I'm Back

Hi all,
I am back.  I am excited to be writing again.  I will try to post twice a week.  I have been thinking about life quite a bit lately.  My beautiful wife recently passed her one year mark of being cancer free.  The whole experience was very surreal.  I never imagined I would hear the words you have cancer.  I know that is a very naive thought to have, nevertheless it was a surprise to me that she was sick.

I have not written my feelings until now.  I think the first feeling I had was surprise.  I know I felt some fear, especially when the Surgeon wanted to do her biopsy the same day as the consultation.  I remember I met her at the doctors office, and had to drive home alone after the biopsy was taken.  I know I had some fear at that point, but it was very quickly replaced with peace.

I do not remember if I have posted this before, but I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  We are more commonly known as Mormons, but that is a nickname.  The name comes from a book of scripture, The Book of Mormon.  I will talk about the Book of Mormon at a later date.  As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I believe that the family is the unit of eternity.  I know that God is my Heavenly Father, and that I am his son.  I know that through the Priesthood restored to the earth I will be with my wife for all eternity.  I also know that I will be with my children for all eternity as well.  That knowledge alone brought such peace to me it was incredible.  I knew that irregardless of what the outcome would be, I would be with her again.

Buca di Beppo

Over the thanksgiving weekend I took my family to Salt Lake City.  We make this trip annually.  We love to go to temple square and look at the Christmas lights, I am always amazed at how many they fit on a single tree.  We also make it a point to go and look at the statue of Jesus Christ and watch the Christmas story as told in Luke chapter 2.  It is a very fun and inspiring night for us. 
We wanted to take our kids somewhere fun for dinner while we were down there.  My wife and I had been to Bucca di Beppo before, which is an italian restaurant, and our oldest loves fettuccine alfredo.  How could we miss?  This visit didn't go so well.  We had at least three dirty plates brought to our table all with food stuck on them still.  We had dirty silverware and to top it off there was a hair in the salad they brought us.  My Mother-in-Law, who is more than happy to let a restaurant know if they messed up found the hair and stayed quiet about it.  I was shocked.  Long story short, not sure I will go there again.  Now that may be a little too hard on them but when I go to a restaurant I expect it to be clean.  One dirty plate ok but three???  There is something wrong there.  Plus to top it off my oldest didn't like the fettuccine alfredo.  Another swing and a miss for me!!!!  Gotta love it.

That is all.