Cemeteries Tell Stories

My cousin Karen came for a visit a couple of days ago. We both enjoy family history and we have had some success with it. We have done several things together like going to the temple, but we have never been to the cemetery before looking for information. We knew we were going to find 1 Macdonald grave and four Hudlows. We were quite surprised that we found 4 more Hudlows buried there. Should I add this was in Phoenix at Greenwood/Memory Lawn Cemetery. This headstone (above) is Mr Daniel's uncle that was killed during WW II. He left a young pregnant wife and a devastated family. His daughter has never known him, but she will someday.

My great-grandmother was Margaret Johnston. She had at least 6 sisters and I have always referred to them as the Johnston girls. There was 1 brother that lived to adulthood. One of the girls married a Hudlow and these are two of her children. It just reminds me that these people really lived and we will get to meet them someday. After doing genealogy and family history work, you begin to feel close to them and excited to be able to do the work for them. The above headstone is Cora Hudlow Laveen and after seeing the headstones I was able to put her family together as well as her husband's family. The puzzle pieces came together and I know those on the other side helped us find the pieces. It was a successful couple of days.

Some of the People We Like to Be With

The Cook Family in Michigan is all ready for Savannah's baptism. Savannah was baptized with her twin Cook cousins. It was a special day for everyone especially all the grandparents that were there in person and those in spirit.

Miss Sadie and Miss Cora are good friends, as well as cousins.

Who can resist Mr. Read. What a cutie he is. He wins the all-time-drool contest hands down. (sorry Sarah)

Savannah looked like an angel in the baptism dress her mother made for her.

What no Pictures

I am not sure I can blog without having a picture to blog about. Amy actually mentioned I had not blogged anything for awhile. I do have something in mind to blog about, but I can't find a picture to go with it. How can you have a friend for for almost 33 years and not have a picture of them????????????? I found that quite odd. I have pictures of her children, but not her. I will still spend some time searching. I have decided that scanning pictures is SOOOO VERRRRY SLOOOOOW and SO BORING. My father-in-law always told me to write on the back of the picture so we would always know who was in the picture and when it was taken. Well, I have discovered that he didn't listen to his own advice. Now that he has passed away, it is hard to ask him.
Poor Mr. Daniel has pneumonia and bronchitis. He said he is feeling some better, but of course he won't stay down or home for that matter. We are looking forward to being in Michigan for Miss Savannah's baptism. We will enjoy the cooler weather while we are there. We will get to see 7 of our grandchildren, but they will be playing with cousins.
My house stinks!!!!!!!!!!!! I tried to burn up a bag of popcorn in the microwave or maybe the bag tried to commit suicide. It was only in there about a minute when the smoke began to pour out of the microwave. I am lucky it didn't burst into flames. So that was my excitement!
Miss Emily has gone to Sacramento for job training and will try and see my sister and some of her cousins. I am going back to scanning pictures so I will have something interesting to say on my next post. :)

Miss Savannah

Miss Savannah turned 8 years old yesterday. We know what that means... Papa and Grandma Mac are going to take another trip!! We do like trips, especially when we can see cute ones being baptized. Savannah surprised everyone by coming into the world early. I remember Mom trying to get her classroom all set for a sub while she was in labor.

Five years ago Miss Savannah became a big sister to Miss Sadie. You were so excited and you make a great big sister. We can see you have grown!

Miss Savannah has turned into a little lady.

Your mom and dad are very proud of you. Miss Savannah is a great student, great big sister, is a good friend, plays the piano, plays soccer, loves her family,and she especially loves her cousins. We all love you and want to say Happy Birthday and Eight is Great. (see you soon!)