Steen Summer 2011

It's been an exciting summer for the Steen family this year. So much has happened and I have not blogged since the school year ended so here is an update.Lacey is an only child! Not really but is seems that way since Amber left to go live with Sage. Zachary joined the National Guard and went to basic training so Sage would be all alone. Amber and Sage had quite an adventure together cut off from the rest of the world in Cedar City , Utah.

Lacey started working at NRI doing Grounds Keeping and she loves it just like her sisters did before. I don't think she minds being alone with us too much.
While living with Sage, Amber was set up on a blind date with Marcus Johnson. Marcus was in Tracy and Steve Collings ward. Steve was his bishop when he left on his mission and his stake president when he returned from his mission. Great references! They hit it off from the start.

And were engaged a few months later.
Meanwhile Zachary came home to Cedar City, Utah from basic training and AIT just to be deployed a few weeks later. Sage and Zachary have been married for 2 years but have been apart for almost a 1/4 of that time. It looks like his deployment will be one year.


His unit 2-222 (the triple deuce) were sent to Kuwait and then on to Iraq. So Sage moved home with us after spending some fun time with Zachary's parents and family. She is a real trooper. It is hard for her to be away from Zachary but she is so proud of him and Zach really loves what he is doing.

In the meantime we had a reunion in Washington to attend. So Lacey got to fly in an airplane for the first time. The Dickson Family reunion was a blast. It was Grandma & Grandpa Dickson and their children Lynn, Jack, Doris, Vivian and Roy and all of their spouses and children. What a group!! What a fun time!!!
We ran a 10K, a 5K and a one mile for the kids.

We ate crab and lots of other wonderful food. (Marty loved the crab best.)
I tried to eat right and drink my green smoothies with my dad....tried is the key word.

We slept in tents and camped around Grandma and Grandpa's house.


There were so many fun activities. We went to dorrells house and played on the water slide, pool, trampoline and zipline. We went on a beautiful hike. We had a family Olympics. It was soooo much fun!
I know my family is big but its crazy when we all get together and you get to experience it.
This is the Vivian Dickson Wright family. The ones that could be there. We are missing Tera and her family. Erick is deployed and Tera didn't make in until the day after the reunion. Sage is with Zachary in Indiana saying goodbye. Amber is working hard to save money for the wedding. Jessica Collings Hoskins is due to have her baby any day. Steven Collings is on his mission in Germany and Kaylea is at a leadership camp. So we are short a few.

Two weeks later we were in Utah at Ambers wedding. She was sealed to Marcus Johnson in the Salt Lake temple for time and all eternity. I cried like a baby. While I was in the temple I had kind of a flash back of Amber when she was little singing "I love to see the temple, I'm going there some day..." That's all it took. I am so proud of her and the wonderful woman she has become.

Its really funny that both of our son-in-laws are from Tooele County Utah. Marcus is fom Grantsville, Utah and Zachary is from Stansbury Park. They actually went to the same High School.

The wedding was a lot of fun. We had a reception in Granstville Utah and then another one a week Later in Nauvoo. Marcus and Amber will be living and going to school in Scottsbluff Nebraska.

Well summer might be over but our adventures have just begun. Stay tuned for more NEWS FROM NAUVOO.