My Dream Job
Growing up in Utah I had one dream: To play in the NBA, be the next John Stockton, and be a part of the Utah Jazz! While not every kid’s dreams come true, we still do all we can to align with something we aspired to way back when, and so our family have […]
Another Kid’s School Concert
By December 10th our family had already been to 7 holiday concerts between school, community events, and church. This past week we faithfully trudged to yet another one…I’m just assuming you’re experiencing the same thing at this time of year! After my daughter’s dance number was over (hers was the first one) we had […]
The Parable of the Car Jump
“Sir!” she shouted as she tapped my closed car window, “Can you help me? My car needs a jump!” Her words were muffled between the phone call I had just answered and the snow storm outside. I opened the door and shouted through the storm, a bit tersely, “What do you need?” “I left the […]
Gratitude
The box on our porch was so big I needed to have help bringing it in the house. Excited and surprised, we wondered what it could be. As our family tore into the paper filling we unveiled the yummiest, tastiest, most thoughtful gift we could imagine: Scones, Muffins, Jams & Jellies, Honey & Flavored Butter, […]
The Promise to The Family
I’ll never forget the moment I realized I was the ultimate hypocrite. On a Daddy-Son Day with my then 3-year old boy, Romney, as I posted a photo on Facebook of us having a great time on our first outing just he and I, it occurred to me the very thought: This is what […]
The Officer and the Car Seat
Tell me you’ve heard this one before: Officer pulls over driver. Driver claims innocence and challenges of life. Officer sees little children in the backseat without car seats. Officer has sympathy as a father himself, takes driver and family to store to buy car seats with his own money, installs them himself, ensuring the safety […]
The Fan Experience
Sitting down to lunch a few blocks from the venue where I had just finished my stage performance for thousands in attendance, I basked in the glory of another standing ovation moment. Right as I bit into my sandwich a large group of lanyard wearing attendees from the event where I had just […]
The $36,525.50 Receipt
As I signed my name on the receipt I said to my wife, “Glad we got here in time before they closed. We really need this Dramamine for our boat ride tomorrow.” That’s when my wife, ever-present, ever-ready, looked over my shoulder at the receipt. “Wait a minute! What is this?” She snatched it […]
The Epic Adventure Promise
“Dad, I don’t know how to do this! I don’t want to die!” yelled my son as he dropped over the cliff. Yes, this was my son’s first time on a rappelling rope, about to go on an 80-foot cliffhanger. As I coached him down I prayed he’d hang on with that brake […]
The Promise: Pioneer TREK
“Your calling is to walk 32 miles over 4 days acting as Ma & Pa to 9 kids you’ve never met, everyone dressed in vintage 1840’s clothing you’ll make yourself, while pulling a handcart weighing between 800-1,000 lbs, to re-enact the Pioneers crossing the upper plains of Wyoming arriving into Utah.” I don’t know […]