Fun with pictures.

I've been playing around with picnik.  Can you tell?

January sun

It's been a fairly wet and gloomy week here in the Pacific Northwest.  Wet enough to cause road and train track blocking mudslides.

Steve had a campout scheduled for last night with his Scouts.  He was pretty upbeat about going, in spite of the waterworks.  The rain mysteriously stopped yesterday - just before he he left.  It was clear and dry overnight and all day today. 

Sunshine on a Saturday in January in Washington?  It could happen.  And it did.

Fashion Divas? Maybe not.

Marcy and I must have been considered old enough to dress ourselves - and evidently we did.  My outfit is fairly coordinated - and as long as you don't notice that I'm wearing a shirt that's 2 sizes too small, it's fine.  Marcy.  Wow.  Creative use of color and pattern. Someone else must have helped Sherri.

My question is...why take a picture?  Don't get me wrong, I love the pictures - but why get the camera out just then??  My guess is that Grandma or Grandpa Hanna took the picture while visiting us. As a grandparent myself, I can understand that.

A Story of the Twelve

I may not be a literary genius, but I've just written this story AND memorized the current 12 apostles...in order.  Now to pass this on to my seminary students.  Should I have them write their own stories?  It's amazing how fast it was to write this and get it memorized.

Boyd K. Packer had a son named Perry. Perry had a habit of trying out wrestling moves on his dad. When Perry tried putting his dad in a half-Nelson, his dad decided it was time to go for a ride...He took him to see the Oaks down at the Ballard Locks. Great Scott! That man Hales from Holland! Nevermind...it’s just Mr. Bednar...he’s the Cook for Mrs. Christofferson and her son , Neil.

Soup's On!

It's 3:15pm and dinner is done.

I have an ongoing love-affair with the "Beanland Mix" from Winco.  It only takes about 5 minutes to throw everything in a pot...then let it simmer for 2 or 3 hours (or longer in the crockpot).  Not only is the soup delicious on a cold rainy day, but as a bonus, I get to clean out my fridge and use up the leftover ham from Sunday.  Sweet.

I Love Technology

Even though I love technology, I don't often like learning new technology.  During the past couple of weeks I have picked up a couple of new (to me) technological tricks.  Here we go.

1. Webcam.  Yes, I've used them before - but frankly I never much liked them - and the old technology was so much slower, that it was like watching a slow slideshow.  Not fun.  With Stephanie, Cory and the grandkids living on the opposite side of the continent now seemed a good time to give it another go.  I got a webcam for Christmas...but I didn't use it right away. I figured that I would need a ton of tech support (Steve and at least one of the boys).  Turns out I can do it by myself.  Yes, I needed Danny to walk me through it the first time, but I've done it a time or two on my own since then.  The picture quality is still not perfect, but it is much improved from only a few years ago.  A great way to keep in touch with the grandkids.
2. Picnik.  Thank you Keira.  Thank you One Pretty Thing.  Thank you A Foothill Home Companion. Thanks to all those sites that helped me have fun with photo editing and to learn how to make my own blog headers.
3. Google.  I know, I know, Google is not new.  Nevertheless, Google (and the internet) has made it easy for me to do research for my new group blog.  I've been able to find and compare recipes for things that I haven't made before (again, not new...but I still love it).  I made (or bought) the items pictured in the photo collage - the collage that I made on picnik - that took about 5 minutes to do - including uploading the pictures.

30 rocks.

It was 30 years ago, on the 7th of January, that Steve and I first met.  Inside the hallowed halls of the Wilkinson Center at BYU.  That's where the magic started.