We dropped Brian off at the Missionary Training Center in Provo today and now all of our children are on missions!
Mark is in the Texas San Antonio Mission, Spanish speaking and will be returning in May.
Brian will be in the MTC for two months and then heading to the California Carlsbad Mission, also Spanish [...]

This was the last one of the season and I’m really behind on getting it posted because we went in the middle of August.  Scott and Brian went camping in the Uintas with the Scouts six years ago and Scott has always wanted to get me up there to see the area.  So we planned for a [...]

Brian received a Superior or “1″ rating on this solo at the UHSAA State Solo and Ensemble Festival in April.  He was asked to sing his solo at the final LPHS Choir Concert of the year.  Scott is his accompanist, as always.  Here, for your listening pleasure, is Brian singing “Si, tra i ceppi” by [...]

Staycations are all the rage now as people are unwilling to spend a ton of money traveling and prefer to stay local and visit places close to home.  Brian’s work was closed this week so we did some fun stuff while he was home.  On July 2, we went to the Living Planet Aquarium.  On [...]

Scott and I made a vow that we would go on some hikes in the mountains this summer.  We live right next to American Fork Canyon and haven’t really taken advantage of the natural wonders.  So this summer it’s going to be different.  So far, we’ve taken 3 hikes.  They have been challenging, but as [...]

Brian and his friend, Becky Arnell, were selected to sing the National Anthem at their graduation.  They sang in the Marriott Center at BYU in front of several thousand people for the 2009 Lone Peak HS graduation.  He just stood up and sang and didn’t sound nervous at all.  If you’d like to hear him [...]

I’m the Mom so I can brag on him all I want, right?  This has been a busy 2 weeks as he finished up school with all the end-of-the-year concerts and banquets.  He accomplished several of his goals and was very happy with how the year ended.  Last night was Lone Peak HS graduation so [...]

This is slightly outdated, but my friend had the video, so I decided to upload it. For New Year’s Eve my friends and I decided to go to “First Night” in Provo. As a part of the evening, there was a “Star Singing Competition”. Throughout the early hours of the night guests could audition, singing [...]