As Time Goes By

The Esplin Tribe

Daddy holding Shirley 1930

Daddy with Shirley & Lucy 1931

Shirley holding Lynn James, Lucy LaRee 1932

Daddy holding DeLoy 1934

Shirley, DeLoy, Lucy LaRee, Lynn James 1935

Lynn James, Daddy holding Jeanette, DeLoy early 1937

DeLoy & Lynn James 1937

DeLoy, Lucy LaRee, Jeanette, Lynn James, Shirley 1937

Daddy with the kids at the sheep herd. 1937
Shirley, Lynn James, Daddy holding Jeanette, Lucy, DeLoy 

Jeanette & Jerry 1938

Shirley, Jerry, Lucy LaRee,
DeLoy, Jeanette, Lynn James 1938

Jeanette & Jerry 1939

Jeanette & Lucy 1938

Lucy, Jeanette, Shirley 1940

First Day of School

Jeanette, DeLoy, Lynn James, Lucy, Shirley 1941

Shirley, Lucy Laree, DeLoy, Lynn James 1942

Lucy, DeLoy, Lynn James, Shirley, Jeanette, Jerry, Carol Lee 1942

Lucy LaRee, Lynn James, Shirley
You tell me!

Jeanette & Jerry 1940

Jeanette & DeLoy 4th of July 1940

Jeanette & Carol 1944

Carol Lee & Jerry 1945

Verla & Jeanette 1946

Jerry, DeLoy, Lynn James

Verla 1947

Carol Lee & Verla

 Carol Lee & Verla 1950

 

 Verla & Carol 1950
Many Sundays Mama would take or send a bouquet of flowers
over to the church for our meetings.

Jeanette, Shirley, Jerry, Carol Lee, Verla 1952

Jeanette & Carol in Orderville 1953

Verla, Jeanette & Verda 1956

The Sisters

Verla, Carol Lee, Jeanette, Lucy, Shirley 1947

Shirley, Lucy, Jeanette, Carol, Verla on a windy day in St. George 1960

Jeanette, Shirley, Verla, Lucy, Carol St. George 2012

Jeanette, Verla, Carol, Shirley, Jerry, Lucy. SunRiver "Sisters" 2012

The Brothers

DeLoy & Lynn James 1934

Lynn James & DeLoy with dogie lamb 

Lynn James & DeLoy
 

Lynn James, Jerry, DeLoy 1940

Jerry, DeLoy, Lynn 1955

For the joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child,

friends of earth, and friends above,

For all gentle thoughts and mild:

Lord of all to thee we raise

this our joyful hymn of praise.
By John Rutter

Jeanette, Lynn James, DeLoy, Shirley, Jerry
Lucy holding Verla, Carol Lee.  early 1947
Mama was a much better photographer than the professionals.
"Bring me my Kodak," she'd say.

 The Esplin Family in Orderville 1957

Mama, Shirley, Lucy, Lynn, DeLoy, Jeanette, Jerry, Carol, Verla 

 DeLoy, Jeanette, Jerry, Lucy, Lynn

Shirley, Verla, Mama, Carol 1960

Lucy, Shirley, Jerry, Carol, Jeanette

DeLoy, Mama, Verla, Lynn July 1969
We watched together (along with all of the grandchildren) the first man to step on the moon
on Mama and Uncle Ed's black and white TV.

Verla, Carol, Shirley, Jeanette, Lucy
DeLoy, Jerry, Lynn
taken on the day of Mama's funeral May 20, 1977

Lynn, Grace, Juanita, Jerry, Shirley, Lana, Carol, DeRay

Jeanette, DeLoy, Verla Island Park 2001  

 Shirley, Jeanette

Carol, DeLoy, Jerry, Lynn, Carol Nephi 2006

The Birthday Party

Kolob Rehab Center March 21, 2016
Cedar City, Utah
Our YOUNGEST sister, Verla, turns 70 on March 27.
Our OLDEST sister, Shirley, turns 86 on April 2.

 Verla, nephew Keenan Hart, son of Shirley, Jeanette
 Shirley, Carol

 Shirley, Jeanette, Jerry
Jerry was born on his dad's birthday on March 21.
Jerry is 78; Daddy would be 112.

 Shirley, Jeanette, Jerry, Verla, Carol 

 Carol, Verla, Jeanette with Shirley
Stopping by to say goodbye as we leave for home.

Verla beautifying Shirley's hair.

 Cousin Verda, who was a flower girl at my wedding, and Shirley

Verla, Jeanette, Lynn and Carol

Lynn didn't go down to the party
so we took the party to him in Nephi
and they fed us lunch!
Do you want to know how old he is?
(84 on July 29)

Homebound.

For the beauty of the earth;

For the beauty of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

over and around us lies:

Lord of all, to thee we raise

this our joyful hymn of praise.
By John Rutter