Christmas 1997

Can Christmas be coming
So quickly this year?
Thanksgiving just passed
It must be quite near.

Seems like the Fourth of July
Was only last week.
The whole family home.
For this year was the peak.

They came from the west
Where all now repose
They're all now away
Except for Old Mose.

Jenny came home first
At the start of the summer
Before all her friends
It started a bummer.

Then came grand kids and mothers
They stayed fourteen days
The fathers came later
Their work caused delays.

The reason for the gathering
Back here in Missouri
Was John's Sixtieth birthday.
All he did was worry.

The logistics get tougher
You know what I mean?
We started with seven
But now number eighteen.

A real neat thing
Came from this event.
Moses played with them all
Even Brookie and Brent.

Jen wanted money
She wanted to work
So for Eddie Bauer
She became a sales clerk.

Preparing the store
For the opening grand
Worked night and day
A very fine hand.

The store finally opened
Jenny was ready
To take on the world
With income that's steady.

But despite all her prowess
At folding and such
She was really good
But that didn't count much.

When the store finally opened
The work was quite bleak
She was only invited
To work once a week.

As it turned out
Her paychecks were very small
The clothing she charged
Cost more than it all.

Now, out there in Utah
She's back in with Eddie
As a part time clerk
She remains sales ready.

Perhaps we should mention
And explain to you why
She is really in Utah
To go to the "Y"

Matthew and Jana
Remain in Salt Lake
Where she is a teacher.
Matt's taking a break.

Matt is working with Brad
On a new enterprise.
For him back to school
That is if he is wise.

He has worked real hard
On systems and such
Accounting and home pages
He's learned very much.

Back to school he is going
Next fall on his way
This time it is business
A new M B A.

Teaching young kids
has been Jana's desire
But their problems at home
Have caused her to tire.

Looks easy on paper
Just teach them to read
But it takes so much more
To meet deeper needs.

The big family project
They tackled this year
Is finding a piano
Their cost is quite dear.

Pam's player piano
Filled up her front room
So, Matt hauled it home.
Now, Jana can bloom.

Scott, Pam and Mitchell
Continue to be
Happy and working
in Albuquerque.

Three cars in one year
For Pam and Scott Lee.
Two vans and a Jeep
For their wee family.

No one can explain it.
But if they'd come clean
They traded on up
Cause they did not like green.

Scott works at Intel.
Making Pentium chips.
"We are the best,"
He constantly quips.

Scrapbooking for Pam
Has become really great
She has four volumes done.
That is of this date.

Pam keeps busy
With one thing and another
But most of her time
She's just Mitchell's mother.

For service in church,
Pam assists with the youth
In Young Women she works
To help them find truth.

Scott is ward clerk
Works with numbers and such
Great calling for him
Cause he likes them so much.

Brad and Connie
Still down in L A,
Are out on their own.
A right down tough way.

They are brokering skills
To the movies and such
They work really hard
But haven't made much.

Using Brad's contacts
They formed AnM8.
Their success is in doubt
But the name's really great.

Many want their services.
And come seeking their aid.
But fall by the way side
When Brad asks to be paid.

Connie's a full partner
In this enterprise.
A great business women.
No stars in her eyes.

They keep getting closer
And closer each day.
The money is big.
Once it starts their way.

They still have three kids
Mike, Annie and Allie.
Lost Katy their dog
Have a new one called Kirby.

As a bishop's counselor
Brad still spend his days
The work is a real challenge
But don't count on a raise.

Gregory and Cheryl
Made a big move this year.
Greg built his own office
An investment quite dear.

He did it up right
This new high tech facility
Will last many years
And enhance his ability.

Still straightening teeth.
He's changing kids lives.
But, he can do it with wires.
He has no need for knives.

Cheryl got started
Making memories good looking
She has built some real art
With her hobby - scrapbooking.

Their three kids
Brian, Brent and Brooke,
Many ways the same
But not the same look.

Albuquerque is home
Where else would it be
Temperate in the valley
In the mountains you ski.

Proclaiming the gospel
Is Gregory's commission
In the stake down there
He presides over the mission.

Compassionate service for
Volcano Cliffs Ward
Is now Cheryl's calling
In this, she's not bored.

Yes, John has turned sixty.
Oh! How can that be?
He still only behaves
Like one twenty three.

Still making car parts.
He's done it forever.
You'd think that by now
He could do something more clever.

As Columbia Stake President
He is in year seven.
To get a release,
He must transfer to heaven.

Jackie has traveled
A whole bunch this year.
To all of her kids
Scattered both far and near.

She and Cheryl
Even went on a cruise.
Scrapbooking - Sightseeing.
Handicrafts and Views.

For service in church
It's seminary for Jack
Each morning at six
She's out of the sack.

She's a business lady
Right here at the college
She brings culture here
For everyone's knowledge.

Moses, the spaniel
He's Jenny's fat dog.
Still one of the family
And he eats like a hog.

We hope that this letter
To you isn't boring.
As the wishes we send
To you are soaring.

Seasons greetings we send.
May all of next year
Bring happiness to you
And a future quite clear.


The Jorgensens

Jackie, John, Jenny
and Moses