Glenn Beck Interview

This is a pretty amazing interview with LDS Talk Show host of CNN show "Glen Beck" and his conversion story. He also had a pretty great interview about his thoughts after the passing of President Hinckley.

Dev

Gordon B. Hinckley Tribute

I wanted to make this post since this weekend is General Conference, and will mark the first time in many years that President Hinckley won't be presiding at these meetings.

It will be a great opportunity however to sustain our newest Prophet and President, Thomas S. Monson. I'm looking forward to all the talks and music that will be given. I love General Conference and know that its our scripture for the next six months.

I Hope everyone takes the time to watch each session of Conference and enjoys this special weekend with family and/or friends.

My favorite tradition with Conferenece is of course the Priesthood Session, which i always attend with my dad and brothers. We watch the session at dad's stake center and then go out to eat after. It's funny to watch my brothers try and leave sometime before the closing song and prayer, just to get ahead of the crowds that will be at every dining place in town!! Take care and peace out.

Dev

Charlie bit my finger - again !

Jen showed me this video today, and I haven't been able to stop laughing. I love the accent.

I need to have me a couple of boys!! Love Paity and Presley too of course.

Dev

One More Reason to Love St. George

We have had so much fun spending time with Mark & Kristie and their kids! They're the sweetest family and so much fun! Presley has basically been glued to Kristie's arms and Paityn wants to play with Ben all day long! I think Mark thinks he's got new roomates. Today Paityn, Presley, and I picked Brooke up from school and took her to lunch at the Pizza Factory. It was so much fun! Brooke is the sweetest, cutest, best dressed, most beautiful long haired girl! She reminds me so much of my little sister Abby. (no wonder they're such good friends)

Hippity Hop Hop

Easter was a lot of fun this year, it just gets more fun the older Paityn gets. It came so early this year, I felt like I had to keep informing Paityn about the Easter Bunny and tell her stories about him. Which by the way I still stand by my words that I saw him sitting in my living room. (Erin..it's true!) I didn't even get a picture of the girls in their dresses, that's what happens when you have 9 am church I guess. Well, just know that they were dang cute-I'll catch them in their dresses some other time. Hope you all had a Happy Easter!!

We had a lot of fun cOlOrInG eAsTeR eGgS Friday with Danny, Nancy, Zack, Mike & Andrea. Then Saturday with Steve, Meghan, Kanyon, and Scarlett. It really helped us get into the Easter spirit! Then we had a great time spending time with our fAmIlY on Sunday. The cousins had a BLAST! It's always fun getting together. Thanks for such a fun day!

Here's to the next few months!

Well, this is my new "home" away from home for the next few months. St. George has been pleasantly warm these past couple weeks. As you can see from the pic, this is my jobsite. Its a small project, just under $2M, but it should be an interesting "retrofit" and building addition. We're adding a parts room on the west side direclty in the middle where the white truck is, and also a crane bay on the north end of the building which is the side where the block retaining wall is.

We will be removing all the existing asphalt and re-paving their lot, and installing a 300+ block retaining wall as well. Things have been going well so far and its been a nice change of pace for me in terms of work.

Our family has visited the park several times and enjoys spending time with Kristie's family. It was fun having Myles, Chief and his friends come visit this past weekend. I even put a few bucks on black (one lousy bet of $10 bucks in 2 hours). Thanks for the good times had by all. Go Cougs tomorrow! Peace out.

Dev

Sunny St. George

For the next little while, we're going to be spending a lot of time in St. George while Devin works on a job down here. We've really been enjoying this sunny, spring weather until Paityn got sick the other day. It was such a pretty day yesterday, but we spent the whole day laying in bed with the flu. So sad when your kids get sick. I've never seen her so sick before, I don't think she stood up for longer than a minute at a time. She's doing much better today. It's almost like taking a happy pill every time you walk outside....just love the SUN!!

Devin, Alex, Paityn & Ben

Presley sitting in the bumbo...thanks Christie!! (isn't she getting so chubby?)

Poor Paityn not feeling good. She just moved from chair to chair.

