Elizabeth is my 5th Great-Grandmother, I am through her 9th child and 4th daughter Eliza Pratt Bishop. She was born 26 July 1782 in Cheshire, New Hampshire, a year before the Revolutionary War was finished, which means if I can prove her father or grandfathers served in the war I can join the Daughters of the American Revolution. Elizabeth married Nehemiah Pratt Sr in 1801 in Ripley, Chautauqua, New York and they had 11 children with 3 dying young. Her children were born in Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania and her daughter Eliza was married in 1841 in Laporte, Indiana. Elizabeth is in the 1860 Census living with her daughter Eliza's family in Fillmore, Utah and died on 23 January 1867 also in Fillmore, Utah. According to FamilySearch she was baptized in 1968, but when the family was in Indiana is when some of her children and their spouses joined the church, so sometime between 1840ish and 1860 Elizabeth would have been baptized and followed the rest of the Saints to the Utah Territory.
Monday, July 7, 2014
PB William and Eliza Bishop
I stopped ordering Patriarchal Blessings a year ago when I moved back to America, but I've started back up again. William Henry Bishop and Eliza Pratt Bishop are my 4th Great Grandparents through their daughter Vesta Lucetta Bishop Twitchell. My dad's biological brother Richard uploaded the following biography about William and Eliza now that the options of Photos, Documents, and Stories to FamilySearch:
William Henry Bishop was the son of Sylvanus and Rachel Spicer Bishop. He was born on the 11 September 1821 at Oswego, Oswego, New York. He spent his early childhood on his father’s farm and at age 15 went to work with his brother, Nelson Spicer Bishop, in Lorain County, Ohio, to learn the trade of a blacksmith.
After learning this trade, he went out on his own and moved to the town of La Port, Indiana. There he met some LDS missionaries and was baptized a member on the church on the 8 May 1840. Twenty days later his future wife Eliza Pratt was baptized. They dated for almost a year, and then they were married at her parents’ home on the 21 March 1841 by an LDS missionary, Elder Franklin Dewey Richards.
Eliza Pratt was born on the 8 February 1819 at Ripley, Chautauqua, New York to Nehemiah Pratt and Elizabeth Roberts. Eliza was the 9th child in a family of 11 children, which was made up of 5 girls and 6 boys. At age 5 her family moved to Greenfield, Erie, Pa. and when she was about age 20 her family moved to Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, where she was married to William Henry Bishop.
They had one child, Mary Elizabeth Bishop, born to them while living at La Porte, Indiana. In the fall of 1842 they moved to La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, to be with the main body of the Saints. They stayed there until they were driven out by the mobs in 1846. Two children, Vesta Lucetta Bishop and William Sylvanus Bishop, were born to them while living at La Harpe.
Before leaving Nauvoo they received their Endowments but were not sealed.
They made their journey first to Harrison, Case, Missouri where a child was born and they named him Joseph Franklin Bishop. However, with traveling and the hard conditions they lived under, William Sylvanus and Joseph Franklin died and were both buried at their next stop which was Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa. Then they stopped at Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa where Mahonri Moriancumer Bishop was born on the 25 November, 1848.
Eliza had learned the tailoring trade. She had washed, spun and dried the wool that she used to make clothes. Before crossing the plains she made a dress from the bark of a tree. Each time she washed it she always made sure it was dried properly. Most every one thought it was made of silk.
William, Eliza and their children crossed the plains with the James Pace Company in 1850. When camping in Echo Canyon, Utah, Eliza gave birth on the 16 September 1850 to a girl they named Penelope Bishop. Four days later they entered the Salt Lake Valley, making Salt Lake their home for 2 years.
Eliza’s brother, Samuel Pratt, and his family joined them in Salt Lake City and they were assigned to go together and settle in Provo. William was a Blacksmith and Samuel was a farmer. While living in Provo, William was sealed to a 2nd wife, Malinda Helman Case, in the Salt Lake Endowment House, on the 15 May 1853. She had been married and sealed to Elias H. Blackburn but that marriage and sealing had been canceled. She had one child Martha Blackburn who was born in Perry, Pike, Illinois.
William was called to help settle Fillmore, Utah. Eliza was expecting a child so he took with him Malinda. Eliza stayed in Provo to give birth on the 28 July 1853 to her 7th child, whom they named Eliza Eldula Bishop. Eliza joined them the next year.
