Some Pictures of Kylie

Kylie's First Experience With Tennis

We decided to start a new family hobby: tennis. With the Florida weather, we figure it will be a great physical activity to do year-round and a great family activity. Kylie had a blast. She ran around everywhere, and she was dripping sweat when all was said and done. Lacie had never played before; but being so very athletic, she picked it right up. All in all, we had a great time.

Kylie is 3 Years Old!!

I can't believe that Kylie is 3 years old. As you might expect, for those of you who know Kylie, we had to sing to her and let her blow out the candles five times. I'm uploading a picture of her blowing out a candle on a cupcake. She started with a full-sized cake with lots of candles, but we got tired of relighting all the candles, so we downgraded to a cupcake so we could sing to her more quickly each time.

She was completely spoiled--mostly because she has a 'nanna' that has only three grandchildren, and therefore, goes out of her way to spoil each one. We tried to buy some toys that were more educational in nature than what we have purchased in the past: interlocking squares that have the letters and numbers on them, ABC magnets, and a stacking toy that teaches shapes and colors; but of course, the highlight for her was the 4 dresses she received and the Dora lunchbox--she slips it over her arm likes its a purse. Kylie is a true girly girl. She loves the new dresses! She wants to wear a dress at all times, even to bed. She makes Lacie and me dance with her almost on a daily basis while she sings "I know you. I walked with you once upon a dream" from Sleeping Beauty.

Mid-Summer Recap: Gun Fights and Gringos

Well, I have been a complete slacker so far this summer; but after being chastised by a certain sister-in-law, I decided to give an update of the summer thus far. We spent the first half of the summer in Tucson. While we were there, we went to Tombstone--I couldn't resist since I love the movie--and saw a reenactment of the OK corral shootout. We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly--at least I did and Kylie did when the shooting started--and the actor that played Doc Holliday played the part nearly perfectly.

Virgil and Morgan Earp

The Shootout.

While in Tucson, Lacie and Callie (Kyle's Fiance at the time, now wife) decide we should drive to Mexico to Puerto Penasco and hit the beach, so we did. This has been the year of beaches for us; we have now been to South Miami Beach, Ft. Lauderdale Beach, Vanderbilt Beach (Naples, FL), and Rocky Point in Mexico. We had a great time. There were no waves and we were able to just sit in the water and relax. The water, by the way, was roughly 85 degrees--you can imagine how bad that sucked. The best part, however, was that we paid five bucks and went on a banana-boat ride. We knew Kylie would get scared, so we all yelled "whooo" the entire time, so she would understand that it was meant to be fun. Sure enough, with a horrified look on her face, she yelled along with us "whooo" and "yaaaay" and tried to have fun.

New Member, New Friend: James Gahn

Most of the guys that work for Pinnacle are of course members of the church; most are returned missionaries, so I was a little surprised a few weeks ago when driving a new sales rep home from the airport to find out he was not LDS. He was, however, familiar with the church, having worked for the last two summers in sales offices that were predominantly comprised of LDS guys.

I naturally invited this new rep, James Gahn, to go to church with the single guys. The other guys in the office took him to church, set up the missionary discussions, and tutored him through the process. I was surprised and honored when he asked me to baptize him. He is a great young man, and I'm happy for him and the decision he has made.

I am also greatly impressed with all the guys in the office; they have been a great support to James as he has studied the gospel. At each discussion James had with the elders, there were at least five other guys there. I have been very moved to observe this conversion process touch James' life and to see the power of influence the other men of the office have had by virtue of their willingness to love and accept James and by virtue of their righteous examples. The service was great; all of the assignments for prayers, talks, confirmation, and even playing the piano were filled by the guys in our sales office. The meeting went very well; the spirit was strong. It is indeed a marvelous work and a wonder, and I reflected on what an opportunity we have to do missionary work as Pinnacle grows and hires more and more people who are not LDS.

After the baptismal service, two other young men that recently came to us, who are also not yet LDS, asked for copies of the Book of Mormon. My hope is that they too will accept the invitation to meet with the elders and change their lives for the better.

Miami Heat Game

We did an incentive for our office to go to the Miami Heat/Boston Celtics game. It wasn't much of a game, but we had great seats, giving us the chance to see Dwayne Wade, Kevin Garnett and others up close and personal.

Pray for Marriage--Please Read!

Hey everyone, March 1st will be a day of prayer for all persons wanting to protect the sacred nature of marriage. This is because the California Supreme Court may overrule the will of the people and overturn the proposition 8 vote. Click here to read the letter sent to me from Ron Prentice, president of Protect Marriage. If you care, please support this with prayer and fasting. Thanks.