Mother's Day

Owen loves his Grandma.

Reading is Fun-damental

Keep me warm Grandma

Hot Grandma and loving Grandpa

Today is Mother's day and I am married to the greatest Mother of all time. She is my perfect soul mate. I can't think of anyone who is more devoted to her family than Roma.

Our Father in Heaven has a plan and that is for all of us to return to his presence. We can't fully do that without our eternal partners. I am so grateful that I have Roma to be my companion (and leader at times) as we work towards that goal. I am also grateful for other mothers in my life. I have two wonderful daughters and three daughters-in-law who are terrific mothers. I also have a wonderful mother-in-law and my own mother was a jewel. I couldn't be a luckier man.

Fun pics from Emily's visit

Owen loves his mommy
Not much cooperation here, but it was fun. I think the boys are thinking "Are You Kidding?, but Ella loved every minute.

Miles and Isaac were pretty studious. They loved playing missionary.
Missionaries knocking at the door Happy loving kids.

Ella is quite the poser.

Queen of the stump. It was sure fun having Pyper here to play with the boys and Ella.

Emily and Miles on the wiggle car.

Amy on Mom's cruiser.

The tandem made a big hit with the girls

We had Emily, Isaac, Miles, and Ella here for ten days. I was pretty sure that Ella would really like her grandpa and I was right. She swept me right off my feet, just like all the rest of my grandkids. Grandkids are the best gift any grandparent could ever want, especially when they come from such good kids. I am pretty darn proud of my family. I may not have lots of earthly possessions, but I have great kids and grandkids.
There are lots of important things in life, but the most important eternal possession we have is family. Of that I am pretty certain.

Easter Pictures

It doesn't look like spring, but it soon will be!

Notice the moss already groing in the stream.

There is green sprouts under the snow!

Spring is coming! I know it! The weather just isn't cooperating, but it will come. I put my trainer away, so it has to be nice to ride outside. I am getting fat. Mom and I have only been on one short ride on the tandem. That will have to change too. With Emily and kids coming this week I am sure they will bring good weather with them. Amy and Pyper can bring some of their weather too!

He Is Risen

Our Savior is the Rock of our Salvation
These goldfish are looking forward to Spring if and when it comes

Grandma watching General Conference

We live in a beautiful world. Even though we woke up to several inches of snow on the ground, it was beautiful. The sun is now shining, the snow is melting and it will be a beautiful spring Easter Sunday.

We have the opportunity to listen to prophets' voices today. It is a wonderful world in which we can have the technology to listen and watch on TV, Internet, and radio. When we were young we would have to make special plans to go to a chapel and listen to conference on a poor audio connection which was difficult to hear with all the kids around us complaining and crying. They were good times too as we had the opportunity to share the special experience with our neighbors and friends who were in our same situation. We had pot luck dinners and fun times between sessions. I hope we all take the time not only to watch and listen today but to read the talks later when we have the opportunity. It has been my experience that when I do that I recieve again the wonderful feelings of testimony and resolve that I had when I first listened to them. I also found that that I received new promptings that have blessed my life.

I hope that his day we remember The Savior. The atonement is the single most important event in the history of this world. Through his suffering for us we all have the blessing of the ressurrection, and the possiblility of returning to our Father in Heaven. I hope we all conduct our lives so that we may obtain that blessing. My most valued possession is my family. I can only hope that when this life is through we have the blessing and opportunity of being a family unit once again.

Remember who you are and what you stand for!!!!

Record keeping

I am sitting here in front of a very warm fireplace with the woman that I have loved for almost 39 years. We have been going over some geneological information on the family. As I was looking for some information on my mom to put into the LDS family search site I marveled at the amount of information that I have about my family. It is interesting to see how much work my ancestors went through to make sure we knew who they were. I have some very interesting and heart warming stories about my ancestors. It has made me pretty sheepish. Every year I determine to begin a personal history or at least keep a jounal. I have yet to do it consistently. When I think that I don't have a history of my own parents I am sorry that I don't know enough about them to share an accurate story of my parents life. I know a lot, but I don't know a lot of facts that tie everything together. I am thinking I need to talk to what is left of my parents siblings to get some of that information. Sadly some of it is lost forever. Now as I think of my own life I sadly don't have a real accurate rememberance of some of the specifics of my own life. Mom is a great source because she has been diligent in keeping a journal of her life. It's good know she can refer to that when we need some of the specific information we need.
I guess what I am saying today is that we need to keep records not only for ourselves, but for our children and grandchildren. They will have a great interest in who we are, what we did, and why we are who we are. I am making a committment to do better. I don't know how I am going to do it but I am going to try.

Father's interviews

There was a recent study that indicated that religiosity in an adult is determined mostly by his/her relationship with her father while as a child. In other words, fathers have a great impact on the child. I was a little surprized by the finding, but then thought about it and decided that it does make some sense. So.... It makes sense to me that if that is the case, we ought to find times when we can let our children know how we feel about the Gospel. My kids remember the times that I had monthly interviews with them. Some of them were pretty poor interviews with both parties wondering what we were doing there, but it did give me a chance to talk to them about my feelings about the Church, Jesus Christ and my testimony of the Gospel. I would encourage all you dads to have a monthly interview with your kids. I know that it will bless the lives of your kids and you if you do.

The olympics are over! Now I can go to bed on time. Thank goodness!

BYU will win the MWC tournament and beat the Utes this week!

Spring football is almost here! I can't wait!

The trail up the canyon is good up to Bridal Veil. I feel a ride coming soon. Tomorrow is March 1st and the weather is warming up. It it's good on Thursday Mom says she will ride with me on the tandem.

Emily is coming in April. I can't wait to spoil two little boys and their sister and go for a ride with my little girl Emily.

Life is good!!!!!!!

Happy Valentines Day

One happy baby.
I'm supposed to be decorating cookies, not eating them!

I helped make this at pre-school. I am one handsome dude!

The best grandma on earth. She had to have some kids over to help her decorate cookies. We all had a wonderful time. It's just too bad all the grandkids weren't here. Hopefully they all get to decorate cookies at their own homes.

Valentines isn't the only day you should express your love to your loved ones, but it is a day you shouldn't miss. I want all my family to know how much I love them, especially my wife who is the light of my life. You are all very lucky to have her as a mother, grandmother, in-law and friend. She would do absolutely anything for her family.

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day