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Sitting on Santa’s lap…over time

Sue — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:10:14 +0000

I have taken pictures of people sitting on Santa’s lap at the Carey Christmas party for the last several years and thought it would be fun to see how we’ve changed through the years. So here are some photos, organized by family.

See us sit on Santa’s lap. See us have fun. See us get older.

Disclaimer: I thought I snapped feverishly at every party and got every child every year. But when I gathered up all the pictures I found some people are missing. I can’t explain this, so nobody should infer anything or take this personally. There’s one year I don’t even have pictures of both my own children. I can’t explain this, either. If you have other shots you’d like me to include for posterity, send them along and I’ll update this post!

Click on a photo to see them all in a gallery by family.

Scott & Sue’s family

Phil & Janice’s family

Paul & Michelle’s family

Brent & Teresa’s family

Mark & Sonja’s family

Ildar & Christine’s family

Carey Christmas Party

Sue — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:00:29 +0000

Every year we have a Carey Christmas party before Christmas at the Rapp house in Bountiful. This year our gathering was rather smaller than usual as Scott’s brother Mark had moved his family to Virginia, near Brent’s family; Matt, Brian, Patrice, and Shawn, are on missions; and two of the married Greenhalgh kids couldn’t come, plus Mark had to work at the MTC. We were there with no kids, Janice and Phil were there with their oldest, Paul, and his wife Tania, and baby Addy; the Rapps with their four youngest; the Fazulyanov family; Grandma Carey and Aunt Renae. We had lots of yummy food and then the kids all performed a Christmas number of some kind and the adults told a story relating to Christmas. Then we sang our traditional “12 Days of Christmas” by holding up the cards. That has been sung at every Carey Christmas since long before I joined the family 26 years ago. Several years ago Janice made each family a large set of matching cards and each time your number comes up you have to stand and hold up your card. Mysteriously, Paul Rapp always gets 12 drummers drumming which means he only stands once. (Younger kids usually opt for a partridge in a pear tree, allowing them twelve opportunities to rise and hold). We had a great time, as always, and enjoyed being together at Christmas.

Click on a photo to see them large in a gallery.

Paul Rapp Retires

Scott — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:21:18 +0000

Congratulations to Paul, Michelle's husband, on his retirement from his position of Chief of Police in Bountiful. He had a 26 year career in law enforcement. Thanks, Paul, for all you did. I know that Michelle said she has plenty of things for you to do now, so I don't think that it will be much of a rest!