Category: Journal

The ward would have these morning picnics every year at Mount Airy. As kids we would come early to help dad reserve the shelter. We would get up and be there at the crack of dawn and just play and build fires. Our feet would get all wet from the dew but we thought it…

I haven’t wrighten in my journal for a few days cause I was to buys. I just got done reading a book called, “The kid who only hit homers. I have to do a reserch report and I’m doing it on Africa. I almost wrote volcanoes cause I did another report on volcanoes. I found…

Today is Sunday, April 22, 1990. I slept in this morning because we didn’t have church until one. I woke up at about seven and stayed in bed till 930. We finally had classes in church, we haven’t had them because our building has been redecorated so we go to the Stake Center. The reds…

Today is Saturday, April 21, 1990. When I got up in the morning I was ready to watch cartoons. We, as my brothers and sisters, watched one show, then had to eat. When I was done eating, I got ready to go watch some more TV. When we had to get dressed, then had to…

Mom and dad said I loved playing basketball for the school team. I was always around church basketball with dad when I was a kid, so really wanted to play basketball and enjoyed doing it. It was probably my idea – I came home and wanted to play it. This was different than baseball –…

Dad remembers that we filled up the basement with people (probably because dad was just the bishop). The chapel was packed. Mom and dad said it was like a wedding reception there were so many people. Dad’s family would come to these, so there was a lot of pressure for mom and dad to make…