Tim and Nancy Thieding

A Year in

Review.

We thought with all the technology at hand we would take advantage of if for a change. This blog starts our "Year in Review". With so much that has happened this year, a Christmas letter would just not do. We hope you enjoy all the pictures and stories from this past year.

It all started last December 19th when a little Christmas surprise showed up. Our daughter, Chrystal, surprised the family with then fiance, Chris McCullough. We knew they were coming since we picked them up from the airport, but not the family. We spent the day at Tom and Pam's celebrating December birthdays. Grandma arrived sputtering about being late (on time for normal people) and was thrilled to see Chrystal and Chris. There was a lot of buzz. In spite of meeting the "Thieding Clan", Chris still married Chrystal on June 20th, 2009. More to come about that day.

As the holidays flew by, the planning of the wedding began. Chrystal chose June 20th as the wedding day. She didn't really think much about the date, just when the temple and reception hall would be available. It turned out to be our anniversary. We were excited about celebrating our anniversary with Chris and Chrystal.

Tim and Nancy, June 20th, 1981

The next biggest event was Nancy's 50th birthday on April 20th. She said she wasn't going to celebrate this birthday, but that would quickly change. Her loving husband and son planned a surprise party. Nancy had "no" clue about the party. She still didn't realize a party was happening when Tom and Pam showed up the day before to say hi. Following them an "old lady" with a cane arrived to wish Nancy a happy birthday. Soon other friends began showing up for the "non-celebration" of Nancy's 50th birthday. Nancy was so surprised and heard throughout the neighborhood was, "Oh Tim, you brat!" She still looks great at 50. (This poster was the one that Tim made to put up at work. It's about 18"X24".)

At the end of April Alex began Driver's Ed. Soooo scary! He was excited to begin and Mom was nervous. We quickly found that Nancy needed to sit in the back and let Tim be the co-pilot. Alex drove throughout the summer and had to wait 6 months from the start of his class before he could try for his license. More to come on that.

It wasn't long before June was here and the wedding was near. Nancy and Phyllis (Tim's Mom) flew out to Utah on June 12th to help Chrystal with the wedding set-up. Grandma Phyllis was excited to see her 1st grandchild get married. Tim and Alex joined them about 5 days later. They arrived in Salt Lake City and took Phyllis on a tour of Temple Square. It had been a long time since Phyllis had visited (1993) and a few things had changed. Phyllis enjoyed the tour through the Conference Center and later the open house at the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple.