Last night I got a call from a number I did not recognize. After saying hello, the man on the other end said, “Is this the elders quorum president?” I didn’t know how to answer that. I thought maybe someone from our old stake and an old list and was trying to contact the 10th ward elders quorum president. After studdering for a bit, I finally said, “what do you need?” Then the guy started laughing and said,...

When we moved in, the water line to the fridge wasn’t working. We noticed there was some water damage behind the fridge from a past leak. Ken installed a new water line to our fridge and one night it popped off and we had water spraying everywhere. Unfortunately it warped our hard wood floor that we had stained and refinished before moving it. It was livable though. I went to home depot a few times and did some internet research to figure...

We had tickets to the Draper Temple open house tonight. We invited Alex and Aaron to come to. We left Nolan with Rachel’s mom. It was really nice. They had the coolest chandeliers I have ever seen. I’m glad we could take the kids to see what the inside looks like. I suppose if they don’t really remember what it looks like, that is fine, but I hope they felt good inside and that is what they remember.

Late last night we had a knock at the door. Someone from the ward had left a cake, some juice and strawberries on our front porch. There was also a note with an “official welcome” to the ward. It was very nice. We enjoyed the cake tonight after dinner.

Harvey’s (my mom’s fiance) passed away recently and tonight a memorial service was held. We took the kids and made visited for a little while. It was sort of like a viewing, but no body. She made the decision to be cremated. That let to some discussion with my mom about why LDS tend to frown on cremation. I think the generally reason why is that we view the body as a temple and prefer not to burn it and grind up the bones. Instead we...

Tonight for family night we talked about the plan of Salvation again. We really wanted to help our kids understand it. We we just went about it a different way. We drew it all out with crayons. As I drew I Rachel and I would explain it and Gehrig and Gracie would also draw it. We then played some games and enjoyed some cookies and milk. It was a good family night.

Today we had stake conference. I really tried not to compare, but I couldn’t help it. I really miss our former stake presidency. I suppose it is most likely because I knew them better, but I always found their talks more engaging, especially President Tindall. I really expect to see him as a generally authority one day. Just thinking about it makes me miss our old ward and stake so I try not too. The talks today were good and uplifting,...