Well, hello. I haven't talked to you for a long time. I'll bet you weren't expecting to read anything from me since it's been so long since I had anything to say!

There's too much, of course, to say in one posting, so I'll leave a lot of stuff out. The business has been terribly busy. Fortunately, I seem to making some necessary progress toward becoming a manager.

Summer is upon us, so the yard and garden are becoming fixtures in our routines. A 6-foot vinyl privacy fence is due to be installed on the east and west sides of our house separating the front and back yards so the kids can play out back with more safely. That should finally happen at the end of this week or early next week.

Temple stuff

Christine and I went to two temple sealings last weekend. It was the first time I'd been in a temple in years - probably about seven years. It was cool. I renewed my temple recommend a couple months ago and was looking forward to using it or needing it.

Friday, the 20th, was Christine's brother Jay's wedding to his fiancé Jenniann at the Salt Lake Temple which was followed by a wedding dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Jenniann's family seems very nice.

While at Temple Square, my brother-in-law (and occassional co-Linux-guru) Adam took a handful of pictures of Christine and I.

Sitting by the reflecting pool

Power supply tester. Don't leave home without it.

Adam had ordered an extra power supply tester for me and gave it to me the day of the wedding. It gave me a chance to pose with some geeky hardware.

Saturday, Christine, the kids, and I went to Logan for the temple sealing of my neice Alyssa Peterson to her husband Matt and their son Parker.

The temple ceremony on Saturday was leaps and bounds more touching than the one the day before. This was partly because of Gary Clawson -- the sealer who conducted the ceremony. Christine observed that might also have been because the ceremony represented them reaching a sought-after goal (getting sealed in the temple) versus a new beginning (like Jay and Jenniann's wedding).

After the Peterson sealing, we joined other family members at The Coppermill for lunch. Then we went to Christine's grandparents' house in Hyrum and visited with them for a while before heading home.