Hiedi and Will Packer!!

Congrats to Heidi and Will!! The luncheon was so fun!! For the Family members that couldn't make it, you missed out on a beautiful reception and some delicious food!! Heidi and Will were sealed by President Packer on November 7,2008!! Its so fun when everyone is together! It was good to see the family all together! Heidi and Will are moving to HAWAII!! for a year and a half!! poor them.. huh?! just kiddin! It will be a fun adventure for them to start out there lives together!! Good Luck guys and congrats! WE LOVE YOU!!

BABY REAGAN!!

Congrats RasT family!!
Reagan was born 5 Weeks ago! and is adorable!! Give them a call and even better A visit!!!

Family UPDATE!!!

September 21, 2008 –

Update on Uncle Jerr—

He had his second surgery almost two weeks ago which took about 11 hours—from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.. You can imagine—Aunt Mel was freaking out wondering what was taking so long—what could be going wrong?! The surgeons redid everything—taking a piece of his skull to rebuild bone and a tissue sample from the roof of his mouth for collagen to keep tissue from attaching to the metal plate (happened after last surgery). Poor Uncle Jerr—his head felt like it was in a vice.

It’s now a waiting game—the surgeons are still waiting for the swelling to go down to see how successful the surgery was. It’s interesting—they raise the eye higher than it needs to be to overcompensate—it should naturally drop down to normal level—last time, they overcompensated, and it was too high. So, keep up the prayers—for Jerr and for Jenna! (Jenna—we would all like an update on you! We’re so happy you got to go HOME!

Love to all, Aunt Deb

1st SnoWfaLL at the RANCH!!!

WE LOVE Star VALLEY for LABOR DAY!!!
A few of us were at the ranch this past weekend and had so much fun!! We woke up to a SnoW StOrM! on monday!! Sept. 1st!
It was Crazy!

2nd Surgery!!!

Uncle Jer had his 2nd Surgery this past week, Keep him in your prayers, We Love you Uncle Jer!

Letter From Jeff!!

Oh Family,
> The adventures continue. I have been all over the place and everywhere
> I go, people welcome me into their homes like I've known them for
> years. I've traversed the twisted streets of Bucharest, crossed from
> the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea and am leaving tonight to
> Transylvania. With all that I am learning, it is a relief to have so
> much on tape--I don't know how I could possibly hope to assimilate it
> all in one shot. The people I am interviewing are incredible. The best
> way I can explain it--imagine if the civil rights movement had failed
> and Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, etc. had all been forgotten. These
> are the kind of people I am talking to. Individuals who fought tooth
> and nail to preserve their liberties that communism was taking from
> them. They were imprisoned, deported, forced into slave labor and many
> were never heard from again. Now, Romania enjoys a stable democracy
> and an economy that is growing like crazy, and yet many of these
> individuals have never been given a chance to tell their stories. Just
> Monday I asked a man why he spoke out against the communist regime
> when he knew what he was risking. His answer? "I did what had to be
> done...someone had to do it."
>
> My time is racing by and before I know it, I will be home. Reading
> emails and blogs and such today has made the idea of coming home seem
> not so bad...yes, I love you all and look forward to spending time
> with you. Tony and Tami, you better believe I am going to be making my
> way down south sometime soon.
>
> The second day of filming, the viewfinder on Dad's camcorder started
> to have problems and is now no longer working. I had to do a small
> series of interviews yesterday without being able to see through the
> camera. Let's hope things turned out. When I took it to get fixed
> today, I had two options. 1: wait a week for the part to arrive and
> pay 200 bones. 2: buy a portable dvd player for 200 fat ones and use
> it as a viewfinder. Of course, I had to go with option two, but let's
> just hope I get that second grant which will cover remaining expenses
> and still have some leftover. Plus, now I will have the pleasure of
> watching the Romanian DVDs I am buying on the plain ride home.
>
> I have to go, but I love you all. Trust that I am in good hands and
> everything is going to turn out as it should.
>
> Jeff

Its a BOY!!

