Goodbye to my sweet great Aunt. You will be missed.

Claudia B. Brown

Claudia B. Brown, 80, our loving mother and grandmother passed away Thursday June 5, 2008. Claudia was born September 30, 1927 in Preston, Idaho to Elmer and Velda Beckstead.She married LaFarr Brown, June 20, 1948 which was solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple, April 26,1962. Claudia was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She had served two full-time missions in Florida and Oregon and had served multiple missions at the family history center in Salt Lake City. She was a loving mother of 2 daughters and 2 sons. Claudia enjoyed spending time with her family and loved ones. She also loved working on her family history and spent much time on her genealogy. She is survived by her children Angela (Thayne) Rasmussen, South Jordan, Marcia (Curtis) Henderson, Spanish Fork, Ronald Brown, Woodland, California, Daniel Brown, Cimmeron, New Mexico; her sisters Roma Hymas and Ethel Parry Anderson, of Twin Falls, Idaho and her brother Gordon Beckstead of Denver, Colorado. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death and welcomed by her husband, LaFarr Brown, her parents, her sisters Marlene Swindell and Beverly Beckstead and her grandson Cory Blake Henderson.Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 9, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Spanish Fork 12th Ward Chapel, 1150 East 1240 South. A viewing will be held prior to the service from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the chapel. Interment will be in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery.Condolences may be sent to the family at www.walkerfamilymortuary.com Published in the Daily Herald on 6/8/2008.
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A semi-explosive vent: LIFETREE RESEARCH

I am totally in awe of how unprofessional and dissapointing my experience with this company has been. I know this is rather bold of me, however I feel it should be said to help me feel better! So my wisdom teeth have been bothering me for some time now, and I've been holding out for one of the 'studies' that you always hear about on the radio. Well, I finally got an appt. to go in for a screening interview! Hurray! I got a sitter (after putting off my appt with a oral surgeon), and headed to my appt. Well I arrived at the office and they had no clue what was going on. They had several people who weren't assigned a 'screener', and I happend to be one of them. So after sitting in the waiting room for 1 1/2 hours, I spoke up and helped them understand that the reason they couldn't see my name on the sign in sheet, was because I had been there for so long! They finally started my 'screening' and I had a really nice nurse- I thought perhaps she could redeem the company after all the confusion that had occured in the waiting room. And she did well- they performed an EKG, did weight/height, explained the process etc. They had a nervy Dr. that performed a short physical, who did not impress me at all. So the last thing they needed was a blood test. I knew that I have always had a hard time with this, so I gave them a heads up that my viens tend to 'roll'. I thought I was in luck because they automatically pulled out the 'butterfly' needles. Well, about 8 sticks later, they decided to call the phlebotomy specialist who got me in only one stick in an odd vien- because they had collapsed all the good ones. Anyway, after another 2 hrs of them trying to get some blood, I was on my way out with a surgery date of June 2nd! Woohoo! This was only 2 weeks away, and we got our schedule cleared and Josh a couple days off of work. Well this afternoon around 5- yes less than an hour ago. They called to tell me something was confusing on my chart, and they were wondering if I had been told a 'yay or nay'. I informed her that I had been told yes, and scheduled for the 2nd. (Yes only 5 days away). She said she needed to call me back. . As my call was returned with a "You're gonna kill me", which I might say was very professional ha ha. They didn't have any spaces left. I asked how they could not have spaces left after scheduling me? She said she had a big pile of people she had to call and cancel now.

So yes, I know this was a study. But because of that wouldn't you expect it to be at least a little bit organized, and somewhat professional? I'm really dissapointed, however I don't think I'd want to be a patient for them after what I've gone through. Really, who wants to get paid to get their wisdom teeth out anyway? I'll be on the phone tomorrow morning to find an oral surgeon that will take me- asap. I'm tired of all my headaches.

To anyone to has thought of doing a study here, just be aware of what you're getting in to. If you're okay with chaos- to get paid a little money- More power to ya. ;)

***Thanks for reading, if you made it all the way through. Sorry I needed to get this out, but I really do feel a bit better now!!***

Stuck on YouTube.

Josh has got me stuck on youtube. I don't spend a whole lot of time on there, but while I was listening to Matt Costa on the EndZone (101.9 FM), I got pulled in. Matt Costa has some cool music and he's worth checking out- and I found this cool video of Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. Enjoy!

We're so glad when Daddy is home...

On Saturday I decided to deliver flowers (and make some extra money. ;). So Josh had a day to spend with the kids. He doesn't have a whole lot of these days so he decided to make it special. He packed up a lunch and suprised them by taking them to the zoo. They had been asking to go for weeks, so it was nice that it was a perfect day to go! They had some events going on for Mothers Day, so they got to paint on this huge mural, got thier faces painted for free, and got to make some hats with paper flowers on them. I was a bit jealous of all the fun they had, but am so glad they got to go have some much needed Daddy time. They all had fun! (including Daddy)

Painting on the *huge* mural.

The albino Croc.

A beautiful butterfly, and our son wanted one too, to be like his sister. Lucky for us the lady came up with painting a 'moth' on his face. *So cute*

Can you imagine?

In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, newly born babies are moved at a hospital after an earthquake occurred in Nanchong, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake has toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant. (AP Photo /Cheng Chaosheng, Xinhua)

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I have felt sorrowful for all the damage done by the earthquake in China, and it makes my stomach turn as I keep seeing the death toll rise. I was especially touched by this sweet photo of babies who had to moved from a hospital. I hope and pray for each person affected by this natural disaster.