This morning some friends of our came to visit. John & Lisa were in our old ward. They have 3 daughters about the same age as each of our children. They moved to St. George just before we moved to this house. They were in the area visiting family and decided to stop and see us on their way home. We chatted for a couple hours while our kids played in the play room. Rachel and Lisa became good friends while they were visiting teaching...

I have a special bond with Gehrig. I’m not sure what it is really. Maybe it is the second oldest, or middle child syndrome. Maybe it is that everyone says he looks just like me. I don’t know for sure. Gehrig has a terrible temper though – especially when he is hungry or tired. He can get very stubborn and out of control to the point where there is nothing you can do but let him be. Today we went swimming at Rachel’s...

I finished the Book of Mormon yesterday. I used to keep track of how many times I have read it. I have a set of scriptures that has dates of each time I completed it on the last page. I haven’t kept up with that though. I would say it might be approaching the teens. Before reading the Book for Mormon, I read the Bible. Now I am moving on to the Doctrine & Covenants. Embarrassingly, I have never really studied the Doctrine &...