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The Holy Ghost Story

Here Is The Book Mark

Here is the bookmark I made for a handout. I love the quote by Joseph Smith. It applys to my life. I just realized it isn't so easy to read. Here it is -
"Tell the people to be humble and faithful, and be sure to keep the spirit of the Lord and it will lead them right. Be careful and not turn away the small still voices. It will teach them what to do and where to go. It will yield the fruits of the kingdom". Prophet Joseph Smith told to Brigham Young in a dream February 1847

Finished Last Sunday

I finished teaching my first session of Temple and Family History Work Sunday School last Sunday. Tomorrow I am teaching my Relief Society lesson, "Gospel Principles, pg 31, 'The Holy Ghost'". I love teaching Gospel Principles.

The image here is what I put on the banner quote and the bookmarks I handed out.

Here is the worksheet I had them use.

Sentimental Sunday Blog

The Courtship
of Elizabeth and Joseph
By Bonnie Madge Shipley Anderson
Elizabeth Anderton was born at Wigan, Lancashire, England, 22 Dec 1828, the daughter of Nancy Lyon and John Anderton. Joseph Shipley was born at Burton Latimer, Northampton, England, 1 Nov 1813, the son of Margaret Payne and William Shipley.

Elizabeth and Joseph met in the Great Salt Lake Valley of the Utah Territory in North America. They both were working for the Willard Richards Family. Elizabeth was working in the house and Joseph as a farm hand. Joseph had lost his wife Elizabeth Garley and sons Nephi and John, during the past year, while he had been away in the Mormon Battalion. Elizabeth and Nephi had both died of Cholera and were buried at Mount Pisgah, Iowa. His son John had disappeared and was never heard from again. Elizabeth with her six year old daughter, Margaret, had left her home in England working her way to the Great Salt Lake Valley by cooking for the company she was in. It had meant walking all the way for herself and little Margaret who had one leg shorter than the other and had a heavy weight fastened to it. What Joseph, 15 years her senior, had endured in the past year helped him have tender feelings for this girl who had left friends and home for the Gospel and who was very sad and in bad health.

On 5 February 1854, Willard Richards asked Joseph to take Elizabeth to the City Creek, break the ice and baptize her. It was Elizabeth’s belief that if she could be rebaptized she would start to feel better. Joseph did as his employer asked and upon the couple returning home, Brother Richards told them to come into the parlor and to stand up together and he would give Elizabeth in married to Joseph. There had been no courtship and Elizabeth wondered if she really wanted to marry this man, although she had the greatest respect for him. Brother Richards told her if she would marry Joseph, be true to him and do her duty, she would never regret it. They were married and lived a long, happy and useful life together.

Elizabeth and Joseph made their first home in Salt Lake City for a few years. While there they were blessed with two children. Amelia Elizabeth, 22 October 1854 and Willard John, 14 October 1856. While living in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah a son, Henry, was born in March 1858 and died shortly after his birth. All the rest of the children were born in American Fork, Utah, Utah. Sarah 3 May 1859, my grandfather Joseph Anderton 17 February 1861, Nancy, (Nettie), 21 November 1863, Elizabeth 1 February 1865, Mary Eliza 16 Jan 1868, Thomas 19 Sep 1870, Benjamin 15 Feb 1872, Grace Ada 23 July 1874. Elizabeth’s daughter Margaret was adopted by Joseph and used the Shipley name. She was born 14 August 1848 in Ashton Under??, Lancashire, England. Her biological father is unknown at this time.

Elizabeth died 27 July 1900 and Joseph followed his beloved Elizabeth on 24 October 1901 after 46 years of marriage. Today their earthly remains lie side by side in the American Fork City Cemetery section F plot 208, in American Fork, Utah, Utah. They are surrounded by beautiful pine trees and other foliage. Margaret lies West of them and Thomas Shipley, Joseph’s brother to the North of them. Daughter’s Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary Eliza are also buried in this plot. Many of their other children with spouses are buried in other sections of the cemetery. A large white marble monument is here to honor Elizabeth and Joseph as pioneers of this area. At the gate to the cemetery is a very large monument dedicated in memory of all Veterans who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States and Joseph’s name is there under the Mexican War. "God in His wisdom has called The boon His love had given, And though the body molds here The spirit is safe in Heaven.

