The Blessings of a New Temple
Today in church, we had a combined meeting with all of the adults and youth concerning the new temple being finished in Draper. This is going to be a truly massive undertaking with nearly...
Category: Family
Thirty years
I've had trouble with birthdays the last few years. Every year since I turned twenty-four, it's been harder and harder. The momentum I created of freaking out about birthdays got so bad that I've...
A Winner Is You
"Free is a very competitive price." That's been one of my catchphrases for a while now and rare are the occasions where it isn't true. This past week proved it in spades. I travel...
An Idea So Bad, You Almost Don't Believe It
Someone at Kellogg's thought it would be a really good idea to make these: No, this isn't a parody. This is a real product. I think that Gabe at Penny Arcade put it best:...
New Album: Zion National Park, Mother's Day 2008
I know, Mother's Day was 2 weeks ago. Shauna had to do quite a bit of touch-up to get these ready for primetime, and her Photoshop skills far outweigh mine. Go check out the...
Our New Addiction
For years I'd been hearing about Settlers of Catan and about how much fun it is to play. I'd never gotten around to trying it out and Shauna was especially disinterested, relegating it to...
Food Porn: Stawberry Cream Cheese Pie
We had a little BBQ with my brother's family yesterday and I'm not too humble to admit that my favorite part was this pie that I made. Soooo good! It really is a great...
Caught in Annabelle's most recent whirlwind of destruction:
Her own collar/chewed in half Chloe's collar/chewed in half More of the rug which is already near death/ripped and chewed Several used Kleenexes/chewed and ripped to bits A sanding disc (used) with which I...