In church, the Sacrament Meeting talks on Mother’s Day are usually centered around – you guessed it – Mothers! I used to enjoy them when the children were at home; they validated what I was doing with the kids and … Continue reading
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Mother’s Day Guilt: Not This Time!
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Tagged guilt, lds church, lds women, Mormon, mother's day, womanhood
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Touring Ireland with Jensens & Haskells
We had an awesome week being invaded by family. Will, Ric & Karen Sue, and Rick, Leslie, Ritchie & Lauren arrived in Shannon on Saturday the 8th, the last UK/Ireland flight out of JFK before the ash cloud cancelled flights. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Ireland
Tagged Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, Killorglin. Lough Hyne, O'Brien's Keep, Ring of Kerry
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Alexander Chalmers, Merchant Seaman
My heart ached for my great-great-great-grandfather last night. I never met him – he died a hundred years ago, and these events happened nearly 150 years ago, but it was so sad. I had stayed up way too late to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Genealogy
Tagged Alexander Chalmers, family tree, Genealogy, master mariner, merchant seamen, scots ancestors
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Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
Our tree last year not only had slippery needles that dropped any ornament that was the least bit heavy, but came with a common stand for which the vendors peel the outside of the core so it fits in the … Continue reading
Elder Tim Jensen in the Colorado Denver South Mission
Well, it’s almost New Year’s now but I can’t get the pictures from the London trip off the little camera, so I thought I’d do some catch up about Tim. (Click on the photos to enlarge them.) We had a … Continue reading
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I’m Ba-ack!
Well, it’s almost Christmas, and I think I promised a catch-up back in September. That just means I haven’t changed, right? Bryan arrived today, having finished his finals and a long work week. We have two weeks until he goes … Continue reading
Busy Days!
I’m w-a-a-y behind in posting. In the last 5 weeks, Cecelia (friend from Oregon) came to visit for 2 weeks, we spent a week in Indy visiting Kim & John and friends, doing a pile of shopping, sent Bryan back … Continue reading
Tim’s Mission Call
It finally came! Tim is going to the Denver Colorado South Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He reports to the MTC on Sept. 2, 2009, so we’ll be heading back to the States for our … Continue reading
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Tagged Denver Colorado South Mission, LDS mission, missionary service, Mormon missionaries, Tim Jensen
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Home Again!
OK, between tonight and last night, I finally got all the blogs I wrote along the way posted with pictures. I’m glad I wrote as we went, made it lots easier, but it still takes a while to go through … Continue reading
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Lovely four weeks, but good to be back in Ireland
Well, I’m home. For those of you out west, that’s home in Ireland, not home in Indiana. I had a lovely visit, wonderful time with kids, parents and brother (missed my sister, drat!), and old friends. But approaching Shannon, looking … Continue reading
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