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Fun With Food Storage

January 5, 2009 by Scott in Family, Food, Friends & Neighbors, House Stuff, Religious

I follow several blogs and other online resources that focus on food storage and emergency preparedness. Several local Utahn’s launched Fun With Food Storage (FunWithFoodStorage.net) today. The site will provide information about how to get and use your food storage in your everyday cooking. They’re having a great give away contest and I thought I’d pass on the info to our family and friends. Enjoy!

Other resources that I follow:

Remember Christ this Christmas

December 22, 2008 by Scott in Religious

One of my friends shared this video on Facebook and I had to share it with all of my family and friends. The music is Oh Holy Night as performed by Kenneth Cope and the artwork is by Liz Lemon Swindle. May we all remember Christ this Christmas season and reflect upon His birth, life, ministry, Atonement, sacrifice and Resurrection. You may need a tissue for this one.

May We All Remember Elder Wirthlin’s Great Testimony

December 2, 2008 by Scott in Religious

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles passed away last night at the age of 91. I will miss his sweet sense of humor and the power of his testimony of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I am sure he has now looked into our Savior’s loving eyes and has been reunited with his loving wife. God be with you ’til we meet again, Elder Wirthlin.

Here is a video of Elder Wirthlin bearing his testimony of our Savior.

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You can vote AGAINST Gun Control right now!

December 2, 2008 by Scott in Political

This is important and will take you less than two minutes - and you don’t have to speak to a single person!

IMPORTANT - PLEASE VOTE ON GUN CONTROL BY PHONE AS DIRECTED BELOW ASAP! - TELL THEM YOU OPPOSE GUN CONTROL.

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A Day of Unfortunate Events - AKA A Crappy Day

November 21, 2008 by Scott in Family, Religious

Yesterday will go down in mine and Heidi’s history book as one of our crappiest days ever.

My Dad
Just before our alarm clock went off, the phone rang. It was my older sister, Kristy. She had a hard time keeping the tears back as she told me that my dad was in the Emergency Room at the hospital because he might have had a heart attack. We just couldn’t believe it. We were so worried for him. We got ready and got the boys ready and I took the boys to their babysitter’s house.

As I pulled up to the house, Kristy called again and said that they were unsure if it was a heart attack or not, so they were going to repeat the tests to make sure. My dad called while I was on the phone with my sister and I tried to answer, but it had already gone to my voicemail. So, I took the boys inside and then listened to the voice message my dad left while I drove to work. He sounded good and optimistic that it wasn’t as bad of a problem as they originally thought. He instant messaged me when I logged on at work and said that it was a high blood pressure issue and that he was going to his doctor that day to get tests and some prescriptions.

So, it didn’t turn out to be a heart attack, but was still scary for us.
 

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Ben’s Desire to Learn to Read

November 19, 2008 by Scott in Family, Work

When I get home from work, Ben almost always asks me, “how was your day, Daddy?” And I respond, “Good”, “Long”, “Busy”, etc. He sometimes follows up the question with, “what did you do at work?” I mostly respond, “I looked at numbers all day and made changes to our marketing campaigns.”

Somtimes on Wednesday’s Heidi and I go to lunch together before her afternoon meetings at the school she teaches at. Today we went to Joe Bandido’s near my office. We had a great conversation about Heidi’s class and about the boys. Heidi said that Ben asked her the other day, “Daddy looks at numbers all day at work. Mommy, what do you do at work?” Heidi told him that she taught little boys and girls how to read. Ben’s eyes got real wide and he said, “Can you teach me how to read, Mommy?”

Now, a while ago I apparently told Heidi that I didn’t want her to teach Ben how to read because I didn’t want him to be forced to learn to read or write and hate school as much as I did. So, Heidi, remembering what I had said, told Ben, “no” but that he would learn to read when he went to school. She said that she would teach him other things and they could have “school” at our house. Well, my point of view has changed since I had made that comment, because Ben is so smart already. He knows all his letters and letter sounds. He memorizes the books that Heidi and I read to him every night. And he thirsts for knowledge and really shows interest in learning to read. So, I think we’re going to try it out and see if he really wants to learn to read or not. I think he will love it.

Harry Potter HBP Trailer

November 18, 2008 by Scott in Uncategorized

Many of you know that my family are huge Harry Potter fans. We go to midnight showings of the movies whenever possible and we went to the midnight releases of the books. I frequently listen to the HP audiobooks while I work as well. Here is the full theatrical trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It is awesome, I can’t wait for July. Enjoy!

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Elder Maxwell Comments On Proposition 8… 30 Years Ago

November 12, 2008 by Scott in Political, Religious

I read a blog post today at TempleStudy.com that highlights a talk by Elder Neal A. Maxwell which he gave at a BYU devotional on October 10, 1978, entitled “Meeting the Challenges of Today.” Some of the things he said are especially relevant “today,” particularly in the midst of all the turmoil over Proposition 8. Here is some of his talk with the most prophetic parts in bold:

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