This year I was invited to attend the AP reading in Cincinnati, Ohio.  More than 1,000 Spanish teachers from around the country and I...

I had Phil, Danielle, Carl, and Maggie over for dinner last week.  This was the first time I'd invited Maggie over for dinner.  She asked...

A week and a half ago I woke up at 6:00 am to the sound of a new email on my phone.  I rolled over and groggily read the email that said...

When I moved back into my house last August one of the first things my roommate Rick asked me was when I'd be moving out.  This didn't...

Ten years ago today I woke up feeling nervous and excited at the mission offices of the Mexico Chihuahua Mission.  The previous day I had...

Last week all the group fitness classes at the U of A rec center were free.  Phil was pumped about this and invited me to go to a class...

I spent the summer of 2008 doing an internship in Mexico. I'd get home from work very tired just wanting to veg out and watch TV....

LeAnne and I.  Isn't she a knockout?I could tell story after story of people who have shared my burdens and let me talk about my...

I just want to thank everyone who took the time to send me comments yesterday.  I had a wonderful time reading them.  I especially...

That Your Burdens May Be Light My cell phone rang. "Do you want to go for a walk tonight?" Both relieved and surprised by this invitation...

I went to the Cafe Rio here in Washington with my brother Jay and his wife Audrey on Tuesday. They had never been before which blew me...

Update: Since my last post I got a new job!  I'm going to be a TA for a cinema class.  It's a general education class and a good friend...

Two days ago I got a phone call from the Spanish department informing me that because of low enrollment I hadn't been assigned any...

Yesterday at age 30 I walked into a sorority house for the first time.  On Tuesday after class one of my students approached me and said,...

This is what hanging out with fun Laura is like.  On Saturday we decided to get dinner together and I said we should get Vietnamese food...

On Saturday, May 10th I showered and got dressed at my house in Arizona knowing that I wouldn't change my clothes or shower again until...

On Friday I took a solo road trip to El Paso to visit some friends from my mission.  The plan was to spend the night in El Paso at...

In November 2010 I applied to spend summer of 2011 working for a non-profit in El Salvador.  To make a long story very short, I was...

I turned 30 earlier this month and to celebrate I went to Disneyland for the weekend with my mom, brother, sister, and sister-in-law....