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A nice time of year
 Last week part of the Tueller clan got together to celebrate Uncle Matt's birthday (the US ambassador to Yemen). Aunt Diane and Uncle Lant organized a fun around-Provo high tech treasure hunt. The...
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A little bit of luck
One morning a few weeks ago, Marie took our van in to our local tire shop (Johnson's Tires) to get the brakes checked. While waiting she signed up Joel and Will for a drawing sponsored by the Tire Pros...
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Sand dunes and hot springs
Last Friday/Saturday Joel and the rest of the scouts in the ward headed out to the Little Sahara sand dunes--1 1/2 hours southwest of Springville. In all my years in Utah, I have never been to the...
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October's end
Sarah carved a sad pumpkin. Joel had me carve (his was a very hard pumpkin) a cyclops and Will had me carve a scary pumpkin with a forehead scar. Will carved the Hi. Joel and Sarah's pumpkins were from...
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Hiking the Y with Will
 https://admissions.byu.edu/sites/admissions.byu.edu/files/images/10%20great%20things-6.jpgIn September I thought that since I no longer had the Wednesday night responsibilities of a bishop or a Young...
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Grandpa Emmett's Curry
In 1910 (maybe 1911) my grandfather Henry Roland Emmett began serving a three year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan. After about 18 months of missionary service he...
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Grandma Jean's 85th Birthday
This afternoon most of the Utah members of the Blaine and Jean Marie Tueller clan gathered in Lehi to celebrate Jean Marie's 85th birthday. Surprise guest was her daughter Martha who flew up from...
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The Mikado
Sarah here! My father was struggling with the complicated Mikado story line and asked me for assistance with his precious blog. How could I possibly turn down the opportunity to write for such a...
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The Worth of Walls
Walls have always been the standard fare for protection along the narrow land bridge called Canaan/Palestine/Israel. Often they kept invaders at bay. At other times walls were of little worth. King...
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The Setting and Story of Christmas
Luke 1: 5¶There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they...
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Shadow Puppet Nativity
One unique Indonesia art form is the shadow puppet play. Intricate puppets cut out of leather are danced around behind a white screen reenacting scenes from Hindu epic tales like the Ramayana. I...
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December Doings
An abnormally warm and dry first few weeks of December allowed me to finish up winterizing and spring prepping our yard. Since we will not be here in the early spring to prune trees I pruned all of the...
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Semester at Sea: Bon Voyage
A few years ago the geography department at BYU scheduled a "sabbatical" for me for one semester during the 2014-1015 year. I started to inquire about the possibilities of going back to the BYU...
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San Diego to Ensenada
After a full day of orientation for Chad and city shopping, downloading (movies for Will) Â and exploring (Sarah and Joel took a tour of the USS Midway aircraft carrier), we finally set sail at 23:00....
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Between Ensenada and Hilo
Sunday January 11, 2015Today was our fourth day at sea with the students. Looking back on it now, it all seems like a blur. We sailed from Ensenada on Wednesday evening. Thursday was a day of...
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Hawaii
We pulled in to the Hilo harbor as the sun rose on Wednesday January 14th. Us five and most of the students were up early to watch it all happen. We were even able to see quite a few whales scratch the...
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Learning at Sea
For the kids, learning takes place between 9:00 and 11:15 in the main dining hall. There the two dozen kids on board gather with a parent/care-giver (it is required by SAS that all children had an...
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The Big Pacific
This is the first time I have ever sailed the seas. The farthest I have ever sailed before have been on ferries in channels and bays from the Netherlands to England (with my high school orchestra) and...
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Arrival in Kobe
Wednesday we spent the day slowly sailing from Yokohama to Kobe. There were strong cold winds from the northwest all day. Most of the passengers opted to travel overland--that meant no classes to...
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