Amelia Weight Larson George

I received an email from a distant cousin thanking me for sharing information on a common relative which happens to be my 2nd maternal great grandmother. Here is information on her and my 2nd great grandfather plus her other husband.
John and Amelia Weight Larson
by Bonnie Madge Shipley Anderson (gg granddaughter)

Revised 10/09/1999
Revised 05 Nov 2002
Revised 25 Oct 2004
Revised 16 Feb 2005
Corrections 23 Feb 2005 Oops!

John Larson was born 15 October 1831 in Landenes, Avaldsnes, Rogaland, Norway. The Larson family came to the United States in 1836 on board the Den Norsk Klippe. The family immigrated under the farm name of Sandenaes. At the time of immigration Lars Sr was 41, Martha was 38, Lars Jr was 11, Tosten (Thurston) was 8, and Johannes (John) was 4 years and 6 months old. The family left Stavanger and sailed to New York City. Traveling with them were Martha's parents both aged 67 years at the time of arrival in NY. The destination for the family was thought to be Illinois in or near La Salle County where a Norweigian colony was organized. Martha's parents were Tosten Johannesen and Birgette Jacobsen. You will find the above information in a copy New World Immigrants Volume II. The article in the book that talks about this ship is called Four Immigrant Shiploads of 1836 and 1837.
Sometime before March of 1840 the family was in Whelby Or Scotland County, Missouri where his youngest brother, Thomas, was born. Two years later they moved to Ambrosia (Sugar Creek), Lee, Iowa Territory to live. John's father died sometime in 1842.

Missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints baptized Lars and his mother on January 23, 1843. Thurston was baptized 12 February 1843 and John on November 8, 1843. Little Thomas was too young and had died in March of 1843.

Martha and her sons journeyed to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois and met the Prophet Joseph Smith and soon moved there to be with the Saints. Soon after this meeting, the Prophet was martyred and the family was present when Brigham Young was transfigured and appeared as Joseph. Some saw the transfiguration, some heard Joseph's voice and some neither saw nor heard. Because of the religious persecution they were forced to flee from Illinois back to Iowa Territory. They camped first at Sugar Creek where Martha died in January 1846. Then the brothers moved from one small Mormon encampment to another across the Territory. The brothers were witness to the Miracle of the Quails. This took place in the Fall of 1846 on the Iowa side of the Mississippi.

Lars lived in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa for sometime. He married Mary Adelphia Hopper Bellows there and his first child, Martha Ann was born there 12 Sep 1849. John made his home with Lars. Lars served a mission to the Ponca Indians in northern Nebraska and Dakota with W.C. Stames in 1846. He took his family and his brother, John, to Utah in 1850. He was in Salt Lake City in 1850 and later moved to Mill Creek and then to St. George Utah where he remained the rest of his life.

In Council Bluffs Iowa John's brother Thurston joined the Mormon Battalion. Even though Thurston was only 17 they gave him permission to join three months before his 18th birthday. Thurston marched with the Battalion to Santa Fe, New Mexico in Company C, ( the same unit as my great grandfather Joseph Shipley), where he was detached with the sick to Fort Pueblo. After wintering at the fort he migrated with the rest of that company to the Salt Lake Valley, arriving on 29 July 1847. See Thurston's Story here.

Amelia Weight was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, 07 November 1833, to James Weight and Ann FOWKES (FOUKES). The first place I found the family in America is on the 12th of June 1854 when her father died at Quarantine Island, St. Louis, Missouri. There were many that died of Cholera during their voyage and I assume he died of same.

Amelia and her family came to America, after joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The parents were baptized in 1848 as well as Althahah and James. Alfred never joined the church. Frederick and Amelia joined in 1850. I am not sure when Martin was baptized.

The family traveled to America on the ship MARSHFIELD. The Marshfield was under the command of Captain Joseph H. Torrey. The Yankee ship Marshfield sailed from Liverpool on 8 April 1854 bound for America. Aboard were 366 Latter-day Saints in the charge of Elder William Taylor. Some of the emigrants came from the island of Jersey. During the fifty-one-day voyage there were two births, one death, and one marriage. A number of sailors professed conversion and were baptized, but some did so in the hope of easier access to the Mormon women. On 29 May the emigrants landed at New Orleans, Louisiana.

