Headstone Search for Genealogist

I have added on the right of my blog a web site for anyone wanting to get involved in searching for headstone pictures of their ancestors and relatives. You can sign up on this web site for FREE to be a contributor of memorials, pictures, bios, and cemeteries where buried as well as family information. It is also a chance to help others with theirs as well. If you interested, check it out at www.findagrave.com. If you have any questions post me a note. Sheryn

Washington 2009

Pictures from our trip to Washington to visit with our son Bryan and his family.

More Nativities and Old Bamberger Display

7th Annual Christmas Nativity

Here are some fun pictures that I took at our 7th Annual Christmas Celebration on November 27 & 28. The concerts were wonderful, the Nativities were beautiful as were the wall hangings and pictures. Even the children had a good time coloring their story books about Jesus' birth, and dressing up and being able to part of the manger scene. I enjoyed the 2 1/2 hours I spent there. I hope you enjoy the pictures I took.

7th Annual Christmas Nativity

I've had a busy month and since our community Christmas Nativity is coming up and I am in charge of advertising, I thought what better way to advertise than to put my flyer on my blog.

Undaunted

On Friday October 23rd, I had the opportunity to attend the ISDUP Convention in Salt Lake City. It was awsome. Gerald Lund was the guest speaker and of course he talked about his new book "The Undaunted". He also showed a slide presentation. As good as the book was, he made it come alive even more when he talked about the some of the highlights of the pioneers and what they went through. Even though I have a lot of pioneer ancestors, I don't know if I would have been as faithful and "Undaunted" as they were. Gerald Lund also signed books for those who were willing to stand in a very long line. I lucked out and was number 6 in line and got my book signed. I took his picture while he was signing books.

Wyoming and Back

In need of a get away, we left Friday and headed for Wyoming. Along the way as you will see in the photos below, we looked for DUP markers and sites and then went to Fort Bridger. The first picture is the inside of a covered wagon. They are very small inside. The next picture is the outside of Fort Bridger. I took pictures of the inside, but didn't post them. There is a picture of the school house at Fort Bridger that has a DUP marker next to it. You mainly see the marker. The cabin picture was taken in Morgan, Utah. It is marker #19. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers have about 534 markers in several locations in several states. I am hoping that our Davis Kaysville Company will be able to get a marker put up. We are working on it, but they are not easy to get.

We stayed over night in Evanston, Wyoming, and then had lunch their on Saturday at Chadders before we left to come home. It was a nice quick trip.

Over Night Trip

Art Work

Our sweet Tyler grandchildren sent us some art work and notes on grandparents day. I have them hanging on my door so I can look at them.

Family picture 2009

Bryan and his family came to town and we have had a great week. We are all tired but thoroughly enjoyed every minute we were able to spend with them. Little Olivia kept us in stitches. We had family pictures taken and I have attached a picture of my family. They are all special and I love them dearly.

New favorite Stamp/craft Ideas

I found a new favorite web site that sells genealogy stamps, paper, embellishments and more. I created a cover page for my Ancestor Headstone Photo Book. I am excited about this book, but I still have a lot more work to do in order to finish it. This project could be on going for awhile. The web site is: www.howtofindyourroots.com

Busy Month

I don't have a picture to post right now, but July was a busy month. Between family reunion's, hiking in the mountains above Kamas, working on a different kind of genealogy book (headstone's of Ancestors and great aunts and uncles), and DUP meetings to get ready for out Seminar in September, I have kept very busy. I have spent a lot of time on the computer. Floyd bought me a new GPS for my car, and I am learning to use his hand held one to mark where headstones are in cemeteries. Some would say that is a strange thing to do, but it's all part of knowing where your ancestors were from the beginning of their life histories to the end. It's been interesting and I have even found new information I didn't have before. Right now Elijah has me under his spell.

Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple

Today Floyd and I went with Jenny, Lee and their family to the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple Open House. The sky was an overcast of clouds and the wind was blowing, but the temperature was just right for our outing. The temple stands on a hill over looking the Salt Lake Valley. You can see the Jordan River Temple and the Draper Temple in the distance.

Flowers July 2009

The flowers and new bushes are growing and doing well. Thought you might like to see them.

All of my 4th of July patriotic decorations are out as well. I love to decorate my front porch. Actually I have more patriotic decorations on my porch than I do inside my house.

