Lonsdale Famiglia
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The Family Photo taken July 2014 at our house on Lake Arrowhead in Rome, Wisconsin.
Identification and Update on everyone...take a deep breath...
1. Oriah Lonsdale - is still living in Austin. He has 3 bands: Party Wizard, One Eyed Cat & Profane Anything Band. He gardens and he does some life coaching, yoga & is an urban biker - always surprising us. Beloved by nieces & nephews and everyone who knows him.
2. Jacob Lonsdale - is still living in Marshfield, Wisconsin being a great dad of 5, husband and Branch President. MD practicing pediatric non-surgical orthopedics - on his way to becoming an expert in the treatment of clubfoot in children. He has a few minutes for mountain biking & snowboarding.
3. Lisa Lonsdale - shares the craziness with Jacob. At home with the 5 kids & teaching all kinds of classes at the local YMCA like zumba & water aerobics. Volunteers at the school daily & teaches piano to all the kiddos.
4. Eben is 13. When we say he's a reader, we mean that he always has a book in hand. He ran on the cross-country team and plays the guitar and piano. He's a scout, a singer and a snowboarder.
5. Graham is 10. Awesome snowboarder & awesome young fellow. He plays the violin and piano. Wrestler and singer and boyscout.
6. Solenne is 8. She was baptized this year. She swims, plays the piano (even upside down), sings and dances. She's a wonderful girl.
7. Adeline is 6. She started kindergarten this year, then she and I went to Disney World together - both pretty exciting events. She plays the piano & dances too.
8. Gretta is 3. Shall we say she's in charge. And you couldn't find a smarter girl to be in charge of a family of 7.
9. Ben Lonsdale - is living in South Jordan, Utah being a great dad of 3, husband and Elders Quorum President. He's the sales manager over strategic accounts at Blendtec and keeps his suitcase packed for travel both domestic and foreign. There's a little time for snowboarding and mountain biking.
10. Karen Lonsdale - shares all with Ben. At home with the 3 kids. Gave birth to happy, bright eyed Brent in April & smooches on him. With the other hand she does Easy Legal Planning online, runs and bikes and teaches Relief Society and personally handles home improvements.
11. Mason is 9. He plays the piano & his recitals are a thing of beauty. He reads and reads some more. He's a Lego master, swimmer and soccer player.
12. Madison is 7. She loves making art, making a dance & dolls. She's the best sister & mother's helper Brent could ever hope for. If you're an animal - she loves you and wants to pet you.
13. Brent is 9 months. He's bright eyed and a genuinely happy baby. His smile is legendary.
14. Emily L. Morris - is living in our house in Highland, Utah & does everything I would do there and more, plus renting out her house in Salt Lake. She's at home with her 3 kids & teaches Sunday School and is the best sit-down-and-play-with-you mom and wife and friend ever.
15. Jeremy Morris - is mowing our lawn & shoveling the snow in Highland plus being a terrific dad and husband. He's the lead statistician, an analyst and innovator at Domo. You have to know what Domo does to understand all that. He teaches Sunday School and snowboards too. Plays the guitar and helps in every way.
16. Penelope is 6. She went with Gordon and me to Disneyland this year - it was magical & she was a tireless park hopper. She's reading, playing the guitar & learning to sew & loving all arts and crafts.
17. Aaron is 5. Watch him go, then go more. All is Batman, legos, swords & his own Ken doll too.
18. Vivian is 15 months. She learned to walk, she's learning to talk. What more do you want?
19. Alice L. Curtis - moved to Wake Forest, North Carolina. If that wasn't enough, she gave birth to beautiful little Isla last January. Alice is a certified yoga instructor and is half of the capable Curtis home remodeling duo. They took out & added walls & redid the master bath last year. Phase One.
20. Seth Curtis - moved to North Carolina too. He's the most engaged and loving husband and first time dad. He's a Captian flying out of Raleigh for Go Jet Airline - a regional carrier for Delta and United. He's also in charge of the table saw for the Curtis home remodeling duo.
21. Isla is One. She has also learned to walk, feed herself, play & sleep on her own. Her day is full.
22. Ian Lonsdale - is living in San Diego, California. As much as he loves doing all things at the beach, he has to show up & be assistant sales manager at Tiffany & Co. in San Diego. He taught himself to surf & runs & bikes along the beach. He and Audrey might not ever come back to Utah.
23. Audrey Trottier - lives in San Diego too. She is the administrative and fiscal assistant at the University of California San Diego Geisel library. That's Dr. Seuss to you. She does ballet, runs and rides bike, cooks and is learning to surf. If only the water would just warm up!
24. Gordon Lonsdale - moved to New Orleans, just temporarily to be sure, but for how long is undetermined. Director of Photography on NCIS - New Orleans for CBS. Making the show look beautiful 5 days a week, 14 hours a day (if he's lucky.) Eating good food and then running it off. He's teaching both Gospel Doctrine & High Priests Group and a few other things too. His camera is always at hand.
25. Lynn B. Lonsdale - moved to New Orleans as well. Not without a protest, but I'm actually learning to love the Accidental Southern Life. Sitting in on classes at Tulane, loving the streetcar and the Garden District, the food and all the differences. RS Secretary and a few other things too. Working at the Baton Rouge Temple, yoga and quilting. Finally there's more time for Family History.
Phew - now even I know more than I wanted to.
