At the Bon Jovi Concert

...On the very top row.

TV Guide

Am I the only one who has this type of conversations with their five-year-old?

"Dad, I put a note for you on the fridge."

"Great. What does this mean? '56C?'"

"It's so you don't forget to record the Imagination Movers concert.
It's on tonight at 5:00/6:00 Central."

We watch too much television.

Oh, The Humanity

In Sunday School today:

"Brothers and sisters, welcome to Sunday School. I am glad to see that you have all survived the calamities of the weekend."

I assumed that the class president was referring to the earthquakes in Japan.

I was wrong.

"BYU lost the tournament. But there is still hope."

The Sutherland boys are spending Friday night at Lowes, testing toilets.

Latter-Day Sutherlands

With Paige always worried that Heavenly Father is trying to steal her stuff, it's a bit tough to get her excited about having Family Home Evening.

This is the conversation I had with her last Monday night after dinner.

PAIGE: Dad, what does canceled mean?

ME: It's when something doesn't happen. Like when your dance class got canceled because your teacher was sick.

PAIGE: So, like, when someone has a cold something might be canceled?

ME: Yeah.

Then here's what happened after we all sat down for family night. And by all, I mean our family, plus all of Paige's Tinkerbell dolls and Curtis' monster trucks.

PAIGE: Wait, wait, wait. I forgot something. We can't start family night yet.

[She comes back with her toy microphone.]

PAIGE: [Into her microphone] I have an announcement. Tinkerbell is sick. [Pause for emphasis] So family night is CANCELED!

What an awful little genius.