Family History Friday: Pictures!

My Great-Great-Grandpa Andrew Hanson,
is second from the left on the front row. 

My Great-Grandpa Emil Oscar Hanson is on the top left. 

(This picture looks better in person, sorry) 

"Seek out those with photographs 

and records of your family 

and meet your ancestors.

 Like us, you can connect with them 

and learn that everyone's ancestors 

are more than just names on

 paper."

-Russell Bangerter

Go here, to read a great article about family photos!

Happy Family History Friday! Love, Joy

Happy Birthday "Dream Come True"

Happy 22nd B-day to my beautiful Kelsey!!

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22 Things I love about her:

1-She's mine!

2-She loves me!

3-She's tiny! 

4-She in respectful!

5-She loves Heavenly Father!

6-She loves our Savior!

7-She loves her fellowmen!

8-She is responsible!

9-She is a wonderful daughter!

10-And sister!

11-And friend!

12-She loves reading!

13-She loves learning!

14-She is smart!

15-She has cute "tootsie roll" toes!

16-She has a great smile!

17-She has a great sense of humor!

18-She is sensitive and kind!

19-She is spunky!

20-She loves to sleep!

21-She loves to get things done!

22-She is a "dream come true"!

Family Fun!

Squishy cousins!!!

 Duncan, Claire, Erin, Emily and Kiefer.  

Happy Birthday "First Born"!!

Riley, my "First Born" and his daughter Natasha! 

Going swimmin' together! 

Fun!  

Natasha giving us a little thumbs up! Cute!

I'm glad I'm your mom, Riley! 
You are: Handsome, athletic, strong, loving, responsible, a great dad, brother, son, friend, creative, fun, entertaining, sweet, a good hugger, God fearing, a Jesus lover, helpful to others, an Eagle Scout, a hard worker, an amazing bike rider, smart, in the Army, family, a spray painter!
and  I love you!! oxoxo

Totally "Fort Worth" It!

Hermana Kelsey 5:4 -email-

Dear family,

I am getting transferred. I'm going to Arlington on Wednesday. I am super sad, because I am going to miss the people we are working with now, and there are lots of great things happening here in Temple and also in Killeen. But I know it's where I need to go. I probably won't get your package for a while, because it will porbably go to my old apartment. That's okay though.

Tell people so they can send me letters!!

 

We had a really great week this week too. We had a competition in our district to see who could get the most new investigators in one week, and we lost, but our district got 37 new investigators. Wow! It is really cool. We had our last p-day for the people who are getting transfered from this area. It was super fun.

 

I'm sorry to hear about Cole. I will definitely be praying for him. He is such a good guy. I hope everything works out good. Keep me updated.

 

Dad: Tell Annette that I see Sister Hawkes twice a week, because we stay at their apartment when we go down to Killeen. She is a really great missionary. I'm gonna miss that girl. :(

 

That's cool that Meg and Jase are in your ward. Where are they living now? Tell that girl that she needs to write me a letter!!!! :)

 

Riley: How is life? How is my sweet niece?! Adorable, of course. I already know that though. You should write me a real letter soon. If I have time to write letters to people than you surely have time to write a letter to me. :)

Emmy: Did you get my letter? I hope so. You should send me one back soon. I hope girls camp is great for you. I always loved girls camp. I really do miss it.

 

 

Anyways, I love you all. Sorry this is so short. We took too long at p-day activity so now I have to hurry. But thank you for the birthday wishes. I'm not gonna lie, this birthday kind of sucks. I really wanted to stay in Temple for another transfer. But it'll be okay. :) Bye, love ya.

 

Hermana Kelsey 

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Howzit-Elder Flexy!

Elder Flexy 13:2 -email-

Make,

this week has been very nice we are working hard with our recent converts. we had eleven people at sacrament meeting. And we are working very hard! we went to a game park today saw some pretty sweet critters we saw elephants, rhinos, springbucks, warthogs, and an oschrich. the oschrich ate our doritos out of our hands it was pretty sweet. im glad to hear that all is going good. well there isnt a scout program here in swaziland but that would be cool. i miss camping and stuff it was so nice to go every month when dad was the scout leader those were good times. but ya Nhlangano is a cool place to be!! well love you

    Love Elder Flexy

   I had to teach Elders Quorum today the lesson was on family responsibilities I did an object lesson using the 25 lbs of lead I bought to weight pinewood derby cars and split it into four grocery bags, then I got four volunteers and told them to hold the bag with their upper arm by their side elbow at a ninety degree angle  which all could do easily. Then I took all the bags and gave them to Jase (Jase and Megan live in our ward now) to hold, he could do it but in a few seconds his forearm started shaking and he was starting to strain. Then we talked about families sharing the many duties that make a household run smoothly. If only one person does everything It gets to be too much, even if you could do it for a while.

Baba,

wow thats a cool object lesson we have to use those all the time when teaching because the people have a hard time understanding. i taught the lesson on preisthood offices to the investigators class at church it was a good lesson. we are teaching this lady named Khanisile and she is powerful she should be baptised on the thirty first of this month. well this computer cut my time short so i better go. love you. And YA!!

    Love Elder Flexy

Riley,

well its ok if you dont have a grip by the time i get there i'll help you out i love you man. keep your head up!!!

    Love Elder Flexy

M,

 well my little sister im glad your going to camp have fun love you

    Love Elder Flexy

Favorite TV/Movie Quotes!

Mr Holland's Opus

Gertrude Lang: Mr. Holland had a profound influence on my life and on a lot of lives I know. But I have a feeling that he considers a great part of his own life misspent. Rumor had it he was always working on this symphony of his. And this was going to make him famous, rich, probably both. But Mr. Holland isn't rich and he isn't famous, at least not outside of our little town. So it might be easy for him to think himself a failure. But he would be wrong, because I think that he's achieved a success far beyond riches and fame. Look around you. There is not a life in this room that you have not touched, and each of us is a better person because of you. We are your symphony Mr. Holland. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. We are the music of your life.

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What a great movie!!