I took some prescription cough medicine before bed last night. It worked well in that I was able to relax and not cough, but it had a terrible side effect. Although the warnings claimed drowsiness, it kept me up all night long. I just laid in be relaxed, but wide awake. Finally I got up at 3:30 and did some work on Inzolo. I then went back to bed around 5:30 and was able to sleep for about an hour. Fortunately it didn’t affect me too bad....

Today I had a hard time getting out of bed. Rachel and I have been exercising and today was a cardio day. We didn’t get up early enough to have time to exercise. Fortunately though 3 of us decided to go play basketball at the gym. There were 7 other guys there and invited us to play full court with them. It was fun and good exercise. It’s been a while since I have played full court...

Tonight after dinner we got dressed up a bit and took some family photos in front of our Christmas trees – first upstairs, then downstairs. The upstairs ones turned out a little better, so we chose our favorite and made a Christmas card through SendOutCards.com. Inside the cad we put 10 things we learned this year – basically just funny events that happened. It was fun to do. We still have to compile a list of everyone we want to...

We went to Temple Square tonight to see the Christmas lights. Last night when I was leaving the Jazz game I saw a woman on the street corner holding a sign that said “homeless and pregnant”. She was shivering in the cold. I got my wallet out. I had $26. I was going to give her six. When I looked down I realized I had pulled out my $20 bill instead of the $5 bill. I was going to get back into my wallet and get the $5 and I had this...

I got invited to watch go to a Jazz game tonight. At first I said no because it was family night. Then a few circumstances changed and I talked with Rachel and we decided we would have family night on Wednesday and go downtown to see the lights on temple square. We went out to eat and then had great seats – 15th row, center court. It was fun. It was a blow-out game in Jazz’s favor so not too exciting, but fun...

Today after church John & Lisa and their four kids stopped in to visit us on their way home to St. George. They were our neighbors back when we lived in Kearns. Lisa & Rachel were visiting teaching companions and got to be really good friends. They have stayed in touch over the years. They also have a daughter named Grace that is the same age as Gracie. Also another daughter Gehrig’s age and a daughter Nolan’s...

I haven’t written the past two nights. That is out of character for me. For Thanksgiving we drove out to Roosevelt to celebrate with my family. I had a great time and enjoyed seeing my family. We spend the day setting up Christmas trees and decorations. Well, obviously Rachel did most of the work. She went to a movie with Leslie and Sam this morning. She felt bad because it was one I really wanted to see, so she said would be a supportive...