Raiders of the Lost Book of Mormon Geography

If you don't want to watch the video, here's a summary of it.

DNA Evidence: The Book of Mormon IS True

I know that a few years ago an anti-mormon video came out saying that the Book of Mormon isn't true because there is no DNA evidence of people coming from the Middle East (European-type DNA). Well, their argument was premature. I just watched a video tonight that completely blew me out of the water. It was a 4-hour documentary about the DNA evidence that the Nephites really DID exist. The man who presented the material, Rodney Meldrum, gave a very compelling argument that the BOM lands were actually here in the US, and the Indian tribes that Joseph Smith was commanded to send men to preach to were the actual descendants of the Lamanites. If you read about the Hopewell Indians, you see that they existed about 200 BC and mysteriously disappeared in 400 a.d. He gives countless evidence supporting his theory. It made so much sense. He uses a lot of scriptural evidence from the BOM, as well as what Joseph Smith said. I'm not saying that it's true what he says, but his theory made more sense to me than any of the Mesoamerican theories. If his theory is correct, the river Sidon is the Mississippi river, and the Narrow Neck of Land, as mentioned in the BOM would be up by the Great Lakes, between Lake Eerie and Lake Ontario. So maybe there is only one Hill Cumorah after all. He backs up all his data with scriptures, scientific discoveries and data, and with what Joseph Smith said. Read his FAQ's, and come to your own conclusions.
Big Springs, MO (Near the Ozarks). Meldrum believes this to be the Waters of Mormon. You'll have to watch/buy his DVD to see how he comes to that conclusion.

Stuart's Attempt at Manhood

Stuart came to me this evening after his shower and said, "Mom, I'm bleeding." "What happened? Did you bite your lip, or fall down?" I asked. "No." Then I got this idea. He WAS in the shower after all. "Did you cut yourself shaving?" He got this sheepish look on his face and shook his head 'yes.' He was so embarrassed, and the cut was painful. I asked if I could take a picture (for posterity's sake) but he refused. So, I put a tiny corner of TP on his cut and sent him to bed. He kept putting his hand over his mouth and yelling at his sister to stop staring. I couldn't help but laugh. . . not too loud, though.

Caves

Caves are sooo cool. We went to the Sea Lion Caves in Florence, OR on May 22nd. It's one of the largest sea caves in the world. The Sea Lions don't spend much time in the caves during the summer. They have a webcam on their site, so you can watch the sea lions. It was pretty cool, but smelled like an animal pen. Despite the foul odor, it was still worth seeing.

I remember visiting the Wind Caves in South Dakota. It is one of the largest caves in the world, and they believe that they haven't even discovered all the tunnels.

We will be visiting Timpanogos Cave this month. I haven't been since I was a child, but I want to take my son to it.

After my mission I went with a bunch of my friends to the Nutty Putty Caves on the other side of Utah lake. The entrance to the cave is a hole in the ground. I crawled through a narrow passage (actually called the birth canal), and then took a direct left into another hole. I got stuck in a fetal position. It was one of the scariest experiences of my life. I thought I would be stuck there forever. The caves are now closed because too many people get stuck there and have to be rescued. I was one of the lucky ones. I was only stuck for a few minutes.

One of the coolest caves I have ever been in, was actually a salt mine. It was a salt mine near Salzburg, Austria (where part of "Sound of Music" was filmed) You dress up as a miner and take a train ride through the tunnels, slide down a huge slide, and row across an underground lake.