Paityn is so proud of this picture she took all by herself of Presley...good shot Paity!

Tag #1

A little about me.
What time did you get up this morning? I got up at 4:30 to feed Presley, then 7:30 to feed her again.
What was the last film you saw at the cinema? It's been awhile...we really need to get out and see some.
What is your favorite TV show? The Biggest Looser first, but used to be The Office before the writters strike.
What do you usually have for breakfast? I usually make Paityn eggs, bacon, toast, then I take a few bites here and there. I'm not a big breakfast person.
What food do you dislike? For sure Seafood!!!
What is your favorite CD at the moment? I just love a ton of different songs...I like Yael Naim.
What kind of car do you drive? A Nissan Murano
Favorite Sandwich? Turkey Avocado
Favorite item of clothing? A good pair of jeans
If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Somewhere sunny with some nice beaches
Favorite Brand of clothing? I really like Free People
Where would you retire to? Somewhere close to family and friends. Oh and a nice vacation spot to stay when it got cold.
What is your most recent memorable birthday? I don't know, I've liked all my birthdays....my friends and my mom threw me a really fun 16th birthday with lots of people.
Favorite sport to watch? Football. I always loved going with my dad to the Utah Football games and now enjoy going with Devin to the BYU games. I just love the atmosphere...it makes me want to eat a hot dog! :)
When is your birthday? August 19
Are you a morning person or a night person? Probably a night person..I get more stuff done.
What is your shoe size? 8
Pets? No, but I love animals and would love a dog someday when I'm done having kids.....Devin, hint hint!
Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Hmmm..not that I know of.
What did you want to be when you were little? An interior designer
How are you today? Really good, no make-up on or anything.
What is your favorite candy? Anything chocolate....Symphony bars especially
What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? There's always lots of little fun things coming up, but I'm not looking forward to April 22 when my bro leaves.
What are you listening to right now? Paityn singing karaoke to "Don't Go Break'n my Heart".
What is the last thing you ate? A M&M
Do you wish on stars? Yes, but not lately, I really should.
If you were a crayon, what color would you be? a light blue, like a robin's egg
How is the weather right now? It looks nice, but is really chilly.
Last Person you spoke to on the phone? My mom, but Meghan in person. :)
Favorite Soft Drink? Dr. Pepper, with a lime. Enough said.
Favorite Restaurant? Lots. I really just love going to new restaurants.
Hair color? Blonde
What was your favorite toy as a child? Barbies, dolls, girly things.
Hugs or kisses? Hugs from anyone, and kisses from a few people....dev, paityn & presley
Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate
When was the last time you cried? Not sure.
What is under your bed? nothing
What did you do last night? I went to a YW Ettiquette Dinner and Devin & Paityn went to the BYU basketball game. (Mike & Andrea watched Presley...thank you!)
What are you a afraid of? Something bad happening to someone I love.
Salty or sweet? Sweet
Favorite day of the week? I really enjoy Sundays....nice and relaxing
How many towns have you lived in? 5....Kearns, Centerville, Provo, Springville, Hawaii.
Do you make friends easily? I hope so...I love all of my friends!

I Tag...everyone who hasn't done this tag yet on their blog. :)

Best "Gay"cation Ever!!

As you can see, my life partner and I really enjoyed our gaycation get-away!

This is one of many poses we did for cameras all in fun to make our group laugh every day all day long. We really played this up at the formal dinners and activities.

We had a great photo at one of our best dress formal nights, but Myles and I were too cheap to pay for that picture. It was seriously funny.

There was even one LDS couple that said to us after seeing Myles' BYU shirt as we sat down by them on a ferry boat, that they thought we were gay. They were a little older, and Myles and I felt like saying to them, "well we were really worried about you guys dying on this trip since you look so old, geezers"! j/k

The cruise was sweet; we ate a ton, snorkeled, relaxed on the beach, ate some more (over 30 pieces of pizza Sabarro's Pizza size), performed on the Princess Pop Star Idol performance and won, and napped. Glad to be back now and able to eat Del Taco every day. Peace out.

Devin