Over one dinner midway through our Kauai vacation, Manina asked me, “What is one thing you want to do while we are here?” I thought about it for a while and said, “I’d like to take surfing lessons. I want to learn how to surf.” When we got back to our house that night we …
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Happy 40th to this old guy!
Happy 40th to this ol’ guy! I know turning forty sounds overwhelming but it didn’t seem to phase Seth one bit. He is fit, healthy, and in his eyes just a youngin’. I love that about him! For his birthday sent the kids off to school and headed out to hike a 8.5 mile loop …
Timpanogos Summit Hike
Manina has wanted to climb Mount Timpanogos for quite some time. I have been up there several times with my scout troops, but never just with her. So, we decided to make a date out of it. I took the day off on Friday to hike it with her. We sent all the kids off …
Orderville Canyoneering Adventure
Remember back in 2008 when I did the Narrows hike? Yeah, it’s been a while. Ever since being released as scoutmaster about a year ago, I’ve missed going on big adventures. Sure, we just went on a Labor Day hike with the family, and I took the big kids backpacking this summer, but I was …
Grove Creek backpacking with the kids
Last year, I took Katelyn and Megan backpacking up American Fork canyon. This year, we brought Jacob and Claire along with us too. We were also joined by the Rowberry family. My Uncle Greg and I were out talking one night and he expressed some interest in exploring the trails just east of the Pleasant …
A new commute
My commute to work today was much shorter than it has been for some time. You see, my employer, Ancestry, moved its headquarters to nearby Lehi. I’ve been working at Ancestry for about a year, and before that I was at a neighboring building at Morinda for 10 years. I burned about an hour a …
First Weekend of Spring Camping Trip
This last weekend Manina was out-of-town at yet another girls trip. Jacob, Megan, and Katelyn had a church “mini-mission” activity that would keep them busy (and supervised) all Friday night and most of the day on Saturday. I was home with just Claire, Drew, and Ellie. So, instead of sitting around and playing on iPods …
Vroom, vroom
I have been lobbying for a motorcycle for a while. There have always been good reasons not to make the purchase. But, now the reasons are starting to swing in the direction of me getting one: My life insurance situation is good Jake will be driving in a few months My work is moving closer …
Creating ParentClue
Since I’m no longer a scoutmaster, I have a bunch of extra time on my hands. I typically just wander aimlessly around the house looking for something to look busy with so Manina doesn’t assign me any chores. I got busted doing nothing one evening so Manina volunteered me to go with her over to …
Scoutmaster Emeritus
On a Saturday morning a few weeks ago, I drove the scouts down to the airport so they could work on their Aviation merit badge. The boys each took a solo flight in a small Cessna 150m, even taking the controls for a few minutes. By all accounts, it was a great experience for each …
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