Congrats to Jeremy and Nikki!!
Nikki Had a BOY!! His name is Jeremy Lynn Barber Jr. AKA J.J!
J.J was born August 7, 2008 at 5:55am weighing in at 6lbs 3oz and was 19 1/2 in long!
He is so cute! To see pics click on the barbers under families!!
ya!!

Heidi Is Engaged!!!

Congratulations Heidi!!
Heidi is gettin hitched to Will Packard!! Wahoo!!! We are so excited for those two!
They will be getting married November 7 2008!

Congrats Claudia!!

Claudia and Ryan are EXPECTING!! ya!!

Update on Jer and Nauvoo by aunt Deb

Here is a email that aunt Deb sent!

Hi!

We had a great time in Nauvoo. The boys and all cast members did a superb job in all their performances. Nauvoo is such a wonderful place to visit.

I spent a couple of hours with Jerron Wednesday evening. He is grateful to see well (except peripherally), and says his eyesight gets better every day. I could feel the metal plate in his cheek sticking out the side of his face just below his eye. Also, you can see the eyeball is too low. He cannot close his eyelid all the way, and he has to be careful to keep his eye moist. He feels almost no pain, but he does have movement and feeling—kind of like his face is waking up after dentistry. Even though the doctors have said his jaw lines up and is fine, Jerr has been concerned that he cannot open his jaw very wide.

Jerr saw the surgeons yesterday, and they need to do his surgery over. They are going to wait ten days to give everything a little more time to heal. The first time, they went in just inside his upper lip next to his teeth. This time they will cut him from one ear across the hairline to the other ear and pull the skin down. Sounds awful, but they said they do it a few times every day. His bone structure surgeon expressed confidence in the restructure of his eye socket, but his eye surgeon said that eye sockets are hard to fix. Additional x-rays explained the reason for the jaw restriction—Jerr’s cheekbone was crushed in his face, but the cheekbone from the side of his face to his ear was not. It turns out when the surgeons tightened the screws of the metal plate to this uncrushed part of his cheekbone, they broke it and just discovered that today. Jerr is relieved to know the cause of the trouble with his jaw.

He agreed with me that he is on a roll with the miracles, so it just makes sense they will continue. So, keep up with all those great prayers!

Love, Debra

UNclE JeR!!

Uncle Jer was involved in a Jet Ski Accident in Lake Powell. He was life flighted from the lake to the St. George hospital then uncle scott drove him to SLC. He went into surgery around 9pm and out at 3:30 am!
I'm not sure of every detail but what Ive heard I know is that He was playing the all famous frisbee game! and going for the extra point jumping off the jet ski to catch the frisbee the jet ski flipped around and hit his head. Breaking many bones in his face, and jaw. As we all know Uncle Jer is awesome and strong, We pray for him and hope for a full recovery!! It may be a long road. WE love you uncle Jer!! and well just say you won that round! YOur the bESt!! FEEL GOOD SOON!!

MeMoRiAl DaY!

Hey FAM!! We all had a blast at the ranch this weekend!! lots of games, cleaning, painting, hula hooping, and not to mention the welts from ping pong!
The ranch looks awesome! Alot of time and work was put in this weekend and was well worth it!! good job everyone! The new carpet, tile, paint, and sprinkling system was a great improvement! It was a fun time!
My favorite time was the hula hoop contest! Go GRanDma!! and not to mention Jamisons little foot shuffle! Ha!! even Aunt Shawna mastered the skill! Cub... you almost had it!
Happy Birthday! Uncle Dave!!
Jamison lost His TOOTH!! it was hanging there and he would not let anyone touch it!! Then while he was doing the WORM it fell out! Good Times!!
Jackson was a good garbage man through the rain on that speedy 50cc!

Brent and Candice Feb. 7 2008!!

We had a great wedding, and enjoyed our honeymoon on a mexican riveria cruise!!

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