Tonight we held a surprise birthday part for Brother Don Redd, who recently turned 85. It was a mini concert over at the Evans' home put on by members of the ward. Kate Thurgood started it off by singing a medley of songs from The Sound of Music, followed by Eddy Ward singing Second-hand Rose. Next Janell sang Someone to Watch Over Me and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Bryan and ... Continue reading »

I checked my cell phone and it told me I had put roughly 150 minutes on it yesterday, along with at least another 30 minutes on the cordless phone after I got home. When I was done, my arm hurt - not surprising, I suppose.

I've been not getting adequate sleep the past few days. Too many things to do, not enough time to do them all correctly. I ... Continue reading »

For better or worse, there is nothing about the coins that makes me nervous (seeing sacred symbolism from the temple in the open would make me nervous the way it would horrify me to see a classified document lying open in a public street). When I was a kid we lived on a dairy farm (~200 acres) in Lehi, Utah that my dad bought as a graduate student (some men ... Continue reading »

I'm really excited about the upcoming Messiah sing-along. I like music that is challenging but I also like it when the group sounds good together.

We had a great time this weekend going to a movie (Breach) on Friday night, going to the temple Saturday AM for veil worker training (all the lockers were taken - they had gotten RSVPs from about 40 people and 1200 showed up (600 ... Continue reading »

I knew Bennett was the man we love to hate, but I had never fully realized how much of the burden the Saints bore (and still bear) was directly caused by Bennett, much less how many broken hearts and deaths and general hardship in past history can be traced to Bennett. During the house concert the lyrics to one of the songs went something like "I wasn't me that killed ... Continue reading »