For six months or so The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has engaged in a media campaign in our area to help non-members understand a bit more about its beliefs. We have benefited from increased media attention focused on the Church. We have discussed in our classes and quorums how we can better […]

I listened to a few NPR Fresh Air podcasts during our travel to and from Philadelphia. One of them focused on Shalom Auslander and his book, Foreskin’s Lament. Basically, this guy grew up near where I went to high school, in upstate New York, in a town nestled in the Catskill Mountains (that’s where my […]

Tonight we took the five hour flight (more like six if you count the hour we sat on the runway in Philadelphia) back to Vegas. I enjoyed the three-day conference and Vickey enjoyed the five-day getaway. (Keep in mind I also represented Las Vegas in the national assembly before the conference, so it was actually […]

This morning at the PRSA conference we heard from Meet the Press moderator, Tim Russert. I was impressed with his forthright analysis of America’s political situation. He had some good thoughts on the 15 or so candidates running for president. He didn’t endorse any one of them but talked about the four or five of […]

Today, for the opening session of the 60th annual PRSA conference, we heard from actor and activist Mia Farrow. I’ll admit, I didn’t give the fact she was scheduled as the opening keynote speaker much thought in advance. Now, however, after hearing her speak about the genocide in Darfur for an hour, I feel humbled, […]

This morning Vickey and I boarded a Southwest Airlines flight for Philadelphia. I’ve got a Public Relations Society of America conference to attend this weekend and she’s coming along to help spread the word about Codella Marketing’s new online newsroom solution, NewsCactus. Our morning was a bit harried, waking only two hours before our flight […]

We’ve had a string of visitors this week, Vickey’s sister-in-law and her two girls, and Vickey’s parents. We had fun together and even spent all of Friday night out on the town touring the Strip, something we haven’t done for a long time (and now I remember why). Yesterday was the BYU vs. UNLV football […]

Vickey posed the kids this week with the gourds she bought at the grocery store. We always know it’s fall when we have a bowl full of gourds in the house.

Yesterday was picture day for Eliana at school. Vickey must have been in the photo taking mood because while Ellie was at school she threw caution to the wind and decided to take Dominic to get his two year-old photos at her favorite studio, Portrait Innovations. Here are the results of Dominic’s glamour shot. I’m […]