Manti Pageant 2009

Last night I went with Jenny and her family to Manti to see the Manti Mormon Miracle Pageant. It took about 2 hours and 20 minutes to get to Manti. On the way their we saw a DUP Marker which I was excited to see. The pageant didn't start until 9:30 p.m. so we had plenty of time to wait around for it to start. We took turns walking around and taking pictures and watching little Carston. We took a picnic supper with us and ate, visited, looked around, took pictures and bought a couple of treats. Jessica and Matthew, and Carston had their picture taken with some of the cast members and I took their family picture as well as some temple pictures and pictures of pioneer homes in the area. There are many miracles connected with the pageant, but most of all it is a great missionary tool for teaching the Gospel message and the restoration of the fullness of the gospel. The Lord's plan of Salvation is also beautifully explained and portrayed. It brought tears to my eyes. It was a fun evening and we had a good time.

Pioneer Recipes

This is a short taping of the pioneer recipe contest that was held at "This is The Place Heritage Park". The winner was the first lady shown. She did her great-grandma's fudge recipe. Becky's children were not in this part of the taping, but we watched it. I have a copy of all the pioneer recipes that were in the finalist.

Studio 5 KSL TV

All week on KSL Studio 5, I kept hearing an advertisement on TV that Studio 5 would be filming live at "This is The Place Heritage Park", so today, June 19, 2009 I decided to take Becky's children with me to the park to see what all the excitement was. Our timing was perfect. We arrived in time to sit on the yellow train and wave at the camera as the train went by. Then we went to the "Heber C. Kimball" home where there was more filming going on. We received instructions about a game that the children could participate in. We went behind the house where the games were being set up. The children were allowed to do a couple of practice runs and then they were filmed live on TV with Brooke Walker and Darin Adams. They played two games both of which were filmed. All the while that the filming was going on I took pictures of the filming. I have attached 4 of the pictures I took, (I actually took a total of 105 pictures). We all had a great time and at the end of the filming, Brooke asked Saeby if she wanted to hold the microphone and Brooke Walker had her picture taken with C.J., Saeby, Ysa and Jaxen Clark. What a fun day it was.

New Church Library

Last Saturday, Floyd and I went to the new Church History Library open house. It rained off and on all day, but was only cloudy when we drove to Salt Lake. We parked at a near by parking lot and walked a short distance to the library. The newly finished library will officially open to the public on June 22, 2009. The building is very large, 230,000 square feet. The library property on North Temple Street between State Street and Main Street in SLC, was originally owned by Heber C. Kimball (1801-1869). This land has been occupied by homes, a school, a mill, a blacksmith shop, a pharmacy, a cafe, an ice-cream shop, a dance academy, a bowling alley, an advertising agency, and the mission home.

The library holds more than four million church documents from around the world, ranging in date from 1830 to the present. The building has five floors containing books, pamphlets, magazines, manuals,, newspapers, original unpublished journals, diaries, papers, manuscripts, photographs, posters, maps, audivisual recordings and microfilms as well as patriarchal blessings.

Floyd and I saw a short 14 minute film on the library and and then went on one of the tours. It was exciting and fasanating. We saw a demonstration on how the first edition copy of the Book of Mormon that Joseph Smith hand addressed to Vienna Jacques, one of the three women referenced in the Doctrine and Covenants and the Joseph Smith Papers, was cleaned refurbished.

When we finished our tour and got ready to leave there was a cloud burst and we got wet on the way to the car. We enjoyed our tour of the library so much we didn't even mind, it added to the excitement of the day.

Graduation

Our oldest grand-daughter, Samantha Tyler graduated from Logan High School last night June 3, 2009. The program was wonderful. Samantha surprised everyone in her family, when she did a solo on her viola. She also sang in the choir. She has accomplished much during her time at Logan High, playing on the softball team and being in the production of "Greece". We are very proud of her for all she has accomplished.

Flowers are Growing

The flowers are growing and doing well. I will probably take another picture in the fall when everything is in full bloom.

New Bushes

Well, The bushes got pulled out and new ones are planted. Now I have to plant flowers. I will send you a flower picture later. It stopped raining, so I am working hard get everything done.

I've been excited for good weather so I can plant flowers and get the yard shaped up. We have done a lot of trimming, as you can see from the "sticks" left in the above picture. We trimmed these bushes way back and there is not much left. I think we may need to take them out and put in new ones. The old ones were over grown. My problem right now is the weather. It keeps raining so I can't be outside. Therefore, the yard is at a stand still. I am praying for good weather soon.

Matthew School Play

This afternoon I attended Matthew's school play "Jungle Book". Matthew had three different parts in the play. He was a wolf, a tree and an elephant. I made a video of part of the play. Matthew and his school friends did a great job. The play was really cute.

