This morning Rachel had a dentist appointment. She left the kids watching a movie in the family room while I was working in the office. The kids were surprisingly good and I didn’t hear much noise. After I while I someone going up the stairs so I decided to go check on them. When I came out of my office, Gracie was coming down the stairs. She said “Shhhhh! Nolan is asleep”. She took me into the family room and sure enough Nolan...

On Sunday we had a good lesson in Elders Quorum. It was on Elder Worthlin’s last general conference talk, “Concern for the One”. It was interesting because it followed closely with what the Stake Presidency talked about in sacrament meeting. During the course of the lesson I shared what I experienced two weeks earlier in General Priesthood meeting and also last week. I think as I shared the experience, the quorum could see I...

The stake presidency spoke in our ward today. I love hearing them speak. I always feel the Spirit strongly when President Tindall speaks. The best part was that both Nolan and Gehrig slept through sacrament meeting so we had no trouble listening.

We rented and watched a movie (Alvin and the chipmunks) tonight as a family. It was nice to relax after working outside much of the day. Gehrig and I went to the grocery store and got all the good for banana splits!

I had neighborhood watch tonight from 12:00 – 2:00 AM. My new neighbor Kelley went with me tonight. I was worried that we wouldn’t have much to talk about, but it was quite the opposite. I think we have a lot in common – especially our love of sports. The 2 hours went by quite fast and the streets were quiet.