Picassa and scrapbooking

I recently took a class where I learned about Picasa. I never knew what a great tool it is. It's a FREE download from Google that stores and edits your photos. The best thing is the collage maker. I can make a collage, download it into an online scrapbooking program (Shutterfly.com is my favorite-also free until you order) and have an easy scrapbook page done! The biggest drawback to Shutterfly is that I couldn't always find the right template for my pictures. Now the problem is solved. Also, another site, Blurb.com can change your blog into a book. A blog into a blurb. Blurb your blog. How cool is that? I haven't used it yet, but it sounds promising. Now I really can justify my blog as family history...ha, ha! Picasa is also great for blogging. I just click on the pictures and hit the blog button in Picasa, and it easily uploads much faster than browsing through the computer for the pictures I want. Well, this is my tech tip of the year. Hope you all enjoyed it.

(P.S. I also had to make a teacher blog for the class I took. That is why my name is now showing up as Mrs. Graf. I'm not trying to be all formal. I should have signed up for it under a totally different email and name, but I didn't think about that until too late. Someday I will change it.)

We Love to See the Temple

We have loved our opportunities to tour the Draper Temple. We've been as a family and also had chances to tour the temple as volunteers helping with refreshments, working security, or serving as ushers. Our youth were able to clean the temple. Before they working as cleaners, they had a short fireside followed by a private tour given by our stake president. He spent a few minutes in the baptistry, sealing rooms, and celestial rooms talking to them. What a wonderful way to learn about the importance of temples! It's been fun having family come up and stay with us and tour the temple. We feel blessed to be able to participate in this unique opportunity.

Krysta's 19th Birthday

Krysta turned 19 last month. As you can tell the party was in full swing as the birthday song was belted out. At what age do you stop putting the appropriate number of candles on the cake? Curt and I certainly don't have room on our cakes, but when does this actually occur?