Spring

For Earth Day I walked around the yard and neighborhood and took a couple of pictures. One of my tulips and the other of trees in the neighborhood that are popping "popcorn". You know the song "Popcorn popping on the apricot tree". I believe spring has finally arrived. We cleaned up our yard from winter debris, and Leland pruned the trees. I painted the faded hopscotch which the neighborhood children and grand children like to use. Now I am in the process of deciding what flowers to plant next month. Floyd dug out the old raspberries that were not doing well, now we have to get the bed ready to plant tomatoes.

Ancestors

While it was raining and snowing this past week, I worked on another craft. I bought a basic kit, when I was at the Scrapbook Expo in March, and added my own pictures to it. The kit included a wood frame, a magnetic board with the tree on it and some wood square and round buttons.
I picked out the pictures I wanted to use and downloaded them to the company web site, www.storiesbyme.com. Their free web site was fun. it sizes the pictures for you. They have many projects you can do. You just load your pictures on their site and they size them and send them back to you via e-mail within minutes and you can save them and then print them out when you are ready. I decopodged all of the pictures, distressed them and used liquid chalk to stain the edges and give them a more antique look. The round and square buttons have magnets on the back of them. I also wrote the name and date of each ancestor on the back of their picture. It was a fun project. I think I might make another one of Floyd's family. Check out their web site, and see all the projects they have.

Covered Wagon

Spring Flowers

The attached picture was taken in April or May of 2008, last year. This year the flowers haven't bloomed yet. It has been so snowy, rainy, and cold that the flowers are a bit late. I assume my yellow flowers will be in full bloom soon. The neighbors across the street have daffodils in their front yard, but the snow on top of them has them all bent over. In the mean time we stay inside where it is warm. We are, however, looking forward to LDS General Conference this week-end. Conference is always uplifting and inspirational.

The Pioneer wagon at the top is my reminder that on May 16th, I will be installed as the new President of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Davis Kaysville Company.
The small picture to the right is a collage photo of the DUP Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah and what is inside. There are three floors full of pioneer artifacts as well as a carriage house in the back. (There are only a few pictures of artifacts on their web site. It is only when you go to the museum to see the many pioneer artifacts in person, that you get a real feel for what the pioneers went through.) When I go there I spend hours looking around and thinking about what my ancestors went through to cross the plains in covered wagons and pulling handcarts and walking many miles to reach the Salt Lake Valley. Their trials and hardships were many. I love DUP and hearing the histories and stories of the pioneers and seeing the artifacts they brought with with. The pioneers had much faith , courage, fortitude and partiotism. I hope that I will be able to be a good leader and represent these couragous pioneers properly. If you click on the Museum picture it takes you to their web site.

Abbie's Swim Meet

In lane 9 (top of the screen) with the red swim cap, we have Abbie Tyler, age 12 in one of her many swim heat's over the past 3 days. She took 5th, 4th, and 1st. She did the 50 free style, the 200 IM relay and several other heats. During each race she improved her time. Their were lots of participants and many races. Abbie held her own and made us all proud. Way to go Abbie!

Arches 2009

The 17th of March was Floyd and my 42nd wedding anniversary. We celebrated by going to Arches. We left on the 14th and returned on the 18th. It was wonderful. The weather was nice and we spent one night at Red Cliff Lodge, (The Redrock Canyonlands around Moab). This is where the first pioneers settled around the west before finally venturing into the Moab Valley just over 100 years ago. There is a small pioneer cemetery on the hill above the lodge, with three graves. The origional ranch was called "White Ranch". It is also the area where many movies were made, such as, the 1949 Wagon Master, Rio Grande, Border River, Taza, Son of Cochise, Thelma and Louise, and many more. John W ayne and Maureen O'Hara were two of the many actors.
Floyd and I took a lot of pictures. I took 243 pictures and Floyd took 379. I am not very good with the video part of my camera but here is a picture and a short video that I took.

Recipes & Boxes

My most recent crafts have been recipe holders, cookie boxes, and containers for small loafs of bread as well as nugget boxes. The recipe in the recipe holder, is for cream wafer cookies. I got the recipe from my sister-in-law Rinda. They are really good.
The design and pattern for the cookie boxes came from the scor pal web site. They have lots and lots of free patterns that you can print out. The patterns are designed to be made using the scor pal tool. It is a fun tool and makes it easy to create lots of different boxes, purses, and other creative ideas. Their web site is www.scor-pal.com.
The apron and spatula on the recipe holder is a sizzix die cut. The bread holder, which holds a small mini loaf of bread is on the scor pal web site also.
I made all of my recipe holders and cookie boxes to use as decorations and gifts at my up coming Daughters of Utah Pioneer Jubilee which will take place in May. I am in charge of decorating the table and I like to plan ahead. Along with bright spring pink flowers and pioneer kitchen utinsels and cooking tools, I think our table will be quite festive.