Perspective

I went to the temple this morning. I'm closer to heaven when I can pray in the temple. When I leave to go back to my real life, I know God strengthens me and sends his angels to watch over me. (D&C 109:22) Thank you, God, for temples.

How to Succeed in Business

With apologies to you Utah kids, Texas hit the mid 60's today. "Luvlee wesair we ar aveeng..." even Inspector Clouzeau would approve! I know Matt's bare feet don't even come close in adorableness to smiles of Audrey and Ryan, but he's the only kid I have left at home to take photos of! Speaking of Matt, it's that time during the school year when we figure out his schedule of classes for next year, when he will go on to Plano Senior High School. Our conversations with him have not followed the previous pattern experienced with the rest of you kids. No. It appears that we now must consider a few new ideas about what preparation he will need in order to work hard and compete in the coorperate world of the future. Matt, you only need to study physics, in order to hone your estimating skills and assess how much force will be needed to blast a marshmallow through its trajectory across the office bullpen to hit your co-worker in the side of the face. Don't bother filling your mind with formulas and theories, when all you'll need is an understanding of the physics of balance and motion in order to propel the office drink cart from one end of the floor to the other. It would also be a good idea to learn a little bit about psychology in order to out-prank your fellow employees when they try to hide your cell phone in the ceiling or when they stick donuts on the windshield wipers of your car in the snow. It will take a fine education to prepare you for the challenges you will face out there in the real world. It's a good thing we have invested so much money in our children's education all these years!

movin' on

How about a new name for our blog? It’s a new year, and this is the first time I’ve written since Christmas. Changes are coming fast and furious. We have a new granddaughter, we have a new prophet, we will have a new president next year, and we will have a new stake president tomorrow. It won’t be Dad because the phone didn’t ring today. Now that he'll have some spare time, he's talking about taking up bow hunting......just kidding. Let's see if I can get him to blog now. We can all trayzure his words!