Mission Call

My little brother Garrett received his call today to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! Melissa and Nate came over to our apartment to join in on watching over webcam while Jason and Cassie listened over their phones.

Garrett will be teaching and serving the people in the Charlotte, North Carolina mission. He reports to the MTC (Missionary Training Center) on December 2nd.


It was wonderful to see how excited Garrett was to be officially called as a missionary. He will make an amazing missionary. I know that what he has to share with the people of NC will bring so much joy into their lives.

I want Garrett to know that I know that Joseph Smith truly talked with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and under their direction restored Their church. President Thomas S. Monson is the prophet the Lord has called to lead us today. Jesus Christ lived and died for us and lives again. As we live His commandments and exercise faith in Christ we will be truly happy and be able to return to live with Him and our families forever. The Gospel is such good news!

Thank you for being such an amazing little brother and example to me Garrett. I love you so much!

Battle Wound

This morning Zach got into a fight with this saucepan and sadly the saucepan won.


It all started with Zach going to play with the pans as usual. The next thing I know there's a loud clang and Zach started screaming. I went to comfort him and found that his big toe was bleeding heavily and his toenail was barely hanging on. I had no idea what to do and blood was getting on everything. It was scary. After slowing the stream and calming Zach down with fruit roll-up stickers, I carried Zach to urgent care because I wanted to make sure it got bandaged up right.

Ten minutes of trying to get a 13 month old to soak his foot in some solution stuff (that ended up everywhere), lots of gauze used in vain attempts to stop the bleeding, jelly foam stuff that did more to stop the bleeding, and lots more gauze later, Zach had a massive bandage on his toe disguised to look like a sock.


It turns out that the pan sliced through Zach's toenail a little down from the tip and at the base so he'll lose the nail. Good news is it should grow back alright. Thankfully Zach's toe didn't seem to bother him since we left the doctor. He's been busy running around, climbing on, and getting into everything.

Look Alikes

Apparently I look like a cartoon character.

When I was in middle school someone told me I reminded them of a Precious Moments character.
When the movie The Incredibles came out some family friends told me that the character Violet reminded them of me.

When the movie got the to dollar theater some friends and I dressed up as characters and I was Violet. That brought on many more comments of similarity.


I hadn't thought much of the cartoon character theme until a few weeks ago a person I met told me that I looked like Coraline from the movie Coraline. Luckily they assured me that I wasn't creepy like the movie. (If you haven't seen it it's kinda fun and very creepy).


I randomly had the same hairstyle in this picture.


Do you ever get compared to famous people...or characters?

Petition Against the New Health Care Plan

The health care plan that Obama is trying to push through Congress scares me. I like the accessibility to doctors and specialists that we have now and the country doesn't have money to support such a plan. It's true that our system isn't perfect but I strongly feel that this isn't the answer.

Here's a link to a petition that will be presented to Congress. It's one of the more legitimate petitions I've seen and is put on by the National Center for Policy Analysis. Please visit the site and add your name if you agree that the plan isn't in our country's best interest. It takes only a few seconds.

If the link doesn't work the web address is: http://www.freeourhealthcarenow.com/form.php.