First Post...

Rather than trouble myself with what would be the perfect first post for a blog that very few (if any) people may read, I have decided to just tell a couple of brief things about myself for the sake of historical context (for my kids if they read this later) and for some background.

I am a husband to a beautiful and wonderful wife and I'm a father of two equally beautiful and wonderful girls. I am an entrepreneur, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a generally happy person. I was raised as a member of this church, although my parents have only ever been semi-active in their faith (my Mom was much more active than my Father). We attended other churches growing up, and I did not really become active in my faith until my junior year of college. The long story of all of that is probably a good subject for another post...

I currently am doing my best to be a faithful Latter-day Saint, to serve others and to follow Christ. I serve as a counselor in the Bishopric of my ward, and I am learning a lot about being a better man from the men that I am privileged to work beside in that capacity.

I wanted to start blogging because of a couple of talks that were given by leaders of our church. One was from M. Russell Ballard and the other was from Henry B. Eyring. Who these men are and what their significance is to me is, again, probably a good subject for another post... At any rate, the one talk encouraged members of our Church to use new media (like this) to put more (and more accurate) information out into the public arena about our Church. The other talk was about keeping a journal and how that journal wasn't necessarily just for our personal use, but could bless the lives of others by the recording of our experiences. So... I want to do this for my wife and my kids, my siblings, in-laws, their families and anyone else who benefit from my thoughts, feeling, or experiences.

That said... I guess here we go...