Tyler’s Visit

Tyler, Sarah, Lily, Ivy, and Rose came to Blanding this past weekend.  Marjorie and Suzanne came over on Saturday to visit with them, and we had a BBQ on Saturday evening.   Here are a few pictures of our time together…

Granny meets Rose, her 25th great grandchild.

Lily, in particular, played with these tinker toys for hours!

 

I just liked this picture of the brothers and Brandon sitting on the front porch, relaxing and talking.

Lily and Ivy, but especially Lily, enjoyed her butterfly/fairy mask.

My Husband is Pleased...

A few months ago, Mike's novel became available as a Kindle and Nook ebook option.  I also signed the novel up for KDP Select, a publishing option available on Amazon.com.  I didn't think too much about it, nor the opportunity to promote his novel for free for five days during a 90 day period.

Last week, I decided to use the free promo and this week, we have been pleasantly surprised.  The free promo garnered over 900 downloads and as of this evening, 25 sales of his novel electronically.  (He'd only sold four copies over nine months electronically before this.)

Needless to say, Mike is please.  He never expected so many people to have access to his novel.  Someday, his next novel will be published.  I'm hoping it happens in 2013.  He works on it daily, among his other responsibilities.




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Caroline’s Birthday & Mother’s Day

The Christensen Saying, … “Granny made out like a bandit!”

Family Visits…

Caroline, Marjorie and Tenli

Suzanne & Caroline

Date Day

Our date, via photos…

Gassing up in Monticello

Newspaper Rock

Marie Ogden’s Old Homestead

Chinese Buffet!

Looking for Granddad Butch’s home…  Is this it???  We are not sure!

Exploring the back roads of  San Juan County

Wildlife

Our Garden…

On May 12, 2012

Suzanne’s Birthday Party

Suzanne’s birthday was last Tuesday, but we celebrated with family yesterday, Sunday, April 29th.

 

Adrienne, Jett, and Tenli

Big Brother Mike brought in the cake! 

Finally, a photo of Julene!

Granny with two of her ‘greats’ – Jett & Tenli

We had such an enjoyable time visiting with everyone.  Jett & Tenli brought their scooters over and rode around the church parking lot.  I just failed to get some pictures.

Granny is using the computer!

A few days ago, Granny mentioned to us that she would like to learn how to index on the computer.  She thought that this would be a good way to spend her time. Granny used to participate in extraction several years ago and really enjoyed it.

Today, while Mike was at the Monticello Temple, Sidney began to teach Granny how to index on the computer.  (Granny is indexing US Census records from Maryland.) 

Granny indexes using her right hand.  (The fingers on her left hand don’t work that well these days.)

Moral of this post…  If Granny can index, so can you!

https://www.familysearch.org/volunteer/indexing