Go Get a Hissi

No one has correctly guessed what a "hissi" is yet (although I think Serena may be on to something), so here is your first picture clue...


Does this help at all? Any more guesses?

Shaw Update

I feel like life has been a little crazy. We took a little jaunt back to Utah to see Amy (Cory's sister) get married. We had another picture taken of our family -since Stasia and I had matching dresses (courtesy of Ma Shaw). Alexander had just woken up from his only nap that day (about ten minutes during the ride to the temple). Still I don't think we look too bad. Well it took me too long to do this much so I'll have to do more later.

My New Slogan

Traveling through Jiuzhaigou, in Western China, (see picture below)...



I think I found my new life slogan:


Either that one, or this one:


Which do you think is better?

:)

(PS For more pictures you can go to my normal blog: http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/?p=70 )

Answer toJana's unasked question

Everytime I have tried to upload pictures and movie clips it has failed. Can't I drag and drop it anywhere?
In answer to your question...its not a drag and drop sort of thing but if you look up in the toolbar there is a picture of a mountain, click on that it uploads pictures, and the one next to it that looks like a movie reel is for movies, then something that looks like an eraser on the right hand side. so it goes ABC check mark, picture tab, movie tab, eraser. that should help. Some movies take one or two tries to get them up, especially if they are long.

A Plea for Help

So Im sending out a little plea for some prayers, and if you have fast Sunday tomorrow, (it's almost conference) maybe you could fast as well. Rylan has a rash on his face that is not going away and is sometimes getting worse. Its pretty bad. Last night it pussed all night and he was itching it and crying a lot. Im worried it will continue to get worse and Im also worried that it might leave a permanent mark. Ive seen the doctor three times and they dont have any idea how to help him. So I need the faith of all of you as well, it seems as if my faith alone may not be enough. The sad thing is this picture was taken a week ago, and now it looks so much worse then it did even then!! There were a couple times this week I thought it was almost cleared up and then it comes back with a vengeance. Thanks for your help, love you all.

Reviews of Dad's Book

I just read the Amazon reviews of dad's book, The Art of Virtue, (mainly because I wanted to get removed the silly review I had written for it way back when I first learned how to use the Internet) and I was so impressed with the things other people had written.

I thought I would copy some of them here, so you can enjoy them too.

I'm really starting to think about reading it sometime.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Love Ben Franklin, January 23, 2007 By L. Jerez (FL) - See all my reviews Great book on Benjamin Franklin's life. This book will make you a better person. Read it and digest it.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful: The "Right Way", October 17, 2000 By Karina A. Suarez (Walt Disney World, USA) - See all my reviews A book like this should be mandatory reading for everyone. Particularly people who represent other people's interests for a living, such as World Leaders, Presidents, Kings, etc., would find it absolutely useful; a kind of constant tool, a compass that keeps them on the right track once and again. This is a book that shows not only Franklin's wit and wisdom, but also his vulnerability, that wonderful human quality, thus making it enchanting and insightful. Buy this book, learn and practice these principles, and enjoy the new breath of fresh air you'll experience in your life.

62 of 66 people found the following review helpful: Looking for a mental challenge? Look no further., April 3, 2000 By Edward Yang (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews I saw this book one day when I was browsing Franklin Covey planners in the mall. It had been awhile since I read something not business related so I thought I'd give this a shot. I'll be honest when I tell you I enjoy a good read but this book took me about one year to read from beginning to end. The first few chapters weren't too bad but then it got into a section about a debate between two philosophers on the definition of virtue and why one should practice a virtuous life. I've never read anything that mentally straining in my life (my degree is in Mechanical Engineering BTW). I enjoy the arts but that one section took me about a month before I could fully digest what the philosophers were saying in the span of less than 2 pages. This one section proved so enlightening that my head hurt for about 2 days after I had a chance to chew on the content. If you had any doubts that the founding forefathers of this great nation were anything but geniuses, this should dispell any and all myths. I must say that I even had to break out the dictionary for some of the diction used in this book in that it was definitely not your everyday conversational english. If you enjoy mental challenges of a higher level and your mastery of the English language is proficient enough to understand the fine nuances of sentence structure and double, sometimes triple meanings, I would recommend this book. If you're looking for something a little more entertaining and easier on the mind, then definitely look somewhere else. But I will admit, when I did finally complete this book one year later, I actually felt a major sense of accomplishment. I guess that makes me just a little more virtuous?