Eliza and William would have three more children: Nelson Spicer Bishop, born the 1 November 1855; Heber Lafayette Bishop born the 15 December 1857; and Savalla Bishop born the 31 December 1859. He and Malinda had three children all born in Fillmore, Millard, Utah: Julia Ann Bishop, born 20 July 1854; Susan Arvilla Bishop, born the 13 December 1855; and Artemus Henry Bishop, born on the 7 April 1857.
When Malinda’s children were small, she took them for a visit to their grandparents, Gashum C. and Susan Fitchett Case, in California but she did not return to live with William in Fillmore. Later her children made visits to be with their father and other family members but would not move to Utah.
Only two members of Eliza’s family ever came west, her brother, Samuel, who remained in Provo, and her mother, Elizabeth Roberts Pratt, who made her home with Eliza in Fillmore, until her death on the 21 January 1867. Eliza’s father had died in 1855 at Union Mills, La Porte, Indiana at age 71.
In 1857 William was a member of the Utah Legislature and met with the first session that was held at the Fillmore State House, and later attended sessions that were held in Salt Lake City. William was called to be a Colonel in the Black Hawk War over men from Millard County. His service lasted until 1868, and about 70 white men and many natives were killed.
William and Eliza lived in a small log house at first, but later William built a four room brick home that is still used and standing at corner of 100 West & 300 North in Fillmore, Utah. Just before William’s death, he deeded part of the property, lot #221, over to his son-in-law, Brigham Melville, and lot #227, which housed the blacksmith shop, over to his son, Nelson S. Bishop.
During the gold rush days, William went out on the road with his portable blacksmith shop and repaired wagons and shoed animals for those going to and from the gold fields in Nevada and California. One night he showed his sack of gold dust to some friends, and the next morning found his friends gone and his gold dust also. William stayed on but told no one about his gold dust, and was able to take his earnings home to his family.
In the summer of 1880 at age 59, he took a trip back to the state of New York to see some of his family in that area, since none of them had visited him except his brother, Nelson, from whom he had learned his blacksmith trade. William only stayed a short time, and was very happy when he was able to return home and be with his family.
William was also a gunsmith and did work for many, even the Indians, putting sights on their guns and making awls for the squaws on which to sew their moccasins and clothing. The Indians around Fillmore were friendly and William treated them in a friendly manner, and they trusted him. They sometimes paid him with tallow. One day when Eliza was gone, William decided to make some home made soap, but there was not enough tallow for that batch, so William took some resin and added to the tallow, The family was delighted with the soap. It was the whitest and hardest soap they had ever used.
William was active in the church, serving as a ward teacher, and a member of the 42nd quorum and was their instructor. William felt the importance of temple sealing and had his sister-in-law, Clarissa Pratt, and his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Roberts who had joined them in Utah, sealed to him. Elizabeth died in 1867 and was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah.
From 1854 to 1884 (30 years) William Henry Bishop had lived in Fillmore, and seen all his children married and some pass away, and the trials that many of them faced, and met. He had a great love for each one of them. On the 10 August 1884, William Henry Bishop passed away at his home in Fillmore, and was buried in the city cemetery. He was age 63.
Eliza lived for 9 more years and passed away at age 76. She was buried next to her husband and her mother in the Fillmore City Cemetery.
(Information for this history was found in Builders of Early Millard, Biographies of Pioneers of Millard County 1850-1875, p 62-63; p 66-67, written by a daughter, Savalla Bishop Melville and abridged by a great-great grandson, Richard V Heaps, who comes through Vesta Lucetta Bishop)
William Henry Bishop was the son of Sylvanus and Rachel Spicer Bishop. He was born on the 11 September 1821 at Oswego, Oswego, New York. He spent his early childhood on his father’s farm and at age 15 went to work with his brother, Nelson Spicer Bishop, in Lorain County, Ohio, to learn the trade of a blacksmith.
After learning this trade, he went out on his own and moved to the town of La Port, Indiana. There he met some LDS missionaries and was baptized a member on the church on the 8 May 1840. Twenty days later his future wife Eliza Pratt was baptized. They dated for almost a year, and then they were married at her parents’ home on the 21 March 1841 by an LDS missionary, Elder Franklin Dewey Richards.
Eliza Pratt was born on the 8 February 1819 at Ripley, Chautauqua, New York to Nehemiah Pratt and Elizabeth Roberts. Eliza was the 9th child in a family of 11 children, which was made up of 5 girls and 6 boys. At age 5 her family moved to Greenfield, Erie, Pa. and when she was about age 20 her family moved to Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, where she was married to William Henry Bishop.
