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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Spring Break 2017
We didn’t go anywhere for spring break this year. People came to visit us instead! First Joseph’s cousin and his family stopped for a short visit on their way back home to Oregon. We had all the extended family here in Winnemucca come to our house for dinner so everyone could chat and visit. The next […]
Happy Birthday Jason!!
Jason turned 4 last Sunday! Can you tell he was excited about his dinosaur cake? He couldn’t decide what kind of cake he wanted so I told him I would surprise him. He LOVED it! Jason loves trains and animals. He is also very meticulous when he colors and draws. Here’s an incident from last […]
Am I New or Old?
Tuesday morning Abby went out to unlock our dog, Molly, and found she had died in her sleep during the night. Molly was such a good dog. Someone abandoned her and she wandered onto the farm about seven years ago. We knew she was old then but didn’t know exactly how old. She was perfect […]
23andMe or AncestryDNA – Which Should You Use for a DNA Test?
One question I get the most often about the DNA tests I’ve done is “Which company do you like better, AncestryDNA or 23andMe?” That’s kind of a hard question to answer because they each focus on different areas. It depends on what YOU are looking for in a DNA test. ANCESTRY DNA AncestryDNA is great […]
January Happenings
The beginning of January started with Joseph and Abby taking a road trip to Idaho. First they dropped Sara back off at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg for her 2nd semester of college. Then they helped Eve and Patrick move to Moscow for Patrick’s internship. Joseph and Abby drove through Boise just as they got hit with […]
My Ancestry.com DNA Results
I know. I already did an ancestral DNA test with 23andMe. Why did I do one from Ancestry.com? Well, mostly because I am hoping to some day find a DNA match whose family tree looks nothing like mine. My great-great-grandmother had four children but was never married. My great-grandmother didn’t know her father’s name (at […]
Unprepared
It’s 2017! And I feel so unprepared. We had an amazing Christmas break. It was so fun to have Eve, Patrick and baby Thea here visiting for a week. Sara was home from BYU-Idaho too. Christmas morning we were able to video chat with Marie! It was so wonderful to hear her voice, meet her […]
Handmade Gifts 2016 – The Living Christ in Calligraphy
Every year we have a tradition on Christmas morning to recite The Living Christ before opening any Christmas presents. This year we broke with tradition. Abigail had us open this beautiful gift before we recited The Living Christ. On top of being busy with her school work and helping Joseph with the boxes, burning names […]
Handmade Gifts 2016 – Wooden Boxes
When I asked the kids to give me their Christmas wish lists back in October most of the older kids put down their own grub box. When my father-in-law was a teenager he helped work cows and wrangle horses. While camping they kept their food in a locked wooden box. Cowboy lingo: grub = food. […]
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