Monday, November 2, 2009

Meet The Parents

Here they are folks, the wonderful caretakers that made us into the fine adults we are now, THE PARENTS!! We thought we'd give you a brief history for them and also show you a little of the now and then side.

Victor and Jolene Gates-Victor is from Culver City, California, in the Greater LA area of California. He served a mission in France from 1980-81, then moved to Provo to attend BYU. It was there that he met his future wife, Jolene at a singles ward activity where he was introduced to her by her roommate.

Jolene is from Dingle, Idaho and is proud of it! She lived there, later attended Ricks College then moved to Provo, Utah. After she met Victor, they got married in 1983, moved to North Salt Lake, and had 4 children, Alicia (24), Emily (22), Leslie (18) and Benjamin (12).

They are wonderful people and we are very greatful for them!


Paul and Amy Ellis-

Paul was raised in Taylorsville, Utah. He served a mission from 1981-82 in South Africa and then attended school at the U of U, where he met his future spouse, Amy, through a mutual friend. We're very greatful they did!

Amy's family lived in Holladay, Utah where she grew up and attended college at the U of U as well before meeting Paul and marrying the man of her dreams in 1984. They settled in the Cottonwood Heights area and had 4 children, Kevin (23), Jacob (20), Brian (19), and Jodi (15).

They are great examples of a good marriage and we love them!