This afternoon just after we finished eating dinner we got a knock at the door. It was our next door neighbor. We don’t talk much. He didn’t say much either, he just handed me a small paper bag filled with tomatoes and said, “Enjoy!” then turned and walked back home. We have been enjoying tomatoes lately. That wasn’t the first time they have given them to us. Rachel’s grandparents have also given us lots of...

Alex (my little sister) had her baby – London Florence Gregory – early this morning. It was a C-section delivery. They baby was just not going down the canal. 8lbs 1 ounce. 22 inches long. Baby London wins the award for the most hair on a newborn for our whole family. Seriously, she has more hair than Nolan and he’s going to be a year old in 2 weeks. We went to visit them and take Alex some flowers. I highly recommend taking...

I had ward council meeting tonight. It was nice as most of our discussion focused on how we can improve missionary work in our ward. I love missionary work. In the course of our meeting I brought up a question as to how to continue to share the gospel with someone whom I have previously tried on a few occasions and had less than fruitful experiences. I ask this because I still feel that my friend needs the gospel in his life. My friend is a good...

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!