The Perfect White Elephant Gift

I tried—unsuccessfully—to give Spencer's U flag away at my BYU work party. Oh how my colleagues vied. In the end, Spencer was a baby and I had to wrangle the thing back for him. Heaven help us if it had been a BSU flag.

The Truth about Hot Dogs

Spencer spent half his day yesterday shoveling—with a snow shovel—800 pounds of beef into vats at the LDS welfare meat-packing plant. The meat is ground up and then mixed, one squirt of lean meat for every two squirts of meat of unknown origin, in another machine. The liquid-state meat is then funneled into a plastic tube, where segments are strung up to create Oscar Meyer Weiners. Unfortunately, Spencer had a gas-station hot dog before he went in to volunteer. Not the best choice.

YW Round Two

To Coco's ultimate pleasure, I just got called to be in Young Womens again. Which means another round at Camp Mia Shalom. For all those who witnessed or heard about camp last year, rest assured that this time, I'll leave my Chacos at home.

Conehead

My brother coaches his daughter's soccer team. It's about time I got out to California to see that girl play.

Word to the Wise

Do not see a Warren Miller film if you did not purchase season passes.