he can "take it" and grin

"he can 'take it' and grin"

It was a Thursday night.  There were a million things to be done around our house.  Our two oldest girls were out playing with friends.  It would have been an ideal night for Danny and I to go out to dinner---we can go anywhere relaxed with only one child accompanying us.  For some reason...the Family History Library in downtown Salt Lake City was calling to me.  I had never been there (that I remember).  I am working earnestly to get the information/proof needed to complete my DAR application.  It hasn't been as easy as I expected it to be.

I whipped up a few sandwiches from home and we ate in the car on our way.  There were several cheerful missionaries to great us as we walked in the front doors.  They directed us to one missionary that I found so helpful and delightful.  As we began to discuss my purpose for being there we learned that we both come from Gray family in Vermont.  Could we be related!?  She oriented me on the computer and left me to search.

As I searched...Sophie was restlessly playing on my lap.  Another thoughtful missionary came up to her and asked if she wanted to play a game.  Before we knew it Sophie was on a computer next to me set up with pbskids.com.  Danny was a runner...he grabbed anything we sent to print and was my tech support if I was stuck on the computer.

ancestry.com is open and available on all of their computers.  If you aren't subscribed to them at home you can access their database at the library.  I found so much information!  I even found my great-uncle's yearbook pages (click to enlarge)...with his signature!  I never met Lorrin Smylie Brice, Jr.  What a delightful treasure!  I could have played there for hours...but our girls were returning home soon and we needed to be there.  I can't wait to return.