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This was in Meridian Magazine one week ago today, Feb. 15, 2015.  It is the talk of one of the special guests, Laura Bush, and how important family has been to them.  I think you'll enjoy it. I just got back from spending time with my husband Wayne, who is in a rehabilitation center here in St. George.  It was a week ago tonight, in the middle of the night, when he was unresponsive and incoherent, and had to go to the hospital in an ambulance.  He has had pneumonia, weak lungs and kidneys and heart, and his carbon dioxide level in his blood was poisoning him.  After 2 days in intensive care, with a breathing tube down his throat one day, and 2 other days in the hospital, he was taken to the rehab, and is slowly recovering.  He will probably be there around 2 weeks.  He is 84 and a half, and in the past has had open heart surgery, prostate cancer, a hip replacement, and pneumonia 3 or 4 times.  It is such a blessing for him to be as well as he i...

This is so interesting!  Donny Osmond was a speaker in Rootstech this last weekend.  His story will touch your heart, and make you want to know more about your own ancestors, and what traits of character you inherited from them! FAMILY HISTORY How Donny Osmond Takes His Father Wherever He Goes By Scot and Maurine Proctor  · February 16, 2015 This week on Meridian we will bring you the key events from the RootsTech 2015 conference, held Feb. 11-14, the largest family history gathering in the world. It was sponsored by FamilySearch. Donny Osmond’s entire life has been documented and recorded from that first moment when as a five-year-old he sat on Andy Williams lap and sang, “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” before a national television audience. He has the recording of “One Bad Apple” and the story behind sitting with his brothers one Sunday morning surrounding a radio listening to Casey Kasem’s Countdown. The week before the Osmond’s song h...

This is truly a momentous opportunity for you Family History lovers to find out more about your ancestors!  I have many, many New England ancestors, and I plan to really use this site!  I hope you can use this information! FAMILY HISTORY Vintage Generations FamilySearch Provides LDS Members Free Accounts to AmericanAncestors.org SALT LAKE CITY and BOSTON (February 17, 2015)— FamilySearch, the family history brand of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, today announced that Church members can now receive free personal subscriptions to AmericanAncestors.org, the premier research website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society . Personal access to this service is provided at no cost for Latter-day Saints as part of an agreement between FamilySearch and AmericanAncestors.org, and includes all the tools, features, and resources of the site. To sign up for a free subscription, Latter-day Saint patrons need to visit familysearch.org/partneracce...

My husband, Wayne D Eckman, see blog #233 on Sept. 18, 2014, and blog # 109, Mar. 1, 2014 to see pictures of him and his twin brother Blaine, and more.   He absolutely loves the Book of Mormon, and today I'm going over to see him in the Intensive Care Unit of the St. George Hospital.  He has had problems with his lungs, kidneys and a blood clot, etc.  He is improving, but last night he asked me to bring a Book of Mormon today.  He has been talking in the ICU to someone he wants to give a Book of Mormon to!  This comes from LDS Living, and was published first in the Deseret News, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.  I love any new information about the Book of Mormon.   Defending the Faith: Book of Mormon and other hidden ancient documents By  Daniel Peterson ,  For the Deseret News Published: Thursday, Feb. 5 2015 Dan Peterson cites scholarship arguing that the coming forth of the Book of Mormon follows an ancient pattern. Deseret ...

This is a repost of # 97 which I posted last Valentine's Day, 2014, with some new additions. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, ALL!   Wayne and I have had a tradition for many years on Valentine's Day, and on our Wedding Anniversary -- Wayne is so thoughtful and always gives me a gift that has a feminine flair!   The little tradition involves something Wayne found years ago, and between special days, it has a spot in our storage cabinet.    He gets up earlier than I do, and has it all set up and lighted!   A fun TRADITION ! !  Anita took pictures of it. We tried a black background, and a white one, so I'll put both on.  As you can see, it has a cord, and when plugged in, the roses have a light inside!  A simple thing, but it is a  TRADITION! ! These photos below are not in any particular order!  Us, our parents, and the grandparents we have photos for, mostly wedding pictures.  We do have pictures of other ancestors, some of...