Thanks for the Emerys

I started a project at work to identify and rank the top BYU basketball fan signs over the course of the season. Our interns did the brunt of it, but I covered the last game, Saturday, vs. Wyoming. A couple worth sharing:

Jimmer, Pick Your Rafter

We'll Never Fredette

1 if by land, 2 if by sea, three if by Jimmer

Whoosh, Cecil!

Jimmer, our dad has a man crush on you!

Jimmer for Heisman!

Jimmer is where the heart is.


I'll share the link to the video when it's posted.

15 Days, and a Raffle

Niels gets home in 15 days. To preempt his return, I propose a raffle: the person who comes closest to guessing how many people he has baptized without going over gets his iPod (must claim prize before March 16). My guess: 23.

A Solid Gold Bowling PIn!

It went home with Dave, reigning Rogers bowling champion. Spencer's 200 didn't show up.

We had a great holiday weekend with Spencer's parents and McK and Shea. Also, for the record, one does not find babysitters at a wedding. :)

Just 3, but Already Working on His Hook Shot

How precious is that Jimmer jersey? He must have an aunt who works at BYU. :)

Speaking of, we were at the Marriott Center tonight to see Mr. Fredette hit his 90th tre for the season.

Wintry Issue

I love the cover of our winter issue, which came back from the press weeks ago (I'm late in sharing).

For T-Mo, I wrote only the story on p. 14, and you can watch the accompanying video here. I also own all the quotes from the cheesy BYUSA couple story and the line about beetles as big as a fun-size Snickers, thank you very much (that was for you, Coco).

If you read nothing else, read the Carl Bloch feature by my friend Mr. Nathan Waite, who I was an intern with, beginning on p. 34.

Making Gaylen Proud

Yes, it's only accounting 200. But I can be proud.

I get to take classes for free at BYU, and while adding 3–6 credits to a 40-hour work week can make me a little crazy, I feel guilty when I don't take advantage of this benefit. For the first couple years, I took rock climbing, etc.—all those really enlarging classes. I should have been chipping away at a master's degree. Trouble is, I change my mind all the time on what I would hypothetically want to get a master's in. The latest idea is an MPA—though, in addition to sociology, it's stats and econ and accounting heavy. Thus my recent foray into the econ and accounting. And while I may never get that MPA, it's good to try new things, and it's good for building business acumen.

Oh, and I'm taking ballet again—and I still fit into my old tights and shoes. Can't decide whether it's good or bad that I've hardly grown since I was 14. Vertically, bad; horizontally, good.

Chocolate? Roses? Pfff

Happy Valentine's Day from Spencer.





So talented. As a kid he could complete a dominoes train going up stairs.