They had one child, Mary Elizabeth Bishop, born to them while living at La Porte, Indiana. In the fall of 1842 they moved to La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, to be with the main body of the Saints. They stayed there until they were driven out by the mobs in 1846. Two children, Vesta Lucetta Bishop and William Sylvanus Bishop, were born to them while living at La Harpe.
Before leaving Nauvoo they received their Endowments but were not sealed.
They made their journey first to Harrison, Case, Missouri where a child was born and they named him Joseph Franklin Bishop. However, with traveling and the hard conditions they lived under, William Sylvanus and Joseph Franklin died and were both buried at their next stop which was Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa. Then they stopped at Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa where Mahonri Moriancumer Bishop was born on the 25 November, 1848.
Eliza had learned the tailoring trade. She had washed, spun and dried the wool that she used to make clothes. Before crossing the plains she made a dress from the bark of a tree. Each time she washed it she always made sure it was dried properly. Most every one thought it was made of silk.
William, Eliza and their children crossed the plains with the James Pace Company in 1850. When camping in Echo Canyon, Utah, Eliza gave birth on the 16 September 1850 to a girl they named Penelope Bishop. Four days later they entered the Salt Lake Valley, making Salt Lake their home for 2 years.
Eliza’s brother, Samuel Pratt, and his family joined them in Salt Lake City and they were assigned to go together and settle in Provo. William was a Blacksmith and Samuel was a farmer. While living in Provo, William was sealed to a 2nd wife, Malinda Helman Case, in the Salt Lake Endowment House, on the 15 May 1853. She had been married and sealed to Elias H. Blackburn but that marriage and sealing had been canceled. She had one child Martha Blackburn who was born in Perry, Pike, Illinois.
William was called to help settle Fillmore, Utah. Eliza was expecting a child so he took with him Malinda. Eliza stayed in Provo to give birth on the 28 July 1853 to her 7th child, whom they named Eliza Eldula Bishop. Eliza joined them the next year.
Eliza and William would have three more children: Nelson Spicer Bishop, born the 1 November 1855; Heber Lafayette Bishop born the 15 December 1857; and Savalla Bishop born the 31 December 1859. He and Malinda had three children all born in Fillmore, Millard, Utah: Julia Ann Bishop, born 20 July 1854; Susan Arvilla Bishop, born the 13 December 1855; and Artemus Henry Bishop, born on the 7 April 1857.
When Malinda’s children were small, she took them for a visit to their grandparents, Gashum C. and Susan Fitchett Case, in California but she did not return to live with William in Fillmore. Later her children made visits to be with their father and other family members but would not move to Utah.
Only two members of Eliza’s family ever came west, her brother, Samuel, who remained in Provo, and her mother, Elizabeth Roberts Pratt, who made her home with Eliza in Fillmore, until her death on the 21 January 1867. Eliza’s father had died in 1855 at Union Mills, La Porte, Indiana at age 71.
In 1857 William was a member of the Utah Legislature and met with the first session that was held at the Fillmore State House, and later attended sessions that were held in Salt Lake City. William was called to be a Colonel in the Black Hawk War over men from Millard County. His service lasted until 1868, and about 70 white men and many natives were killed.
William and Eliza lived in a small log house at first, but later William built a four room brick home that is still used and standing at corner of 100 West & 300 North in Fillmore, Utah. Just before William’s death, he deeded part of the property, lot #221, over to his son-in-law, Brigham Melville, and lot #227, which housed the blacksmith shop, over to his son, Nelson S. Bishop.
During the gold rush days, William went out on the road with his portable blacksmith shop and repaired wagons and shoed animals for those going to and from the gold fields in Nevada and California. One night he showed his sack of gold dust to some friends, and the next morning found his friends gone and his gold dust also. William stayed on but told no one about his gold dust, and was able to take his earnings home to his family.
In the summer of 1880 at age 59, he took a trip back to the state of New York to see some of his family in that area, since none of them had visited him except his brother, Nelson, from whom he had learned his blacksmith trade. William only stayed a short time, and was very happy when he was able to return home and be with his family.
William was also a gunsmith and did work for many, even the Indians, putting sights on their guns and making awls for the squaws on which to sew their moccasins and clothing. The Indians around Fillmore were friendly and William treated them in a friendly manner, and they trusted him. They sometimes paid him with tallow. One day when Eliza was gone, William decided to make some home made soap, but there was not enough tallow for that batch, so William took some resin and added to the tallow, The family was delighted with the soap. It was the whitest and hardest soap they had ever used.
