Adding One More Precious Soul!!!
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It’s been a busy week for our family! One of the best things was adding one more precious soul to our collection of grands...
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I’m A Lucky Girl
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A little over 40 years ago, I married the love of my life! Ronnie is an incredible man, and I’m so blessed! I wanted to share a project he and our son-in-law Tyler have been working on since last fall. It fills my heart with LIGHT and love each time I look at it…
Read MoreTake Time To Enjoy Life!
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I’ve posted about Lake Powell before, and yes, we spent another lovely week down there last week. It’s rare to have an entire week of perfect weather on the lake. Storms are common, sometimes daily occurrences, but not this time…
Read MoreGrandma Camp 2023
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After having to postpone three times this summer, we were FINALLY able to have Grandma Camp! It’s been a crazy summer filled with lots of unexpected twists and turns, and with grandkids ranging in age from three to fifteen…
Read MoreLast Outing Of The Summer
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The day before school started, we had one last outing to celebrate the end of summer. We have a kind and generous neighbor who is a volunteer at Utah’s Hogle Zoo…
Read MoreBlessed Honored Pioneers!
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Here in Utah we celebrate the 24th of July as a state holiday. It is the day the pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. I am grateful for my pioneer ancestors and the sacrifices they made to make my life what it is today! I am greatly blessed…
Read MoreFamily Vacation Scavenger Hunt
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I wanted to do a fun game with my grandkids on our recent family vacation to Hawaii. I decided on a scavenger hunt and found these tiny rubber animals, fish, and birds at “Teton Toys”…
Read MoreA Week In Paradise Filled With Light And Love
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This past week has been a dream come true!!! We were blessed with the opportunity to come to Kauai with all 15 of our kids and grands…
Read MoreChapter Eleven : Back in Bucharest – The Final Week
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We thought we would be staying with Florine and his wife again, but there had been some issues there with Florine’s sister prostituting herself out in their apartment at nights. It was a dark place…
Read MoreChapter Ten : Another Adoption Opportunity Comes Along
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The day after we went to Branistea in search of Dumitra’s original birth certificate, Nic took us to yet another government office in Galati…
Read MoreChapter Nine : Still in Galati
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The day after we got Errin, we were required to go to the local hospital and get the first of two HIV tests. I was nervous because HIV was high in newborns in Romania…
Read MoreHalloween 2020 – It was all about Family
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Halloween of 2020 was one of the first times we gathered together as a family during the Covid 19 nightmare. However, looking back, it was one of the funnest LIGHT…
Read MoreChapter Seven : The First Week Felt Like An Eternity
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The next morning, our first in Galati, Lucci brought the usual platter of sliced sausage, cucumbers, tomatoes and radishes for breakfast. As hard as I tried…
Read MoreGratitude for Ancestors
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With the recent death of Queen Elizabeth, I’ve been thinking a lot about my ancestors. Some came from England and some…
Read MoreChapter Five : First Meal, Early Train to Galati
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The apartment was very small, very dark, and the smell of moth balls was beyond pungent. As soon as we got inside, Florine and his sister brought me five piece of blank white paper…
Read MoreSwiss Pioneer Peonies
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My great-grandfather Ulrich Stauffer and his family was baptized as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints…
Read MoreChapter Three : This Can’t Be Happening
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As I sit to write this post, I realized I am writing it on the 31st anniversary of the infamous phone call. The call that changed our lives forever, the call to come…
Read MoreErrin’s Adoption – Chapter Two – If Ye Are Prepared, Ye Shall Not Fear . . .
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I mentioned before how we went through Val Cocariu and his wife Nancy for Errin’s adoption. Val and Nancy are both Romanian…
Read MoreNow More Than Ever We Must Fortify Our Families
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In our church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the positions held are all volunteer – meaning no one gets paid for whatever calling they fulfill. This is all the way…
Read MoreThe Healing Power of Gratitude
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A little over a week ago the Prophet of our church, President Russell M. Nelson, spoke to us regarding “The Healing Power of Gratitude”…
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