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Spring Break
Last week was spring break for the children. My last day of classes was Wednesday so on Thursday we headed out for a four day vacation. First stop was Lehman Caves at Great Basin National Park just...
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Promoting World Peace in Washington DC
On Wednesday April 25th (Dad's birthday) I caught the 8:15 am Frontier Airline fight out of the Provo Utah airport. This once a day Provo to Denver flight is the only commercial flight in and out of...
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Not your typical Mother's Day talk
Sacrament Meeting Talk (Spring Creek 18th Ward) on Mother's Day May13, 2012Last Thursday I drove to Logan to spend time with my mother on her 85thbirthday. I am so grateful for her long life of love...
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May days
After many hours and various attempts to try and dig, cut, and pull out the globe willow stump, we finally gave in and hired someone to come in with a stump grinder. Wow, it was chewed up in no time....
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Splash Mountain
All part of a very enjoyable day (May 2012). Will can hardly wait to go back for more. April 2009
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California Adventure
This blog post is dedicated to our parents who instilled within us a love of travel--either every 3-4 years to a new foreign posting or every summer in a motor home or station wagon to some new place...
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Baseball Will
Will played Coach Pitch baseball during the month of June. He got some good hits out of the infield. and even caught one fly ball. Cute Sarah with her summer haircut.
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Saturday in Jakarta
 Saturday August 11th (Sarah's birthday) was a great day in Jakarta. Here is the early morning view from my 46th floor hotel room. Most days in Jakarta are spent interviewing people for my book on the...
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Jalan-jalan di Indonesia
Jalan means road, jalan-jalan means to go for a walk or to travel. For the past 12 years I have on and off been gathering information for a book I am writing about the history of the LDS Church in...
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Muslims and Mormons worshipping in Solo
Today was the first day of Idul Fitri (Eid al-Fitr)--the two day celebration at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan for Muslims world wide. Last night in Solo they celebrated by shooting off...
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Mt. Merapi and Borobudur
Monday in Indonesia was the second day of the Idul Fitri holiday. Since most people were spending the day with families, I opted to do some course prep instead of research. Bishop Catur of the Solo 2nd...
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Back to School
 Sarah turns 14Joel starts 6th grade and Will starts 2nd gradeNotice Will's styling shoe laces.Sarah starts 9th grade (thanks to Marie for the above photos and Joel for the camera--I'm sad to have...
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BYU Football
Last Saturday we all went to the BYU-Weber State football game at 1:00 in LaVell Edwards Stadium.We all enjoyed watching second cousin Riley Nelson (son of Marie's cousin Joni Tueller Nelson) play at...
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Joel for President
A few weeks ago Joel decided that he wanted to run for student council at Brookside Elementary. To apply he had to write a 250 word essay (which was completed after many uses of the word count tool)...
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Brigham City Utah LDS Temple Open House
Yesterday we took the kids out of school early and headed north to Brigham City for the open house of the new Brigham City LDS temple. Our guest of honor was my mother Norda Agnes Fife Emmett who grew...
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56th birthday, born in 1956
I was born 56 years ago today in 1956 at Holy Cross Hospital (a Catholic hospital) in Salt Lake City. The attending physician was Hank Theurer from Richmond, Utah who was a friend of my dad's older...
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Fall
 Provo CanyonGrape Harvest Will eying it up...Then in for a goal. Will and his friend Trent each usually score about three goals a game. Sarah running cross-country for Springville Jr. High. She is a...
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Deacon Joel and his 12th birthday
Today Joel was ordained a Deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Before going to his interview with our bishop, I showed Joel what his priesthood line of...
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Sarah in Thoroughly Modern Millie
 This year the Springville Jr. High musical was the junior version (shorter but with all the good songs) of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Here Millie arrives in NYC from Kansas with the intent to marry her...
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