Month: August 2007

The kids are off track for another week so I decided to do something fun this week so they don’t get too bored with me at home. We packed up a picnic lunch and headed downtown to temple square. The kids love to see all the brides getting their picture taken and they love to… Continue reading End of Summer Play Day

It was momentous when my last child was finally potty trained and I could finally say goodbye forever to diapers. It is even more momentous when she finally gets to go to preschool just like her older siblings did. On the first day of class I decided to walk her in so I could get… Continue reading Diana’s first day of preschool

Several days ago my car, a 1996 Saturn – 11 years old with 101000 miles, started exhibiting funny symptoms on the way home from work. First, the battery light came on and then the speedometer started fluctating widly from 60 MPH, the speed at which I was driving, to 0 MPH and then back up… Continue reading To new car or not to new car – that is the question

BYUFan and I have started walking every morning so we can start getting into shape. On our way home today we walked past this sign which made me chuckle. I wondered why anyone would need a sign when they had their eyes to see the obvious. Then I realized that this sign was there because… Continue reading Where the sidewalk ends

At the beginning of last week BYUFan told Samuel that he would give him a haircut. Those of you who know BYUFan, you know that he didn’t do it right away because of his busy schedule. Day after day Samuel asked him if he would do it. Finally on Friday night BYUFan got the clippers… Continue reading Buddy’s haircut

The plan for Saturday was to spend all day doing yard work. I started out well and got a lot done but by noon it was so hot that I decided to pack it in and quit early. Fortunately, the second half of the day was much more fun than the first because Kelly called… Continue reading Bon Voyage Cousins

Kelly’s been in town the past week on vacation. For her final hurrah she planned a big birthday dinner for Grandma Connie for all the available children and grandchildren in SLC. We had reservations at 6:30 for 17 people but unfortunately the restaurant didn’t quite understand the concept of a reservation (Sienfeld allusion) so we… Continue reading Grandma Connie’s Birthday

I got home from Orlando late last night and was glad to be home. The trip went fairly well but I still prefer staying home to business travel. The best part of the trip was visiting with Melissa and her family. On Monday the exhibit hall closed at 4:00 p.m. so I hopped in the… Continue reading A Jaunt to Jacksonville

I’m here on a business trip through Wednesday. We’re doing an exhibit at a convention for various government agencies. I’m personally a bit skeptical about how much business we’ll actually generate by coming to this convention. Government agencies are notoriously slow and are usually underfunded. In addition, the purchasing process in many states is a… Continue reading Greetings from Orlando