tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60438690784855459162024-03-13T12:21:18.293-07:006 La La'sLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.comBlogger2368125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-4162606475967639762018-07-23T10:24:00.000-07:002018-07-23T10:24:16.973-07:00HE'S COMING HOME IN 30 DAYS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our son has been serving in the Ohio Cleveland Mission. As of July 1, the Cleveland Mission was dissolved and he was reassigned to the Ohio Columbus Mission. We are now only 30 days away from being reunited after two years. I'm ecstatic to get my long-awaited mom hug!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-6545869167962568102015-03-07T20:01:00.000-08:002015-03-07T20:03:03.127-08:00ANCESTOR HOMESI've been looking through old family photographs my sister has scanned and have been drawn to family pictures taken in front of their homes. I think this is such a treasure. I absolutely love seeing my ancestors and their homes!<br />
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Vine Cottage in Thatcher, Arizona around 1900</div>
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Pictured is my 2nd great grandmother, Sylvia Louise Bentley Sessions, 3rd great grandmother, Sarah Ellen Haws Sessions and my great grandmother, Martha Louise Sessions Huntzinger</div>
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1896 family photo in front of their Utah home.<br />
This family photo includes my great grandfather, William Daniels, my 2nd great grandparents, Petrea Christofferson Daniels and Charles Henrick Daniels and my 3rd great grandparents, William Frederick Daniels and Sophia Thompson Daniels. </div>
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Rose Cottage on Bay Street in Santa Monica, CA in 1884</div>
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Pictured is my 3rd great grandfather, Edgar Sessions and my 2nd great grandmother, Sylvia Louise Bentley Sessions and other family members</div>
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My 2nd great grandparents, George Edwin Young and Sarah DeArmon Rich Young, in front of their Gusher, Utah home, around 1940.</div>
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My 3rd great grandmother, Katurah Vaughn Vincent and 2nd great grandmother, Harriet Maria Vincent Smith on the porch, of possibly the Mercur, Utah home, in 1912.</div>
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My grandfather, Ferra Marcel Young, with his siblings and parents, Sarah DeArmon Rich Young and George Edwin Young, around 1925 in Gusher, Utah.</div>
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My great grandmother, Rachael Elizabeth Smith Daniels and Harriet Maria Vincent Smith on the porch, of possibly the Mercur, Utah home, in 1912.</div>
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My 3rd great grandmother, Sarah DeArmon Pea Rich, in front of her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, around 1890 </div>
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Home of my 3rd great grandfather, John Stock in Paris, Utah.<br />
<a href="http://6lalas.blogspot.com/2008/09/wow-what.html" target="_blank">In 2008, my sister and I took an impromtu family history trip. We knocked on the door and got a tour of the home! </a><br />
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-81219494637928178802015-01-11T16:07:00.003-08:002015-01-11T16:36:05.851-08:00ONE OF OUR WEEKEND EXCURSIONS WASgetting to explore Battery Russell at Fort Stevens. It was definitely a highlight for my man clan!<br />
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We cannot wait to go back on a camping trip. It's moved to the top of the list!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-40170100161719861512015-01-11T00:15:00.000-08:002015-01-11T00:15:01.306-08:00WHILE WE WERE IN ASTORIA, WE WENTto Fort Stevens to see The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Iredale" target="_blank">Peter Iredale</a>, which has been in this spot since 1906. It was fun to show the boys this history in the sand and ocean - it is amazing! This wreckage is 108 years old!<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-51684419564452413192014-12-25T13:31:00.000-08:002014-12-25T13:40:22.149-08:00THE BEST OF ALL GIFTS AROUND ANY CHRISTMAS TREE: THE PRESENCEof a happy family all wrapped up in each other - Burton Hillis<br />
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Laughter, gluttony, family, spirit and cheer. <br />
We spent last night celebrating with the Youngs and this morning with the Petersons. Now we're ready for nap! It's been a wonderful celebration. <br />
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Merry Christmas from our family to yours!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-45632136451376592902014-10-05T17:59:00.002-07:002014-10-05T17:59:56.149-07:00SNEAK PEEK - LIBBY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-58193779531436063712014-09-19T22:10:00.001-07:002014-09-19T22:26:21.646-07:00HIS THEME WAS "LAIRD IS THE FAVORITE"He picked the birthday theme himself and got a photo on everyone's lap because, you know, he's the favorite. It was hilarious.<br />
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This is one of my favorite pictures - Landon's face is, 'you've got to be kidding me'. Cracks me up!<br />
