Stop Thinking About Me

When I was growing up my mom made everything from scratch. If we drove by a McDonalds and asked whined for a hamburger you could count on my mom to say, “We’ll just make our own at home.” Doesn’t she know it’s not the same? Restaurants were a rarity to say the least. There was [...]

Last night I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I borrowed the book from my mom last week and every time I tried to sit down to read happened to be the exact time that one of my children needed something.
“Mom, I’m thirsty.”
“I’m hungry.”
“Will you read me a story?”
“Can I watch a show?”
“I’m thirsty again.”
“MOM! [...]

I must have nothing better to do because when I was talking to Melanie the other day we decided to do the (Harry Potter) Bertie Bott’s Challenge. The rules are simple. While blindfolded, the person who guesses the flavor of the jellybean first gets to spit theirs out while the other person has to swallow [...]

We woke up and packed the car intending to be off early but didn’t make it to breakfast until around 11:00am which is more lunch than breakfast. (If only they had a word describing the union of breakfast and lunch.) The kids chose Wendy’s, and the silver lining to eating fast food yet again was [...]

Our plan was to go to the Mayan restaurant in Sandy for dinner. The Mayan is a themed restaurant with minimal food choices but a fun atmosphere that we thought the kids would enjoy. Gary and I have been several times and Liv only when she was a baby. When we arrived at the restaurant [...]

 After we had our fill of fun at Dinosaur Park (it was getting hot and our next stop had A/C) we made our way to the Treehouse Museum. This place was awesome! It is a child’s dream. There were so many things to do. The pictures I took do not do this place justice. Inside [...]

(If you listen closely you can hear the dinosaur roars they pipe throught the park.)
Saturday morning we packed all of our stuff in the car and set off to find some breakfast. The kids picked Burger King, but I don’t know why. They each ate only a few tator tots and half of their milk. Gary [...]

Gary and I decided to go on a mini vacation with our little family. We have not done anything like this since we have been married so I was very excited to go. Gary booked a hotel in Ogden for Friday night and Salt Lake for Saturday night. I got on the internet and researched [...]

Gary and I were sealed in the Logan Temple on December 27, 2001. My mom likes to refer all of her sons-in-law and daughters-in-law to the children’s book A Bargain For Frances. “No Backsies.” I don’t think that I’m that bad.
During the ceremony Gary and I forgot the rings. Oh well. I am not very superstitious [...]

After three weeks of dating, Gary brought up the issue of marriage and I asked him to ask me any other time, just not then. He waited for a whole week before he officially popped the question. Here is how it happened.
Gary drove up to Logan in mid September. We made plans to get dressed [...]