Geneology, I am doing it

Yes, I actually am! It is soooooooo fun! I've always been interested in genealogy/family history but the past few months I have taken it to a whole new level. Seriously! It all started with some great young women activities where we all learned to login to familysearch.org and submit names to take to the temple. Then I went home and showed Justin how to do it. Now Michael is even doing it! It is so easy and fun. Justin & I have been to the temple several times doing tons of family names and it is so special each time. We have also been verifying that our family tree's are accurate. Which some are not. So, I have contacted my dad, my grandpa, my grandma, and several of Justin's grandparents about getting pictures and stories of ancestors.

My grandparents, David & Carolyn & their eight kids

It really took off from there. There was one time when I couldn't find pictures of one set of my grandma's grandparents, I asked several people who I thought would know and they had no idea. My grandpa said he thought he might have some pictures of them so I set a time to meet with him at his house to find the pictures. When I got there I told him the names of the people I was looking for and he took me into this back bedroom and lo and behold there were two gigantic 20 by 30 framed paintings of them!

After taking pictures of them my grandpa then told me everything he remembered about them and started crying, and I started crying, and it was a really special experience. For Christmas I made my brother, sister, & parents family tree's. It was a lot of work.

Lots of compiling, printing, cutting, and glittering

I also put labels on each picture

For my sister's family

For my brother's family

For my parent's ( I went back much further)

Here are Justin's grandparent, Carol & Dee over 50 years ago

Here are Carol & Dee now :)

A few weeks ago I attended Roots Tech in Salt Lake City. It is the biggest family history conference in the world. It was amazing! I'll have to post more on that later.

Twilight Love!

I love Twilight! A good romance puts me in a good mood. I don't care if it's not popular anymore. Team Edward!

Creative Spiritual Motivation

I recently made a new goal to re-read the Book of Mormon and I found these unique reading charts to help with progress. It's sort of elementary to sit and color after every chapter but having the chart has helped me a ton. I would definitly recommend one of these charts to any age, or you can design your own. I have been using the one with all the bubbles and think I'll try the flower next.

Keeping The Kids Safe & Healthy

One of my main concerns is keeping my children safe and healthy. Here are some resources that help me so maybe they could help you, too.

This picture is Dr. Neilsen from Utah Valley Pediatrics with Francesca . He is fairly new but he does a really great job. He calms my worries and listens and gives great advice about health issues with my kids. I recommend him and Utah Valley Pediatrics to anyone with kids and lives in Utah Valley. They also have like at least 5 or 6 locations. They are nice and I hardly ever have to wait long for an appointment. Another bonus is UVPediatrics has a phone number that you can call anytime day or night and there are nurses that will answer any question you have about your childs health. You don't even have to be a patient to call. It's the best. I feel better knowing I don't need to hesitate calling even if it's a small concern. Their website is: http://www.uvpediatrics.com/index.php

Since I'm on the topic I also want to recommend the Utah Poison Control Center. I have called them a few times when Wesley ate some of my eyeshadow, and Michael sprayed some cleaners on his chest and they were so fast so professional. (The kids were fine, I just had to watch them, give them some water and a bath and they were fine, but I just wanted to be sure.) They were so nice and said never hesitate to call, that's what they are there for and better safe than sorry. They even called me a week later for a follow-up and sent me some free poison prevention materials, stickers and magnets. I'm sure they would send you that stuff too if you want. Their number is 1-800-222-1222 and website is http://uuhsc.utah.edu/poison/.

I was deciding on whether not to blog about this but it's been on my mind and if having this info on my blog helps at least one person than I'm happy.