Welch Christmas Card 2009

Merry Christmas to one and all, from the Welches.

Team Sorting

Team Sorting is an every Thursday night event at the Logan Willow Park Fair Grounds indoor arena. Chuck Jones is the field judge, Kirk, Jenny (riding with her son Keith), and Donnie are the team sorting.

Great Salt Lake

Great Grandpa Ora's old truck.

This is Grandpa Benson's old dump truck. It belonged to his father Ora. He has kept it all of these years. It is of sentimental value.

Happy 4th Grandpa Huff

We still think of you on your birthday!

I'm sleepy!

This is why I've been up since before 4:00 AM.
I wouldn't trade Tanielle's and the girl's visit for anything. We have spent the fourth with them and other V.I.P.s from our family. (We wished very one could have been here.)

Memorial 2009

It was a reverent day of reflection with family present and past.

A Stetson is as handy as a pocket on a shirt

 

 

"I'm tired and cold, Marmie," winked Stetson looking out of sleepy eyes.

 

"That's warmer and better than a cold night next to a old steer," Stetson replied warm heartedly.

 

"Now, that's what I'm talkin' about," sighed cowboy Stetson.

 

"I'm snug as a bug in a rug," dreamed Stetson.

 

"This is almost perfect," whimpered a restless Stetson.

 

"Marmie, you're the best," whispered Steston as he silently drifted of into a deep sleep.

Turn off the Movies

Being less internet savvy, I couldn't find an e-mail address for the movie producers. If you can, would you please send or forward this letter (below) to them? Thank you!!!

My Good Friends in the Entertainment Industry;

When I was a very young boy my father would have us change the channel on the TV every time a tobacco advertisement came on. You could say, he was ahead of his time because years later the networks were told to take tobacco ads off the air.
Is it time to turn off the movies?

While watching Ghost Town I was shocked to hear the “F” word a few times. In the military, I got the same heart sick feelings when vulgar men used it. These were men that gave honor to their country but disgraced and disregarded the virtue and honor of women. Telling them that they would never use that language around their mothers or sisters seemed to deter the use of such a vulgar and disrespectful term.
I was with my wife and two daughters when your company used such indecency. I know you were portraying a loathsome unfaithful adulterer but it didn’t need to reach that level of graphic verbiage to convey the message to a mature and sophisticated audience.

Also, the sacred name of the Son of God (Jesus Christ) was used inappropriately in causal vain disrespect. Even if writers, produces, and actors aren’t believers it would be a higher and more respectful act of sensitivity to regard His name with more honor as to respecting the belief of others' faith by not putting His name in the context of a curse, oath, swearing or even casual response of an actor’s surprise or discuss. We would never use Budha, Mohammad, Zeus, Allah or other people’s gods or prophets with such flippant disrespect or disregard.

Please take these things out of the movies and TV shows.

Pornography, visual sexual acts, graphic violence and obscene language undermine our society and will decay and corrupt the basic fibers and people of a healthy society and destroy them the same way as it would corrupt a clean and healthy family unit. It will undermine trust in relationships, partnerships, and obligations much like AIG has done financially to the fiber of the lending community.

Instead of blindly creating harm whether by AIG, entertainment, business, or whomever… some self-regulation and holding to a wholesome standard would go a long way to strengthening our communities. Please consider, taking the high road.
I don’t believe people in the entertainment business are evil. I understand they are trying to make a profit. I would like to see them do that without sacrificing high standards of virtue, integrity and right.

Please let me know when it is safe to go to the movies again.

Thank you, so very much.
David Welch

Chantell and Joels' Wedding

Time flies on wings of lighting. You cannot call it back. This is the way I feel as I see these precious moments come and go so quickly. Only a few short days have past since Elle's birth and she seems to have grown so much already and little Stetson is as tiny as she was. It is wonderful to cherious these special little spirits and savor the sacred moments.

Grandson

Welcome home, Stetson Floyd Stanger!

Sweetheart Dance

This is Tiffany and best friend Megan before picking up their dates. Tiffany and Megan have been friends from the time they were babies.


This is Tiffany and Jordan before the dance. The day date was bowling at the Logan Fun Park. The candlelight dinner was at the Welch's. And the dance was at Mountain Crest High School.

The Sweethearts dance was Valentines Day and Tiffany and Megan ask dates (girls' choice) to attend with them. This is a small clip of the candlelight dinner they had at our house. After which Ronda and I had our own candlelight dinner.

Visit to the Johnsons

It was a fun visit. I loved every minute of it. It's great to be a Grandpa and Grandma again... #3.


How very precious... she has her Grandpa Welch's hair.

The "Montana Kid"

This is my good friend Chuck Jones "The Montana Kid" and is faithful horse "Prince".



This is what you can see of "Joker" and I.

Tosha, Ronda and Tiff putting the new crib together upstairs in Tosha's new house.
Tosha

Twilight

Singing that song took the blood right out of my head.

Twilight has nothing on me when it comes to the vampire look. This one is for Tiffany.

I was messing around on my you cam at Christmas time. I know it is late but let's have that Christmas Spirit all year.