Our move to Olympia

Our move to Olympia was a long drawn-out affair, unlike our move to Albuquerque 3 years ago. Of course, when we moved into Darrell and Roleen Rasband's home at the end of August, 2018, we knew we'd be leaving by the end of October, 2019 because that's when they were returning from their mission in …

My 40th Anniversary

Today is an important anniversary for me. It was exactly 40 years ago today that I was baptized and became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was indeed a memorable and exciting day for me. After 3 years and several sets of missionaries, I had finally been able …

Sacrament meeting talk: Heeding the voice of warning

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to deliver this talk, apparently because a member of the Bishopric was trying to communicate with me using my old number, and he went ahead and assigned someone else to speak. Ladera Ward - Oct 13, 2019 - Heeding the voice of warning Today is an important anniversary for me. It …

Sacrament Meeting Talk – Receiving revelation (preparing for conference)

I prepared this talk for the Los Lunas Ward, Los Lunas Stake, but because I was left with less then 5 minutes to deliver it, I mostly just summarized it. Assigned Topic: Receiving revelation (preparing for conference)  As you know General Conference is coming up in a couple weeks. I have always loved General Conference for …

Photo of Mom in Dad’s wallet

I came across my father's old wallet yesterday as Susan and I were going through old files trying to clean out and organize them in preparation for our move next month. This is the wallet he was using at the time of his accident on the farm in December 1974. In it, among other things, …

Hunter’s 1st Birthday and Jackson’s 4th

Hunter, son of Andrew and Tina, turned 1 year old on the 29th. They had a big party at their home in Hartville. I had strongly considered going, but decided to wait for a better time -- hopefully next Spring. But I had to share this photo of Andrew holding Hunter: Another grandson, Jackson, son …

Recommitting to a Gospel focus in the home (Manzano YSA Branch Sacrament Meeting Talk)

Susan and I both spoke at the Manzano YSA Branch today in Los Lunas NM today. Susan spoke about the importance of education and the resources available to us. She didn't write it all down so I can't print it here, but perhaps the most memorable portion of the talk was when she talked about …