I have finished the first official reading challenge that I signed up to complete: the Book Awards II Reading Challenge.  Here are my reviews for the books I read: Stones for Ibarra, by Harriet Doerr, National Book Award:  I really enjoyed this book.  It is set in a small village in Mexico and the main characters are 2 [...]

Brian competed in the regional Sterling Scholar competition today.  Finalists for the state competition were just announced and Brian was selected as one of the state finalists in Speech and Drama.  Brian now goes on to the state Sterling Scholar competition on March 4th.  Congratulations to Brian!

went to church, conducted a ward choir rehearsal and a stake choir rehearsal, trained music people in our ward went with Brian to his follow-up appt. with the surgeon and things are looking good drove in a lot of falling snow attended lots of House and Senate committees had some lunchtime meetings at the Capitol [...]

Good news! Brian has been accepted to BYU for the fall and has received a tuition scholarship. Next month he will find out if he has been accepted into the Music Dance Theatre program at the university. He auditioned for that program on 31 Jan just ten days after his surgery and thought it went [...]

Last night was opening night for the Lone Peak HS production of “The Curious Savage”.  It was a GREAT show and the actors and crew were just fantastic.  The performances were funny and touching and the story is really fun.  Brian played Hannibal, who needs to lose weight and plays the violin.  (It’s a secret, [...]

Yesterday I had an interesting experience that demonstrated to me how we politicos on the Hill are seen by the average citizen. I had left the Capitol for a meeting downtown and was returning during the lunch break.  I dashed into the cafeteria in the East Bldg. and grabbed a wrap and bag of chips [...]