William was active in the church, serving as a ward teacher, and a member of the 42nd quorum and was their instructor. William felt the importance of temple sealing and had his sister-in-law, Clarissa Pratt, and his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Roberts who had joined them in Utah, sealed to him. Elizabeth died in 1867 and was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah.
From 1854 to 1884 (30 years) William Henry Bishop had lived in Fillmore, and seen all his children married and some pass away, and the trials that many of them faced, and met. He had a great love for each one of them. On the 10 August 1884, William Henry Bishop passed away at his home in Fillmore, and was buried in the city cemetery. He was age 63.
Eliza lived for 9 more years and passed away at age 76. She was buried next to her husband and her mother in the Fillmore City Cemetery.
(Information for this history was found in Builders of Early Millard, Biographies of Pioneers of Millard County 1850-1875, p 62-63; p 66-67, written by a daughter, Savalla Bishop Melville and abridged by a great-great grandson, Richard V Heaps, who comes through Vesta Lucetta Bishop)
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
IVF Result
I've came to my blog several times over the past month and wanted to write something, but I don't know how to write it. My heart is broken, but it's healing. Since I'm not injecting myself with estrogen anymore, I cry whenever I miss our embryo. I love my husband. We were so close. Even though we only had one egg, it was fertilized and it multiplied into 8 cells when it was transferred to my uterus, but our embryo decided not to attach to my uterine wall. After the transfer I would talk to our embryo and rub my tummy so that our embryo would want to stick around and get to know Dave and I. There was only a 30% chance of success. Maybe next time. When I was in the shot class the woman sitting next to me said she had done IVF six times. I thought she was crazy, but not now. I would totally do six IVF cycles to try for a baby. We had our follow up with the fertility dr and she said there is a new protocol for women over 37 years old. But we decided to buy a house and let me finish my PhD. So the next cycle will probably not be until January at the soonest, if we can get enough money. The insurance company is only going to cover about $1000, so we have to come up with the rest. Wish us good luck for next time.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
IVF embryo transfer day
Last Wednesday was embryo transfer day. It was kinda cool because I got to watch it on the ultrasound screen. I laid on the table afterward and prayed that the embryo would decide to attach to my uterine wall. Ever since then I have pretty much been hanging out in bed and doing work on my laptop. Saturday I did collect some really good data and went to see the new X-men movie, which Dave was dying to see. The precautions the doctor gave me was no lifting more than 10 lbs, not to increase my heart rate, and stay horizontal as much as possible.
Now we wait. My blood test is next Monday to determine if I am pregnant. It's hard to wait not being able to feel anything before the pregnancy symptoms. All I can do is take care of my body and pray. Although every time I do pray I break out into crying. When Dave and I pray together and it's my turn, I cry, then he gives me a big hug. I think it's a combination of the hormones and really hoping that Heavenly Father answers our prayers so we can finally have a baby.
Now we wait. My blood test is next Monday to determine if I am pregnant. It's hard to wait not being able to feel anything before the pregnancy symptoms. All I can do is take care of my body and pray. Although every time I do pray I break out into crying. When Dave and I pray together and it's my turn, I cry, then he gives me a big hug. I think it's a combination of the hormones and really hoping that Heavenly Father answers our prayers so we can finally have a baby.
The embryologist took a picture of our embryo. The fertility doctor says it looks good because there are eight cells! I know everyone gets excited about posting ultrasound baby pictures, but this gets me excited about the potential of us having a baby!
Monday, May 19, 2014
IVF retrival
Yesterday was egg and sperm retrieval day. The anesthesia made me tired, but otherwise no other side effects. The embryologist called this morning to say the egg was fertilized, then Dr. Gurtcheff called to give me and Dave the pros and cons for which day the embryo transfer will happen. It looks like the embryo transfer will happen on Wednesday, which is good since I can collecting data on Saturday for my PhD.
Friday, May 16, 2014
IVF blood
I swear that fertility doctors are really vampires! Every single visit I give a vial of blood. The first visit they took enough for six vials, they only took one for Dave. This weeks tests are my estrogen levels in preparation for egg retrieval.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
IVF ultrasound
Today I had my first ultrasound after doing the hormone shots. The tech found 5 eggs that could be extracted in a couple of days! The doctor had warned us that because of my age there might not be very many extractable eggs, so we are excited about 5!
This is a picture I downloaded from Google Images as an example of what eggs look like in the ovaries right before they are extracted.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Hourly Visit
My SIL's cousin got married this past weekend, so she dropped of the cuties for us to play with while she hung out with her family.
