We got invited to a Jazz game in Scott’s company suite which was fun and classy, plus I got my name announced and on the big screen!  It’s all in who you know……

Today we replaced our microwave, the only one we’ve ever owned.  We purchased it in 1985, the second year of our marriage, when we were still students at BYU. In 27 years of service to our family it’s never given us one bit of trouble and cooked many a meal. It’s traveled with us all [...]

Brian returned from the California Carlsbad Mission on Tuesday and we met him at the Salt Lake airport.  It was so great to see him, especially for Mark who hadn’t seen him since he left on his mission in May, 2008.  So happy to have him home for the holidays!           [...]

So I’ve been slightly stressed because I want to have Christmas all done before our missionary comes home THIS TUESDAY!  But in between all the stress, we’ve enjoyed some holiday fun.  We went to Celebration of Christmas by the BYU combined choirs & Philharmonic Orchestra at the beginning of December.  It’s always wonderful and is [...]

Sing us a song…. Scott played the piano and sang amusing versions of familiar songs that had the crowd at his BYU ward talent show cheering!

OK, this is my downer post-feel free to skip.  I’ve written it in my head several times over the past week and decided to keep waiting to get some perspective before blogging.  Not sure if I’ve been successful in gaining perspective, but maybe I’ve cut down on the invective and #$^%& words.  It all started [...]

This was my view as I lounged by the pool, swam, and read an entire book while Scott was in workshops in Atlanta. Life is rough!

Yesterday for lunch we did BBQ in Lockhart while we were visiting in the country. These are famous joints in the bbq world so we took pictures. (I think Outdoor Cooking Magic will have a future post-;) )  We had fun but even with just a little taste at each place, it was a lot [...]