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful: A primer in basic American values. Insightful, witty, genius, April 29, 1999 Reviewer: A reader If you ever doubted the basis upon which our great country is built, read the ideals of one of its creators. Benjamin Franklin demonstrates that his contribution to the creation of the United States was purposeful. I am now jealous of the resource that Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Washington, et. al. had when he added to their discourse. The Art of Virtue organizes and describes Franklin's perception of a virtuous life, defines happiness by his own values, and shows how every person has the power to pursue a virtuous life to become a happy person. Those famous inalienable rights which Jefferson quoted in the Declaration of Independence come alive with Franklin's wit and wisdom. It is not often I acknowledge a wise man, but Franklin was no doubt an oracle in the field of character. Most impressively, this wisdom is just as applicable today as it was 200 or 2000 years ago.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful: SUPER-CALA-FRAGA-LISTIC-EXPI-ALA-DOSCIOUSE, April 6, 1999 Reviewer: A reader I am actually in the process of reading this book right now, and I love it. The things that Rogers decided to include in this book about the life and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin has definately given me new insights into who he was, but more importantly, insights into specific ways how I can better my own life. In an instant I would strongly recomend to people to not just read it, but find ways to apply the things they learn in thier lives. It's just good, what else can I say?

Hi from Shanghai

Aren't you curious what I'm telling him?

Greetings from Finland

I am growing a beard to look older. Do you like it?

PS - If I told you to "go get a Hissi" - what would you think I was saying?

A week in the life of a Holleman

Heres another one from my personal blog


Ashlyn and Jaydens teachers came this week and surprisingly enough Ashlyn already had some homework. She needed to decorate a house with all of her family in it. So we decided once again let her loose with the camera. In the end I think not only did she finish her broject, but she also gave us a glimpse of what we look like from her eyes. She caught us all doing what we do best, and the most. So here is our family from her point of view.







Josh cooking of course. He is sooo selfless, constantly serving all of us all the time. We are very aware of how lucky we are to have such a fine man in our house, and Im glad that he is the example for my children to look up to!!! When he saw this picture, he said"wow is that what I look like to you?" Hes so tall in this picture, and I think it made him think twice about what she must see in him.
Rylan, sleeping in his swing, he does this new thing where he sticks one foot out, which is something I do with my blanket, Josh said hey look hes just like you. He cant fall asleep unless its hanging over the side like that.

Jayden, bonking of course. He didnt want his picture taken.

And Dakota. At first she took a shot of her back side, but I thought Id spare you that picture!
And me, on the couch of course, directing traffic, and delegating. Its like my throne! JK I actually do more than just this, if you can believe that, I don't think my grandma would buy that though. Luckily in the end she didn't end up using this photo, or a few of the other ones, but I did think it was a good chance for me to really see what she sees.
Heres the final project, what do you think?

THE SUNDAY POST

I put this on my blog as well, but since most of you dont check it, I might as well put it here as well. Enjoy!?!



Well here it is Sunday again, and I barely got a chance to do this tonight. But Im glad I did. Im sure if I were to update more like every month, the posts might be a little more thrilling, but I started this mostly so I could share pictures with the people I love the most, so if youre reading this, that means you are one of them. And so here it is more pictures. We really need to do something exciting so the pictures aren't always so the same. But oh well, this is our life, not glamorous but wonderful just the same.