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We had mac and cheese potluck - everyone brought their favorite mac and cheese creation. It was delicious and super cheesy<br />
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The birthday cake was a pole vaulting cake - with our favorite 17 year old clearing the crossbar.<br />
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It was a fun celebration - lots of food, laughs, presents and our infamous birthday singing.<br />
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Happy, happy birthday Laird!!</div>
Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-67870473399297484882014-09-18T19:43:00.002-07:002014-09-18T19:46:04.821-07:00LAIRD IS 17!Say what?!<br />
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Tomorrow is the big family party, so tonight we had a simple family celebration. No doubt, Laird will want to carry the celebration all the way through the weekend. I know I sure would!<br />
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At the top of his birthday wish list was dinner at Five Guys. That was an easy wish granted - check!<br />
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His other birthday wish was to have a huge wedding cake for this birthday cake. Hahaha, no. Wish not granted.<br />
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What he got instead was an amazing vanilla caramel cake with meringue buttercream. The homemade caramel sauce was incredible. Next time I make the sauce, it's being tripled.<br />
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We had fun on our family birthday date celebrating our guy turning another year older and another year wiser. We love him!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-2821329963557123742014-09-07T21:34:00.000-07:002014-09-07T21:34:11.194-07:00LACH IS 7 TODAY AND WE celebrated tonight with a family potluck. Everyone brought their favorite childhood meal, put on party hat, a mustache and we had a grand ole time.<br />
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This guy of ours has the best happy-go-lucky spirit, he's positive and always finds joy. He adores his older brothers and we are all so glad that he was born and that he's our family caboose.<br />
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We ended the party with water balloon launching. One of our best summer purchases!<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-62583282435427260152014-08-25T17:45:00.001-07:002014-08-25T17:45:08.418-07:00WE WENT TO VISIT OUR BOY AThis first job - Bud's Spuds at the Oregon State Fair.
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The fair - neon lights and delicious, greasy morsels at it's best.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-52150522512457157512014-08-25T12:28:00.001-07:002014-08-25T17:45:53.164-07:00MIRIAM IS IN TOWN VISITING STEPHso we took them floating.<br />
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We had perfect weather and so much fun! We're not ready for summer to come to an end.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-89209228967156875092014-08-20T18:41:00.002-07:002014-08-20T18:41:43.871-07:00SHE WAS GOING TO BE A NUN AND HE WAS AN LDS NAVY MANThey met one weekend in California and the rest is history. <br />
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These lovebirds are celebrating 48 happy years!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-20884558685037005422014-08-04T12:05:00.000-07:002014-08-04T12:05:24.671-07:00WE WENT BACK TO THE RIVERto float - this time we remembered to put on our sunscreen! My sister, Stephanie, and my brother, Ivon, came with us.<br />
Ivon brought his <a href="http://www.orukayak.com/" target="_blank">Oru Kayak</a> for it's maiden voyage.<br />
We found loads of agates and had a wonderful afternoon appreciating nature with our family.<br />
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We took a different route and had a few adventures. Nothing like adventures to keep you on your toes!<br />
It was SO much fun!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-59851401367023669482014-07-28T18:42:00.001-07:002014-07-28T18:51:32.597-07:00THIS AFTERNOON WE WENT FLOATINGdown the Santiam River for a few hours. We had SUCH a great time!<br />
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In all the time we've lived here, this was a first for us. We kept looking at each other, saying "Why have we never done this?!" Boy have we been missing out!<br />
We have huge smiles on our sunburned faces. We had a BLAST!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-10115994652275288072014-07-14T20:07:00.003-07:002014-07-14T20:10:38.369-07:00THERE IS ANOTHER SHORT FILM IN THE WORKSMy super talented friend, <a href="http://6lalas.blogspot.com/2010/10/critics-choice-award-goes-to.html" target="_blank">Chris Adler</a>, is working on dramatic short called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odjkPSxz5Og" target="_blank">Ono</a>.<br />
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"We all have demons we fight to keep hidden away from view. Sam, a smart
twenty-something is no different. As she sits alone in a coffee shop
lost in a great book, a mysterious girl named Ono enters Sam's world and
begins to tear her world apart."
