Chip's late grandmother's family (Dorothy Daynes) holds annual reunions and this years was held on the 30th of October at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake. One of her sons, Uncle Rick is an amazing Genealogist and we learned that the Daynes family tree has been traced back to even before the Church was established, which is a breakthrough that they had been working on for more than 30 years. Coming from a family where I am only the third generation in the Church, I am so amazed and captivated by genealogy. As we toured the museum, we came to an organ that was donated by the Daynes family by Joseph Daynes, Chip's great, great, great grandfather. He was a prodigy musician who in his childhood played for the Queen in England, joined the church and made the trek to America to join the Saints in Utah. Here he was asked by president Brigham Young to play the organ at General Conference, the same one that is displayed at the Museum. Isn't that amazing! I just love church history.
After the tour, we had a family dinner at the Lion House and got to visit with Uncle Rick, aunt Nancy and Jessica. What a neat family I married into.
After the tour, we had a family dinner at the Lion House and got to visit with Uncle Rick, aunt Nancy and Jessica. What a neat family I married into.
Chip's favorite holiday of all time is Halloween and I think his fancy for it has rubbed off on me big time. I LOVE decorating our house for it. Last year, we got really, ridiculously into it and it was so creepily done that it scared away trick-or-treaters! Literally. There were daunted little kids standing on the sidewalk in front of our home being pushed by their parents to go collect their treats. Their faces were awesome. Chip even set up speakers by the door with really creepy halloween sounds and music. This year we are almost done, but we want to make it even scarier than last year. Thought we would share our progress. Cackle, cackle!
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