Burial service for Dad...Ldcr. Richard Patterson Coombs

Richard Patterson Coombs passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 31, 2018. Richard was born on

December 14, 1942, to Robert Lincoln Coombs and Anna Barbara Patterson Coombs in Boston,

Massachusetts. Richard graduated from Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine, in 1964 and entered the

United States Naval Reserve as a career officer. After 20 years of service in the United States and

overseas, Richard retired from the Naval Reserve in 1984, then worked another 17 years for the Navy as

a civilian. Richard spent his retirement years in Hampton, Virginia, before moving to Utah to be closer to

family.

Richard is survived by his brother Barry Coombs; his daughters Victoria Coombs Fitlow and Nina

Elizabeth Coombs Smith; and his 7 grandchildren, Austin, Ethan, Evan, Denali, McKinley, Marlee, and

Keegan. Richard will be laid to rest at the Utah Veterans Cemetery in Bluffdale, Utah. The family will

hold a private graveside ceremony with military honors.

Welcome home to the USA Elder Smith!!!

After 705 days being gone serving his mission in Brazil, Elder Ethan Smith returned home on July 4th, 2018.  It was a day of anticipation and great joy as we gathered at the airport to greet him upon his return.

Waiting and watching for over 30 minutes for Ethan to come down those escalators and to be able to give him a big!  It was an amazing moment and day of joy!

David was super excited as well as I couldn't hold back the tears of joy.  Such a long time in the making and he was finally home!

   

After all the fanfare and the welcome homes and the hugs...it was time to go home...

Talia's blessing day

This is a little out of order, but I wanted to get everything into the blog and into my printed books.  This was Talia Everdene Watts' blessing day.  She is precious and Mayce and Kelly are the sweetest parents ever.  I'm so grateful to have a huge family full of new babies and neices and nephew's whom I love dearly!

William Kent Patterson is here!

Lindsey and George welcomed their 4th child on May 15, 2018.  William Kent Patterson.  He's adorable and a great addition to the Patterson family.  Welcome Will!

Evan's 17th birthday...05.04.2018

I forgot to post pictures from Evan's birthday.  We spent most of the day shopping and going out to lunch.  Evan is an amazing kid...truly a sensitive, thoughtful young man.  He's funny and spunky and incredible driven.  He's smart and loyal and usually happy!  We love you Evan!!

Mother's Day video call....last one!!

Mother's Day with a child on a mission is extra special because it is one of the 2 days each year that your child calls!  It's an amazing hour...always so good to hear their voice and see their face!  This year was no different.  We started off with some technical difficulties which meant we had to wait 1 hour to get things working, but after that we had a great connection and were able to have Dave and Austin in Virginia and Evan, McKinley and I here in Utah and Ethan in Brazil all on a google hangouts video call.  We had a great time chatting and catching up with each other.  This call seemed to be a little different knowing that it was our last and that Ethan would be home in a couple months...it didn't have the dread of it ending feeling to it.  It was happy, upbeat, and fun!  We ended with Elder Smith's testimony (in Portuguese) and a family prayer by David.  Then it cut off without being able to say goodbye, so I guess it's "see you later!!"....

Evalyn Marie Smith is here!

Andrew and Brittany welcomed their first little one...on my birthday!!  They are over the moon happy and everyone is doing well.  She's beautiful!