Elder Maynes mentions Joseph Watson Maynes

Elder Maynes spoke  Sunday morning in conference.  He is third cousins to us so his dad is second cousin to Mom, Same relation as Josh and Catie's kids are to Laura and Jesse's kids for example.

He includes a short story from the life of his great grandfather, Joseph Watson Maynes.  He was the just older brother of our great grandfather, John Alexander Maynes II (5th child and third son but named after his dad). (born 14 months apart)

Both brothers were part of the Mormon Tabernacle choir but before recording devices.

Both served missions back to England where they grew up.  Joseph died in 1912 on his mission at the age of nearly 54 of a heart attack.  John died in 1915 also on his mission in England at the age of 55.  John had his wife and youngest daughter Dorothy with him on the mission.  Here is a link to some pictures of him.

There seem to be lots of Maynes relatives who died in their mid 50's.
Mom's dad (John Alexander Maynes III) died in 1940 at age 57.

Using the Internet for Good

Here is an interesting article made by a recent (2009) convert, Al Fox.  At the end she has a video where she writes and mails a letter to the Elders who taught her.  One of them is probably a relative.
Here's a screen shot from her video.

A person(Seth Smith) in our ward in Pacifica also had an article about her. Here is that link.

Another Grandchild

Looks like Mom and Dad are expecting another Grandchild. 14 weeks on August 8th,

 Congratulations and Good luck Heidi and Monte.

Grandparenting

We had to try to spoil Will from a distance for his birthday!

But we had the chance to do it hands on with Elliot.

Lots of sleeping with a few small feedings.

Almost 12 hours away from Mom.

He got used to us but was happy when his parents came back.

Kyle got his Mission Call !

Congratulations Kyle.  Leaving in December. What a way to spend Christmas. From his Facebook post:

Dear Elder McGee:
You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Mexico Mexico City Northwest Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 24 months. You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. You will prepare to teach the gospel in the Spanish language. 

Happy Birthday Will.

Will turned 4 on July 29th.  His presents came via Amazon.  Here he is sharing one of them with Whitney. Glowstick bracelets with the challenge to get them all going at the same time.

Knight Family Reunion

  Mark Your Calendar!
The 2014 Knight Family Reunion is planned for June 13 and 
14, 2014, in Salt Lake 
City! We welcome a year's head start to make the 2014 Reunion the  best ever (the 2012 was  hard to beat!). Knight cousins wanting to help,  email info@josephknightfamily.org.