Summary of 2020

Goodman Family 2020

Bob and Sharon (Conroe, Texas)

Bob is Managing Director of Drilling Specialties Company for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and serves as Conroe Stake President for our church. He prefers to be called a General Fix-it Man.  Sharon is managing "Goodman Family Enterprises" (Wink) and serves as a Seminary Teacher.

Bobby and Jill Goodman (Murray, Utah) and children Linley (11), Max  (9), and Elynor (7)

Bobby is a Private Wealth Management Senior Leader at Goldman Sachs and serves in our church as the Self-Reliance Coordinator and YM Camp Specialist.  Jill is an Adjunct Anatomy Professor and Director of Dissection at Salt Lake Community College and serves as a Counselor in Relief Society.

Stephanie and Ben Johnson (Spring, Texas) and children Emma (11), Paige (8), Bennett (6), and Tanner (4)

Ben is a Machinery Advisor for Exxon Mobil Corporation. Stephanie is "Managing Director of Johnson, Inc."  She and Ben serve as Activity Day Leaders for their ward primary children.

Chelsea and Thomas Bosen (San Antonio, TX) and children Knox (5), Holly (3), and Jude (1)

Thomas is an Emergency Physician with Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians. Chelsea is "CEO of Bosen Corp." and serves as a Counselor in Relief Society.

Michael and Kristin Goodman (Katy, Texas) and children Eve (4) and Brady (2)

Michael is a Consultant and Geologist for Environmental Resources Management Company (ERM) and serves as his ward Young Men's Priest Advisor.  Kristin is an online ESL Teacher, and serves as a Youth Sunday School Instructor at church.  

Our Twelve Tremendous and Tenacious Grandchildren!

A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR 2020

Bob liked working from home due to COVID 19, which gave him more time to work in the yard.  We all loved having church meetings at home with family and friends. And no one can dispute the comfort and ease of conducting business meetings on ZOOM!

Family togetherness was much more frequent since everyone was working from home.  Bobby and Jill's family came the end of May and we had an amazing impromptu family reunion with all kinds of fun activities!

Sharon had two additional surgeries on her right foot to remove hardware that her body rejected, and later, a cyst that formed under the incision site. She also had surgery to realign the stretched out ligaments of her left hand due to Rheumatoid Arthritis.  There wasn't much else to do this year, right?

Bob hiked the Wind River Mountain Range in Wyoming with Stephanie, Ben, and Bobby. The arduous 4-day, three night back-backing trip was a challenging dawn to dusk hike, with sore feet, aching backs and one night of hail.  The trail was a 35-mile loop which ascended and descended several times from around 9,000 feet to about 12,500 feet in altitude.  Not bad for an "old guy"! 

In September, Bob and I spent a week in Texas Hill Country with Michael and Kristin's family.  That was a much needed get-away into nature for all of us!

After a fun but brief October visit from Doug and Sandra (Sharon's brother and sister-in-law), Bob and I joined Stephanie and Ben's family for a few days of sunshine and relaxation at South Padre Island.

Life with the Goodman family seems to turn in to a perpetual party!  As family, we enjoyed lots of special events together this year, including birthday celebrations and Paige's baptism.

Thanksgiving with the Bosen Family in San Antonio was truly a treat.

Some will remember 2020 as a horrible wreck (yes, that's Sharon's totaled bimmer from a very scary but safe November accident), but we choose to focus on the blessings which the challenges of this year have brought into our lives.  They are more numerous than we can list here - although, this summary testifies of many of them.  We will bring 2020 to a conclusion with all of our children gathered around our home once more to celebrate the miraculous birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and to remember and strive to emulate His remarkable life.  With gratitude for the blessings you and your family have brought into our lives, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous peace-filled New Year!

With love,

Bob and Sharon