In light of recent news headlines, I feel so strongly to emphasize to my family my belief in these principles. It seems really strange to have to teach elementary school-aged kids that only marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God. This is all I knew when I was young. We didn’t […]
so hey… a few weeks ago, Hillary Weeks spoke at our Stake R.S. Fireside. Her message was about being changing our thoughts to be more positive. I realized that part of the downfall of this winter was my thoughts. So – I decided to jump on-board her billionclicks.org “Be a Clicker” idea. It’s time to […]
Max is 5… too young for kindergarten as he missed the cutoff date. He’s in preschool but it’s only 2 days a week for 2 hours. Most of the day he stands by the heater saying, “I don’t know what to do.” I always have lots of fabulous suggestions… none of which he really likes. […]
Grandma Smith was great at playing games with the kids. She taught Max how to play checkers… and was patient with him while he learned. Grandpa made lots of silly noises for the kids. Every day he would say, “Today is going to be a GREAT day!” This was good for Abe to hear as […]
Benjamin, Utah, was a small town where the Smith’s ancestors John Johnson lived. (Don’t worry… I verified that this is a different John Johnson than the one I am related to… phew!) This cemetery had a map so it was easier to locate the graves. In Payson, we had very icy and snowy conditions at […]
Jimmy’s parents were here on President’s Day. His Dad’s idea of a fun day was finding ancestors grave sites. Even though it was cold and there was more snow on the ground than we hoped for, we headed south to Spanish Fork Cemetery. We had no idea where the graves were and it was a […]
Once upon a time – in 2008… we started the Smith Family Utah Temple Tour… in hopes that we could make it to most of the temples in Utah. Well… we finally made it to Manti. On our 8 hour drive home, we went up 89… and came to Manti at sunset. It was fun […]
This cemetery was adventurous. 1. We couldn’t find it and drove around that small town for a while. 2. I loved the sign and town name (Sharem… what’s the ‘koo’ for?) 3. It was FREEEEEEEZING and the kids still enjoyed running around. 4. We found the graves we were looking for… Aunt Julie’s namesake… Julia […]
On Sunday, we took the scenic by-way (aka… the long way home) to see some places that Grandma Ruth Smith lived… and to check out a few cemeteries. Grandpa Smith was overjoyed that we came with them. We drove over Cedar Mountain (which was very beautiful). We hopped out a few times to see the […]
Everyone had convinced me that we wouldn’t have any time after the funeral, cemetery, luncheon to do any activities in St. George. So – I didn’t bother packing play clothes. Yep – I should have. We went to Pioneer Park to do a little hiking. I felt like a pioneer in my church clothes and […]