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This film "explores the fragility of our existence,
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<a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ono" target="_blank">Please click here to support the project </a>and help spread the word. You can also follow this film on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/onoshortfilm" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/chris_adler" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-71270720975890382712014-07-13T22:49:00.000-07:002014-07-13T22:51:03.145-07:00ALTHOUGH IT IS SAD, I'M REALLY PROUDof my connection to this part of complex history - the Salem Witch Trials.<br />
You know me well if you know I don't have only one, but that I have three direct ancestors who were hanged during the hysteria in Massachusetts. Two 9th great-grandmothers and one 9th great-grandfather.<br />
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This Saturday is the anniversary of the death of my 9th great-grandmother, Rebecca Towne Nurse.<br />
This Saturday there is also a family reunion in Vancouver, WA where I am going to be able to meet some "witch" cousins. I'm really excited! I'm looking forward to learning more about this time in history, all the while spending quality time with my parents and sister. It's going to be so fun! I'm counting down...Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-74939223074364871302014-06-23T20:40:00.001-07:002014-06-23T20:40:42.013-07:00WE SPENT THIS WEEKEND AT THE COASTWe strolled, ate, played, kept traditions (Candyland), had a bonfire and got sun-kissed. It was wonderful.<br />
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It was nice to unwind, relax and have some family fun.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-80476818155983896522014-06-21T07:00:00.002-07:002014-06-21T07:00:42.212-07:00IT'S A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATEmy dad's birthday!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY OPA!</span></div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-45512473843741232252014-06-15T16:32:00.003-07:002014-06-15T16:34:27.668-07:00OUR FIRST SOUL SISTER'S WEDDINGLast night we had an incredibly beautiful, romantic and fun wedding reception for a beautiful bride, Ashley.<br />
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I made the wedding cake - vanilla with raspberry filling, white polka dots, gold chevron and fresh flowers.<br />
Larry came to my rescue with cutting the chevron out - luckily he has a math brain and figured out the dimensions we needed. He also drove me and the cake for delivery - I think I held my breath the entire time.<br />
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Here is the cake set up with all the flowers applied and the cutest 'love is sweet' sign. The details of this reception were amazing. It was seriously breathtaking.<br />
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The dance floor provided lots of boogie-woogie fun and the sweeping white fabric and lights were magical.<br />
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There was a lemonade stand with the cutest mason jars, cutout lids and paper straws. The lemonade stand served strawberry, watermelon and blueberry lemonade.<br />
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The Sweet Shoppe had sweet treats galore. It was any sugaraholic's sweet dream.<br />
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The gorgeous couple greeted a gazillion guests, got lots of hugs and well wishes.<br />
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The cute little lad on the bench is Landon - bored out of his gourd. Romance, shmromance.<br />
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We watched the couple's first dance. My favorite part was watching my beautiful friend, beaming with pride, watch her daughter dance with her groom. I have to admit, I watched with tears streaming down my face.<br />
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Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Hegerman!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-52138234450928789512014-06-15T10:40:00.001-07:002014-06-15T16:05:39.847-07:00HAPPY FATHER'S DAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This guy is the jam to my toast and the HE in my sHEnanigans. He is an amazing father to our man clan and I hope they grow up to be just like him - kind, thoughtful, selfless, loyal, loving, adventurous, spiritual, hardworking, interesting and interested and sincere.<br />
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These two blokes are amazing too. They are wonderful fathers and even better grandfathers. They are loved to the moon and back.<br />
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I'm happy with a capitol H.<br />
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It was a wonderful graduation ceremony with positive and entertaining speeches. We had perfect weather for family and friends to be gathered to celebrate the class of 2014. <br />
I'm so excited for Larry J, I have a perm-a-grin. I'm happy, happy, happy.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-43366005111847376402014-05-25T19:48:00.001-07:002014-05-25T19:48:16.382-07:00WIENCKEN EXCURSION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the Wiencken family - Larry's 2nd great grandparents and the cute little girl up front is Larry's great grandmother.<br />
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Today we visited a few of them. We cleaned their headstones, there was a lot of lichen growing on them, and tidied up the surrounding area.<br />
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I cut some of Grandma Betty's peonies this morning from our garden and we took them to the cemetery. They looked gorgeous by the headstones.<br />
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I printed images of the family members so that it would help put a face to a name for my man clan. It was such a great family history excursion. They want to know more about these family members now and that thrills me!<br />
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You don't associate the word "darling" with a cemetery, but this one really is. It is beautiful, old and oh so charming. <br />
Today was a good, good day.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-84922619425521016452014-05-12T11:39:00.001-07:002014-05-12T11:39:41.627-07:00SNEAK PEEK - METAL CHAIRSHaving these chairs and table painted white has been on my wishlist for a while, so I was absolutely delighted that I was going to get that wish this weekend.<br />
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1. I'm thankful my husband chose this project for my Mother's Day present. <br />
2. White paint makes me so happy!<br />
3. I can't stop smiling when I look outside at them.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151860816731957813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043869078485545916.post-49336041416233030092014-05-12T01:20:00.002-07:002014-05-12T01:20:37.679-07:00IT'S A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATEmy cute niece, Alivia's birthday. I can't believe she is 15!<br />
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