Baby Sisters and Brothers

 Wood sisters 1953

with mother of 

  R. sisters 1988

with mothers of

 C. brothers 2015

and

W. sisters and brothers 2015

and

A. dreams of being a brother 2016

Merry Christmas

CHRISTMAS EVE 1964 on Fieldcrest Lane

Sisters - Leona Kravet and Camilla Wood.

Grandma and grandpa Ella and Ensign Smith, Corinne and Sarah behind.
Notice: Grandma has her apron on.

W, D, grandma Laura Wood.

POSTERITY 

2012 SLC - the great great grandsons of Ella and Ensign Smith and Laura Wood.

They are also the great grandsons of Camilla Wood.

Then and Now

Kirt D. and Camilla WOOD had this house built in 1952. One side for their young family and the other for Kirt's mother Laura PARKER WOOD. Grandma lived next door for several years. Then she move to California to be near her oldest son Parker. When she came back the Woods had grown out of the duplex and had moved. Grandma Laura moved in with us there.

My daughter gave me this idea. On a resent trip to SLC we took three of our children and two grandchildren and ask the current owner if we could take some pictures. She was very nice and let us in the gate to the back porch to take the first photo.

The house where I lived in Salt Lake City, Utah then and now.

1954 and 57 years later 2011

Then and Now

1956 and 55 years later 2011

Happy Mother's Day 2011

"Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest holiest service to be assumed by mankind." (James E. Faust)

Eternal mother since '07.
"A mother's role is God-ordained" (Esra Taft Benson)

Eternal mother since '06.
"A mother's influence extends from generation to generation." (Joseph F. Smith)

Eternal mother since '81.
"As the years pass you will become increasingly grateful for that which you did in molding the lives of your children in the direction of righteousness and goodness, integrity and faith." (Gordon B. Hinckley)

Eternal mother since '48.
"Motherhood is the greatest potential influence either for good or ill in human life." (David O. McKay)

Eternal mother since '43.
"God trusted women so much that He lets them bear and care for His spirit children" (Neal A. Maxwell)

Eternal mother since '20.
"There is no such think as the perfect mother...We just do the best we can with the help of the Lord, and who knows, these children who are struggling to be free may someday rise up and call us blessed." (Marjorie P. Hinckley)

6 Generation Pedigree

above Generation 4 [30 daughters and 48 sons =78 children]
above Generations 3 [12 daughters and 15 sons =27 children]

Generation 2 paternal Grandparents- above left Garland Lee REASOR [twin] (1917-2004) & "Grandma Wanda" [parents of 4 daughters and 1 son / 21 grandchildren.]Generation 2 maternal Grandparents- above right Kirt DeMar WOOD (1923-1987) & Camilla SMITH (1926-1999) [parents of 4 daughters and 2 sons / 30 grandchildren.]

Generation 1 Parents- above center

Generation 2 Children
Generation 3 Grand Children

Wedding Photo

WOOD Portrait 1981
WOOD Family Portrait 1978
WOOD Family Portrait 1973

WOOD HILL 1971

WOOD Siblings 1969

Motherhood

“Women -- and particularly women of God who have the Holy Ghost with them and are filled with the pure love of Christ -- have an endless and eternal impact on those they love, especially their children. As far as I’m concerned, such an impact far exceeds any contribution a woman makes leading a company or even a nation. It’s not that there isn’t value in those pursuits; the point here is not about value or comparisons, but about perspective and priorities. What can possibly equate with nurturing and shaping a human life?” (Sheri Dew, If Life Were Easy It Wouldn‘t Be So Hard, 107)

first grandchild

“The love of a true mother comes nearer to being like the love of God than any other kind of love.” (Joseph F. Smith, Improvement era, May 1913, 730)

COOK 2006

WONG 2008

REASOR 1988

Mary is the example of a miraculous mother. Mary knew her son's great potential and raised him to meet that potential. Every child has God given potential ours is the work of making it possible for our children to meet that potential.

