Found It!!

I found and photographed John Alexander Clark's grave in Haifa. I will post photos tonight of the grave. It is located in the Templer (sic) cemetery in downtown Haifa northwest of the intersection of Jaffa and Rothschild streets. The grave is beautiful. It has a large square base roughly 2 ft tall. On top of the base sits a round pillar that rises to about 5-5.5 ft in the air that has been roughly cut symbolizing a life cut short. The grave gives his birth, death in 1894, names the parents and that he was a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Nearby is an identical gave for another missionary Adolf Haag. Ezra Clark (great-great grandfather to my generation) purchased both headstones. The grave has a beautiful tree growing on it. Apparently, these graves were used by the church to show the Israeli government that the church had before had a presence in what is now present day Israel, and this helped secure permission for the BYU Jerusalem Center.

St. Joe

As you all probably know, I've been working on my thesis. Saturday I took my laptop up to campus to continue writing one of my chapters. I was sitting in the JFSB, minding my own business, when my mother board fried and my computer crashed. Although I had backed up my files the week before, I had not backed up my latest notes on my reading, nor the chapter I was writing (this was even round 2 for the chapter). I called HP, and they said they could offer me a new computer. I cried to Mom. But then Joe came to the rescue!! I talked to him when he got off work, and he promptly went to the store to buy some software, and magically recovered all my files and put them on an external hardrive for me. What a gem!! Thanks a million trillion, Joe! You saved my sanity!! Three cheers!


Also, I signed up for classes at USCarolina. I'm taking English novel pre 1800, Victorian Poetry, and teaching pedagogy. Pretty exciting!

Movie Recommendation

Elisabeth (my friend from the grad program) and I went to see the movie "Amazing Grace" this evening. It was really good! It's PG, and has many solid British actors (Albert Finney, Rufus Sewell, Nicholas Farell, Cirian Hinds, Michael Gambon (dumbledore)). It's all about Wilberforce and the abolishment of slavery in the British Parliament. 19C Great Britain is such an interesting time I think, and I thought the movie did a good job not being too emotional about a very emotional topic. It's worth seeing. :)

JBB Family

These didn't make it somehow in the Dunlap Family section so I'm "reposting". Great looking family!

Dunlap Family Get Together April 2007

Go ahead and say it... we're the new blog hogs! We had such a great time in Wenatchee with Grandma and Grandpa Dunlap, Max, Burke and Chantelle. We took over 300 pictures so, believe it or not, this is just a small sample. Much Love!!

Dunlap Family Cont'd

Dunlap Family Cont'd

Dunlap Family Cont'd

Dunlap Family Cont'd

Dunlap Family Get Together April 2007

Anger Management

I love this commercial. It reminds me of parenting like when Nathan put his appendage in his dirty diaper while I was changing it and I punched the floor so hard I sprained my hand. "AAAAAAHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

So you think you have probems

Frontline Special

Did anyone catch "The Mormons" on Frontline?

How was it? Thoughts?

WRB and RSB

William hamming it up.

More Cowbell!

Petting Zoo

Greg and William discover the smell of the land.

The Duel

My favorite part is when Greg says, "Do you want to fight puny?"

Oh My Wordy....Look Who's 30!!! :)

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY, ROB!!!
I like Rob because he is:
the most nonjudgmental person I know
he helps people in need
he likes kids
he cracks me up
he is P-A-T-I-E-N-T
he likes cheesecake
he has big kissable lips!
he has a kind heart
he is a hard worker
he is athletic
his favorite color growing up was purple
he is a COUG
he has warm feet 24/7
he is a good cook
he likes my cooking :)
he loves dogs
he is spontaneous
he is easy-going
he is my best friend

(thought the picture fit perfectly....taken at Greg's b-day party)

South Carolina

I sent an email yesterday officially accepting a spot in U of South Caronlina's PhD program. I'm really excited. I feel great about the program. They have strong faculty in 19C British lit and in film studies. Columbia is apparently really beautiful, and it's warm there all year. It's crazy to be leaving BYU and to be getting started on a PhD. Wow.


Also, my hair is now a different color. The highlights became a bit more than just highlights, so now my hair is much lighter. It's been shocking to look in the mirror for the last couple of days, but I'm used to it and I'm really enjoying it. I hesitated to upload a picture, but it's a pretty cool cut, so here it is:

poll

Should Anna get highlights or not?