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It was a happy coincidence that my mom’s birthday happened to be near Easter weekend. We started our trip with a visit to Temple Square. Mom gave us a tour of the Church History Museum where she volunteers as a docent and we saw the International Art Competition at the Conference Center. On Saturday the boys enjoyed the Fruit Heights City Easter egg hunt, a party with my cousins, and another hunt at the house. The Easter Bunny arrived after church the next day and left his famous trail of M&Ms for the boys to follow. They were happy to find a full basket at the end of the trail! Chris and I were honored to make Easter dinner on Sunday. We went with a Mediterranean theme and served roast lamb with tzatziti sauce, pitas and hummus, souvlaki, roast pears, and a salad. Chris did a great job with the meat and everyone enjoyed the meal! We had a great time playing with my family. As soon as we arrived at my parent’s house, Davin started talking about mini golfing with Grandpa. We had a ...

I asked my mom what she wanted for her 50th birthday and she replied: “my grandsons!” I sighed and told her some reason why we wouldn’t be there for her birthday while I giggled inside, knowing that she would get her wish. The trick would be keeping it a secret from Mom; we bought our tickets at Christmas, so we had months to wait for our visit. The list of people “in the know” was very short. The trick to a surprise is that the fewer lies you have to tell, the more believable it will be, and the fewer people lying, the better the surprise. Tiff bought a ticket as well and we choreographed our arrival so that our planes landed within minutes. Dad picked us up from the airport and we went to the Gateway Mall in downtown SLC. Dad told Mom that he had an idea for her birthday and he wanted her to meet him at the mall so that he could show her the gift and take her our to lunch, to which she happily complied. While Dad went to meet Mom at the Verizon store on the other side of the mall, we...

A few weeks ago, I was sitting in our ENT doctor’s lobby, waiting for Rowan to come out of surgery. He was having tubes put in his ears and it was apparent that I was not the only parent that day having the procedure done. I kept listening to other ENTs dressed in scrubs, telling their patient’s parents that the child was fine, “the fluid just oozed out of his ear for a long time, there was a lot of it. He’ll feel much better after this procedure. Your child should wake up soon.” It wasn’t long until my ENT came out of surgery to inform me of Rowan’s condition. “The procedure went well, he should be awake soon.” Probing him for the gory details, I asked: “Was there a lot of fluid?” “No, not too much. The audiologist will be out soon to discuss the results of her exam with you.” He smiled, leaving me feeling concerned that we had just put Rowan through a needless procedure. The audiologist soon followed and asked that I follow her into a smaller consultation room off of the main lobby. ...

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