We went to our old ward this morning for the Petty’s baby blessing. When we got there and sat in the chapel we were surprised that we were the only ones there. Brother Tinkham would always skip Sunday school and come in the chapel and read his scriptures. Then I noticed the Sacrament wasn’t even prepared. Then it dawned on me, were were an hour early! It was OK though, it gave us a bit more time to visit with old friends. It was fun...

I didn’t write last night because I was so tired. After getting off work at 5:00 we started painting. We made it through two gallons of paint. I went to bed around 12:30 AM. This morning I got up about 7:00 to start the day. I went to The Home Depot and got more paint and some other supplies. We finished painting and replaced most of our electrical sockets and light switches. Our house looks much more up to date now – much nicer. We are...

Nolan has turned into a real parrot lately. He tries to repeat all kinds of words. He is even putting words together to try to communicate. It is very cute. I love this stage! This morning he was sitting in his high chair trying to figure out how to tell knock knock jokes. He kept saying "knock, knock" and on occasion "ha ha ha". Even watching TV tonight we were watching wipeout. He laughed when someone fell and then said,...

I went to the temple the morning, but when I got there the parking lot was empty. I didn’t realize it was closed for maintenance. So I drove over the mountain and went to the newly opened Draper Temple. Its such a blessing to live so close to so many temples. I did initiatories and there was hardly anyone there. I’m used to it being very crowded. My friend Brandon came down to visit today and we held our first "Mastermind"...

Tonight for family night we had pumpkin cookies and watched Harry Potter 5. The first time we watched it was on our really small TV. It was so much better on our new TV! It ended at 9:30. Nolan was so tired!

This morning at church we had a pretty packed meeting. They opened the third overflow which I haven’t known them to do. It was our bishops son’s farewell. I guess he was pretty popular around here. He played basketball last year at SUU. During sacrament meeting Gehrig was drawing and Nolan bumped him. Gehrig started screaming hysterically at him. Rachel had already taken Gracie out to use the bathroom. so I had to drag Gehrig out...

I spend the morning doing yard work while Rachel & the kids deep cleaned the car. Tonight my step-brother Tyson got married. Honestly, 10 years ago I never would have thought I would be witness to this day. He was always a wild kid. I remember one night when we were all living together he had a big party and there was drugs, alcohol and lots of loud music. They were in the basement and Toby couldn’t sleep so he turned off all the power...