The members of Amelia's family onboard were:

WEIGHT, James, (father), <1789> Gender: M Age:65 Origin: Reading Occ: Engine Fitter.

WEIGHT, Ann, (mother), <1792> Gender: F Age:62 Origin: Reading

WEIGHT, Esther, (James Jr.’s wife) <1825> Gender: F Age: 29 Origin: Bristol

WEIGHT, Martin, (brother) <1831> Gender: M Age: 23 Origin: Bristol Occ: Engine Fitter

WEIGHT, Eliza F., (Martin’s wife), <1832> Gender: F Age: 22 Origin: Reading

WEIGHT, Amelia, (self), <1834> Gender: F Age: 20 Origin: Reading

WEIGHT, Ellen, (Esther and James Jr. child), <1849> Gender: F Age: 5 Origin: Bristol

WEIGHT, Alfred. (Esther and James Jr. child), <1851> Gender: M Age: 3 Origin: Bristol

Another sister Althahah didn't immigrate until March 26, 1857. The ship was the George Washington and she sailed with her husband Richard Gilbert and a James Gilbert. I don’t know the relationship, if any, of James to Althahah and Richard.

Amelia’s brother Alfred never came to America. He lived his life out in Reading, Berkshire, England.

Amelia's brother Frederick Weight and his wife Charlotte Burgum sailed on the ship North Atlantic leaving England on the 3rd day of September 1849 and arriving at New Orleans Louisiana in November 1849

John and Amelia were married 08 October 1855 in Salt Lake City Utah. They were endowed and sealed 16 May 1856 in the Endowment House. Extraction from The Deseret News lists the marriage as, "Married, Salt Lake City, 29 Oct 1855, John LARSON and Amelia WEIGHT. 07 Nov 1855 FHL US/CAN Film 0026587, item 3 ." The actual record from the newspaper says, "In this city Oct 29, by Bishop John Lytle, Mr. John Larson and Miss Amelia Weight, of this city." The year was 1855 and listed under marriages.

At the October conference of 1861 they were called to move and help settle Dixie, by President Brigham Young. They arrived in St. George Utah January 1, 1862. The lot given them was the one where Ephraim Foremaster lived later. They lived there several years then bought the lot East of the Court House where they lived as long as they stayed there.

In 1866 John, with George Fawcett, Jap Bird and Al Elmer went to Fort Laramie to meet and help some immigrants who were coming to Utah. It took three months to make the round trip.

John's occupation was that of farmer, road supervisor and butcher. At the time there was no butcher shop in St. George so the Government gave him a permit to kill the wild cattle at Diamond Valley. After skinning the cattle he would take the hides and tan them to make quirts, hackneer, ropes and many other things.

They endured all the hardships of the pioneering of Dixie. Their bread was made of cane seed as the cost of one hundred pounds of flour was a good cow and calf or $25.00 in money. Alfalfa and pig_weed greens were eaten also. They had to cover their live coals at night or borrow some from neighbors to start their fires each morning. They also borrowed their neighbor's grease_rag when baking day came. At one time John took his one large red rooster to Pymn's store to trade it. He received one pound of sugar in exchange for the rooster.

In 1871 John took the contract to build the railroad from Lehi to Sandy. While working at Draper in the month of August 6, 1871 he died.

Amelia was very talented as a singer and organist and was a member of the Tabernacle Choir, (I have not verified this yet). She died at the age of 83 in Murray Utah September 2, 1918. At the time of her death they had forty two grandchildren and sixty-five great grandchildren.

Her Granddaughter Amelia Malloy Holst Petersen had this to say about her. "Childhood memories were very pleasant ones. My Grandmother Amelia Weight Larson George came across the plains. She was nineteen years old. She joined the L.D.S. church in London, England. She was very talented in music, spent many happy days with all of us children, told us very interesting stories of her experiences. One pleasant memory was when she hitched the horse to the surrey and would take us all to the Lagoon. We never tired of hearing her tell of the many blessings she’d enjoyed after settling in Salt Lake City, Utah. She told us many times that the L.D.S. Religion was true. She did much Temple work, and was a very wonderful person."

