Every Monday night for a half hour or so we have Family Home Evening, where the family gets together and one of us gives a gospel-centered lesson while the rest of us torture the cat, gaze at the ceiling, tell Sarah to GO SIT DOWN every twelve seconds, etc. Last night Mom helped Natalie (age …

I had to get on the roof. When I get sick to my stomach I get really sick. Violently sick. It’s icky. And the timing was rather poor for the violently-icky illness I had over the holiday, because our chimbley was clogged* and I had to get on the roof to fix it. Until I …

I’ve been out of the office sick the last little while, and I’m about to be out for my Christmas break. Sorry for the delays, but you know. It is that time of year. It’s been a great adventure putting this blog together over the past, oh, nine months. I thought it would die out …

My daughters Emma and Becca and I were driving home from the Spokane Temple on Saturday evening when a big fat whitetail doe meandered out in front of me. It was raining; the road was wet, I slammed on my brakes, and she just kept coming. WHAM!-thmp. I pulled over as quick as I could …

My parents recently celebrated their fifty-year wedding anniversary. They were married in 1959 in the Salt Lake Temple. They spent their golden anniversary sitting in the classroom, preparing to serve as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They will serve in Hyderabad, India, for an anticipated 18 months (assuming their visa …

Sunday morning I was doing one of my favorite Sunday things: Driving to fulfill a church assignment in a distant town. It was early morning, the mountainsides were green and thick with trees, the jagged peaks bright with snow. I followed the river all the way up the valley, admiring the mountain maples bright with …