I think she already knows how to do a selfie.
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He forgot his jacket, so I gave him one of Corey's old jackets to wear.
They are so much fun to play with.
We ate lunch at McDonald's, the girls were fighting over who could sit on his lap first.
Then we decorated cupcakes for her birthday.
I made her a pink poodle tutu since I don't know how to make poodle skirts. It turned out more poffy than I expected.
IVF drugs
This is the amount of drugs, vitamins, and injections I have been taking for the past week for the IVF process. The drugs are small so they are easy to swallow. Only one of the vitamins are hard to swallow because it is big and tastes like chalk, I've almost gagged a couple of times. I was doing ok with the injections until Sunday, then I don't know what happened, I just haven't been able to poke myself with a needle. Dave does the morning and my Mom does the evening injections. All we can do now is keep doing the routine and pray it works the first time.
BYU Dance Dept
Unfortunately two dance professors died this semester, Delynne in January and Lisa in April. It's been sad because they were wonderful women with wonderful families and they were beloved teachers and mentors.
However, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we believe that Heavenly Father has a plan, called the Plan of Salvation. This is why we get married (also called sealed) in the Temple, so we can be together forever with our families. It makes it easier to handle death knowing we can be again with those that we love here on earth. Plus, this is why we do genealogy, to make sure as many of our ancestors can be with us too. Sometimes people are stuck in the Spirit World (see below) for a while because they are waiting to have their Temple work done since they lived on Earth during a time when there was no Temples.
However, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we believe that Heavenly Father has a plan, called the Plan of Salvation. This is why we get married (also called sealed) in the Temple, so we can be together forever with our families. It makes it easier to handle death knowing we can be again with those that we love here on earth. Plus, this is why we do genealogy, to make sure as many of our ancestors can be with us too. Sometimes people are stuck in the Spirit World (see below) for a while because they are waiting to have their Temple work done since they lived on Earth during a time when there was no Temples.
If you have more questions feel free to ask
or ask the missionaries (that's their job).
Thursday, May 8, 2014
IVF
It's been a while since I wrote about our fertility issues. After we got insurance here in Utah, we went to an OB/GYN who has a laporoscopy specialty. He said it wouldn't be worth it for me to do another surgery because chances are my fimbriae are damaged and more surgery would damage them more. So we started the IVF process. Today we got our calender with the list of all the drugs and what days to take them. I started Lupron, which is twice a day, the others start on Saturday. But as we were signing all the consent forms, one of them gave a list of food we are not allowed to eat during the cycle: curry powder, licorice, prunes, raisins, excessive use of non-absorbable antacids, paprika, benedictine liqueur, tea, and gherkins. I'm also not allowed to take ibuprofen which is annoying because I had a massive headache last night, so I needed to get a prescription instead of Tylenol and Excedrin because they don't work on my headaches. Dave also bought Coke for me since the caffeine could help, but that stuff tastes like nasty cough syrup. Dave had to go to work, so my Mom picked me up from my appointment and took me to Sodalicious for a caffeinated drink, they make me a blue bomb shell (Mt Dew with yummy flavors).
The next couple of weeks will be crazy with ultrasound appointments, blood tests, hormone shots and other drugs, egg and sperm retrieval, embryo transfer, and waiting to find out if implantation will occur. Plus I am finishing up data collection for my last PhD project. Hopefully we will be done with IVF around Memorial Day and data collection around Father's Day. Wish us luck!
The next couple of weeks will be crazy with ultrasound appointments, blood tests, hormone shots and other drugs, egg and sperm retrieval, embryo transfer, and waiting to find out if implantation will occur. Plus I am finishing up data collection for my last PhD project. Hopefully we will be done with IVF around Memorial Day and data collection around Father's Day. Wish us luck!
Friday, April 25, 2014
Finals
It was Finals and Graduation this week at BYU. I kept having flashbacks of the last day of Finals in April of 1995. My brother and I were at home watching tv when this conversation happened (something like this):
"Are you done with finals?"
"Yeah, are you?"
"Yeah..........do you wanna go get shakes at Granny's in Heber?"
(we both look at the clock)
"Yeah! We have time to go and come back and pick up Mom from work on time"
So we head up to Heber, get shakes, then drive back in time to pick up my Mom from work, which was 4pm for many years.