From Frederick and his wife's histories I find that she did do much temple work, played the organ for her church unit for many years and spent time singing in choirs and with her brother's band. Also in Frederick's history he tells of traveling from one church to another playing and singing with his brothers and sisters all day Sunday. They also played other places together. You can read parts of Frederick's history here.

My Sister Clare Ann said she was told Amelia had calluses on her feet from her walking across the plains until her death.

Clipping from newspaper name of unknown:

Death of Utah Pioneer

The death of Mrs. Amelia (Weight) Larsen George occurred Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. L. Scott, 81 Fifth Avenue, Murray.
Mrs. George was in her eight-fifth year, being born in Bristol, England, Nov. 7, 1833, and came to Utah in 1851, walking most of the way across the plains with the Martin company.
In 1855 she married John Larsen and settled in Murray. They moved to Dixie in 1862., where they endured many hardships. While there Mr. Larsen died, leaving her a widow with seven children. In 1875, she married John George.
Mrs. George was a faithful Latter-day Saint, having joined the church in her childhood. She was the mother of eight children six of whom survive. They are Mrs. H.S. Cahoon of Deseret, Utah; Mrs. Charlotte Birch of Murray; Mrs. E.L. Scott of Murray; James A. Larsen of Marion, Idaho; Martin Larsen of St. George, Utah and Heber Larsen of Nevada.
Impressive funeral services were held Thursday at 1:00 from the Murray First Ward Chapel. Chilion L. Miller, an old time friend and neighbor paid the highest respect to the deceased and spoke of her sterling qualities. Bishop D.B. Brinton also spoke. The singing was furnished by Mrs. Ada Mc Donald, Miss Russell and W. F. Robinson. The pallbearers were James A. Larsen; Martin Larsen; John Malloy; Owen Larsen; Thomas Birch; Carl Hammond; The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. The internment took place in the Salt Lake City Cemetery undertaker George Jenkins in charge.

Descendants of John and Amelia Weight Larson
First Generation

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1. Amelia Weight was born on 7 Nov 1833 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. She died on 2 Sep 1918 in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah. She was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She was sealed to her parents on 19 Jun 1895 in the Salt Lake temple. She was baptized 21Feb 1849. She was endowed on 16 May 1856.



Amelia married (1) John Larson son of Lars Larsen and Marthe TOSTENSEN on 8 Oct 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. They were sealed on 16 May 1856 in the Endowment House. John was born on 15 Oct 1831 in Landenes, Avaldsnes, Rogaland, Norway. He died on 6 Aug 1871 in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah. He was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. He was sealed to his parents on 16 Jul 1931 in the Logan Utah temple. He was baptized on 8 Nov 1843. He was endowed on 16 May 1856.



John and Amelia had the following children:

+ 2 F i Amelia Ann Larson was born on 3 Aug 1856 in Big Cottonwood-M, Salt Lake, Utah. She died on 26 Dec 1929 in Deseret, Millard, Utah. She was buried 29 Dec 1929 in Oasis, Millard, Utah. She married Hyrum Spencer CAHOON.
+ 3 M ii John Martin Larson was born on 18 Feb 1857 in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah. He died on 6 Jul 1937 in St. George, Washington, Utah. He was buried there also on 8 Jul 1937. He married Isadore ANDRUS
+ 4 M iii James Alfred Larson was born on 3 Feb 1860 Mill Creek Ward, Salt Lake, Utah. He died on 9 Nov 1943 in St. George, Washington, Utah. He was buried 12 Nov 1943 in Logan, Cache, Utah. He married Judith Marilla Larson.
5 M iv William Thomas Larson was born on 1 Dec 1861 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. He died on 3 Mar 1906. William married Rosetta Margaret Morgan

+ 6 F v Charlotte Athelia Larson was born on 28 Apr 1864 in St. George, Washington, Utah. She died on 20 Jun 1939 in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah. She married Walter Edgar MALLOY and Thomas Robinson Birch
+ 7 F vi Esther Louise Larson was born on 22 May 1867 in St. George, Washington, Utah. She died on 4 May 1943 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She married George Scott.
8 M vii Heber John Larson was born on 22 Jun 1869 in St. George, Washington, Utah. He died on 14 Mar 1932. I have no record of a marriage.

Amelia married (2) John George in 1875. John was born about 1819.



