17. Aug 2008 
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Do you know what the Olympics and Redmesa have in common? Didn’t think you did.
I’ve been tuning in each night this week to the prime time broadcasts of the Olympics. I have seen a lot of beach volleyball, swimming, gymnastics, and a little bit of fencing, archery, cycling, water polo, and running, the latter just […]
10. Aug 2008 
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This handsome couple is Swen Olof (b. 1867 Sweden, d. 1953 Provo, UT) and Erika Peterson Anderson (b. 1870 Sweden, d. 1959 Logan, UT), Brent’s maternal grandparents. Last Saturday a reunion of their descendants was held on the site of their home in Pleasant Grove, UT, now a Boy Scout park. Several cousins from Sweden […]
02. Aug 2008 5 comments
This week I made one of my piano students cry. He was upset because he had prepared well for his lesson, and now here I was making corrections. I praised him for all the good things that he was doing: playing correct notes, good pedaling, etc., but all he heard was that he wasn’t good […]
27. Jul 2008 6 comments
I’ve been contemplating last week’s Sunday School lesson on the Anti-Nephi-Lehies. After these formerly wicked (i.e. they had delighted in murder) Lamanites converted to the gospel of Christ, they laid down their “weapons of rebellion”. As a testimony of the covenants they had made they buried all their swords, hatchets, tomahawks, knives, dart guns and […]
21. Jul 2008 10 comments
Keri and her bunch have been here visiting for the past couple of weeks so there have been more picture opportunities than usual. Plus a few that I hadn’t previously posted. The one above, of Keri and Joshua nose to nose, is one of my favorites. It may get picture of the year for 2008, […]
14. Jul 2008 10 comments
Thank you, Fort Collins, for 25 years! We moved here in June 1983. We’ve lived in 6 houses, 3 that were rented and 3 we’ve owned. We’ve lived in the last one for 14 years. When we came Colin was yet to be born and our youngest three children looked like this:
Keri was in 8th […]
06. Jul 2008 8 comments
(camp collaborative painting)
This was year two for DPAC (Durango Arts Center Performing Arts Camp) and my second year to attend as camp accompanist. Camp this year did not disappoint. All the good things were still there plus refinements and new classes and great expectations. There was even a waiting list to get into camp. If […]
01. Jul 2008 6 comments
One of the best things about a vacation, even a working vacation like I just had, is the change of scenery that allows for a new perspective on things. At least, that is one of the biggest benefits to me. Having just spent 2 weeks in the Redmesa/Hesperus/Durango area attending DPAC and the rush week […]
21. Jun 2008 7 comments
Suggestions for my 100th weekly post (yeah for me, I haven’t missed a week!) have included 100 Things About Me, 100 Things I Like, 100 Blessings. But my choice is to list:
100 Things You’ll Never Hear Me Say
1. Please leave your dirty dishes in the sink. They look lovely there.
2. I hate shopping.
3. You know […]
14. Jun 2008 7 comments
Brent used to talk to the kids about being each other’s cheerleader, rooting for others to do well, complimenting accomplishments, avoiding jealousy, “every man seeking the interest of his neighbor” (D&C 82:19) I have a friend who is the epitome of that sort of cheerleader. I wish I could be more like her.
Her name […]