General Petraeus' Top 10 reasons BYU grads make good soldiers:
10 — They have already been on many a mission.
9 — Army chow is no problem for folks accustomed to eating green Jell-o and shredded carrots.
8 — It's not a problem if they don't know what rank someone is, they just refer to them as Brother or Sister so-and-so.
7 — They never go AWOL. They just call it being less active.
6 — They will seize any objective swiftly if you tell them refreshments will be served.
5 — They know how to make things happen. In fact if you ever need a base built quickly in a barren wasteland, stride out to where you want them to start, plant your walking stick down and say in a loud voice, "This is the place."
4 — They have innovative ideas for handling insurgents — like assigning them home teachers.
3 — They always have a years' supply of provisions on hand.
2 — They are the world's most reliable designated drivers.
1 — They understand how far Iraq has come over the last seven years, and they think that Iraq's old spot in the "Axis of Evil" can now be filled by the University of Utah.
Dennis and I competed in the Canyonlands Half Marathon 2010 in Moab - he ran the half marathon and I competed in the 5-mile run with Chelsea as my coach/trainer. What a great time we had, even though we about froze to death up the canyon waiting for the race to begin.
We had such a great time at the Balloon Regatta in Page this weekend. We watched the balloons launch and fly each morning and on Saturday night they were all lined up on Lake Powell Blvd. Thanks, Wilsons, for a really fun weekend!
o face the water which was 19 degrees colder than our August trip to Lake Powell. Two month old Baby Ty was happy as long as the engine was running and he was all bundled up in his hoodie and blankets.
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Ty Danford Evans was born this morning at 5:27 am, after a 13 hour labor. Poor Chels! He weighs 7 lbs 1 oz and is 19.5 inches long. He is, of course, beautiful! I got to hold him this morning when he was only 2 hours old.
As some of you probably already know, my husband, Dennis, foolishly joined an animal rescue group last year and has been assigned to protect the African Antelope. This type of work is rather tiring for a man of his age, but it is most rewarding. But even so, one rescue a day is all he can handle right now. Well, last week was his first real action, and fortunately his efforts were captured on the attached video. I hope you enjoy it.
Den, Kat, Tayla and I went to the Draper Temple Open House yesterday. It was a gorgeous day - sunny and warm with the snow glistening on the ground. We drove to a chapel near the temple where we watched a video on the importance of temples to members of the Church. Then we boarded a bus which took us up the hill to the temple. It's smaller than other temples, which is the way the Church is building them now so that they can build more temples and accommodate more people. There is no cafeteria or clothing rental there. 
Den and I had our first "target practice" date Friday night at Rangemasters in Springville. I shot 75 rounds on my new .38 special - my Christmas gift from Den. We spent most of the evening trying to adjust the laser sighting - it needs a little more work but we'll save that for our next date. I need to go buy some more ammo - 105s this time - the 130s have too much of a kick for me right now.
This is a very funny video - you might want to
share this with you husband!
http://bewareofthedoghouse.com/video.aspx
I visit the most wonderful sisters: Anna Poulsen and Dolly Scharf. My fabulous partner is Rachel Beckstrand, who is darling. My own Visiting Teachers NEVER MISS A VISIT and I love them to death: Bunnie German and Susan Self. They give me the lesson and then we spend the rest of the time talking about guns and preparedness!!
