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Today we awoke to find 4 inches of snow in the yard.  I don’t think the bulbs were very happy about it.          

Post #2 in the grand outdoor series comes to us from family friend Kara.  Having just written a novel in a month, she’s right on track to become the next Stephanie Meyer, although probably with less vampire love triangle, and more quality writing.  She also maintains what you might call a “mommy blog”, that definitely…

I’ve decided with warm weather nearly upon us, now would be a great time to do a series of outdoor-themed posts.  You might be thinking: “But Andrew, aren’t like all of your posts outdoor posts?”.  Yeah, I guess they are, but this time I’ll be featuring guest writers sharing their favorite outdoor experiences.  It’s going…

Time for my little disclaimer that this is a satire of common, REAL, misconceptions about the LDS church that I have either observed or have been guilty of.  It is NOT an accurate depiction of Mormons.    If you live somewhere in the United States other than Utah and maybe Idaho, you may have had…

This past Christmas, we chose to tackle Christmas letters for the first time.  Since the bulk of my written correspondence occurs over email and this blog, the act of blowing an entire ink cartridge printing, and then spending hours gathering addresses, stuffing envelopes, etc. seems asinine.  However, I know how much we enjoy getting “real”…

This sight launched 1 year ago today.  Happy birthday to me.  In honor of the occasion, I compiled a list of my top 5 most popular posts by number of views.  As if that wasn’t self-absorbed enough, I also did my top 5 favorite. Thank you so much for reading.  You guys all rock.  Listen to me…

1.  How we spent a few cold nights huddled close to a space heater because the landlords indicated that they had to come over and do something to our heater before we could turn it on, when in fact it all they really wanted to do was explain to us how a thermostat works. 2. …

At the end of August, Tara took her board exams to become a certified genetic counselor.  She then had to wait 6 long weeks to receive the results.  This tense period finally ended this past week when we got the letter in the mail announcing that she had passed and is now certified.  This is…

The following letter is the result of a note and map that I found stashed near our campsite in Little Cottonwood Canyon this past weekend.  A group of kids (presumably three of them) had evidently discovered a clearing in a thicket between campsites and proceeded to declare the area their hideout.  They left a note…