Today I went to lunch with Brandon. Brandon and I met in a college class at SLCC. It was a database class we were in. Since then we had a number of classes together and I eventually left 3M to go work with him at MSC. He quite about a year ago to work on his own website and do freelance work. He has had a lot of success, especially lately. I wish I were at that point, but due to debt and I couldn’t take such a risk. It was fun to chat and...

We are trying something new at work. John and I are working from home. We are paying $1500 per month for office space that only John and I occupy. So we are giving this a try. I enjoyed it today. My office is definitely more comfortable, I have bigger monitors and a faster computer and internet. Yeah that seems strange, but its true. Plus it was nice being home and hearing what goes on at home all day. We’ll see how it continues.

I wrote last week of how 1 particular elder came to our stake general priesthood meeting. Today his father (who was the former elders quorum president) stopped me in the hall and said, “Did you notice that Kevin came to priesthood meeting last week? The only reason he came was because you guys went to his house and personally invited him.” So I guess it was true. Again it made me feel good. This morning as we were getting ready for...

I have a talk in Sacrament meeting tomorrow. My subject is great modern day missionaries (post restoration). I was actually excited about the subject, but I wish I had a bit more time to study the subject. It has been fun reading about some missionaries, such as Wilford Woodruff who helped bring about 1800 converts to the church in England.

Just before five o’clock today I got an instant message from Rachel saying “come home.” I found out shortly after that it was Gracie. She got on the computer and wrote a message. Gracie is very good with computers and electronics. She loves to try and figure things out by herself, and she does figure things out quickly. I would say she’s a chip off the old block! 😉

Yesterday was a long day. We got new carpet in each of the upstairs bedrooms. I got off work a bit early to try to get some furniture put back. We went camping at the Spruces with our friends/neighbors. Between the four couples we had 10 kids under the age of six (Gracie was the oldest). We had a great time. This morning we went for a hike up to Donut Falls. I was surprised at how well Gehrig did on the hike. I had to carry him for a bit on the...