Sappington Family 2016 Top Ten List

It has been another busy, exciting/interesting/fun year for the Sappington Family and as always it has been hard to narrow it down, but here is what we think are our Top Ten stories of 2016:

1.              Grandma Doris Henion passed away peacefully in the afternoon of Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at the age of 92 years and 11 months with her beloved 16-year-old cat by her side (the kitty found a new home with one of Mom's caregivers who reported Penny also passed away in mid-November).

2.              Selwin Lovell and Brianna Teddie Bair married in the St. George Temple on Saturday, November 26.

3.              Tiffany and Bob make room for identical twin boys Ashton and Sawyer (bringing the total to 8 – including Ayami)

4.              Simeon and Selwin return after 2 years as fulltime missionaries in, respectively, the Georgia Atlanta Mission (March 2014-16) and the Mississippi Jackson Mission (April 2014-16).

5.              Simeon graduates from Southwest High School as #1 out of 400 students.

6.              Allysa and Josh are "finally engaged after 11 years together and two little boys" (her words when she announced their engagement).

7.              Charlene and Tiffany survive a head-on collision.

8.              Grandma Linda is Utah Rotary’s “Rotarian of the Year” out of 2000 members.

9.              Kendi, Kris-E-Ola and Kaytee are back in school!

10.          Gary Yocum retires.

Other good stuff includes:

-    Josh is now a lieutenant at MSP.
-    Kelly and Gary's car survived a rear end accident on the I-15 freeway.
-    Bob Nelson has submitted his doctoral dissertation.

Yes, it has been an interesting and full 2016 and we look forward to another exciting, fun and busy 2017.  Happy New Year, everyone!