Their family Web site tells it all. The Idaho Falls' family enjoys skiing, hiking and rock climbing. Montana and Ohio were just some of the places they traveled to in 1999. The O'Blenesses are one of dozens of eastern Idaho families who share glimpses of their lives with the world via the Internet. A copy of the family's white, green and black home page was on the computer screen.
Some families list genealogy on their Web sites while others post e-mail links and family histories.
Others put family pictures on the Web. Each family has a different reason for putting their lives on the Web. For the O'Bleness family, it was because Gretchen has a knack for computers and wanted to try her hand at designing a Web page. She started in 1997 by creating a page with O'Bleness family genealogy. The page has since expanded to a full-fledged Web site with family pictures, stories, recipes and links to other family member home pages.