2018.Weldon at Hopi Point, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, October 30, 2018.Barbara (left) and Missy, hiking at Coconino National Forest, Sedona, Arizona, October 31, 2018.Fort Whipple Museum, Prescott, Arizona, November 1, 2018. Named after Amiel Weeks Whipple. Taken during a quick side trip from Sedona, Arizona, by Barbara and Weldon while Missy hiked in Sedona.Anthea Catherine Whipple Graven, November 9, 2018, in Kearns, Utah.Four generations, during a Thanksgiving Day visit to Barbara and Weldon’s home in Orem, UT, November 22, 2018. L–R: Barbara, Nick, Arthur, Donnette Stringham Smith.Nick and Natalie’s family visiting Weldon and Barbara’s home in Orem on Natalie’s birthday, December 20, 2018. L–R: Kora, Gilbert, Nick, Natalie holding Arthur, Ben.
2019
Nick’s 6-month-old son Arthur Leon Whipple (right) playing piano with his grandfather, Weldon Lavon Whipple, at the grand piano on the Orem living room, February 19, 2019.Part of John’s Family, about April 2019. L–R: John’s wife Kelly, 3rd son Bernie, and John. They lived in Mount Airy, Maryland, at the time.Triple birthday part at 1467 S. 135 W., Orem. Three generations had birthdays within 9 days of each other. L–R: Nick, Gilbert, Weldon. Taking the picture (in the mirror): Barbara. Off to the right: Donnette Stringham Smith. May 11, 2019.Visiting the grave of Anthea’s husband, Leland Graven, Memorial Day, May 27, 2019, at Elysian Burial Gardens, Salt Lake City. L–R: Barbara, Missy’s daughter Abby Peterson, oldest daughter Anthea Graven.Rivers and streams east of the Continental Divide flow into the Atlantic Ocean; those west of the divide flow into the Pacific Ocean. Photo taken May 31, 1919, at Yellowstone Park, Alta, Wyoming. L-R: Barbara, Abby Peterson (Missy’s daughter), Missy Whipple.Barbara and Weldon in Jackson, Wyoming, June 1, 2019, at the end of a short visit to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.13-year-old Ben Whipple during a visit to Weldon and Barbara’s home in Orem, UT, June 11, 2019.11-year-old Kora Whipple during a visit to grandparents Weldon and Barbara’s home, June 11, 2019.7-year-old Gilbert Whipple during a visit to grandparents Barbara and Weldon’s house, June 11, 2019.11-month-old Arthur Whipple during a visit to the house of grandparents Weldon and Barbara Whipple, June 11, 2019.Photo of Weldon Whipple, June 11, 2019, at home in Orem, UT. (June 11, 2019 is Weldon’s mother’s 100th birthday; she was born June 11, 1919.)Whipple Ave exit on the Interstate traveling north from Marietta, Ohio, approaching Cleveland, October 15, 2019.Barbara in front of the Kirtland Temple, Kirtland, Ohio, October 17, 2019Over for a visit. In the living room of Weldon and Barbara’s Orem home, October 27, 2019. L–R: Arthur, Gilbert “Gilly”, Nick.Missy (right) and her daughter Abby (left) both brought their flutes during Christmas vacation. Here Weldon is accompanying them in Camille Saint-Saëns’ “The Swan” from “Carnival of the Animals.” December 22, 2019
2020
Barbara and Weldon had been serving as church service missionaries since June 10, 2019. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, we could no longer work at the Orem Digital Processing Center (west of the Mountain View High School Seminary) on Mondays. We set up two Windows machines so that we an telecommute.Weldon’s newly assembled Creality Ender 3 3d printer, April 30, 2020, in the process of printing a Montana Face Mask. (The COVID-19 pandemic had struck on March 12; suddenly everyone needed face masks.)Gilly’s baptism day, June 6, 2020, Lehi, Utah. L–R: Kora, Arthur, Nick, Gilbert, Natalie, Ben. Wearing COVID-19 face masks.Grandson Arthur Whipple (almost two years old) likes to play piano duets with Grandpa Weldon. June 24, 2020