By the time we got back home Corey's mission call was in the mail box. I know we got all excited when he opened it up and it was to Japan. I got my mission call four months later to South Africa while Corey was in the Missionary Training Center (MTC). I was working in the MTC cafeteria at that time so we were able to walk over to the big map and take a picture.
"Are you done with finals?"
"Yeah, are you?"
"Yeah..........do you wanna go get shakes at Granny's in Heber?"
(we both look at the clock)
"Yeah! We have time to go and come back and pick up Mom from work on time"
So we head up to Heber, get shakes, then drive back in time to pick up my Mom from work, which was 4pm for many years.
By the time we got back home Corey's mission call was in the mail box. I know we got all excited when he opened it up and it was to Japan. I got my mission call four months later to South Africa while Corey was in the Missionary Training Center (MTC). I was working in the MTC cafeteria at that time so we were able to walk over to the big map and take a picture.
I don't have the picture of Corey and I at the Big Map, but this is me with my MTC companions, December 1995.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
More Research
In November, my PhD reviewers said I needed to redo my last project. So I am finally collecting data for this project. These are usually the days/times I can collect data. It's been a ton easier than when I was in England. It took 6 months to get 6 couples to participate in England. Now in 3 weeks I've had 4 couples participate! I need close to 18 couples, so hopefully it won't take too long!
This is the Place
This is a plaque listing all the Handcart Companies. My ancestors we part of the Martin Handcart Company, which is the most famous and had the most deaths. My family was lucky to survive with no deaths or injuries.
Dance Training Room
This is my office through the window. The rest of it is the BYU Dance Training Room.
This is a wall in one of the stairwells in the Richards Building by the Dance Dept office. There are always opportunities for the dance students to perform and do workshops in the summer.
New Cape Town Stake
At the beginning of March the Cape Town South Africa stake was split. I found out the Stake President of the new stake of the northern suburbs ( Bellville Cape Town Stake) was someone I taught on mission Paul Kruger! His wife Betsie was baptized, but Paul waited two years to get baptized. Because of this I was able to finally find them on facebook. Their little boy in the picture is now a missionary in the Durban Mission! So crazy.
Bellville Chapel June 1996
Interviewing
February was a really busy month. I belong to the Dance Science committee in the BYU Dance Dept. We were doing interviews to replace Ron, my former boss and mentor, after he early medically retired, who was the Head Athletic Trainer for the Dance Training Room. Everyone took the interview process VERY SERIOUSLY. The position was only temporary because of other issues, which I really don't want to type about because I am tired of explaining it to everyone. We would have had to turn around to find a permanent replacement, but Ron was not the only one who made a quick retirement decision last year, then more decided to retire this year, plus a couple of the folk dance teachers had to stop teaching for next Fall semester so BYU wouldn't be violation of Obamacare. Needless to say everyone was burned out of doing the search and interview process, so we extended the temporary contract to August 2015 to give us more time to do a better search. We probably won't be starting until October/November 2014 for Ron's permanent replacement.
Christmas 2013
I know it is April, but I forgot to mention that my brother Corey's family came to visit. One night I watched a movie with the kids and we all fell asleep. I love this picture and I just love my niece and nephew! I miss them tons!
New Provo Temple
I don't know if you can see in the photo Dave took, but they put the Angel Moroni on the new Provo Temple downtown where the Tabernacle use to be.
Local Favorites
Dave really likes supporting local businesses. An Elder from my mission and his wife started Sodalicious, they make the most yummy drinks! Dave had a 'Castaway' yesterday and it was delicious!
The BYU Creamery makes really good ranch dressing and ice cream!
Plus Dave is an addict of Cafe Rio, we use to go every Saturday.
Home search
Dave and I have been driving around the south end of Utah county to look for a new place to live.
This is a pretty view of the other side of Utah Lake.
I like this color blue.
It will probably be closer to October before we actually can put a bid on a house/land, so until then we will look for the perfect place for us.
Gilbert Arizona Temple
We drove down to the Gilbert Arizona Temple open house in February. Dave had only been to the Preston England Temple open house while he was on mission, so we had to go. It was a long drive but worth it because it was so pretty.
Knee Surgery
I had knee surgery a month ago. As you can see my knee was gigantic.
It's getting better because of the rehab and icing. I can run and jump without pain, but my running form is still off.
Monday, February 10, 2014
bendy bus
Dave has a weird fascination with bendy buses
SLC Trax
On our trip in France with my family we were on a few bendy buses and Dave HAD to take pictures everytime!
This was on our way to the train station to Switzerland.
I guess everyone has their own weird fascinations.
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