CHARITY IN THE HOME

Mom did a great job in teaching her workshop at the Arcadia Stake Women's Conference on Jan. 28th.  For those fans of mom - she had a wonderful message, room, handout and goody.  All of mom's great kids were on display to confirm that the blessings from one's work and best efforts to render and to teach charity in the home are so worth it.

And now mom is off to practice what she preaches.

Happy Birthday Spencer

A Bit of Family History

Discovered some new information this week.  While I was clearing out my recipe books (part of the purge) I found a cookbook that I received from my cousin Guy Evans.  It is my Aunt Carol's favorite recipes (we are a lot alike in that department) and her personal history mixed in between.  Most of it is about her early life, life with her parents and grandparents - YEAH!!!  She was known to have a terrific memory. The following is from her personal history:

"My Father was Leslie Ilo Smith.  He was born April 16, 1905 in Murray, Utah.  My Grandfather was on a mission and his first baptism was a man named Ilo.  So when my dad was born while Grandpa was still on his mission, they named him Ilo Leslie Smith, but my Dad said that wasn’t right so he always went by Leslie I. Smith."

I called Rachel to tell her the big news (because of her ILO) and she asked where Manasseh Smith had gone on his mission.  I started digging around and found a great new resource on LDS.org.  I was able to find the following  missionary information about Manasseh Smith.

• October 1904–March 1906
• Age Called: 22
• Eastern States

• Set Apart: 25 October 1904
• End Date: 8 March 1906
• Priesthood office: Elder
• Priesthood: Elder
• Called From: Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Set apart by: Rulon S Wells

https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/manasseh-smith-1881?lang=eng
We still want to find out some more information about the Ilo from the Eastern States Mission!!!

The JasCorns

This was the age of the kids the last time Grandma went out to take care of those cute JasCorn Kids.  Really excited for a really fun time!!!

Great way to spend Eli's Birthday!!

Spent Eli's birthday doing lots of fun things.  First thing - a trip to the St. George Children's Museum.  So fun for all ages.  Then on to Kneaders for lunch and then SWIMMING!!!

University of Utah Yearbook

 Check out that beautiful Lenore Neeley - a member of the home economics club from the University of Utah yearbook.  The Utahn.  Check out the opposing page to see who Lenore's classmate was.  Guesses in the comments.

Can you come live at home??

Many of you have heard the story about Shirl and Lenore requesting Kent, while he was on his mission, to forgo the college life at the University of Utah and pursue his architecture degree while living at home (A really hard decision).  After reading his patriarchal blessing and seeing the blessings that would come to him if he was obedient to his parents, he made the choice to come home and live at 1213 Flintridge Circle.  This picture perfectly represents the family dynamic at the time.  I am beginning my goal of documenting Cornwall history by scanning and retyping things that were at 1213.   This year may be highly documented with things from that journey. 

Fun in St. George

 It was so great to catch up with the JasCorns since they were west of the Mississippi.  We were able to visit with them in a lovely condo, eat together, play together and even go swimming together - OUTSIDE!!!!  It was fun to see the cousins enjoying each other's company.