This morning we went out to clean the garage a bit and do some yard work. We just wanted to get it done before it got too hot. We have some stones in our front yard sporadically placed from the front gate to our porch. I was curious to see just how big these rocks where and how sporadic they were so I started tearing sod off the top of them to get to the edges of the stone. I was surprised to find it was a full 4 foot path. I spend the next few...

Tonight as I was cleaning the kitchen I decided to listen to my iPhone. I generally prefer learning something over listening to music. I don’t know why, but I’ve never been a big music listener. The church has released an iPhone application called LDS Radio. You can listen to all the latest conference talks, church magazines, even scriptures. It’s great because you don’t have to download anything, it just streams to your...

Tonight I took Nolan for a walk around the block. I checked the distance on Google Earth and it looks like we went about over half a mile. That’s not bad for 2 year old. We were hoping to wear him out so he would go to sleep sooner, but I don’t think it worked. Just as we were about back home Rachel called. Apparently there was a bishopric meeting that I wasn’t aware of. So I got dressed and went to the meeting. It was an...

I went into the office today to see about getting my paycheck that was now 10 days late. We were down to about $250 in our Checking account which hasn’t dropped below $1000 in a long time. I was getting pretty nervous. It was good to see and talk with some people in the office too. Things have changed a lot recently. We have been appointed a "controller" – an accountant who is not handling the books. Every paycheck must pass...

Tonight we went to Cade & Leslie’s house for dinner and cake & ice cream for Brigham’s family birthday party. When we got there Nolan found a pile of toys and discovered Gehrig’s stuffed dog that he usually sleeps with but has been lost for over a week. When he found it he got excited and said, "Gehrig’s" and ran off to find him. I thought it was pretty cute.

Today was a day full of cleaning the house. We got a nice break in the evening though as we went to Rachel’s parents’ house and swam in the pool. Ken and Sam even joined in today. It was a hot day, but the weather was perfect as we got in as the day was starting to cool down. Afterwards we enjoyed some banana splits.