imaginative traveller: Follow Friday: This Week's Favorite Finds ? Climbing My Family Tree

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Follow Friday: This Week's Favorite Finds ? Climbing My Family Tree

Friday, February 10, 2012 2:12 am

FavoriteFinds I spent a lot of time searching through the Swedish church records this past week, but not as much time as I would have liked.? There just aren?t enough hours in the day, are there?

I guess I need some better time management skills or something.? Between parenting and teaching 5 kids at home, keeping the house semi-clean and everyone fed (usually ? cereal can be dinner, right?), doing genealogy, helping out with ESL class, attending Bible study, blogging, taking a lot of pictures, and walking 40 miles a week, I don?t have much time left to sleep.

I?m going to continue focusing on my Swedish roots this next week as I have free time.? I?ve been really excited about what I?ve found so far.? Now if only I could actually read Swedish.? I can decipher enough to figure out it?s my ancestor, but I know that I?m missing out on a lot of great clues since I can?t figure out what some of it says.? Maybe it?s time to start studying Swedish.? I?ll add it to my list of things to accomplish?.

This past week has been a busy one.? I really wish that I wasn?t such a night owl, but if I didn?t stay up late, then I wouldn?t get anything done.? Of course, I could probably do those same things in the morning, but that would require me getting out of bed early ? which I have a hard time doing (7:30 is my norm). Are you an early bird or a night owl?

Well, I?ve probably rambled enough. Here are some of my favorite finds from this past week:

And a few pictures to share:

Yes, you guessed it.? We made ANOTHER trip to the zoo.? It?s close by and FREE since we have a membership.? We?re there a lot.I love watching the monkeys.This guy was watching US.My daughter Ellie drew this picture.? It cracks me up.

I took some pictures for a fellow military family this past week.? A father, his son and his son?s wife all serving.? His son was on leave from Afghanistan.I hope you all have a great week!!