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Kinsey did it, so I did too.  This mosaic represents me in pictures.  You put the answers to questions into flicker and you can make this cool mosaic.   Here are the directions that I swiped from And's blog: a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into  Flickr Search . b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into  fd's mosaic maker . The Questions: 1. What is your first name? 2. What is your favorite food? 3. What high school did you go to? 4. What is your favorite color? 5. Who is your celebrity crush? 6. Favorite drink? 7. Dream vacation? 8. Favorite dessert? 9. What you want to be when you grow up? 10. What do you love most in life? 11. One Word to describe you. 12. Your flickr name. (kid version: favorite animal? 1.  QUIQUE FOTOGRAFIADO POR MARIAM , 2.  1030 calories... , 3.  Chief Pocatello, the Neon sign at Pocatello High School , 4.  one cherry , 5.  Life Goes On... , 6.  Time for bath , 7.  Best things in...

Saying goodbye. . .again

I feel a bit like a broken record, but my mother's father passed away June 12, just one week after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  His passing was peaceful and sweet.  He was not in terrible pain for long, and I am grateful for that.  So, here is his life, Readers Digest version. Grandpa was the youngest in his large family.  He was born to Ranching people, but his mother insisted that her children were well educated.  He learned to play the violin at a young age.  Later fiddling was one of his favorite past times, and one of our fondest memories.   He grew up in the mountains of Arizona, but was called to serve an LDS mission in Australia.   He didn't finnish his mission there though, WWII broke out, and he was called to finnish his mission in Canada.  That is where he met grandma (she was serving a mission too).   After his release, he attended Utah State (GO AGGIES!) for awhile, married my grandmother in the Logan Temple and moved back to the family ranch.  He ...