Nancy put up the Christmas Stockings today. We took Kelly’s great advice and got some of those stick-on hangers. They seem to be holding well. Hopefully they’ll come off without leaving a resideu and as easy as advertised. It’s nice to be able to actually hang our stockings over the fireplace instead of hanging them… Continue reading Christmas Stockings

One of our favorite restaurants is the Market Street Grill (one recently opened up in South Jordan) and one of my favorite menu items there is the seafood cobb salad. When we planned our menu for this week, I decided to have Nancy try and recreate Market Street’s seafood cobb salad. Nancy’s version of the… Continue reading Seafood Cobb Salad

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 have their pros… Continue reading Piano Recital

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 so no… Continue reading Snow Day

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 was Diana’s turn… Continue reading Family Home Evening

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? Also, when… Continue reading How Should I Respond?

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