Cynthia Page

Cynthia was born in Salt Lake City at LDS hospital. She spent her growing up years living all over the Western side of Greater Salt Lake area. She said her family ended up moving about once a year the whole time she was growing up.

Cynthia’s childhood was filled with lots of memories of playing. She would come home from school and go play with her friends. On the weekends, her parents would load her and her 3 siblings up in the car. They would go up to the mountains for breakfast or lunch. Then they would spend the entire day wandering around the mountain. She loved this time. They enjoyed spending time together as a family and in fact they are still very close today. They all live on the Wasatch front and usually get together at least once a month.

Once Cynthia was in Jr. High, although her family still moved, they made sure to stay within the same school boundaries. So for Jr. High she attended Elk Ridge Jr. High in South Jordan and Copper Hills High School in West Jordan.

Because her family wasn't very wealthy, Cynthia had to work to provide her own clothes, entertainment, vehicles and personal needs. This was a great blessing in her life and helped her learn important life lessons in finances and money management. As soon as she was old enough, she always worked. She would go to school all day, come home, go to work, then come home again and do homework. She still however, managed to go to most of the school dances.

Working also helped her gain confidence in herself that she could do hard things. Her first year in High School she babysat for a family. Then her family moved in a new home. The lady who they were buying the home from was quitting her job as a receptionist at a physical therapy office. When Cynthia heard this woman was quitting she thought to herself, « I bet I could do that job. » She applied and got the job. She worked there the next two years of high school.

While she was a junior she took a ceramics class. She walked in and noticed a boy named Nathan Page. Actually she thought he was kind of hard to miss, he was a loud mouth and drew a lot of attention to himself. Cynthia is naturally a bit quiet and shy so she tried to find a place to sit away from him, but the only seat available was right behind his chair, so reluctantly she sat there. It seemed like the whole first month he just kept turning around to her and asking her all kinds of questions about the class. He even asked her if she would help him study for an upcoming test. She had a soft heart, so she agreed to help him.

When he came to study for the test. They started generally talking before diving into the material, to break the ice, but before they knew it a whole hour had gone by and they hadn't talked about the test at all. Still Cynthia had a boyfriend so Nathan didn't ask her out. Nathan did however notice she and her boyfriend were having troubles, so he observantly waited. As soon as he heard they had broken up, he swooped in and asked her out. It wasn't long after that he asked her to be his girlfriend.

They dated through the rest of their junior year and were married the next year after both of them had graduated early. In fact, they got married the day of Prom. It was very fun because all of their friends came to the wedding and reception dressed in their prom outfits. It is a great memory for them.

After graduation, Nathan joined the Marines. After only 8 months of marriage, he headed to boot camp and Cynthia went home to live with her parents. While he was gone, she found out she was pregnant. She wrote Nathan right away, but due to a barracks relocation, Nathan wasn't getting her letters. But a friend of his from high school was getting letters. Someone wrote to the friend and told him about the pregnancy and he congratulated Nathan. Cynthia laughs that this is the way he found out.

Nathan received his travel orders after graduating in February to Okinawa Japan. He was also informed that Cynthia couldn't travel with him. She stayed home with her parents and he left. They wouldn't be reunited again until their first son, Kamin, was 10 month old.

When Nathan returned, he was stationed in Quantico Virginia. He was then deployed to the Republic of Georgia in Southeast Asia; so again, Cynthia packed up and went home to live with her family. Upon returning, after a lot of careful consideration, they made the decision that it was time for Nathan to get out of the military. He applied for a job in California and when their second son, Rylie, was 3 weeks old, they moved to Temecula CA, just north of San Diego.

For this job, Nathan was flying and traveling all over the world. Cynthia was home alone a lot with the kids, so for the third time, she packed up and moved back home with her parents. The traveling was becoming too much so Cynthia and Nathan decided a new job would be a better fit in order to spend more time together. So Nathan took a new job and they moved to Poway CA again just outside of San Diego.

They lived there 3 years, and their 3^rd son Asher joined their family. Also Nathan was able to graduate from College. They however, were concerned about the environment Southern California was for their growing boys. The schools didn't seem that great and the influence from the kids in the neighborhood weren't fabulous. So Nathan took a job transfer in the company back to Utah. Their home sold very quickly but the day they closed on their home, they found out the job had gone south, Nathan would have to continue with his job in California without the family. They looked at each other and decided they still wanted to move to Utah, so for the final time, Cynthia took the kids and went back home, while Nathan stayed in California working and applying for jobs in Utah. Eventually he landed a job with BAE Systems at Hill AFB. As soon as he started working there, he and Cynthia put a down payment down on their lot.

With their future looking bright here in Utah, Cynthia's parents now decided to move in with them. With two capable mom's available, it seemed silly for everyone to stay home, so Cynthia took a job at BAE Systems (The same company Nathan works for) and has worked there for almost a year.

Through all of these experiences I asked Cynthia what piece of wisdom she has gained. She said, “Enjoy every moment of your life, even the hard parts. The hard parts make us who we are. In the end it all works out for the best.”

I think Cynthia is an amazing woman. Her support and behind the scenes caretaking has made it possible for her family to accomplish and go through great and hard things. It is clear she is deeply devoted to her family. She is pleasant and loving and very easy to talk to. I hope you will all take the opportunity to get to know her and the rest of the Page family.