Category: The Daily Grind

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 was nice… Continue reading A Great Time to Be a Cougar Fan!

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 just to make things… Continue reading Thanksgiving Day

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 up a few… Continue reading Brining a Turkey

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 the pumpkin and… Continue reading Pie

In the past few years I have not been able to spend much time sewing because of such things as taking care of 5 kids, building and moving into a new home etc. Just lately though the sewing bug has come back since I made Sam’s costume for Halloween. BYUFan’s sister Kelly asked me if… Continue reading Indian Princess

Responses to recent comments: What does “the drumline looks good Danny!” mean? One of my neighbors coaches the drumline for the BYU marching band. Although I don’t suppose that he reads this blog, he is aware of it’s existence. Thus, I thought I would give him a shout out just in case he is bored… Continue reading Comment Roundup

I’m glad that our audience, while limited, is devoted. Whenever we don’t post for a while we get comments like these: Dudes, I’m sure you guys are still trying to get back into a routine after your big vacation and are blogged out from your fabulous disney posts, but…. When are we going to get… Continue reading Meeting The Demands Of Our Loyal Readers

Nancy and I have been working on a 5000 piece puzzle for a couple of months now. We worked on it here and there whenever we got a little free time. Unfortunately, small kids and 5000 piece puzzles don’t mix together very well. We would often catch Samuel and Diana playing with the puzzle pieces… Continue reading We’re Puzzled

Today was our last day at Disneyland. After spending three full days there I can honestly say that I’ve had my fill of Disneyland for this decade. We wanted to get to the park early so that we could get on the Finding Nemo ride without too much of a wait. Well, it turns out… Continue reading California Vacation – Day 6

Today we started out at Calfornia Adventure. The last time we came most of the rides were closed because it was raining. This time the weather was perfect and we ended up having a really great time. We started off in the “bug” section which has lots of little rides that diana would like such… Continue reading California Vacation – Day 5