Oklahoma Ice Storm

Every few years, we have a really nasty ice storm here in Oklahoma. The latest one began Sunday, Dec. 9. See a tree in our back yard covered with ice (Sunday afternoon). The storm continued and the second picture is the same tree this afternoon, Monday. I hope we can save most of it. --James Fife

Florence and Otto

My mom corrected me: both these photos are from their senior year at BYU, taken to send out with their resumes.

Testing the post

Hey Sage,

I signed up to contribute but kinda got freaked out about the privacy of blogging and the whole idea in general but now I'm bored so I'll try a post.  Caught me at a weak moment.

My wife, Louisa, and I moved to British Columbia about 18 months ago.  We have two kids, Nelya (age 7) and Wilson (age 4).  We had been living in Los Angeles (2 miles from Venice Beach) for the past 10 years.  We live in a pretty fantastic area, lots of skiing, biking, lakes, etc.  Plus it's not too cold.  It's knows as "the Palm Springs of Canada."  I know... crazy.  Anyway, we love it here.  Louisa grew up here so her folks live a couple of miles away and we were able to build our dream house.  We both travel for work -  Louisa is a focus group moderator, and I'm a screenwriter (currently on strike) - so we get back to L.A. fairly often.

I'm currently working on my Masters in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia's non-resident program.  I've also got a new calling as a High Councilman and Stake Young Men's President.  

We have a dog (Friendly) and a cat (Chloe).  We got our first snowfall two days ago.  I'm not used to the snow so it's still very novel for me... and I can't wait to go skiing.

Draper Reunion 2005

We all had a great time at Katie's place in Wyoming back in 2005! It was complete with a pig roast and fireworks as well as knitting, oil painting, yoga and other fun classes! There were also fun competitions like which team could build a working robot from a bunch of old machines and who could dig the deepest hole with the Skidsteer digging machine (Thanks Katie)

SGT Nathan Fife, son of James & Irene Fife

From James Fife

Our son, SGT Nathan Fife, who is currently serving in military intelligence in Iraq--he works at a computer--will be returning home in mid-December and after a month's leave, will then be posted in England. I am attaching his photo.

I was very touched, impressed, by the love I could see among the children of John and Gwen Bushman as they gathered for John's funeral last month. We have a great heritage behind our families. I appreciate Sage's efforts to keep us in touch with each other and that heritage.

Irene and I are well. I am enjoying the positive results of recent cataract surgery. We are planning to visit family in Utah over the Thanksgiving vacation period.

Where is everyone?

Dear Family,

Last July I hosted a Sisters Reunion at my home in Brewster, NY.

Both Katie and I were expecting baby girls that we had five weeks apart.

This photo is on my front steps just before we went to NYC for the day.

It took me about three minutes to write this post and attach the photo.

If you don't want to sign up on blogger.com, you could send me your photos and letters and I will post them. We have not had a lot of activity--and I was hoping for more. I may start posting old letters I have if no one responds!

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving season.

Would love to hear from more of you.

Sage : )