Teenagers!

This evening Bryce was doing homework and taking turns with Ty mowing the lawn. At one point he thought he was done and Dave sent him out to take one more turn. He stomped off and slammed the door on his way out. His homework was an essay about how to impress your parents and make them happy!

Brett quote of the day

"I wish I had a time machine."
"How come?"
"That would seem cool and I would go see what you did when you were younger. And I would be invisible like a ghost."

Pioneers

One of our new Sunday activities is learning about our pioneer ancestors. There are ALOT of them. We made a big pedigree chart that is full up to the kids great, great, great, great grandparents (that is 64 4th great grandparents). We highlight each name after we read from their history. We are hoping to find out something about all of them!

So far we have learned about Jefferson Hunt and Celestia Terry(pictured): They were married at 19 and 17. As a child Jefferson and his brothers once "escaped" an indian as two of them rode on sheep while their little brother ran behind as fast as he could go. Jefferson and Celestia had 9 children before Celestia became ill and died at the age of 39.

Pehr Pehrson and Christina Beckstrand: Pehr and Christina lived in Sweden and met while working "bound out" to wealthy families. In 1861 they heard the gospel from missionaries and in 1863 they sailed to America. They crossed the planes and arrived in Salt Lake on August 29 1863. For a time they lived in Orderville, living the law of consecration. They had 2 daughters who died as children and one son and one adopted daughter.

Anson Call and Margaretta Unwin Clark: Anson grew up in Geaga County, New York. After visits from LDS missionaries he was converted and later baptized in Kirtland, OH. After arriving in Utah Anson was instrumental in settlements in Iron. Millard and Box Elder Counties. Margaretta heard of the gospel from street meetings in Nottingham, England. Alone, she sailed to America. She joined the Martin Handcart Company which ventured out on their jouney west much too late in the summer of 1856. Anson lead a group sent to rescue the company. Margaretta became a passenger in his wagon. Here the half starved girl found a frozen squash, which she began to eat. Anson saw this and although she said she was feeling better, he knew that she was freezing to death and walked her around to induce circulation. Anson later married Margaretta and they had 6 children.

Brett quote of the day

"Would it just be hard to walk if you had 2 left feet?"

Check this out!

This is an article about the father of one of my best friends when I was a kid. He was also my bishop at one time. He also has a blog, check it out!

Kid Vid

The song Brett wrote and performed for Dave for his birthday. Kind of hard to understand him, but cute, nonetheless!

"Hey, Dad, it's your birthday

Did you know that?

Of course you did!

Let's see a movie.

It's your birthday, Yeah!"

Brett quote of the day

Brett sometimes gets red, scratchy eyes. So, the other day I was putting drops in them and he said, "Wouldn't it be cool if they made eye drops that when you put them in your eyes you could taste a flavor!"

42 Adjectives

In celebration of Dave's 42nd birthday-42 adjectives to describe him...
affectionate

artistic

attractive

careful

caring

clever

considerate

creative

cute

dedicated

devoted

devout

fascinating

frugal

funny

giving

grateful

handsome

happy

hard-working

healthy

helpful

imaginative

industrious

ingenious

intelligent

interesting

inventive

loving

particular

persistent

playful

productive

protective

religious

sensible

skillful

smart

successful

teasing

thoughtful

thorough