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Nov

Röena Studio Show: Week Eight

We had our eighth Röena Studio Show last night.  Jershon and I went on a trip at the beginning of the month so this show was our only one for our Month Three rotation topics.  Our topics were The British Isles, 1700’s Independence, and Rocks.  This show was all focused on The British Isles.  We...
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About Shelly

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I’m passionate about strengthening my relationship with Jesus Christ through personal growth, family history, teaching my children, and harnessing the power of early mornings …and documenting my experiences along the way. Welcome to my little corner of the world. 

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January 15, 2019

Swedish Unit: Swen Swenson the School Teacher

Swen Swenson is my great-great-grandfather. He was born on January 4, 1850 in Grödby, Kristianstad, Sweden. Swen was the youngest of 7 children and was only 9 years...
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January 7, 2019

Swedish Unit: Knitting Hats

We finished making Roxanne’s hat today! It is definitely a lot more work when you make your own yarn, but we enjoyed making this from scratch! Let’s be...
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January 5, 2019

Swedish Unit: Julgransplundring (Throwing out the tree.)

From Wikipedia: “A Knut’s party or Knut’s dance (Swedish: Julgransplundring, literally: “Christmas tree plundering”) is a tradition in Sweden on St. Knut’s Day (13 January), which marks the...
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January 1, 2019

Swedish Unit: Bothilda Pehrsdotter and Wool

Bothilda (Thilda) is my great-great grandmother. She was born March 11, 1848 in Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden. When Thilda was 8 years old, her father passed away. This left...
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December 28, 2018

Swedish Unit: Connecting to our Ancestors

Even though we did some Swedish Christmas traditions throughout December, this morning we had our first official lesson for our Swedish Unit. I gave a brief overview of...
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December 21, 2018

10 Years

Today marks 10 years of being married to Jershon. 99% of the crazy things that I have done over the past 10 years were Jershon’s idea that I...
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December 14, 2018

Swedish Unit: Sankta Lucia Day

Yesterday was the Swedish holiday, Sankta Lucia Day. During the day, the kids and I made Lussekatter (Swedish Saffron Buns). The boys were at school for the dough...
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December 9, 2018

Swedish Unit: Jul Julgran (Dance around the Christmas Tree)

The reason why I wanted to start our Swedish Unit at this time of year is because there are so many Swedish Christmas traditions that I wanted to...
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December 1, 2018

Swedish Unit: Sankta Lucia Celebration (Swedish Heritage Society)

We started off our Swedish Unit tonight by attending the St. Lucia celebration that is put on annually by the Swedish Heritage Society in Salt Lake. It was...
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