This past Wednesday was the girls’ piano recital with their new teacher. The recital was held at their teachers house which kind of reminded me of how Mrs. McKinley used to have recitals at her house when I was a boy. So far this teacher has worked out pretty well. All teachers [...]
Archive of entries posted in the year 2007
Snow Day
The kids have been waiting a whole year to play in the snow at our new house. Last year the yard was just dirt, so no way was I going to let them out in the snow to get all muddy and gross. This year however we have a nice yard with grass [...]
Family Home Evening
Our Family Home Evenings generally follow the format that I grew up with as a kid – opening song and prayer, special presentation, lesson, family journal, closing song and prayer. Last night we started late because I was late getting home from work so the kids were already in their pajamas. It [...]
How Should I Respond?
I have a question for my loyal readers:
How would you prefer that I respond to comments and do updates to posts? I’ve generally responded to comments by adding my own comments but I’m not sure if anyone goes back and reads them. Does anyone read my comments in response to your comments? [...]
A Great Time to Be a Cougar Fan!
Yesterday BYU beat #6 Louisville in basketball. Today the BYU football team beat the Utes with a touchdown in the last minute. It’s definitely a great time to be a Cougar fan!
Emily, Caroline, and Sam went with me to the game. We dressed warmly because it was cold (below 40) but it [...]
Thanksgiving Day
Today was an excellent Thanksgiving Day. In the morning Sam and I played football in the yard while waiting for the turkey to cook. When the turkey was done, Nancy made gravy, corn, and mashed potatos while I set the dining room table. I decided to pull out Grandma Connie’s china [...]
Brining a Turkey
Brining a turkey seems to be a popular thing to do nowdays so I figured I would try brining ours this Thanksgiving. Basically, brining is just soaking a turkey in salt water. For various reasons, brining a turkey is supposed to create a very moist, tender turkey.
Cooking the brine
I looked [...]
Pie
For our family cherry and apple are the pies of choice. This year however we decided to make pumpkin pie because Sam requested it. At the store this week I bought a couple of pie crusts so I wouldn’t have so much work to do. I thought I would use one for [...]
All I Want For Christmas
I don’t know if I’m hard to give to or not but now that my siblings have drawn names I figure I’ll publish a list of what I want/need for Christmas. In addition, I’ll have Nancy start making a list as well so I don’t have to try and read her mind each year. [...]
Saturday Project – Part 2
The other project for today was giving Sam a haircut. He was starting to look a little shaggy. I’ve always been the one to cut Sam’s hair. I think he’s only had a regular haircut once in his life. And when I cut hair there is only one possible outcome – [...]