I sure enjoyed a day of golf with my 3 boys yesterday. Thanks to Andy and to his company for such a wonderful treat! I love you guys and look forward to more adventures with you .

DAD

A fun day with my Mom and sibs.

I had a great day. My siblings and I met at my Mom' home in Orem and spent the entire day working together to "wake up" Mom's yard for spring. Pruning fruit trees, pruning roses, trimming shrubs, repairing cedar fences, preparing seed bed for veggie garden, weeding, mowing, trimming, raking...you all know the drill. It was a lot of joyful work...and Mom enjoyed every minute of it.

I stayed late and watched old movies with Mom. We watched Ivanhoe (Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Taylor), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. "I can't do that. Can you do that? How can they do that? Who are those guys?" "You just keep thinkin' Butch...that's what you're good at." "Don't ya wanna know why?" "You can't swim! Why hell, the fall will kill you!" Then we watched A Few Good Men. "I want the truth!" "You can't handle the truth." "Don't you call me son. I'm an officer in the Unites States Navy...and you're under arrest, you SOB!"

What a fun day and evening. Debby didn't even miss me. She spent the day on a ropes course with Cameille. I can't wait to hear about it in the morning. She fell into bed, exhausted, before I got home. Night All!

Big props to Danny and Nate for spending some real quality time with Gabe. He loved it!!! Thanks, guys. I love you all.

DAD

Conference was wonderful! My favorite, for special reasons, was Saturday night Priesthood Mtg. All three of my boys, with Jamie (and his dad, George) and Pete, joined me at the stake center and for dinner afterward. The meeting was great. I will always remember Bishop Edgley's talk about rescuing our brethren in financial trouble...analogous to the saints in SLC rescuing the winter-stranded saints in Wyoming. He asked, "what if you received a call from your priesthood leader to leave a warm home and travel to Wyoming, laden with supplies, to bring the stranded saints home?" He said, "Well, brethren, consider this your phone call!" Couldn't be more direct. I must see what I can do to help brethren in trouble. I think I will go to our local employment center and volunteer to help with resumes. Let's all think what we can do to help those we know who are in distress.

Love you all.

DAD