Family Thanksgiving 1965
Mothers of Generations
Wesley father of 5, Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH mother of 5, Camilla SMITH WOOD mother of 6, Loretta mother of 6, Gaye mother of 6, Corinne mother of 4, Sarah, Denise mother of 10, Lark mother of 4, Kristine mother of 10, Leona SMITH WINSOR KRAVET mother of 3, Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD mother of 7.

Camilla SMITH WOOD 1955
Denise, Corky, Lark

“When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of Lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses?” (Neal A. Maxwell Ensign, May 1978, 10-11)

Ella HAWKES SMITH 1933

Four Daughters and One Son

Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD
back left 4.Cass Shiblon, 6.Kirt DeMar, 5.Chase McCray,
front left 2. Roland Parker, Mom, 7. Lex Fernard
about 1952

Sarah Jane GIBSON WOOD and oldest child John Andrew WOOD 1883
Sarah was the mother of 9.

Mothers, “Yours is the grand tradition of Eve, the mother of all the human family….Yours is the grand tradition of Sarah and Rebekah and Rachel, without whom there could not have those magnificent patriarchal promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob….Yours is the grand tradition of Lois and Eunice and the mothers of the 2,000 stripling warriors. Yours is the grand tradition of Mary, chosen and foreordained from before this world was, to conceive, carry, and bear the son of God Himself. We thank all of you…and tell you there is nothing more important in this world than participating so directly in the work and glory of God….Yours is the work of Salvation, and there fore you will be magnified, compensated, made more than you are and better than you have ever been as you try to make an honest effort, however feeble you may sometimes feel that to be.” (Jeffrey R. Holland, Ensign, May 1997, 36).

Mother to Mother

We each have countless numbers of mothers to honor. Each of them is important and has made an enormous contribution to our lives. I find my mother to mother line special would like to share it with my children and grandchildren. In honor of all my mothers this Mothers Day here is my granddaughters mother to mother photo pedigree line.

TRW with AW 2007-

(Lark's daughter and granddaughter)

Lark with daughters born 1980's


(named after her paternal grandmother) Camilla SMITH WOOD 1926-1998 with Lark

Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH 1897-1971 with Camilla


Sarah Amy JONES HAWKES 1875-1952 with Ella

Sarah WORLEY JONES 1851-1925 mother of Amy

Catherine WILLMORE WORLEY 1822-1904 mother of Sarah

Catherine RUDHALL WILLMORE 1801-1881 mother of Catherine

Sarah BENTLEY RUDHALL 1764-1826 mother of Catherine

Rebecca PERRY BENTLEY 1736-1793 mother of Sarah

WOOD Family Vacations

Vacation is a Families Tradition

[more to be added]

Grand Tetons 1956
Lark, Denise feet, Camilla holding Corinne

Wood's and Cortney's New York Fairy 1957
Camilla, Lark, Cortney 1 and 2, Gaye, Corinne

Wood's Hill Cumora, NY 1957
Corinne, Camilla, Denise, Lark, Gaye

1961 Disneyland 

front Gaye, Lark, Denise, Corinne back Mother holding Wesley, cousin Steven Craig Wood

Wood's, Frank Nelson's and friend Larson, visit Dinosaur National Monument, UT 1962
front left - Leslie Larson, Joyce N. Denise, Wes W., Corinne W.
back left - Gaye W. Lark W., Frank Nelson, Camilla W.

Wood's and Robert Mayfield's plus friend Larson camping at Moon Lake, UT 1964
left Mayfield family, right Wood family and far right Leslie

Wood's and Mayfields's camp at Arches National Monument, UT 1964
Mayfield children far left and far right, Wes W., Corinne W., Denise W., Gaye W.
Doughnut Falls, Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 1964

Big Cottonwood day trip 1964 cousin Steve WOOD, Corinne, Lark

Lark at Pisa 1972

Wood's at Yellowstone Wes and J.B.

Lark, J.B., Wes at Niagara Falls 1975