John George and Amelia had the following child:

9 F viii Cecelia George was born on 19 Feb 1876 in Murray, Salt Lake, UT. She died on 15 Oct 1883 in Murray, Salt Lake, UT.

One More Class - Plus Workshops

I have one more class in this session to teach and then the workshops for extra help. This time has gone way too fast. I'm sorry I had to make mistakes but I learned so much from each of them. I know things will go better with the next session.

John Litchfield abt 1531 - 1589

John Litchfield is my 12th Great Grandfather. He was from Brixworth Northamptonshire, England, and died 27 Feb 1589. He was buried 9 Mar 1589 in Brixworth. He married his wife Alice about 1562. Using that date only because my 11th Great Grandfather William Litchfield was born abt 1563. I was able to add four more children to this family.
Elizabeth 1565
George 3 Oct 1567
Thomas 20 Sep 1569
John 19 Oct 1572

Gathering Information From Public Records

I believe one of the most helpful tips I can give the class is "Keeping Notes on What You Find".
One can avoid duplicating their efforts by keeping a record of the research they do and the information they find. A simple research log will work well. Index cards filed in a small box will work on individual relatives too.

King Aethelred II The Unready

This is my 26th Great Grand Uncle
Name: King Aethelred II The Unready
Born: c.968
Parents: Edgar and Ethelfleda
Relation to Elizabeth II: 28th great-grandfather
House of: Wessex
Ascended to the throne: March 18, 978
Crowned: April, 978 at Kingston-upon-Thames, aged c.10
Married: (1) Elfleda, (2) Emma
Children: 9 sons including Edmund and Edward, and 4 daughters
Died: April 23, 1016 at London
Buried at: St Paul's
Reigned for: 38 years, 1 month, and 5 days
Succeeded by: his son Edmund

King of England from 978, following the murder of his half-brother, Edward the Martyr. He was son of King Edgar. Aethelred tried to buy off the Danish raiders by paying Danegeld. In 1002 he ordered the massacre of the Danish settlers, provoking an invasion by Sweyn I of Denmark.In 1013 King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark landed in England and was proclaimed king. Aethelred II the Unready fled to Normandy but was recalled in 1014 on the death of Sweyn. War with Sweyn's son, Canute, occupied the rest of Aethelred's reign. His nickname is a corruption of the Old English 'unreed', meaning badly counselled or poorly advised.

Some may say, "I am Princess of The "Unready" LOL

Are We Related?

The photo is of King Aethelred II of England. You can find out more about him at Wikipedia.
Here are some Paternal surnames I'm researching - Shipley, Hill, Anderton, Crosgy, Payne, Lyon Timms, Ransom. All of these are from England. Some Maternal surnames are Holst, Frederkson, Malloy, Larson, Nielsdatter, Pedersen, Weight, Christensen, Jensdatter, Thomasen, Nielsen, Tostensen, Fowkes/Foukes. These are... mostly Danish and Norwegian with a sprinkle of English and one from outer space.

Big Mike's Plot

Just got word this morning that my Son's headstone is ready to install. Now to get someone to help my Hubby and #2 son install it.
It is sad when one has to bury and take care of the resting place for their child's body. I'm glad his body has a beatuiful place to lay and I'm at peace knowing my body will lay close to his until we are resurected and our body and spirit will be together again forever.

"Five Things To Do Before You Become An Ancestor".

I teach a Family History Class each week and am going to give them Marian Burk Wood's "Five Things To Do Before You Become An Ancestor", as a hand out. Check it out here - http://wetree.blogspot.com/
I am sitting here in the Family History Center with only have one patron and she knows what she is doing. So guess I'll get back to finishing preparations for my Family History lesson.

Family History - I've Been Doing It!

I worked all day yesterday and this morning on updating my Miscellaneous Cemeteries and Unknown Cemeteries WebPages. I've found a few headstones but also got a lot of information and sources I didn't have before.
I was able to help a family yesterday, by phone, finding some sources for a child in their family that had died.

My Maternal Line

Elma Maurine Walker Jones

This is the newest headstone I've added to my collection. It is for my second cousin and her husband. Thanks to Arleen Miles, the volunteer photographer, I have it safely in it's places. I have it on the following Webpages:
My Webpage - http://cactusgems_garden.tripod.com/idaho_misc_burials.htm
Find A Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/
Ancestry.com - http://www.ancestry.com/ My Family Tree
and
My personal software date base for family history PAF. You can download Personal Ancestrial File for free at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/pafonline.asp
Happy digging for your roots today.

