December 14, 2011 - The Haslams issue Christmas Greetings to One and All
October 31, 2011 - Happy Halloween - Haslam Pumpkins 2011
 September 12, 2011 - A photo from a friend who lives accross the Hudson from New York City in New Jersey.
 The New York Skyline on September 11, 2011 - Photo Courtesy of Jay Montgomery
July 22, 2011 - Brock Haslam, our second Grandchild was born Friday afternoon. He weighed in at 7 pounds 14 ounces and was 20.5 inches in length. Brock is the son of Robert and Desiree Haslam. Photos by Angela Hanks
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June 16, 2011 - Our first grandchild, Brinlee Haslam was born this morning. She weighed in at 6 pounds 10 ounces and was 19.5 inches in length. Brinlee is the daughter of Jared and Melissa Haslam. See the birthday video Baby Brinlee Video by Jared Haslam. Photos below by Angela Hanks.
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May 6, 2011 - Kevin D. Hanks (Angela's husband) received his Master of Science in Sociology degree from Utah State University.
Kevin received his degree at the commencent exercies of the Graduate School of Utah State University at a ceremony held at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. At this event all of the graduate degrees awared by all colleges and departments are presented and the individuals are all "hooded" by members of the faculty.
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April 19, 2011 - University of Utah Mechanical Engineering - Design Day 2011 - Michael and his team presented their "Senior Project" at Design Day 2011 help at the University of Utah's Olpin Student Union Ballroom. They were awarded a grade of A+- from the professor grading the senior projects. The team's project was titled "Ballistic Launcher". It provided a gun that shoot plastic balls with a video sight to automatically track a moving car and shoot it. Michael indicated they chose this project because it would allow those who came to see the projects to interact with the gun in manual mode. In that mode the gun would load and shoot under the control of a wireless Xbox Controller connected to Mike's computer. Mike wrote the code which his Dad judged to be the most complex code of all the projects demonstrated at "Design Day 2011". Dad was proud of Mike and his team's achievement. Michael and the Ballistic Launcher are pictured at the left.
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Here come the grandchildren.....
February 11, 2011 - Rob and Des Haslam announced that they are expecting a boy to be born around July 30, 2011. Reed's father and his father's father were both born on July 31.
January 17, 2011 - Jared and Melissa Haslam announced that they are expecting a girl to be born around June 18, 2011.
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December 25, 2010 - Merry Christmas - From our home to yours. The lights are the ground are candles inside white paper sacks. They are know as lumenaries.
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December 15, 2010 - Robert named Vice President at Goldman Sachs - Robert R. Haslam was named a vice president at Goldman Sachs in the Private Banking division.
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 Reed received a copy of the new Thai translation of the Latter-day Scriptures in the form of a triple combination. This makes the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants that he assisted in translating 35 years ago, now the expired version of the Thai scriptures. Reed worked with Srilaksana Suntarahut who was the principal translator of the latter-day scriptures in Thai. He also assisted her with the final review of "A Marvelous Work and a Wonder" which contains many portions of the Doctrine and Covenants. In the photo at the left the new triple combination (leather bound) is in his right hand and the prior versions of the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price are in his left hand.
The new triple combination was printed at Church Printing in Salt Lake City (2010). The prior Thai scriptures were printed in Thailand. The Book of Mormon (1976) and the Doctrine and Coventants and Pearl of Great Prince (1979).
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Yes we do. ESPN College Game day came to Salt Lake City for the TCU vs. Utah game. Rob, Reed, and Jared went to the event held in the west parking lot at Rice Eccles stadium. We arrived at about 7:45am rather than the 6 am or earlier that many in the crowd did. Sadly Utah was beaten by the frogs with horns
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 Sherry and I traveled with her brother Les Westberg and his wife Laura to Thailand. This was my third return visit since my missionary days. It was the second for Sherry and the first trip ever to Asia for Les and Laura.A highlight of the trip for me was to meet Brother Bunja and his family. Bunja was a young man we taught in Ayuthaya Thailand 36 years ago. This was while Mani Seangsuwan was my companion. Brother Bunja was one of several young people ages 16-24 that we taught while in Ayuthaya. Some of them of them joined the church after we were assigned elsewhere. Brother Bunja was one of these.
