Ah, the annual Westra Newsletter, updated with all the ins and outs of each family from the year/2025. You can catch the official PDF (better quality) in the Westra Dropbox, or HERE. The blurbs are also included in text format below, along with the photo collages created for the cover of the calendar.
Here's the quick recaps and photo collages from 2025...
Scott and Amy live in the Murray Holladay area. McKenna and Spencer Erickson and Eddie (2) live in Seattle. Spencer works for Amazon and McKenna works for Microsoft. Alyssa and Jed Smith live in Sugarhouse. Jed is an optometrist and Alyssa is a teaching and learning coach at Spectrum Academy in Pleasant Grove. Kellen and Natalie live in Henderson, Nevada. Kellen will graduate from medical school in May and Natalie is a personal health and fitness coach. Kemery and Mitch Willes live in Payson. They are the proud parents of Letti (4) and Della (2) and will be adding a boy to their family in February. Mitch works for a company that supplies contract software for the insurance industry. Kemery loves being a mom. Taylee manages the Urban Outfitters store at Fashion Place Mall. Amy loves being a grandma and spending every minute she can with her cute grandkids. Scott is the Chief Financial Officer for WCF Insurance.
Chris and Kim live in Pleasant Grove. Kim works as a Medical Assistant and Chris works from home. Conner (33) works construction and Amber works from home for Progressive Leasing. Krystal (32) and Boris live in Texas. Krystal is a lawyer for children’s services and Boris is going to law school. They have one son, Mylo. Kadan (31) and Christine live in Manti and Kadan works from home. They have one little boy, Jonah. Courtney(31) and Seth moved to North Carolina where Seth is a lawyer. Integrity is 8 and Charlotte is 3. And baby Wells. Corin (28) and Kylie live in Redmond. Corin works at Western Clay. They have a little boy, Luke. Seth (27) and Aspen live in American Fork and they have a little girl, Genevieve, and expecting a boy. Seth works at KCI. Aaron (25) married Abbi last year and they just moved near us. Aaron works for KCI also, and Abbi just graduated. Camden (23) married Hannah lastyear and they live in Chris and Kim’s basement apt. Camden works at EquinoxIT, and Hannah is going to school. Cayson (19) graduated, and moved to Midvale. He works with his Stepdad doing lawn care.
Rick and Wendy live in Santa Clara, Utah. They have seven children and five grandchildren. Rick serves as the ASL coordinator and advisor for Seminaries and Institutes in the U.S. and Canada, and Wendy works as an ASL interpreter and coordinator. They enjoy interpreting together, especially on cruises! Janika is an elementary school counselor, and Brandon works for Flex as a Revenue Operations Manager. They have two boys, ages 3½ and 21 months. Jase and Ellen moved to St. George for Ellen’s new role as marketing director for Liberty Village. They have three children, ages 4½, 3, and 1. Jared
and Hallie live in Lehi, where Jared teaches seminary and DJs weddings, and Hallie is finishing her master’s degree and working as a school counselor. Janelle and Bryton are enjoying life as BYU students, workers, and newlyweds. Jaiden attends SUU, studying elementary education. Josh is serving a mission in Seoul, Korea—and has even learned some K-pop dance moves. Jenna is a busy junior, singing, dancing, taking college classes, and working as a lifeguard.
Newsletter: https://jensenchristmas.blogspot.com/
Jen and Gray and their five Blackham Boys live in West Jordan. Gray is still with Symphony Homes. He had an active year, with "75 Hard" and 16 half-marathons/four triathlons and a 100 mile bike ride. Jen continues baking sourdough, teaching Zumba and is all about books! Landon shifted from the West Jordan LKL location to the Spanish Fork store, and found an apartment in American Fork. He's added a girlfriend, a puppy and a kitty to these changes! Cal supervises quality control for Camson Electric and his wife Kate is working towards her Masters at UVU. They enjoyed a trip to Italy. Keaton works with Cal at Camson and received his Journeyman license. It's been a "OneWheel/Unicycle" year for him. Cooper is moving up at DLP Unlimited, added forklift training to his resume. He ran his first half-marathon and is always up for pickleball. Colton finished up his first year at Clackamas and is back on the basketball team as a sophomore. You can keep up with the Blackham Bunch on the family blog: http://blackhamboys.blogspot.com
Shane and Alicia live in Highland, Utah. Shane is the CPTO at Cardata, a software company that tracks car usage for employers. Alicia is the Warehouse Retail Manager for Kneaders and just completed her first semester in UVU’s MBA program. They serve in their ward as the Ward Clerk(Shane) and Ward Chorister/Choir Director (Alicia). They have 3 children: Adria (21) finished her full-time missionary service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Oklahoma City Mission in November. She loved her mission and the people of Oklahoma. Adria will return to BYU for winter semester and plans to study Information Systems. Rella is currently a Sophomore at BYU. She is still dancing, taking Ballet classes as well as business pre-requisites. She is planning to major in Marketing and minor in Ballet. She gets along well with her roommates and loves the social scene of college. Calder (14) is in 8th grade and is now taller than both his sisters and his mom! He loves video games and engineering projects. He took a semester of yoga at school and really enjoyed it. Calder has a great sense of humor and keeps us all laughing with his quick-witted one-liners.
Derek and Danielle and their three girls live in Traverse Mountain in Lehi. Aniston (15) is a great student and has enjoyed High School at Skyridge (especially Football games and dances).Layla (11) loves soccer (indoor and outdoor) and is an amazing goalie. She is super creative and setup a little “nail salon” in her room for the neighborhood girls. Noelle turns10 in January and is in French immersion at her school. She loves playing piano and reading. Derek works in Public Relations for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is in his second year as Bishop and recently started a side-hustle DIY YouTube channel called “DIY Derek.” Danielle is an amazing cook and baker and loves to design and create pretty spaces. She is the compassionate service leader. She loves researching about health and fitness and nutrition and Derek and Danielle love to do DIY projects in their home and for family and friends.
We have been in our new home in Highland, Utah, for three years now. We are very happy here. We are serving as Temple and Family History Consultants in our ward. Margie is also serving on the R.S. Service Committee, over our many Strasburg Ward Missionaries, and as Relief Society Secretary. LaMar is still serving as a Support Missionary for FamilySearch--for 23 years now! We wish good health and happiness for you and all of your families!
... and for another look back at 2025, here's the annual slideshow, premiered at the Christmas Eve party.
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