Today’s history question: Was there one moment when you felt that your parents and siblings accepted your mate as a family member? My family is pretty accepting. They’ve always thought me a bit odd so when they found out about Katrina and I, I think they considered us a “Happy They Found Each Other” couple. Sweet, right? We were both 18 when we met and just a few months after meeting and falling head over heels for each other, I had to move back to Connecticut to save money for my mission. I think my family really knew we were …

This one’s funny. Who did you go to prom with? What did you wear? Did you dance much? I was uber-popular in high school. Did I say uber-popular? I meant UNpopular. I didn’t go to the prom at all. As it turns out, neither did my wife. Maybe we would have gone together if we hand’t been 2000 miles apart. In high school, I was a bit of a loser. Not a total loser, but a bit of one. I had my friends and I usually had a girlfriend but most of the time I was dating a member of …

These questions my parents gave me are sometimes quite funny. I’m three weeks behind right now (life’s been busy) so I’m trying to catch up. My wife, Katrina, looked through the jar o’ questions to find which ones were short and easy. Today’s question: What is your mate’s name? Katrina. Sweet! Done deal. Well, I spose I should elaborate somewhat. I’m one of those lucky guys that marries the girl that everyone likes and wants to hang out with. Katrina makes friends easily because she’s very open and unassuming. She doesn’t judge people – almost ever. It’s an attribute that …

I’ve been wanting to compare what each of my kids look like at the same ages through the years so, with General Conference on the tube, I decided to hop into Photoshop and line all the kids up. The images below are all either on or within a couple of weeks of their birthdays. Kind of neat to see the resemblances.