Today Brother Bunja is married with a wife and two children, all of whom are members of the Church. He is an officer in the Air Force and a member of the Rangsit branch presidency in the Bangkok Thailand stake.
It is hard to express my joy at this reunion. Brother Bunja was involved in the Boy Scouts (common in Thailand, but no too common in Asia). In 1976 (the year after I left, he attended the World Scout Jamboree in Norway.
To see my full report on LDS church sites that we visited in Thailand read this report [pdf]
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 We spent 3 busy days in the Bangkok area. On Friday we went north of Bangkok to visit Ayuthaya (the ancient capitol of Thailand) and Bang-Pa-In (site of the King's summer palace. That evening we had dinner with Wisit Khanakham (former president of the Bangkok Thailand stake). He took us out for some fine Thai food. He also took us to the site of the largest meetinghouse in Thailand now under construction in Pakkret.On Saturday we traveled west of Bangkok out to Ratchaburi province to visit the Floating Market at Dumnern Saduak. It is always fun to take a long tail boat ride on the canals. Following that we returned to Bangkok to visit the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew. Les took a fine picture of the Emerald Buddha (made of jade) from outside Wat Phra Kaew through the open door. We also stopped to see the Reclining Buddha at Wat Po which is close by.
In the afternoon we visited the Weekend market at Chutujak. It is a remarkable place where you can purchase almost anything in the way of food, clothes and souvenirs. We purchased ties for all our sons and scarfs for all our daughter and daughters-in-law. Following shopping we visited the incredible Paragon shopping mall. A five story mall that features high end shopping for Thailand's wealthy residents. Next door we saw where the riots last May had destroyed by fire other nearby buildings at Siam Square.
On Sunday we attended church at the Asoke building, joining with both the International Ward and the Asoke Thai ward. The International ward had members from several different nations in attendance. At the Asoke Thai ward we met Elder McConkie (grandson of Elder Bruce R. McConkie). I had communicated with him prior to his mission departure. After church the Bishop of the Asoke ward arranged to take us to the airport using his personal van. That was very much appreciated.
For a complete report on our activities in the Bangkok area please see: Near Bangkok.pdf
 We spent a full week in Phuket. Phuket is an island in southern Thailand in the Andaman Sea (a part of the Indian Ocean). Phuket has popular beach resorts on the west side. Phang Nga bay on the east side is the home of incredible "karst" islands which have a unique and start beauty. These islands jump straight up out of the bay. [See the photograph at the left].We stayed at the Marriott resort on the northwest coast of Phuket. The resort was beautiful with pleasant accomodations and spectacular swimming pools.
Beaches we visited along the west coast included Mai Khaw, Kamala, Patong, and Kata. The waters were warm and pleasant.
Off the southern end of Phuket are the Phi Phi islands. They are also "karsts" but are located in the Andaman sea and feature clear blue waters, and some nice beaches.
For more information please see Phuket.pdf
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Reed caught this photograph of a thunderhead (Cumulonimbus) over the Wasatch mountains at about sunset. It was shown by Dan Pope on the KSL news at 10 pm. The cotton ball look at the bottom of the cloud is the Mamatus element in the name. Over the great plains this type of cloud will often spawn funnel clouds and tornadoes. The purple-red color is due to the setting of the sun. Some stray cumulus clouds (white) can be seen beneath this huge thunderhead.
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Artist Rendering
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Painted and Labeled Shovels are Ready
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Elder Rasband speaks
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Elder Walker speaks
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For most - A bring your own chair event
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Land at the Temple site
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Angela "Hooded"
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Receiving her Master's Degree
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Angela with Husband, Grandma, and Haslams
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Angela with the Hanks
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