JAROM & MICHELE NELSON

Early June 1998 - graduation, adios, So long and thanks for all the fish!Mid June 1998 - start at BYUMay 1999 through June 2001 - Mission to Oklahoma City, Spanish Speakingnext week June 2001 - start at BYU again, teach at MTCSeptember 2001 - meet Michele Pace of Salt Lake City, West High,Anaheim California Mission, spanish speaking, BYU Nursing programDecember 2001 - finally get around to asking Michele on a dateFebruary 2002 - Michele and I start datingApril 2002 - Michele and I are engaged, Michele graduates in NursingSummer 2002 - Michele starts work as a Nurse at Timpanogos hospital in OremAugust 2002 - Michele and I are married in Salt Lake TempleSeptember 2003 - our son Benjamin is born, Michele stops working tostay at home with BenDecember 2003 - I graduate BYU in Computer Engineering and Computer ScienceMarch 2004 - We move to Livermore, California to start work atLawrence Livermore National Lab as a computer scientist, working forthe National Ignition FacilitySeptember 2004 - I start taking classes through the lab at UC Davisfor my Masters in Computer EngineeringSeptember 2005 - Officially enter the graduate program at UC DavisJanuary 2006 - our daughter Joanne is bornMarch 2007 - we buy a house in Livermore, complete with huge palm tree(are we officially Californians or what?), a 7-minute bike ride towork (Jarom's #1 requirement), a backyard (Michele's #1 requirement),and a chimney (Ben's #1 requirement)July 2007 - we are called to help out in the spanish branchNovember 2007 - our daughter Katherine is born I am still working at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and finishingup classes at UC Davis, hopefully finishing up in the next few months. It looks like we'll be in California for quite a while and we areenjoying it. Hasta Ver, Michele, Jarom, Benjamin, Joanne, and Katherine Nelson