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I have spent the majority of the last day reading the Blogs of friends and their friends' friends. I began with our good friends Todd and Lisa Mortenson and Jordan and Leann Schaefer, and ended with a family I have never met nor ever will. I will admit my reservations about creating a Blog, because Carl and I live pretty uneventful lives. We do not travel much and honestly prefer to be homebodies. I kept asking myself what I could possibly write about the Meyers' that anyone besides ourselves would find the least bit interesting. Then I read an entry by a women who was also just beginning her Blog and seemed to hold the same concerns I do. She then mentioned that writing her families' Blog would result in family history that could be viewed by anyone interested and that it also kept a record for her kids which they can soon enjoy. That thought is why I have decided to keep this Blog. In the years to come I hope more will share our families joys and sorrows. I hope my kids will find it interesting to be able to look back on their lives and have good memories.

I am a huge proponent for writing in journals. I have faithfully done so for 24 years and have 36 volumes chronicling my life. I find it therapeutic and a wonderful gift for ancestors. I encourage my two kids to write. I buy journals for my Niece to write and I provide journals for the Young Women in our Ward. I want everyone to write by hand and encourage it whenever the opportunity presents itself. I have often times frowned on writing on the computer or online. I find it impersonal. I will admit this weekend of catching up on the Mortenson's travels to adopt their daughter in Kazakhstan has opened my mind to this medium of journaling. I felt the Spirit when I read Lisa's entries and am sure that this Blog along with my continued journal writing will leave my posterity with as complete a history as possible.

Well, I hope you enjoy. I will do my best to keep up with entries, and please consider a way to keep your family history. Your ancestors will thank you for it.