Emilie (6): Played indoor and outdoor soccer, loved taking a tumbling class and does cartwheels all over the house, started 1st grade, is learning to read and loves books, lost all of her front teeth and had a nice toothless smile for a little while, loved being on Swim Team during the summer and learned all the different swim strokes, runs a mile every week with Marathon kids club
Hyrum (11): received his Arrow of Light and graduated to Boy Scouts, raced in Soap Box Derby, doing indoor soccer, running club, Drama Club, Mission Possible Team (a science-based club), Shere Khan (percussion ensemble), loves swimming, and was just selected to play Robin Hood in his school play in the Spring, he loves doing service and has participated in numerous community service projects
Reed (15): started High School this year, swam for the Gator Swim Team and placed 1st in Breaststroke at the Summer League Championships, got his braces off, started Seminary, is learning German, made First Alternate cello in District Honors Orchestra, also plays percussion in band and in a percussion ensemble, completed his last year of Mission Possible Team, ran Cross Country, plays indoor soccer, is also in BETA Club, German/French Club, and Student Senate, he is close to obtaining his Eagle Scout, just got his driving permit, loved EFY this past summer, and Youth Conference in Arkansas, worked as a soccer referee and as a library volunteer, he also enjoys playing piano in his free time, and he befriended a transfer student from China who he still keeps in touch with, his favorite activity is jet-skiing on the lake, Reed helped our neighbor when she fell and called for help and made her comfortable until help arrived
Mallory (17): is a Senior this year, completed 4 years of Varsity Cross Country and is now in her 4th year of Varsity Swim Team, First Chair Cello in Orchestra, Second chair for District Honors Orchestra, took the ACT and got a 31 with a perfect 36 in Reading and English, got her Driver’s License this past year (so glad she can drive to seminary now!), had her 5 wisdom teeth removed, National Honor Society, BETA club, Senior Class Representative in Student Senate, her Art work for large scale drawing was in the window display of the Arts Council downtown, also painted murals on a business wall and on her cousin’s wall, loves sculpting with clay, Participated in Model United Nations, State Music Festival, scratched cornea and switched to soft contacts, Enjoyed EFY again, received the Regent’s Scholarship to Southeast Missouri State University (full tuition), accepted to BYU-Idaho, and is hoping to go to BYU in the Fall and on a mission the year after
Brynda: is glad she is not still in high school, is in her 3rd year of teaching Gospel Doctrine at church, also recently called to help with 11 year old scouts, volunteers at her children’s schools and helps with community service projects, also volunteers weekly at the Adult Learning Center helping a Spanish woman to learn English, loves family history, was the Kindergarten Girls Soccer coordinator, was sad when her Chinese friend Jean went back to China, was a speaker at a 4 stake youth conference at Arkansas State University.
Kevin: has been married to Brynda for 19 years as of December! Finished his term as Faculty Senate Chair at Southeast Missouri State University where he is also an Associate Professor of Management, is 1st Counselor in the Stake Presidency of the Cape Girardeau Stake, was the commencement speaker at Metro Business College, recently saw Wicked at the Fox Theater with Brynda, drove the whole way on the trip out East mentioned below, was also a speaker at the above mentioned youth conference.
The family enjoyed traveling to see the Luke’s, Kirtland sites, Niagara Falls, Palmyra (the Hill Cumorah Pageant) and the Sacred Grove, and upstate New York to see Brynda’s Aunt Keta and family this
past summer. Hopefully, we’ll be able to spend time with more family and friends this coming summer.
Love, The Dicksons
