My Sterling Scholar in MATHMATICS at Bingham High School 2007-2008

Okay sorry to share my bragging here. I am so proud of my Alyssa. Today I attended an assembly at Bingham High School. Its purpose was to announce the Bingham's representatives to the state Stirling Scholar competition. Imagine my surprise as my very own daughter was selected from all the other finalists. It is not like she did not deserve it. She is so dedicated and organized in her life. What a wonderful accomplishment. . . . .

Congratulations ALYSSA

Alyssa as they talk about the things she has accomplished

Alyssa picks up her finalist certificate

Alyssa waiting for the other winners to be announced

Dad and Alyssa

Setting for picture the school will display

Congratulations ALYSSA

You will have to ask Alyssa sometime what this is all about. . . . Needless to say I am very proud of my daughter. She worked, studied and prayed hard and she was rewarded. She is such an example to all of us of what applying yourself with all your heart, mind and strength can do.

A few Kaylee pictures

Kaylee and Mom

Just Kaylee
but she is a smilin'

C.S. Lewis -- Two kinds of People

There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'

C. S. Lewis

The Atonement Gives Us the Strength to Endure -- Dallin H. Oakes

The Atonement Gives Us the Strength to Endure

"The Atonement of Jesus Christ and the healing it offers do much more than provide the opportunity for repentance from sins. The Atonement also gives us the strength to endure 'pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind,' because our Savior also took upon Him 'the pains and the sicknesses of his people' (Alma 7:11). Brothers and sisters, if your faith and prayers and the power of the priesthood do not heal you from an affliction, the power of the Atonement will surely give you the strength to bear the burden."

Topics: Atonement, endurance, healing, repentance

(Dallin H. Oaks, "He Heals the Heavy Laden," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 9)

Father and sons

This is a picture of me and my brother with our father after a BYU football game early in November. Our dad will be 83 the first week in December and is a survivor of leukemia for the past 14 months. We are so happy to still have him with us. He has been a light and a strength to our families.

Me, Dad, Mark

Novemeber 1st, 2007

And another year comes and goes. Today is the fifth anniversary of Sally's accident. On the preceding anniversaries I have done so many things. Today was a little more relaxed. One thing that has been constant is at least one trip to the temple. That occurred today too but only as a part of my regular work assignment in the temple. I took the day off from work and had planned to go to the Salt Lake Temple. As I was getting the kids to school there was a report on the radio of a pretty serious accident on north I15 and I decided to just stay home and work on some family projects. This morning just happened to be something for my dad. Did that until about 10:00

Decided to drive to Provo to go to the cemetery. Threw the flower boxes in the back of the car and headed out. While there cleaned off the headstone and also the headstone of my aunt and uncle that is really close. Found some flowers that had some fall colors. Then took some time to reflect on life but not too long.




Next found myself heading up to my folks. All their cars were there but they were gone. (Later discovered they had walked to a luncheon)

Came back and fulfilled my temple assignment. We learned at the last minute that we were supposed to have the lesson today for preparation meeting. I offered to share my testimony as I figured my heart would help out a little with the things to say and my assignment is the shift instructor. . . .


After my temple time I finished up the day going to a wedding reception for one of my son's good friends and then to a movie "Dan in Real Life" A movie about a widowed man raising 3 daughters . . . How close is that to reality? Anyway an okay day in review. . . Life does continue to roll on. So glad for all the wonderful people in my life.