About us

The Elder family is made up of Mom (Barbara), Dad (Scott), three daughters (Jessie Carlie and Rylie), one son (Geoff) and one son-in-law (Jason). We love to spend time together as a family having fun, especially at our cabin in the mountains near Fairview, Utah. We're big game players and love to play Ligretto and Ticket to Ride. The guys (and Carlie's) latest game obsession is Risk. We're dreading the end of summer because it means we'll have to vacate our pool that we've spent so much time in this year.

Barbara is a crafty and creative lady. She has a new craft room that she hasn't hesitated putting to use and just finished making a "happy dress." We'll post pictures soon. She also loves people, and people love her. Everywhere she goes she makes new friends.

Scott works hard and plays hard. His favorite weekends are spent at the cabin exploring new trails on his four wheeler and watching movies with his family. When he's not at the cabin, he's planning his next cabin trip. He's always full of witty comments and creative ideas. Like his wife, people just love him.

Jessie enjoys reading, writing and photography. She absolutely loves her job as circulation manager/associate editor at Utah Valley Magazine. Her four years of hard work at BYU paid off in helping her land this dream job. Now she spends her time working, reading and experimenting with new recipes.

Jason is Jessie's husband who also enjoys reading. They can often be found reading in bed together late into the night. He works as a software application programer and loves helping Carlie and Rylie on their math homework. He also enjoys the fruits of his wifes recipe experiments.

Geoff is currently a student at the College of Eastern Utah in Price studying computer graphics and Web design. He loves his classes and loves playing with his new Apple laptop. It must be a family thing, because everybody loves Geoff. He can often be found challenging his dad or Jason to a game of pool, which - of course - he always wins.

Carlie is a 14-year-old who loves fashion and reading. She dances 8 to 10 hours a week at The Pointe dance studio. Her nose can often be found burried in a book. Her latest book addiction is The Uglies series. She's read the Twilight series twice, in less than a month.

Rylie is our little fish and spent most of her summer days in the pool with her friends, family or just by herself. She also dances and spends about 4 hours a week in the studio. She loves helping Jason grill every Sunday and is turning into quite the culinary artist herself.