Sunday evening we held our stake Young Women in Excellence. Since our stake is small with five wards and two branches Young Women in Excellence is held on a stake level every other year. This is the chance for the young women to show something they have been working on in their personal progress books. […]
October 2017 General Conference Jeopardy!
Fine the April 2018 General Conference Jeopardy here! Here’s the October 2017 General Conference Jeopardy! I don’t know about you but General Conference seemed to be extra special this past weekend. There were so many wonderful messages of following the Savior’s example to serve and lift, to defend the family, to love all of God’s […]
Gideon turned 6!
Gideon turned six back in July. He loved every minute of the day. He specifically asked for a “Davy Crockett and the River Pirates” cake. Huh? I had no idea how we were going to accomplish that. Gideon is totally into Davy Crocket right now. Has been for almost the whole year. He loves to […]
Family Pictures in Nauvoo!!
The last time my side of the family was together (not counting for funerals or weddings) was when Laura, now 12, was the baby. That’s a long time ago! It’s hard when we are spread out in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Kansas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida to gather together in one place. One of the major […]
Nauvoo Days 5-6
Tuesday (Day 5) Tuesday also happened to be July 4th. It was such an event filled and packed day! First all the cousins 12-18 went to the Nauvoo Temple to perform baptisms for ancestors. The girls found all the names they took with them. After the youth went all the adults got to go to […]
Nauvoo Days 3-4
Sunday (day 3) Sunday morning we dressed in our church clothes before heading down to eat the free breakfast provided by the hotel. Afterwards we loaded up the van and headed to the LDS meetinghouse in Council Bluffs, Iowa, just across the Missouri River from where we stayed. We attended the Kanesville Ward and were […]
Our Nauvoo Trip Days 1 & 2
Since we knew our van probably wouldn’t make the long drive and back we decided to rent a van.**Story at end of post It took so long to get the rental we didn’t make it to Martin’s Cove the first day like we had planned. We did enjoy driving through Wyoming. Have you ever read […]
Road Trips With Kids – My Tips
My side of the family had a reunion at the beginning of July. . . in Illinois. Guess who got to drive over 3,000 miles round trip with nine children but without her husband? Yup, yours truly. The reunion had been planned for a year but the timing for our farming was plain awful. The […]
First Hay Crop of 2017
Now that we are starting second crop today I probably should post about first crop. I wish I could describe how wonderful the smell of freshly swathed hay is. It’s not like cut grass. It’s stronger and slightly sweeter. Once cut the hay is left to dry for several days. Then two swaths of hay […]
MissionAid Scripture Inserts {Giveaway}
Do you have a son or daughter out on a mission or getting ready to serve one? Are they nervous about knowing the scriptures well enough to find answers to questions investigators may have? MissionAid scripture inserts are reference cards that work with Preach My Gospel to help a missionary quickly find just the right scripture […]
Learning Styles: Musical Learners
Of all my children Laura is definitely the most musical learner of the bunch. I think she was born singing – okay it was screeching at that young age – but she really has an ear for music and rhythms and tones and sounds. When she was younger she would watch her older sisters play the […]
Hermila Lydia Salinas Alba
Back in September we were fortunate enough to get a five generation photo of Alba women. I am so glad we took the opportunity to do so. My dear 95 year old grandmother, whom we all affectionately called Guelita, passed away a couple of weeks ago. She was ready to go. It was bitter sweet […]
Farming Season Has Officially Begun!
The weather has finally decided to start being more warm than cold. With the warmer weather comes the need to start watering the alfalfa fields. Joseph and his brothers spent a good amount of time checking the pivots and getting them ready to go. New hoses needed to be put on some of the pivots. […]
Splitting the Sky
See these two beautiful souls? Anna and Amber came here three years ago to give a presentation called Women of Faith at church. Amber wrote about that here. While they were visiting they also interviewed me for a project that was in the beginning stages. They call it Splitting the Sky. The name comes from […]
DNA Kits on Sale!!
Did you know there was such a thing as National DNA Day? I didn’t either. It’s on April 25th. The day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003, and the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953. Several companies are having sales on their DNA kits to celebrate DNA Day. AncestryDNA […]
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