Archive for the ‘Family’ Category

Well, yesterday was T-day with a bunch of Butler relatives and cousins. The Rusty Butler clan clearly dominated the event with only about half of their kids showing up. Rusty and Danielle were there as were Erin and Darya, Valerie and York, and Tareq and Wendy including us of course. A few of Aunt Annie’s […]

The Day before thanksgiving and Erin and Darya are here with their family. Erin drove out with the kids last Sunday and Darya flew out last night. Alex and Andrew are having fun playing with Ross and Mackay. Ross and Mackay are good kids to play with Alex and Andrew the way they do. They […]

“The best race pace is a suicide pace, and today is a good day to die.” Prefontaine Click here for a cool perspective on why I run “The will to win means nothing if you haven’t the will to prepare.” – Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner “The woods are lovely dark and deep, but […]

Alex and Andrew are really excited to go see the Utah Jazz vs. the Sacrament Kings tonight. Our tickets are pretty good and Alex, especially, is quite excited to see Deron Williams and Paul Milsap play. The Jazz are doing pretty well and are currently 6-2 I think. Alex is a bit of a sports […]

Today in Priesthood mtg. President McAllister brought up a good point that I have considered before. He said to us: “We believe in prayer, scriptures, receiving answers to our prayers, etc.” then he went on . . . “President Bush is a God-fearing man, goes to church, prays, and we (the american people) respect him […]

It was Ward Conference for my BYU 244th Ward. We had the stake presidency teach us and it was great. (btw – our Stake Presidency consists of President Vern Henshaw, Bruce McAllister, and Ron Hirschi.) President McAllister mentioned another interesting thought today that is going to require a bit more thought on my part: Temple […]

Worked all day prepping and painting the exterior trim on the front of the house. It needed it quite badly and I was glad to have a bit of warmer weather that allowed me to paint outside. I paid Katy and Lizzy $10 each to help me with the job and I really enjoyed their […]