Visiting the Smoot Family

Saturday evening after the Priesthood Session of General Conference my dad, sister Mika, Aunty Marge, my cousin Brett, and I went to eat at the Roof on the top of the Joseph Smith Building. The buffet was delicious!!! My dad, sister and I stayed the night at the Smoot's home. The next day Bro. and Sis. Smoot took us the the Sunday morning session of conference. We watched the Sunday afternoon session at the Smoot's home. My cousin Brett attending the afternoon session and picked up my uncle and aunty and drove over for dinner. It was such a fun experience. Bro. Smoot was one of the missionaries that baptized my grandparents and my Aunty Marge. We took this picture right before we had to leave. In the front from left to right we have my dad, me, Mika, and Brett. In the back we have Bro. and Sis. Smoot, Aunty Marge and Uncle Tony.

178th Annual General Conference

This past weekend was the 178th Annual General Conference. I was able to go to the Saturday Afternoon Session, Priesthood Session, and the Sunday Morning Session of Conference. I attended with my Dad who is on a 3 week business trip and scheduled the weekend to attend conference with me and my sister, Mika, who is graduating from Utah State this May. The weekend was a very spiritually uplifting weekend! A new Prophet was sustained in a solemn assembly Saturday morning. Something that caught my attention was the talks focused on family history work. It's so wonderful to be doing family history work and going to conference and hearing that we are suppose to be seeking out our ancestors and doing their work for them. You feel as if you got a pat on your back for doing what the Lord requires us to do. 

"When I think of Grandma Tano...I remember..."

I just recalled a conversation I had with Aunty Marge, during which I talked about ways our children and cousins can get to know our grandparents. With today's technology we have a variety of ways that we can keep in touch with family members, keep dairies or journals, preserve images and videos, etc... So, I was thinking that when you have time. I'd like you to write something that you remember about Grandma Tano or even Grandpa Tano too. You should also check out my new site that is still under construction, but always being updated.

BYU Family Research Technology Conference

Today I met with Uncle Tony and Aunty Marge and we all went to a technology fair at Brigham Young University. This is a 4 day conference where the first day was for the "super" geeks, the second day was for the "regular" geeks, and day 3 and 4 was for the "mini" geeks. Aunty Marge said, "... oh, yeah that's us the "mini" geeks..." So, I figured that I join them since I didn't have any classes. I'm taking a family history class and so the software programs and presentations so far have been really cool. I'm already followed along with the presentors and made a Blog page and Google Group for the Tano Family. It's pretty cool you should check it out and subscribe. Aunty Marge also said, "We're getting old, the younger generation needs to be learning this stuff. It's fun to work in the Family History Library...everyone was white hair, and when they use the computer their hands keeps shaking the mouse and too hard to click the mouse button.... hehe."