Debbie's Favorite Things
The activity of taking a vacation living in a camp, tent or camper
What is camping?
A Swiss electrical engineer, George de Mestral is granted a patent for this fabric hook-and-loop fastener.
What is the first velcro?
The number of children Steve and Debbie have
What is 5?
Magic Fire looks like this.
What is different colors of flame or blue, red, yellow and green flame?
The proactive measures and plans Debbie has taken for her family including gathering a portable toilet, barrels of items to pull, and using a solar oven.
What is emergency preparedness?
The number of family history books Debbie has written
What is two?
A vegetable of a variety with hard kernels that swell up and burst open with a pop when heated
What is popcorn?
Television's longest-running western debuts on CBS with Marshal Matt Dillon fighting evil in the Old West.
What is Gunsmoke?
The number of grandchildren Steve and Debbie have
What is 14?
The items thrown around the fire for the "rock game"
What are nerf footballs?
The effort Debbie has taken 3 times to create an activity where youth reenact faith-building experiences of the pioneers pushing or pulling all their belongings in carts.
What is planning handcart trek?
The location of the FamilySearch Center where Steve and Debbie served a full-time mission
What Oakland California?
A group of people who are connected by blood, marriage and who provide love and support to each other. (Specifically Steve, children and spouses, grand children, and so forth)
What is Debbie's family?
70 mm film is introduced with this musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on the play "Green Grow the Lilacs" which has the same name as a state in the mid-western United States.
What is Oklahoma!?
Instruction given to Debbie at BYU when her boss introduced her to Steve
What is "Debbie, show him your teeth"?
The name of the two favorite camping places Debbie visits almost every year.
What are Mirror Lake and Yellowstone National Park?
The act of creating musical sounds with the voice using her talent and training to uplift and entertain which Debbie did with the BYU Young Ambassadors and American Festival Chorus.
What is singing?
Debbie's favorite family history website, besides Family Search
What is Ancestry or Ancestry.com
A form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck.
What is a game or games?
The first residential unit of this appliance was produced in 1955 by Tappan. It was a large, 220-volt wall mount unit, rather than a countertop appliance and originally sold for $1295.
What is the first microwave oven for home?
The first person who was called "Awesome Wassom?"
Who is Debbie?
A treat made by cooking dough on a stick over a fire
What are "Awesome Wassom Woof'ems"?
Creating food without mixes or prepared food, including creating her own lunchmeat and cashew cheese.
What is cooking from scratch?
Debbie's favorite title from grandchildren and used on her website
What is Grannie Debbie?
The kinetic mobilization facilitated by the rotational propulsion of a bi-wheeled contrivance, wherein the exertion of muscular energy through pedal-mediated leverage transduces biomechanical force into mechanical motion, permitting locomotion over diverse topographies, while simultaneously engaging in the dynamic equilibrium between gravitational forces and centrifugal inertia to maintain stability."
What is biking?
The cost of a first-class stamp in 1955
What is 3 cents?
The year Steve and Debbie got married
What is 1978?
The name affectionately used for the 4-door yellow truck used for so many camp trips.
What is "The Beast"?
A holistic therapy Debbie is certified to provide using a “whole-healthcare” system to promote emotional, physical and physiological well-being.
What is BODY TALK Therapy?
The intricate study and exploration of one's ancestral lineage, tracing the biological and sociocultural connections across multiple generations. This discipline involves the meticulous examination of familial ties, using both documented and oral sources to unearth and interpret the complex web of relationships, migration patterns, and historical contexts that have shaped a person's heritage for which Debbie has a traveling bank of computers to teach the youth.
What is Family History?