Ironman The Thing That Happened on Friday You guys. This thing happened on Friday morning. I hesitate telling you this story because I think you might not believe that it's true. But I'm telling you, this story is true. It will seem unlikely that this could happen
Rebecca Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. Wednesday was garbage day and you forgot, AGAIN to remind me. This is getting really serious. In the four months I have lived in this house, I think
Palau A Big Day for Hannah Rose I met Hannah Rose three years ago. We both ran in the same 5k and took first and second place. (This was not a very competitive race, but we usually
Ridiculous Six Chairs Eli: Hi. I would like to buy this table and six of these chairs. Lady: Great! Let me make sure we have enough in stock. Eli: No problem. Lady: Let's see . . . hmmmm . . . well we only have four of those chairs. Eli: Ok.
Nostalgia A Year Later The date sort of crept up on me. It seems odd, but it's true, that I left Palau, the Land of Coconuts, one year ago. Gosh I'
Nostalgia The Flight of the Black Hoody Last night I was in my office until 1:00 in the morning. I'm not a workaholic. Not trying to convince anyone that this is something that happens to me often. Usually I have a very predictable schedule. But every once in
Ridiculous SweatBlock is Like a Father to Me You guys. My life has changed. First of all, I want to just take a moment and recognize that this entire post is going to sound like a commercial. BUT,
Emma Life is Really Something Funny Occasionally I glance back through older posts on Stranger. Usually I keep this walk through memory lane to the Palau posts, because I find them fascinating now that I'
Rebecca The Porch: Korean Bathhouse It's a happy day. We finally got the video from the most recent show at The Porch uploaded on what the kids are calling "the Youtubes." A huge thanks to Jolyn for filming it and Kyle for uploading it. You
Nostalgia A Little Look Back Exciting announcement: The Porch invited me back to tell a story this Saturday evening in Salt Lake City. We've escaped Provo! We'll be at a venue
Ukraine Candy from Strangers You guys. Traveling from Krakow Poland to Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of God Bless America, was probably the most arduous journey anyone has ever taken. I'm
Ironman St. George Half Ironman I was so nervous heading down to St. George to compete in the half Ironman this weekend. So many mixed emotions hit me in the weeks leading up to it.
The Siblings Daniel's Laundry Intervention Daniel flew into Salt Lake City today. He'll be here for only 24 hours. I picked him up at the airport and drove him to my house. My sister, Krishelle, came over for Sunday dinner. Daniel: Eli, does Rebecca do your laundry?
Rebecca Under the Sink Last night living-in-sin roommate, Rebecca, and I returned home from Seder. (We apparently think we're Jewish. Shalom!). It was late and I just wanted to go to bed. You guys. I need to tell you something that isn't a very
Ironman Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Last night I hosted the weekly Survivor party at my place (is anyone out there watching Survivor?). I'm trying to turn the party hosting into a cutthroat competition
Nostalgia The Law Firm I will be telling a story on The Porch Thursday evening in Provo. If you're interested in joining us, you can find tickets and information here [http://utahporch.org/tickets/]. If you do come, be sure to say hi and compliment my
Daniel Climb Every Mountain Over the weekend I had some pretty intense conversations with Daniel. This was between all of the bickering over his selfish requests to get his clothes back. We talked about our experience in Palau. And what made it great. And what made it hard.
Ridiculous Daniel Searches for His Clothes Eli: Excuse me. What are you doing? Daniel: I'm going through your closet. Eli: And why would you be doing something like that? Daniel: Because I want my clothes back. Eli: What on Earth makes you think that I would have your
Ironman State of the Union, Spring About six months ago I moved back from Palau to the United States of God Bless America. And when I did, I had a hard time updating you all on
Church Palau Meets Salt Lake City Last week my worlds collided. And it was really strange. One of the boys from Palau, whom I got to know very well working with the church kids for one
Mexico A History of Daniel It was strange to see Daniel last weekend. For months and months our lives were one. They were totally one. And then, suddenly, they weren't anymore. Daniel and
The Siblings The Dentist Picture About 14 years ago my younger sister Micalyne and I received a letter in the mail that would change our lives forever. It was December and Christmas cards from all
Mexico 2013 I just read the 2012 wrap-up post. I read about how it was my best year. About how our past can be an asset or a liability depending on how we use it. About how if we are living the right way, the best
Daniel A Christmas Gift I've never been much of a Christmas person. There are a lot of reasons for this. But one of the big ones is that I really struggle with
Church Still Here At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I want to share some thoughts with you. And forgive me that these thoughts are coming from the deepest part of my soul and might sound awkward and are sort of uncomfortable for me to