I have been resisting the urge to sign up to do records indexing at Family Search for a long time now because every time I have the urge, I think I should be spending time on my own languishing family history research. But when the 1940 Census … [Continue reading] about 1940 Census
Wherein we drive to Montana…and back

Monday, May 1 was the big day for Brian to leave for his summer job at the Playmill Theatre in West Yellowstone, MT. He packed up his stuff and said it felt like he was leaving for a mission again with all the packing up of suitcases. We left at … [Continue reading] about Wherein we drive to Montana…and back
Mark in South Africa

Mark is touring with the BYU Young Ambassadors and they are faithfully posting on facebook. We found a photo that shows Mark close-up. Can you find him? (Hint: He's on the right) (from the fb post accompanying this photo) On Thursday, we … [Continue reading] about Mark in South Africa
Fog+Beach=Freezing

Our trip to So Cal had to include some time at the beach. Of course! But there was fog that just wouldn't burn off and it was COLD. I started out bravely in my swimsuit, but after a while I added my coverup, then Scott's sweatshirt. None of us … [Continue reading] about Fog+Beach=Freezing
Mission San Juan Capistrano

I have always wanted to visit the mission at San Juan Capistrano and see the swallows. My mother assures me that I visited it several times when I was small, but I don't remember and have thus grown up feeling deprived. So no longer! Brian was in … [Continue reading] about Mission San Juan Capistrano