Can any of these Geddes mothers relate to this?

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Family Vacation photos

Here is a sample:  For more, go to

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B7hZapH8Y3K8T1Q1T3l5Q0hmaUk/edit

 

 

The Beauty of Mt. Timpanogas

Here's the house...

http://lakere.com/featured-listings/526470 

Had 5 visitors so far and it's only day 2.

Also, last night I had a dream that we sold it to a grandma who was raising 4 grandkids and an adopted boy. She walked through the house and then wrote a check for $312,695 and put it on the table saying I'll take it! I was so glad it was her because the setup is great for kids and then our neighbors would have other kids to play with too. Totally thought the dream was real. Ha!

Because their mother's knew it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETQJIo1XMJg

Do we really realize what we have?

I just spent the evening watching a Spanish movie about group of three ladies who went to Argentina to help improve people's medical condition there. As I watched the movie, I once again realized how fortunate we are in America. I have seen firsthand poverty many times, and reflected on all that I saw in the Fijian villages. We have so much to grateful for, which I hope to illustrate somewhat here. The very idea that we have enough food to feed our families and that the food has enough vitamins to support the growth and development of children is such a blessing. Even the sugary cereals and the candy here is, at least, not detrimental to your health. I remember seeing children in Fiji who's teeth had rotted out because of sucking too much on some of the candy they have other there. I have yet to see, even on my mission. as I worked in the trailer parks and the slums of North Carolina people with the same challenges faced by people in these impoverished countries. Health care, dental care, those things are novelties for people in these villages. When I was working in Fiji we were developing a product to finally provide health insurance to the villagers. Think about it, not until 2012 was a product like health insurance available to them at an affordable price. As a result many mothers did not take their children to the doctor because they could not pay the price. This was evident in the health of the children we encountered there. We are so very fortunate to have good medical and dental care, surgery that leaves no scars, clean hospitals, and an abundance of locations nearby to seek care. To have received regular medical and dental check-ups throughout our lives, how very fortunate we are. We have jobs that can support a family, we have water we can drink without risking an upset stomach or gastronomical problems. Our food is clean, our clothes can be easily washed in washers and dryers in our homes, and we have refrigerators to store our food to protect us from food poisoning. We have glass windows that can keep out the rain and the cold, we have wood floors, we have doors that can be locked, we have phones to communicate easily, and we have computers in our own homes. That is just the beginning, we have a strong family who loves one another, and we have all built our foundation on the rock of Jesus Christ. Physically we have the strength and ability to reach out and serve those in need. It has been awhile since it I have seen so dramatically how blessed we are here in America. To even have a savings or checking account and to be able to save for a rainy day or a family vacation, is an amazing blessing. The realization that hit me tonight is that we have so very many reasons to be thankful. Each of us is so far from poverty and have been prospered in our lives so much so that perhaps we do not realize every way the Lord has showered down blessings from heaven in our lives. I thought I would share these thoughts so maybe you can remember and see a bit more how fortunate our circumstances have made us. All I know is that I feel responsible to be grateful for what I have and to share what I can as I really have so very much. Had I been in Fiji and had what I have now, even as a volunteer, I would have more than I could of ever hoped for. If I was a villager in Fiji or many of these other third-world countries, what we have would be only a dream to them.

Lessons from Fiji

Something I was reading from my Fiji journal I thought was worth sharing:

June 23, 2011
As I was going home I met a kindly gentleman who gave me his drink and treated me very kindly. He seemed very sincere and I was surprised of him giving me his drink due to his worldly circumstances. I learned tonight that sometimes having too much prevents us from sharing. Because we have so much, sometimes we are unwilling to part with it for fear it will never be returned to us. However if those with so little are willing to give to strangers and show them a little kindness, it seems that we also should be able to give of our abundance to help out those who are much less fortunate than us. 

Who knew Gomer Pyle could sing!

Finally Peter Pan Fitness

Danish Family History

To learn more about Danish family history research check out this free course:
http://is.byu.edu/courses/pe/999024073006/secure/lesson6p31.htm

Key sources to find out Marriage locations and family relationships:
Probate records- In essence wills to protect the rights of minor
Military records- yearly records kept to keep track of draft eligible men outside of Copenhagn

While these are not all available for each and every one of our ancestors, they will be useful in helping us to better determine father and son relationships especially.

Tanner Boyd Geddes-Stripling Warrior #8

Les Mis at BYU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuzufFfLZ60

Greco Goodness

Lessons on sharing from Ernie himself

Grandkids with Grandma

Google Chat

Who can chat this Sunday, and what time would work best?

Ameliana can now hope in many happy birthdays

Even though Ameliana is a girl she can still recieve tons of legos for Christmas and birthdays because Lego has opened a line of girl legos. Hooray, then we can all have legos! To learn more click on the link below:
http://friends.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx?icmp=COUSFR4Friends

Eph Hanks

We're going to be famous! A movie coming out about Eph Hanks by the creator of 17 miracles!
http://www.ephraimsrescue.com/

Valentine's Day

My thoughts tonight...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSM8l6LJ9sg

Playing around with a new lens

Our family recently invested in a new camera and Carly got a new lens and flash for her birthday.  Since then, we have been practicing and playing around with them.  Here are some of the better ones:

B-day Cake made by Audrey

We are now a minivan family

Christmas present from Grandma Larkie

39 weeks

What we have in common with wood floors

Have you ever made the connection between Moroni 10:32-33 and Ether 12:27. I just made that connection today along with another connection to the house project. Like most projects we as human beings have imperfections that need to be repaired and patched so that we can endure the weathering that comes in this life. Though we all try our best to be perfect, unexpected imperfections develop as Satan seeks to find our weaknesses and exploit them. With the detail that a homeowner looks at a freshly stained floor, Satan looks at our lives and finds our imperfections. He finds the squeaks and the cracks, and unlike the homeowner who seeks to work on these imperfections, he exploits them and seeks to make them bigger and more noticeable. This is why the Atonement is so essential for each of us. The Lord is like the good homeowner who finds the cracks and squeaks and works at them until they are gone. With his help perfection is achievable. Not only does Christ help us fix our flaws, but he helps us to recognize additional flaws and fix them. With his help Satan loses his power as we eventually become perfected in Christ.
When we come unto Christ he will show us our weaknesses and then will help us make the former weaknesses strong. His arm can serve as the puddy in our lives to fix the minor character flaws that are not in line with our natures as children of God. He can serve as the liquid nails and shims to remove personal challenges that we have been trying to ignore for many years. Like a beautiful wood floor that once had squeaky spots that needed reinforcing and holes that needed filling, we too have cracks and squeaks in our lives that need fixing. That is why the atonement is so important and so individual. He works with us individually case by case until we have every imperfection removed and we are perfected. Regardless of the position we are in or the challenges we face, Christ is the willing worker who can make our weaknesses be strong through him.

Los antepasados

Do you know these people. See if you can determine which is Diana Davidson, Peter Reid, and Helen Maria Reid. By the way this is the Campbell tartan which is another family tartan of ours.