Church A Bold Move I play the piano. I know what you're thinking. "Oh my gosh Eli! You're like a triple threat! You play the piano, you can walk on the backs of your toes, AND your hair has been looking really good
Palau Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Occasionally I catch my 9-year-old niece on Facebook chat and on a good day, I'm able to get her to chat with me for a few
Church Cooking With The Kids Last week, before going to Guam, we hosted a cooking night at our place for the church kids. 20-something hormonal teenagers showed up. 20-something. Strangers, have you ever had 20-something hormonal teenagers all come to your house at once? By the
Ridiculous Eli Poppins This weekend I spent some quality time with my 7 and 3 year old nieces. My sister and brother-in-law skipped town and their responsibilities for the weekend and
Grandma 2009 It's that time of year again when I really start thinking about what's happened in the last 12 months. How have I changed? What has made this year different? Was this year my best yet, as it always should be?
Ridiculous Every Child's Nightmare: A True and Tragic Tale Part II By way of update: It's not me. It's him. As you know, I am going through a healing process right now in which I'm learning to come to grips with the fact that this 10 year old despises
Ridiculous Every Child's Nightmare: A True and Tragic Tale Nothing is more tragic than to find out that someone despises you. OK, there are many things more tragic than that but I've gotten very used to communicating primarily through sarcasm and hyperbole over the years so you just have to work
Kids My Sister Raises Them About a year ago I asked Kaylee to sing for me so I could record her on my phone. I had no idea what was about to happen. Unfortunately the sound isn't as great on the computer but you get the idea.
Kids Posticles and Pista These kids are addicting. And so so funny. I knew their mother while they were growing up so I could have guessed they would be this way. The other day
Life FHE Once a month my family gets together for a special family home evening. All three of my siblings live in the Salt Lake area so I drive the farthest (about
Church President's Day I should have gone to bed about 35 minutes ago but I just ate some cheesecake and I've been deep cleaning the house for an hour and a
Kids Funny Kids I sure love these kids . . . they sure require a lot of energy. I found out that my sister Krisanda needed someone to watch her three kids on Saturday morning for
Church General Conference General conference weekend was great as always. It was good to hear the prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley speak again. Once again I find myself wanting to be better and completely
