Wii

I just love our Wii. We haven't had any type of game thing before so this is quite exciting for us!!! Amazingly, Ster hasn't spent all his waking time on it - which is what I was afraid of. So far we only have 5 games, but only 3 of them really get used right now. And let me tell you - I can't keep from crashing into the sides of all the race tracks. It is a good thing I don't drive like that in real life - I wouldn't be able to drive! But, it is fun and we are loving it - spending a lot of family time bowling or racing and seeing who really stinks that time. It is great!

And, I had a really great night bowling. REALLY great night. 236! 5 strikes in a row. It was great. Too bad my actual bowling score at an alley would be more like 36.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful and fabulous Christmas - just like my little family. We spent an enjoyable two days relaxing and enjoying each others company. I think we may have a new tradition of having my parents and sister spend the night at our house. It was wonderful to have them spend the day with us and I'll look forward to having them again next year.

I remember as a child being so excited for Christmas that I wouldn't be able to sleep. And every year my grandparents and my uncle would spend the night. Every morning my and my sister had to wait until everyone else in the house was ready and sitting there to see our expressions as we ran into the living room to see what Santa brought. Being unable to sleep ended a long time ago - but I sure couldn't sleep last night and it brought back the memories of having my big brother tell me and my sister to shut up and go to sleep.

Ster is at the best age for Christmas - he was so excited and all week long he has been asking to open just one present. He told me that he was going to stay up all night long so he could see Santa. I didn't know what to think! Whenever he tells me he is going to wake up at a certain time (say, when daddy leaves at 5 am), he will wake up at that time. Without an alarm. So I was a bit worried that he'd wake up way early or actually stay up late. And I didn't sleep very well. Ster did fall asleep - but woke up at 4:30 a.m. telling us that Santa left us a Wii and a camera. He stayed in our bed until 6 a.m. when Tim told him to go watch TV for a while so that we could sleep a bit longer. This is what we woke up to at 7:30 a.m.-



He didn't touch any of the gifts from Santa (which I think is amazing) and woke up to find all of us watching him and giggling cuz it was just so darn cute! We spent the day enjoying our new Wii and watching movies and eating tons of food. Here are some pictures of our fun day:






Merry Christmas everyone!

My mind is elsewhere...

not on blogging, but on family history. Instead of checking out the blogs, I've been checking out ancestors. I have found some of Tim's ancestors that need their work done and I'm so excited! It is thrilling to know that we'll be able to go to the Temple to do their temple work =) Now we need to find the time to do it.

So, if you don't see very many ramblings from me it is because I'm stalking ancestors and not my friends and neighbors!

Family History - long post!

I'm addicted - to Family History Research! Instead of going to bed lately, I haven't been up watching TV, blogging, facebooking, or surfing the internet. I've been researching our family! Here's my story:

For as long as I can remember, I've never worried about family history or having my genealogy done. I've known my family history has been done for my mom and dad's family. How far back? I couldn't tell you. Someone, somewhere has a book with all the information in it. I didn't care. It was done. In my p. blessing, it mentioned doing my family history. I didn't care. It was done.

About a month ago, Scott (my brother) asked if I'd been on new.familysearch.org and looked around the site. I hadn't. Why should I? It's been done. So he explains abit about it and it did spark my interest. But not enough to run home and check it out.

The following Sunday, there was a lesson on Temple Work. Once again, I thought to myself "It's been done". Good heavens, my family has been members of the church for a few generations and there have been plenty of temple-going family members and I assumed that they had all done the work. As I was sitting there, the thought came to me: Tim's family. It was like a bell went off. Hello! Tim's family is not like my family - they are not Latter-Day Saints several generations back. The thought that I needed to research into Tim's family history to see what needs to be done just kept coming back. I couldn't stop thinking about it. Someone on the other side gave me a kick in the behind to start getting the work done!

That night, I went to Scott's house and he physically showed me the website and how to check on things. Guess what? Some family member's temple work had not been completed. Wow! I had assumed it was all done - but there was work to do. In my own family! After we left, I started to get antsy about getting on the website and to start looking for Tim's family. I registered and started to look around to see what I could find and I'm now addicted! Every night, I'm surfing the web trying to find some information on a great-grandfather or great-grandmother. I've researched information to add his grandparents and great-grandparents and to get the temple work for them started.

I can't express how happy I am right now. I have a purpose to go to the Temple that I haven't had before - I am actually going to be doing temple work for Tim's family and that makes me so happy. This is special to me! Not that going for someone else isn't special or important, but this is closer to my heart.

A few nights ago, I kept telling myself that I needed to go to bed but I just couldn't get off the internet. I kept looking "one more time" for someone. Well, after a few "one more time" tries, I found tim's great-grandpa and great-grandma's death certificates. Their names haven't been submitted for temple work yet. So guess what we are going to be doing soon? When I found that information, I was like a little kid Christmas morning - you couldn't wipe the smile off my face!

I'm addicted! I feel so happy right now.