• My PRK Surgery and Recovery

    A few weeks ago I mentioned it and today it happens. I’ll be having PRK surgery on both of my eyes. I’m really excited about no more contacts, though I have to admit that I’m a little nervous. It’s partially because of the surgery, but also a bit on the recovery. Cole told me that…


  • Recognize The Miracles In Your Life

    J.E. Littlewood was a professor at Cambridge University. He published work that used mathematics to minimize miracles. In short, Littlewood’s law teaches that “a miracle is defined as an exceptional event of special significance occurring at a frequency of one in a million; during the hours in which a human is awake and alert, a…


  • A Mission of Memories

    One of the nice things about working from home is you can spend time on your personal projects while still working. This week I started scanning pages from the journal that I kept while serving as a Mormon missionary in San Francisco, CA. I’m only 200 pages into the 800 page behemoth of a book…


  • Any Experience With PRK Surgery?

    Yesterday, Candace and Cole brought me to the eye doctor so I could have my first appointment in preparation of eye surgery. I’ve been considering it for a while, but was hesitant. When Cole ended up not being as expensive as we thought, we had some money available and figured this was a good time…


  • iMac vs. Cole

    I had a new iMac delivered today. It has a 24″ screen. Cole is only 22″ (not counting his hair). So now, I’ll be able to edit life size photos of Cole. Fun.


  • My Thoughts On Martin Luther

    This morning I was reading The 95 Theses written by Martin Luther in 1517. As I read it, I was filled with such a strong feeling of God and his dealings with his children throughout time. For those who aren’t familiar with Martin Luther, he was a monk in Germany in the early sixteenth century.…


  • A Mighty Man Fallen

    James E. Faust, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away this morning. From the official church newsroom: President Faust, 87, had served in the First Presidency since 1995 and as a General Authority of the Church for 35 years. A Church statement today said that…


  • Cole And His Swing

    After Cole and I get to watch the sunrise each morning, he likes to get a little breakfast from mom and then spend the morning in his swing. I love watching him swing because he has the most observant and content look on his face. I assume it’s his “thinking place.” Well, this morning I…


  • My Fatherhood Checklist

    At the end of every month, I write what I call a “Thought Paper.” I pick out something that has been on my mind that month and get it out on paper. I’ve been doing it for years and it has been a wonderful thinking tool. As you would imagine, this month fatherhood has been…


  • I Wish Blogs Weren’t New

    A few days ago, my grandma wrote me an email asking me how she could find my sister’s “blog.” I’m always impressed at how my grandma has been learning new technology. (Though I did smile a bit because she couldn’t just say blog. It had to be “blog” in quotations. Like it’s not a real…


  • The Things I Carry

    I spent some time today looking at a group on Flickr called “The Items We Carry.” For this group, you take a picture of everything that you carry in your pockets or purse and use on a daily basis. It was really quite interesting and curiosity-quenching. If I didn’t know better, I’d say Apple and…