Rylan is looking noticeably older, and even though the pictures are so similar, I couldn't just put in one, and I couldn't decide which one I like the best, every face he makes, makes me want to melt. You know what I mean?

spiritual thought

Ok I am going to get spiritual on you for a moment. My Relief Society President in our ward shared a inspired lesson with us today. She wants her focus this next year and now to be on what we do for others, how we serve them. She shared a story today about her cousin. He was a guard at a prision I don't remember where but while he was tranporting this prisioner to the hospital the prisioner stole his gun and shot her cousin to dealth. She talked about his funeral and how there was not only hundreds and hundreds of people who attended, but they had a special salute for him with helicopters flying overhead. Also the mayor himself went to this mans family with his personal sorry for their loss. What was the most amazing part was the prisioners at the prision he worked at. They took up a special collection for the family and the families of the prisioners wrote letters to her cousins family of how special he was because he was always kind to the prisioners asking if they needed a extra blanket, if he need to turn up the heat for them, or just how they were doing. It meant a lot to them how he treated their family member in prison. He treated them liked a human being. His dealth was not a heros death of saving hundreds of people or something like that but, he died a very special person for how he treated others and made them feel. It made me stop and think real hard how do I treat others and if I am treating everyone with kindness and love. I just thought I would share that with you because it touched me so much today. I want to be a person that people honestly say she was kind always to others and made them feel good about themselves.

In case you were wondering...

Here's the two pictures that are mentioned in my post but mysteriously vanished...

Enjoy! But don't make fun of my typos... 'cause Monica already did. Besides, you're sposed to intentionally mispel things on accident when yr blogging!

To the Doubters and Nonbelievers!!

Let me just start by saying that I don't know who voted me most likely not to contribute...

but I hope whoever voted that way has a few hours to read what's coming!! I've got a few years of catching up to do, so here we go....

On the left we have TJ helping Cassie practice piano...


Here we have TJ attacking the camera person, with his favorite toys (balls) strewn behind him in his wake...


Here's TJ trapped in TJ prison, and making the most of it. He is such a character! (He gets that from his superhero Mom...)






Here's brayton trying to develop the superpower of withstanding extreme cold. Our pool is a real good preparation for an expedition to the Anarctic!


Here's TJ trying very hard not to need the ability to withstand extreme cold...


Here's Brayton trying to develop the superhuman ability to catch crayfish by letting them attack your finger... and Shaelyn in the background attempting to develop the ability not to laugh at his brother's extreme pain!




Here's us in Vancouver Island, British Columbia enjoying the beatufil sunset at the coast.

and the kids watching a seagull poop in the water...


Monica trying to get the very best picture of the sunset... and some family photo ops...


Here's us at a lake with Shaelyn and her dad trying to prepare for our superhero careers by developing the ability to fly (or at least to be able to leap over small objects in a single bound)! While Cassie and Brayton are practicing for a more realistic career in modeling!

Here's Brayton's birthday two years ago with him showing his birthday card to his brand new Build-a-Bunny named Veronica...
Here's our famous Snow Tower! And some daring and courageous people climbing to the top and performing truly spectacular stunts, like sitting and standing.



Here's another B.C. picture, with Monica really honing in on the best view possible... (other than this one of course)...

Here's Cassie's favorite after dinner surprise! Shhh... don't tell her I posted this picture... but it's one of my all-time favorites. :) We just finished eating at Hometown Buffet, and she might have overdone it just a bit. Can anyone guess what she was eating last?

Below is my starring role at a murder mystery party that Monica and I went to about a year ago. Yeah, I'm the dead knight. I think they gave me the part because they knew noone would be too upset if I got suddenly and mysteriously killed...

And then here's me still reliving my Texas reunion memories and dreaming of life one day on the range... in a shirt and tie, as lawyer for the toughest ombreys out there... the Most Wanted, notorious, outlaw Texas Hollemans!

And here's Cassie again in a much more happy and dynamic performance as a volleyball superstar!

Well, that's it for now... Hopefully it works and there is still space for me to add a few hundred more pictures to the blog!!!

Enjoy,

Craig