Oscar Night Highlights

I enjoyed the John Hughes tribute. I liked all his movies that I saw. I was all for the winning actor for best supporting actor, Christoph Waltz. He was so good in Inglourious Basterds. I want to see The Princess and the Frog for a few reasons, one I like the story, two the music sounds good and three I like animation. Jeff Bridges is a good actor and I'm looking forward to seeing Crazy Hearts. I also love musicals and have since I first saw Roy Rogers and Gene Authrey in their early movies. My big Sister used to take my brother, cousin and I to the Paramount theatre on Saturday afternoons to see them. Also there was a local talent show during intermission. She loved getting involved in that. She has a good voice and was always there teaching us and others to sing at school and at home. The photo is of the three of us. I'm in the middle.

My Love of Movies

This is my photo of our local theatre - Cactus Theatre. Closed now for many years. I worked for the owner Marsha Rogers for the four years she owned it. I was in heaven as I could watch all the movies I wanted to and eat pop corn. There is something different between any kind of pop corn and theatre popped corn.
Starting back during the Summer between the 3rd and 4th grade I fell in love with the big screen. My Mom and Dad were working as was my big Sister and my brother was off doing what boys do in the Summer. I was lonely and soon made it a habit to visit my Mom or Dad or both two days a week for the 20 cents it took to watch a movie. The other three days when a new movie would start I visited my big Sister that sold tickets at the theatre to beg a ticket off of her. It didn't matter what the movie was I watched it. There were three theatres in town and I gave them equal time. I knew what day each of them changed their film and I was there first in line. There was the Paramount, Rio and Gaiety movie houses.
The closest theatre to me now is 73 miles one way. We don't go anymore and thank goodness for video rentals, Netflicks and Pay Per View TV.
I miss not seeing the nominated Oscar films before Oscar night. This year I have only seen four of the ten and slept through three of the four. I did not sleep through Inglourious Basterds. I liked the movie and thought the acting was very good.
"Avatar" (20th Century Fox)
A Lightstorm Entertainment Production James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

"The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
An Alcon Entertainment Production Nominees to be determined

"An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers

"A Serious Man" (Focus Features)
A Working Title Films Production Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers

"Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
A Montecito Picture Company Production
are the movies top on my list to see soon as they are out on DVD. I also am looking for ward to seeing Crazy Heart, It's Complicated, The Messenger, The Lovely Bones, ( a great book), Last Song, Princess and the Frog, The Last Station, The Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, and The White Ribbon. The R rated ones I will not watch. I hope none of them are but I have come to realize Hollywood likes to make R rated movies for some reason. Oh well that is another blog message some day from me.

Sandra Bullock

I've always liked Sandra's movies. She is funny and the movies she acts in can usually be watched by all the members of the family. I liked "The Net" very much but I like all her movies so I'm not a fair judge when it comes to her. I have not seen Blind Side as yet. I'm looking forward to it.

How About Two Best Female Actor Awards?

Helen Mirren is another wonderful actress. Like Meryl she is beautiful and full of talent. I believe both of them were the best dressed.

Oscar Night

My favorite all time star since I saw her in Sophie's Choice and then the French lieutenant's Wife. I think she should probably have won all 16 nominations for Oscar. But then I also like -

I Love American Idol

I love this show! So does my family. We feel the spot was stolen the past two seasons from our pick. We still love Adam Lambert and David Archuletta. This year we have picked Crystal Bowersox and Lew Dewyze as the top winners. We love them both and think they are so talented. There are many talented ones this year. I hope the right one wins.
I also like Lilly Scott, Shiobhan Magnus, Alex Lambert and Andrew Garcia a lot. Casey James was my favorite for the guys but he was very disappointing this past week. We will see what this coming week brings.
Katelyn Epperly looks like she should be an idol until she gets on stage. Hey wear the outfits you wear to reherse in. I hope you do better this coming week.

A Really Big Truck

Our favorite soon to be two year old - Mr. Conner

Welcome Surprise Yesterday

Grandson Patrick and his daughters, Kaylin and Mya, gave us a very welcomed surprise visit yesterday.