How Did I Get Here? My Amazing Genealogy Journey

Yesterday was my love's birthday! So happy to still have him with us after a winter with some health scares. He's sixty or as I like to refer to him as "sexty." That's sixty and sexy put all together. I know he's probably going to kill me for writing this here. LOL. Anyway friends, family, and his staff gathered together at a local restaurant called Kampai. What a great evening! I unfortunately didn't get a picture of just me and hubby last night but here's a picture from last summer that's one of my favorites of us two.

Amy Johnson Crow, the author of the blog No Story Too Small, is the host of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Blog Prompt series. If you are not familiar with the project please click on the following link:    Announcing 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2015 Edition. I already wrote about Madeline's mother Lovie Ann Jones Watson here on this blog. Even though I don't know much about my 1st cousin 2x removed, I still it is important to honor her life and so I've chosen Madeline Teresa Harris as my ancestor #33. Our common ancestors are my 2nd great grandparents Alexander Hamilton Jones and Rosa Mitchell Jones. Madeline Teresa Harris was born June 23, 1905 in Morehead City, NC. Her parents, Lovie Jones and John M Harris, were married in 1902 but by 1910 were no longer together. Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Register of Deeds. North Carol...

When I looked up, this is what I saw. In front of me, I would gaze at these happy yellow flowers. Yes, those are my feet, taking a break on a lounge chair. There's me... ...and my surfer girl just chillin'.

My kids waiting to see SpongeBob  at the Adventure Dome at CircusCircus. My fearless people climbing. And bouncing. Kids going for a spin. Here's a couple of pictures from the Luxor. Eating pizza at NewYork New York. Kids paradise:  The Hershey Store at NewYork NewYork. We rode the El Loco roller coaster at the Adventuredome again. Last year, I bought a copy of a picture that showed us riding it and then featured it here on this blog.  Here's the link:   Three Faces Of Fear . I didn't bother to buy another picture this time because we pretty much had the same expressions. I survived this go round but I don't know if I'll be riding coasters much longer. LOL.  More pictures tomorrow.

This has been one crazy busy traveling Summer! I am not complaining. I am extremely thankful for these special times that I've had with my family. We returned from Las Vegas on Sunday and we had a blast. This particular picture looked appropriate for a Friday Funny post. We were walking through the New York-New York Hotel & Casino and stopped in front of a restaurant called Gonzalez Y Gonzalez to get this shot. My Silly Family :)

Image courtesy of Google Maps. Amy Johnson Crow, the author of the blog No Story Too Small, is the host of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Blog Prompt series. If you are not familiar with the project please click on the following link:    Announcing 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2015 Edition. For this week's post, I decided to continue on with the Devaughns who are linked to my Jones family line. I began with Violet Ann Jones Devaughn  and her husband Warren Devaughn . Violet was my 2nd great grandfather Alexander Hamilton Jones's sister. My last 52 Ancestors post, I wrote about Violet and Warren's daughter Mary Jane Devaughn Fenderson  who was born in Morehead City, NC but later settled in Philadephia, PA. Well, she wasn't the only Devaughn to do that. Mary's brother,William Henry Devaughn made his home in the city of brotherly love as well. William Henry Devaughn was born around 1869 in Morehead City, NC to Warren Devaughn and Violet Ann Jones Devaug...

If you missed Part One, here's the link:   Rhode Island Shore Vacation July 2015 --Part One .   "Mom..." "Are you taking our pictures again?!" Yes, those are my tootsies :) Surfer girl Mr. Handsome at Mystic Aquarium. Views from our hotel room at Foxwoods.